Dr. Scientist LOVE

Mr. Pickles · #1 01-02-2009, 03:52 PM

I did a straight trade on TGP of my minty Micro POG for the Dr. Scientist Cosmichorus. I've always coveted this pedal; through some patience on my part I can now make my sick choral fantasies a reality.

I had one horrifying moment when I first plugged her in and all of the effect was distorted. I swapped out the battery for a BOSS style adapter and the issue went away-phew!

The graphics are higher quality than I expected as I knew they were vinyl stickers covered with a clear vinyl sheet. I figured there'd be some bubbling, but I was wrong.

The jacks and power supply are thankfully top-mounted, so I might be able to squeeze this on my big board.

Anyone else having good experiences with the good doctor?

I'll have some soundclips up soon, I promise...

Oh! Henry · #2 01-02-2009, 04:04 PM

+1 to Dr, Scientist.

I'm using the Bazz Dazzler, which is no longer made, it's essentialy the Frazz Dazzler with a mix knob. I love this pedal. This along with the bass drive are the only two pedals that haven't moved from my pedal board, and I doubt it ever will.

It pretty much satisfies all my Fuzz needs. Nice thick fuzz that doesn't kill all my low end, and the mix allows you to mix in your original signal. Built like a tank, and the graphics are really cool. I'd love to try some of their other pedals.

Jared Lash · #3 01-02-2009, 04:13 PM

I love the Frazz Dazzler sound so much, I bought one for my guitar player.

I tried out their tremolo recently too. Really good. Probably my second favorite after the Empress and I've tried a bunch.

Not to mention, cool people to deal with.

markjazzbassist · #4 01-02-2009, 06:00 PM

i used to own the cosmichorus. i found it noisy (especially on the bright setting) and sold it.

way cool graphics, just wasn't real hip with the amount of noise.

Mr. Pickles · #5 01-02-2009, 08:40 PM

I'm not hearing any noise, and I'll be disappointed if I do discover any. That's why I traded my Clone Theory- great sound, but I couldn't deal with the hiss. Let me crank my tweet and see what happens.

BigO - did you try the Frazz Dazzler on bass?

markjazzbassist · #6 01-02-2009, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

I'm not hearing any noise, and I'll be disappointed if I do discover any. That's why I traded my Clone Theory- great sound, but I couldn't deal with the hiss. Let me crank my tweet and see what happens.

don't have any tweeter's in my setup. just 8 10" speakers. no tweeters or horns.

the setting was the bright (white star) and dimension knob past noon i believe.

maybe he fixed the problem, i know the sunny day delay had the same thing.

electricimprov · #7 01-02-2009, 11:55 PM

Jared Lash · #8 01-03-2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

BigO - did you try the Frazz Dazzler on bass?

Yes, but only when it showed up at my place and only through my practice amp (my two gigging rigs are too loud to play through where I live so they stay at my two rehearsal spaces) so it wasn't a full test.

It sounded good to me, but I thought there was some low end loss though I couldn't hear how much with that little amp. I traded emails about getting a Bazz Dazzler, but for some reason (I don't remember why) nothing ever came of it.

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Originally Posted by electricimprov

Diggin the RRR

I've been tempted by the pedal a bunch of times. I love reverb on bass (especially a fretless) but I play solely in a band context and none of them are post-rock

so I've never found a use for that effect.

Still, I think about it every time I visit Pedal Geek or the Dr. Scientist website. How do you use yours?

electricimprov · #9 01-03-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBigO

I've been tempted by the pedal a bunch of times. I love reverb on bass (especially a fretless) but I play solely in a band context and none of them are post-rock

so I've never found a use for that effect.

Still, I think about it every time I visit Pedal Geek or the Dr. Scientist website. How do you use yours?

I engage it whenever it's time to solo, and for parts of tunes that benefit from a slight thickening of the bass tone, namely upper register and chordal work. It's also great for noodling around when I'm by myself. It just sounds so darn good that I don't want to stop playing, and that is definitely a good thing.

Jared Lash · #10 01-03-2009, 11:21 AM

You are bad for my GAS.

Any chance you could do some clips?

Mr. Pickles · #11 01-03-2009, 02:30 PM

Why not?

Here is some wankery for your consideration. The first track is played through the Cosmichorus at a variety of settings. The initial and ending setting for each pedal is shown in the photo. After a few arpeggios, I strum and twiddle knobs to showcase some of the unusual capabilities of both the Mini and the Cosmic.

First of all, let me just say that I decided to be lazy and record using the mic input on my internet machine's soundcard. I used a pad on my pre amp and was careful about input levels. Regardless, the input SUCKS and you will hear clipping and distortion. You will also hear some hiss. Neither of these issues is caused by the pedals. Please keep that in mind.

Also, I do not have the deep mod on my Mini Chorus. Mike will do it for a small fee, of course, but I'm not sure it's necessary for my particular tone goals.

Here's the link for the Cosmichorus:
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7204418

And the Mini can be heard here:
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7204469

The signal chain is - Warwick Corvette 6 in passive mode. Neck p'up soloed> Pedal > Blue Tube to match impedance > Creative Suck Blaster

I hope this is helpful for you.

Jared Lash · #12 01-03-2009, 03:16 PM

I was actually asking electricimprov for clips of the RRR as I'm not much of a chorus guy myself.

That said, nice clips. Very different tones out of the two. The Cosmichorus is a lot brighter sounding. I imagine it would be better for solo songs/passages or when you wanted the chorus to stand out more in a band mix and the Mini-chorus would be better when you wanted it to blend more with the other instruments.

Are you keeping both?

Mr. Pickles · #13 01-03-2009, 05:36 PM

I had planned on doing these clips for this thread anyway and I hope others will post as well. I definitely want to hear the Reverberator on bass.

I will keep both chorus pedals: one for my experimental big board, and one for my band board. Not sure which will end up on the big board, though.

electricimprov · #14 01-03-2009, 10:34 PM

Here's a soundclip of me having some fun with a Scofield tune.

Reverb on the chords throughout the tune. The first 'A' melody is dry and then reverb on the second half. I kick in the chorus for the second 'A' and add reverb for the second half of it. Bass is dry throughout. I love the RRR; just a touch of it helps to make things sound richer.

Mr. Pickles · #15 01-04-2009, 08:45 AM

Some tasty phrases there electricimprov. Thanks for posting that. The Reverberator really does add some nice ambiance to the melody line.

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Originally Posted by electricimprov

Here's a soundclip of me having some fun with a Scofield tune.

Reverb on the chords throughout the tune. The first 'A' melody is dry and then reverb on the second half. I kick in the chorus for the second 'A' and add reverb for the second half of it. Bass is dry throughout. I love the RRR; just a touch of it helps to make things sound richer.

electricimprov · #16 01-04-2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

Some tasty phrases there electricimprov. Thanks for posting that. The Reverberator really does add some nice ambiance to the melody line.

For the fun of it, I redid the melody track. The chorus is more Sco-like now.

Bard2dbone · #17 01-04-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

I did a straight trade on TGP of my minty Micro POG for the Dr. Scientist Cosmichorus. I've always coveted this pedal; through some patience on my part I can now make my sick choral fantasies a reality.
(snip)

Okay, I'm guessing since you traded it away that you didn't totally love the Micro POG, but I'm pretty curious about things POG and HOG related. So let me hear everything that you think of when reminded of them. Did you only use it on bass, or did you dabble oin guitar with it as well? Could the Micro POG pull off the Hammond sound like the regular POG? Does that work on bass, too?

Mr. Pickles · #18 01-05-2009, 05:06 AM

I liked the Micro POG, but didn't love it for one reason-it was difficult to dial in a sound that didn't overwhelm the clean bass. I'm referring to the blend knob here. There were many times I engaged the POG and my band would comment, "Where did the bass go?" Yes, the sub octave was present, as was the octave up.

Putting it in the blend loop of my VFB-2 helped only marginally. I had the same problem with the XO Octave Multiplexer. The POG does do those organ sounds really well, and the "tracking" is stellar.

Enter the BOSS OC2. Both the POG and OM are gone now...

GAS was also a factor as I've been dying to try out the Cosmichorus and the RRR for a long time now.

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Originally Posted by Bard2dbone

Okay, I'm guessing since you traded it away that you didn't totally love the Micro POG, but I'm pretty curious about things POG and HOG related. So let me hear everything that you think of when reminded of them. Did you only use it on bass, or did you dabble oin guitar with it as well? Could the Micro POG pull off the Hammond sound like the regular POG? Does that work on bass, too?

Bard2dbone · #19 01-05-2009, 05:49 AM

I've got an old OC2 for that Pino-Palladino-slapping-on-a-fretless-with-chorus-and-octave synthy sound.

But what I want a bit more is actually do that Hammond-y sound on my strat. I've heard that done very well from a regular POG, but not yet from a Micro POG.

So if the micro can pull it off, then I just need a good Leslie sim.

speak_onion · #20 01-05-2009, 07:55 AM

The Frazz Dazzler is just my favorite sound ever on guitar, but I wasn't impressed on bass. Even playing power chords through it, it was like, "ok, but meh." I would play in a band with any guitar player who used the Frazz Dazzler as a main distortion sound. So heavy and so unique. I love.