Last Week, Sold An Xotic X-Blender. This Week...Bought An Xotic X-Blender

[Bryan R. Tyler]

A week ago, I figured that since I had sold off all my pedals that didn't have a blend option and finally got an expression pedal to control the blend on my VF-1, I might as well sell my X-Blender for some extra cash. Sold it for $170, shipping was $10.

Then I got another Micro POG after having to sell my last one and a 3Leaf Groove Regulator. The Groove Regulator doesn't have a blend option (not that it really needs it- it's awesome), but it dawned on me that the main reason I got the Micro POG was to have a clean bottom mixed with a distorted octave up, and short of getting a mixer, I was going to need a blender again. Looked at the Barge, looked at the Wounded Paw, but no other buffered blender has the inherent footswitchable options of true bypass signal, blended signal, or 100% wet signal, not to mention all the other options like the boosts. Nothing else like it without going the custom route. So I found one in the classifieds last night and bought it. $150. At least I made $10 out of the deal

If you guys ever see me trying to sell it again, yell at me. It really is one of the most versatile and useful pedals out there.

[flakeh]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

A week ago, I figured that since I had sold off all my pedals that didn't have a blend option and finally got an expression pedal to control the blend on my VF-1, I might as well sell my X-Blender for some extra cash. Sold it for $170, shipping was $10.

Then I got another Micro POG after having to sell my last one and a 3Leaf Groove Regulator. The Groove Regulator doesn't have a blend option (not that it really needs it- it's awesome), but it dawned on me that the main reason I got the Micro POG was to have a clean bottom mixed with a distorted octave up, and short of getting a mixer, I was going to need a blender again. Looked at the Barge, looked at the Wounded Paw, but no other buffered blender has the inherent footswitchable options of true bypass signal, blended signal, or 100% wet signal, not to mention all the other options like the boosts. Nothing else like it without going the custom route. So I found one in the classifieds last night and bought it. $150. At least I made $10 out of the deal

If you guys ever see me trying to sell it again, yell at me. It really is one of the most versatile and useful pedals out there.

I'll buy it off yah for 150 shipped.

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Sold!

[stflbn]

I sold the VF-1 I got from you Brian about 6 months ago, but I have to honestly say I've been contemplating grabbing another one just to have sitting around the home studio.

Very very usable boxes.

[Unrepresented]

I debate every once in a while whether I should get a legitimate multi-loop bypass to keep all my effects in order -- especially since last night when I discovered a pedal combination that requires lots of toe tapping to get to-- but for right now my X-Blender is the heart of my pedal board. It's like the Big Mac box of pedals: It keeps the hot sides hot, and the cold sides cold.

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Originally Posted by stflbn

I sold the VF-1 I got from you Brian about 6 months ago, but I have to honestly say I've been contemplating grabbing another one just to have sitting around the home studio.

Very very usable boxes.

I've repurchased a VF-1 twice now My main issue with it is that I like to keep it grouped with my pedals rather than just in my effects loop, which means I have to either run two instrument cables and a MIDI cable up from the floor to it, or put it on the pedalboard, which is difficult because it's so deep. I just ordered a ginormous pedalboard in order to do that.

As an interesting side note, the spell checker on Firefox does not put a red line under "ginormous." It's apparently reached the point where it's considered a real word

[grygrx]

Always have at least one.

Things all effect junkies should have

• A bypass box, w/blender preferred.

[agreatheight]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

As an interesting side note, the spell checker on Firefox does not put a red line under "ginormous." It's apparently reached the point where it's considered a real word

Believe it or not, it now IS a real word:

Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This
Main Entry: ginormous
Part of Speech: adj
Definition: simply huge; extremely large
Etymology: 1948-53; giant + enormous
Usage: ginormously, adv

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I'd like to know who was using the word ginormous back in 1950 My dad probably invented it

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Originally Posted by grygrx

Always have at least one.

Things all effect junkies should have

• A bypass box, w/blender preferred.

Looking at that list, I'm mostly there. I have two expression pedals, a blender, a pedal tuner and one in my VF-1, three packages worth of Planet Waves pedalboard cables, and I can overlook new and cool. No DI anymore, though I used to have a Radial Duplex. I don't gig though, so it's not really necessary.