Grannypuker alternative?

[Mr M]

Based on this youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03zEo...eature=related) I'd like to try this pedal but handmade in Belgium makes it very expensive for me. Any less expensive pedal out there that may come close to this pedal?

[jetofuj]

Maybe Seppuku FX Sub Octave Synthesizer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dte3zvpeeY

[René_Julien]

Mr M,

You shot me a PM asking if I maybe was interested in selling since I reported in a previous thread that it wasn't working out for me. I said I'll think about it... and play around with it some more to see if I want to get rid of it.


I'm sorry, I'm keeping it.

I got a new bass 2 weeks ago... an active bass. (My main bass is/was a passive precision.)

Turns out this pedal works for active basses a lot better than with passive basses, in my case.
Wich I find strange since the creator of this pedal mostly uses passive basses IIRC.
(But then again, he's a talented professional bassist who makes his living out of playing bass... and I'm just me.)

Anyway, with my new bass I could dial the effect this pedal is intented for. A bit synthesizer like very grainy distortion (/fuzz). And what was surprising to me: it kept respecting the bass signal and my playing technique.
The distortion is very grainy... not really a fuzz... actually more on the metallic side.
Think of a BOSS DS-1 pushed so hard that it's about to implode on itself.
Lowend... yeah, it's still there.


Sorry, I'm keeping this.
Not that I actually use distortion or fuzz in the music I play.

This all gave me an idea...
My guitarist is searching to find an insane distortion effect. I'm going to bring this pedal next rehearshal, to see what he thinks of it.



If you are still after a Grannypuker, I think for about 200€ you can get one in Turkey.
Contact David @ www.crushthebutton.be .
Tell him I sent you.

Originally Posted by jetofuj

Maybe Seppuku FX Sub Octave Synthesizer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dte3zvpeeY

eh..
noooooooooooooo


I own both.

Both are very good pedals. But completely different animals.
They sound nothing alike.

The Seppuku is very good at the square wave distortion, but at a cleaner level.
Grannypuker is also kind of a square wave distortion... but with more harmonics and much dirtier than the Seppuku.

[Mr M]

I'm happy to hear for you that you've found a way to use this pedal. No problem for me. €200 is too much for me for a pedal that I'm planning to use in some intros, that's why I hunt for a second hand cheaper one or a cheaper alternative.
The other suggested pedal doesn't look a cheap alternative either, eventhough it has a really nice sound too.

[fightthepower]

The MI Audio Pollyanna can get tones very similar to the granny puker.. well as best as one can tell from listening to a youtube video!

The Pollyanna's -1oct sounds like a tight square, and when you start to add in -2oct, it quickly begins to widen and darken. Using around 85/15 respectively, and maybe dialing the tone knob in just a tad to remove some bass (there's plenty to go around) I think produces a tone similar to the Granny Puker; about as close as any other pedal is going to get to it, imo. The Pollyanna also has a nice +1oct, lots of boost available on each octave, small, etc.. great pedal.

I just started running it on 18v for the first time after having the thing over 6 months... incredible tracking improvement! Running it on 18v is a must. I learned to play the pedal but it still had its tracking limitations, no where near an OC-2 when run on 9v, but on 18v the tracking is literally twice as good. Great pedal. They go for about $165 new, and I paid $125, iirc on both accounts.

*edit* If you do a search for 'Pollyanna soundclips' or similar, you should find a Pollyanna demo I did early this year. One of the clips was something like 'mixed settings' where I went through random settings of mixed octaves, and Im pretty sure you'll hear something at least reminiscent of the granny puker- enough to give you an idea at least I think.

[René_Julien]

Originally Posted by Mr M

I'm happy to hear for you that you've found a way to use this pedal. No problem for me. €200 is too much for me for a pedal that I'm planning to use in some intros, that's why I hunt for a second hand cheaper one or a cheaper alternative.
The other suggested pedal doesn't look a cheap alternative either, eventhough it has a really nice sound too.

I tried to make some soundclips yesterday... but... it was not my day.

Was playing it full out through my rig, very fun.
Hook up the BOSS BR-900 recorder and couldn't get decent sounds into the recording device.
Tried to record something clean of my new bass for the Roscoeheads in our dedicated forum... I kept making playing mistakes, lousy technique. It was just one of those days.



I did found out that the Grannypuker can also be used as a preamp/linedriver. Very deep sound. (effect and gain sparringly dialed in)

I went Grannypuker --> TL Audio 5051 (compressor and equalizer) --> effects return of GK 1001RB-II

Very clean deep powerful sound.

I'm going to experiment with replacing the GK head with my Crown poweramp.