Bored: A candid discussion of recent arrived effects...

**grygrx** · #1 02-14-2009, 12:27 PM

... while I'm waiting for a youtube video to upload.

whoatherechunk · #2 02-14-2009, 12:32 PM

LAL......cyber psychic filter......droool! let me know if you ever sell it please!

**grygrx** · #3 02-14-2009, 12:33 PM

1) Yes the cyber psychic... is quite strange.
2) The brown dog, decent fuzz... bad name.
3) Dirty Bomb, great angry pedal... bad name
4) Cream Pie, 1 trick... but its a pretty good trick.
5) Prometheus... I'm scared of it.

Jared Lash · #4 02-14-2009, 12:35 PM

I'm bored too.

What do you think of the Prometheus?

I thought it was a lot of fun though the filter wasn't exactly to my tastes and the "Sample & Hold" wasn't what I expected at all, though still very cool.

I'm also interested to hear your impressions of the Brown Dog. I only played with it in store, but it's the same fuzz circuit as in the OS which I liked a lot. If my soon-to-arrive OLC Chunky Cheese doesn't do the job, I'm seriously considering a Brown Dog for my bassy, gated fuzz that will work with actives.

I have no idea what the Cyber Psychic is.

whoatherechunk · #5 02-14-2009, 12:35 PM

the cyber psychic.... does it play well with bass? does it retain the lows?

**grygrx** · #6 02-14-2009, 12:36 PM

here give me a minute, I'll record a clip

**grygrx** · #7 02-14-2009, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBigO

I'm bored too.

What do you think of the Prometheus?

I thought it was a lot of fun though the filter wasn't exactly to my tastes and the "Sample & Hold" wasn't what I expected at all, though still very cool.

I'm also interested to hear your impressions of the Brown Dog. I only played with it in store, but it's the same fuzz circuit as in the OS which I liked a lot. If my soon-to-arrive OLC Chunky Cheese doesn't do the job, I'm seriously considering a Brown Dog for my bassy, gated fuzz that will work with actives.

I have no idea what the Cyber Psychic is.

I've spent about 10 minutes with the Prometheus, it came the other day as a birthday present. I want read the manual and then muck with it some more. I don't even have a judgement other than the switches make very little sense to me off-hand.

Brown Dog is good, but it has a sound. There is no tone knob, so it's just how much, percentage of clean added to drive, and how much gate to add to that drive.

**grygrx** · #8 02-14-2009, 12:57 PM

IT CAN retain the lows, but not all settings do!

Cyber Psychic clips

Using my active "Jazz" bass.

Joe Gress · #9 02-14-2009, 01:02 PM

I just got a prometheus in a trade, it should be here next week or so. Looking forward to it.

Are you going to get a agent funk mk II to link with the brown dog?

**grygrx** · #10 02-14-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by joeinsprings

I just got a prometheus in a trade, it should be here next week or so. Looking forward to it.

Are you going to get a agent funk mk II to link with the brown dog?

I should... that might make a fun double review.

IPS · #11 02-14-2009, 01:04 PM

very interesting, havnt heard much of anything like it , love the last clip with the expression pedal.

Ozonbass · #12 02-14-2009, 01:05 PM

My Wheaten is driven nuts by the #3 sample...in a good way!

**grygrx** · #13 02-14-2009, 01:20 PM

Fun shot of joe's pickle pie.

Jared Lash · #14 02-14-2009, 01:27 PM

Wow. The Cyber Psychic is a crazy little thing.

My take on the Brown Dog was that in some ways it was versatile and in some ways it wasn't. You could get just a little fuzz around the edges for that Curtis Mayfield style tone or crank it for that Beastie Boy's Sabotage sound. But you're right, the fuzz always has that same "character" to it.

I tried them (it and the 00Funk) before OS was announced and if the Brown Dog had a tone knob I would have bought it that day. I thought the blend on it worked better than the vast majority of fuzzes and it has a great gated sound.

Maybe it says something about me, but I always liked the name Brown Dog. And the color scheme.

katri · #15 02-14-2009, 01:31 PM

Are these the next candidates for the bassfuzz.com treatment?
I really enjoy your reviews man, very informative and the vids are pretty funny.

Joe Gress · #16 02-14-2009, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grygrx

Fun shot of joe's pickle pie.

Bypass switch and blend pot?

whoatherechunk · #17 02-14-2009, 01:36 PM

you are the man grygrx!

Quote:

Originally Posted by grygrx

IT CAN retain the lows, but not all settings do!

Cyber Psychic clips

Using my active "Jazz" bass.

**grygrx** · #18 02-14-2009, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeinsprings

Bypass switch and blend pot?

+1

**grygrx** · #19 02-14-2009, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katri

Are these the next candidates for the bassfuzz.com treatment?
I really enjoy your reviews man, very informative and the vids are pretty funny.

Yes... all of these will see some love.

rnilson · #20 02-14-2009, 02:09 PM

Hey Grygrx,
I live in KC and I know you live in Columbia I was inspired by the NYC pedal get together, but I know there is not enough folks in KC to make a group. Columbia is a split between KC and STL though. I think 2 hours each way. We could probably get a room at the Mizzou campus. I would be willing to drive two hours on a weekend. Do you know any other FX nuts in the KC, STL, Columbia Missouri area that are crazy enough to drive a couple hours to play FX?