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12-16-2010, 03:32 PM
|  | Just when I though I was done... | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York NY | | | Orbit or Oxide...or both?
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Hey all,
I'm building a new pedal board and I'm looking at fuzz boxes. Right now, it's between the CoPilot Orbit and the Iron Ether Oxide.
Based on the John Davis Youtube review of the Orbit, I'm REALLY digging that staccato, gated sound the Orbit gets for faster passages.
The Oxide is very attractive since I'm reading that it can get lots of different tones, which I like (and damn it, that is one sexy looking pedal!).
So, will the Oxide get me that Orbit sound? Should I just give in and get both? Am I wasting money by getting both? Obviously, I need some guidance...
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12-16-2010, 03:40 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | I could be wrong but I thought Taylor modded the Oxide for one TBer such that it covered a lot of the ground that the Orbit does. |
12-16-2010, 05:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: jimi hendrix bass jam funk | | | buy one OR the other
and the spend your leftover cash on something else
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12-16-2010, 05:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Western Pennsylvania | | | If you don't care for the Orbit's ring-mod, I guess the Oxide. |
12-30-2010, 08:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Duluth, MN | | | I've never heard of the Oxide. But I too was blown away by the Orbit's gated fuzz in John Davis' Youtube demo.
I could do without the spaceship and lazer stuff, and wonder if there's a pedal out there with just the great fuzz capabilities of the Orbit.
PS: Brian Tyler's demo video is really good too. |
12-30-2010, 09:20 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF (North) Bay Area | | | Check out the gated fuzz list thread... lots of examples.
BTW, the Oxide is worth checking out... its an an awesome fuzz |
12-30-2010, 09:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Duluth, MN | | | I have been checking that list. Lots of repeats, guitar units and some not technically gated pedals on there.
The list is a great idea though. And I did just listen to a clip of the Oxide. I love it! |
12-30-2010, 09:50 AM
|  | yiffffffTASTIC | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California | | | Oxide gets a freaky big range of tones. the Orbit is pretty neat, but (especially if you take the ring mod out of it) i always thought it did one or two tones REALLY well, but not super versatile. depends what you're looking for.
this might just be IME, but i've had bad luck with the 3 or 4 FxOrbit's i've had. a switch or a knob failure, had one just quit. which is weird, because looking inside theh seem cleanly and professionally built. and Taylor's close if something were to go wrong with an IE pedal. i believe (i forget his name) the FxOrbit guys is in Polland? |
12-30-2010, 09:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Dean  Check out the gated fuzz list thread... lots of examples.
BTW, the Oxide is worth checking out... its an an awesome fuzz | you certainly aint wrong there!!!!
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12-30-2010, 10:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF (North) Bay Area | | | At the risk of sounding like a fan boy... (oh, I might as well admit it, I am a fan boy) the Oxide is the shiz. It's not an ordinary fuzz... it's got things going on inside that adds dimensionality and does things to other pedals (like filters and phasers) that really opens them up and makes them sound really good.
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12-30-2010, 11:00 AM
| | Just when I though I was done... | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York NY | | | I think I'll go with an Oxide to start. I have no doubts that I'll be happy with it based on the samples I've heard and the praises from all of you.
If I'm still wanting those sounds from the JD Tonefactor video, I may just pick up an Orbit to fulfill my fuzz/ringmod jones.
Now, would Taylor make my Oxide the same color as Behndy's custom Xero?....That would be cool!
Thanks! |
12-30-2010, 11:47 AM
| | yiffffffTASTIC | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California | | | lol. YOU STAY AWAY FROM MY PRETTY ORANGEY!!!
yeah. he's (i'm kinda in the same camp as Dean'r, i'm a HUGE fan of the mans work. with the orange'ish finish he did on my Xero i just said a couple lines like, "a kinda orange, maybe a bit rusty?" and he did EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN MY HEAD.
he's the man. |
12-30-2010, 11:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Belton, Misery | | I want both! So buy them both so I can live vicariously through you. 
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12-30-2010, 12:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Duluth, MN | | | From the few clips I've heard of the Oxide, I'm in love with it. Is there a long wait to get one, or are they readily available? |
12-30-2010, 01:04 PM
| | yiffffffTASTIC | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California | | | i think he's getting swamped with orders right now, so wait time might be 2 or 3 weeks. WELL worth the wait tho. |
12-30-2010, 01:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London | | yep , WELL worth the wait!!!
im a shameless "fanboy" of this pedal too lol
like Matt said it really does add something to filters and phasers, kinda like a magic ingredient!! its the only fuzz/distortion pedal i own now, it covers all the ground i need & more... i cannot praise this pedal enough!!!! every home should have one 
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12-30-2010, 02:26 PM
| | | | I'm still loving the Oxide.
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