gonkulator on ebay for 66 dollars!?

sonic assassin · #1 03-20-2009, 12:53 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/DOD-FX-13-Gonkul...QQcmdZViewItem

ive never seen one priced under 250. im sure it will go way up in price, but thats pretty low for having 2 days left.

some incubus fan is resisting the urge to cream his pants right now.

sonic assassin · #2 03-20-2009, 12:58 AM

and while i was looking.. 2 more.

http://cgi.ebay.com/DOD-FX13-Gonkula...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/DOD-fx-13-GONKUL...QQcmdZViewItem

cant say ive ever seen so many at once. its like seeing 3 bass whammy's on there in a day. mind blasting.

dannybuoy · #3 03-20-2009, 12:59 AM

What are these pedals like then? By coincidence I spotted one for sale locally last night for about £50...

bongomania · #4 03-20-2009, 01:01 AM

That's hilarious, just a few years ago you couldn't give one away, the going price was $30 all day long.

sonic assassin · #5 03-20-2009, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by dannybuoy

What are these pedals like then? By coincidence I spotted one for sale locally last night for about £50...

they are horrendous. listen to "glass" by incubus.

but its that obnoxious sound that made them popular.

whoatherechunk · #6 03-20-2009, 03:24 AM

someone should just clone em. sound like butt.....but for a straight up noise project.....or ambience they may sound cool

olaff421 · #7 03-20-2009, 11:49 AM

I messed w/ one at GC awhile back and was kind of surprised by how good the distortion circuit sounded in it. If you turn down the ring mod, or whatever it is, you could have a pretty solid bass OD.

bassteban · #8 03-20-2009, 11:55 AM

*Whacked-out/pseudo/neo-psychedelic/ambient/industrial/annoying/noise flavor of the week*. I predict a good 150% increase(over the OP's $66)before the auction ends.

The Lurker · #9 03-20-2009, 12:30 PM

Funny thing about those.... and I don't know much about ring modulators or even how they work....but whenever I tried one, it always seemed to be oscillating something like a Bb.

I like the name, though.

sonic assassin · #10 03-20-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by olaff421

I messed w/ one at GC awhile back and was kind of surprised by how good the distortion circuit sounded in it. If you turn down the ring mod, or whatever it is, you could have a pretty solid bass OD.

it is my understanding that it is a DOD grunge circuit in there. just what i was told, could be wrong.

bongomania · #11 03-20-2009, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Lurker

Funny thing about those.... and I don't know much about ring modulators or even how they work....but whenever I tried one, it always seemed to be oscillating something like a Bb.

The deal is that the incoming instrument signal is modulated against an oscillator tone. 99% of ring mods have a fixed modulation pitch, or one where you select the pitch with a knob and it doesn't change while you play. The rare "good ones" IMO have some more dynamic control over the oscillation pitch.

The Lurker · #12 03-20-2009, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

The deal is that the incoming instrument signal is modulated against an oscillator tone. 99% of ring mods have a fixed modulation pitch, or one where you select the pitch with a knob and it doesn't change while you play. The rare "good ones" IMO have some more dynamic control over the oscillation pitch.

Ahaa.... but doesn't that mean you're essentially stuck playing everything over a set drone?

LWatford · #13 03-21-2009, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by The Lurker

Funny thing about those.... and I don't know much about ring modulators or even how they work....but whenever I tried one, it always seemed to be oscillating something like a Bb.

I like the name, though.

I had one, I think I remember that it was tuned at Bb. There is a trim pot inside to set what I assume to be the null point for the oscillator.

bongomania · #14 03-21-2009, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The Lurker

Ahaa.... but doesn't that mean you're essentially stuck playing everything over a set drone?

Yeah, I mean it's not literally a drone, but yes it's the same mind-numbing and anti-melodic idea. The main aggravation to me is not the actual pitch of the modulation signal, but rather that it sounds so inconsistent between all the different notes you play, and IMO 80% of the sounds will be ugly, and not in a good way.

Taylor Livingston · #15 03-22-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by The Lurker

Ahaa.... but doesn't that mean you're essentially stuck playing everything over a set drone?

No, in a well-designed ring modulator, you don't actually ever hear the oscillator.

The Gonkulator is unique in that it doesn't let you change the oscillator pitch, which makes it rather useless even to a ring mod fiend like myself.

moosapotamus · #16 03-23-2009, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by conical johnson

The Gonkulator is unique in that it doesn't let you change the oscillator pitch, which makes it rather useless even to a ring mod fiend like myself.

Yeah, and then they put three volume controls on the thing... OD vol, ring mod volume and overall volume. If you can control the volume of the OD and the ring mod, you don't need an overall volume control. It's a wasted knob. But it is possible to disconnect the overall volume control and mod it to be a freq control for the oscillator. Some folks at diystompboxes figured that out some time ago, and I did the mod on my gonk. The details could probably be searched up over there pretty easily if anyone is interested.

~ Charlie