OHNOHO Pedals

[Bassnut62]

Hi

Recently came across OHNOHO Pedals thru another TBers thread.

Looks like they may do some interesting stuff or maybe I'm getting sucked in by the arthouse graphics, videos and language.

Has anyone got any direct experience of these effects to share?

Are they any different/better/worse than any other feedback, high gain and looper pedals?

[foomanfat]

I have a OHNOHO CHK CHK BOOM! feedback loop and I love it.
The sounds I get out of it can change drastically based on what else is in the loop.
I don't have any experience with any other feedback loops, just for the record.
Super bummed that I missed the first batch of Blowing Up's.

OHNOHO also has a forum over on ILoveFuzz, if that would interest you at all.

[bongomania]

I do think the momentary switch is the single best idea ever applied to the feedback loop concept. Whether it was his idea, I don't know.

[Bassnut62]

thanks, i'll check out that forum.
I've not seen that momentary switch anywhere else either

[superbassman2000]

Originally Posted by bongomania

I do think the momentary switch is the single best idea ever applied to the feedback loop concept. Whether it was his idea, I don't know.

i think it's a cool idea if it were in addition to a normal latching one

[Bassnut62]

just ordered a CHK CHK BOOM with loop mute - couldn't resist any longer; but at least GAS is easing a little. these things look/sound so cool!

PS. thanks FOOMANFAT, for the heads up on OHNOHO on I Love Fuzz forum. good tip.

[One Bad Monkey]

I just got a Chk Chk Boom this week (reading this thread piqued my interest enough to grab one). It's pretty cool, and I really like the momentary switch function over a regular latching one.

[lunarpollen]

I wish there was a wah wah pedal with something like a momentary switch, like a spring-loaded function that would return the pedal to a default position/setting as you lifted your foot up off it. I hate the toe-heel rocking thing, it's too much to think about while playing. I just want a pressure-sensitive wah.

[Bassnut62]

Hey Bad Monkey,

Glad this little thread caught your interest and brought you a new toy.

So what've you tried in your CHK CHK loop?
Also, do you reckon this will be home-use toy for crazy aural adventures or can you see it being a useful tool in a band setting too?

[One Bad Monkey]

Oh, it's getting used live. I haven't tried much with it (been pretty busy), but I did enjoy the new sounds I coaxed out of my H20 chorus/delay. It gave the chorus a very phase-like sound with a little bit of an edge on it, and the delay got big. In that config, I could definitely see using it.

[jbybj]

Originally Posted by lunarpollen

I wish there was a wah wah pedal with something like a momentary switch, like a spring-loaded function that would return the pedal to a default position/setting as you lifted your foot up off it. I hate the toe-heel rocking thing, it's too much to think about while playing. I just want a pressure-sensitive wah.

What you are describing is precisely how the Dunlop 105Q bass wah operates. I really like mine.

I just picked up a used Utter Stutter last night, and have only had minimal time with it. This model has a latching and a momentary switch. I think I'm in love...............

[warwick.hoy]

The Utter Stutter is an amazing pedal that fits very well in my noiseprov band. I got one from my SS for Xmas. It has the latching and momentary switch on it. The momentary switch is great because I can kind see where the pedal is at mid bass line as far as the oscillations and intensity and to see if I even have the right combination pedals on to make something musical (or obnoxious) when I stomp the US on.

I don't know what par for the course is and the only other effects loop that I've owned has been the LS-2. My biggest gripe with the LS-2 is the Send is above the Output and the Return above the Input which seems intuitive but depending on pedal arrangement doesn't leave room for clean cable arrangements.

The Utter Stutter on the other has the Send above the Input and the Return above the Output. I've got the US underneath the left side of my pedalboard and the input of the TU-2 is where the signal path begins and that's at the upper right hand side of my pedalboard. Send goes out the right side of the US and to the TU-2 meanwhile return comes off my Moogerfooger positioned to the left of the US. It's a very clean arrangement.

[ZombieSpacebat]

This thread is more than 12 hours old and involves a CHK CHK BOOM..... behndy should be here by now......

[Mr. Pickles]

I agree with Bongo. I had the Barge VFB with the feedback looper but found it unuseable (feedback, by definition created drastically unpredictable results) with the latching switch. The momentary switch on the Chk Chk Boom allows feedback and oscillations to be controlled to a certain extent. The only problem is that I still have to ride the level control with my toe as adding effects before or after the loop changes the gain staging. What may be a perfectly controllable delay feedback loop totally changes when ring mod is added on the front end. Ideally, expression pedal control of feedback level would remedy this, but then I assume the passive nature of the circuit would have to be changed.

At the moment, I have the Montavillian Echo in the Chk Chk's loop with the level set to 3 o'clock. This gives me a slowly creeping and intensifying oscillation that I can cut off before it clips my amp. The Montavillian is very interactive with feedback and is a perfect companion for the Chk.

Anyone know why some pedals are not affected by a feedback loop?

[behndy]

lol @ZombieSpaceyBattish. you so crazy. i'm at the werk place.

i DO love the Chkity Chk Chk. only live use i've wormed in is using it with my Pickle Pie B. if you engage the loop while chords are going with the PPB then you get a nice, VERY differet toned swell distortion. good stuff.

for fun it's just nuts with any delay/modulation. VERY finicky with filters.

i'm looking for that pink US to pop up on CL near me again. there totally have been times where it would be awesome to have the choice of a momentary or a latching switch. but it's a very well built box, super cheap, and jus an fun ass little addition to a Lotsa Pedals setup.

dig. IT.

[warwick.hoy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6c5XN4BHU

This vid features the Utter Stutter prominently as well as the rest of my board. I'm getting the motorboating from the Shiva.

I did shoot this on my iPod Touch which I'm a noobie with. All future videos will be properly rotated. Sorry for the heavy breathing. I have sinus issues.

EDIT: Some of the sounds I got remind me of the movie Contact.

[behndy]

i want to have Mecha Shiva's baybay.

urf. i've used feedback loopers before, and Bongo and the other folkzorz are right, the addition of a momentary switch takes it from Fun But Nobody But Other Geeks Like Listening To It into actually musically useful territory. at least for me.

want me a purty Udder Stapler.

[DwaynieAD]

Originally Posted by lunarpollen

I wish there was a wah wah pedal with something like a momentary switch, like a spring-loaded function that would return the pedal to a default position/setting as you lifted your foot up off it. I hate the toe-heel rocking thing, it's too much to think about while playing. I just want a pressure-sensitive wah.

i thought the crybaby bass wah was like this?

[Eric!]

I made a couple videos with Hoy's US:
Here's one, and here, have another!

[kbi the crowing]

Want Utter Stutter. So. Bad.