Truly Beautiful Disaster

[stevecara123]

I am seriously considering spending my hard earned cash on one of these TBD.
IS it a wise move? I play in both a very heavy dommy band and a more ambient post rock band.
Is this the pedal for me?

I don't know if it makes any differnece but kit wise i use a fender jazz, sunn 1200s head with a peavey 4 10 and a 1 15 black widow cab

Thanks

[Toasted]

Personally I'd look somewhere else. I think there's better fuzz pedals for the cash.

[derelicte]

i agree, TBD is not necessarily the traditional go-to fuzz pedal.

is there a way to try it out b4 u buy? well, i can tell u from GASing experience that it's best to buy a pedal used for uncertain purchases b/c used gear at least retains its value.

if u try it and don't like it, i'll consider taking it off your hands at a reasonable price

[TaySte_2000]

I've never heard a Fuzz have as much bottom end gain as the Swollen Pickle, instantly to me sounded doomy I'd look in that direction.

[stevecara123]

It was the feedback effect as much as the fuzz that i was looking at. I have other distortion, delay pedals etc and wanted the fuzz to fill out the sound. The feedback i'm not so sure about as i don't fully understand what the hell it does?!

[TaySte_2000]

Maybe you want a stand alone Feedback loop for your current effects it would be much cheaper.

Basically it feeds the output of the pedal back into the input meaning the pedal feeds back within it's self sometime it works sometimes it doesn't generally makes pedals with buffer absolutely squeal.

You might want to check out the Catalinbread Teaser Stallion as this has a similar feature but a more usable distortion channel

[stevecara123]

thanks for that, i've had a look and thats seems to do what i need but be cheaper and easier to get my head around! Any other reccommendations would be really helpful though.

Thanks!

[thehurlatron]

Originally Posted by stevecara123

I play in both a very heavy dommy band and a more ambient post rock band.

Off topic here but..........

I must be SO out of the loop. I've never heard of these types of music. (or I'm old)

[Illbay]

Originally Posted by stevecara123

post rock band.

Dumb question.

What the heck is "post rock?"

[TaySte_2000]

Originally Posted by Illbay

Dumb question.

What the heck is "post rock?"

In England it's what you do when the mail arrives

[bigchiefbc]

wow, no love for Devi, huh? I've never tried the TBD, but I've always wanted to. I love the BIT and the Aenima

[stevecara123]

erm... post rocks a hard one to describe, i think the proper way is using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes! but most post rock bands are instrumental, prog type of thing! bands like mogwai, godspeed you! black emperor etc

[stevecara123]

and err dommy should be doomy!!!

[Swimming Bird]

So, what, I guess doomy is like doom metal, but not quite? So, doom-esque?

Hmm, genres are silly, but how else to describe musical styles...

Oh, from the youTube clips, the TBD looks like it would be perfect for doom, though I'm not sure about doom-esque. Kidding, this looks like an awesome, non-traditional fuzz. And it has a blend feature so you don't have to spend extra cash getting a blend box.

I'm starting to GAS for it already...

EDIT: The new manufacturer, Oohlala, has a scratch 'n' dent TBD for $200...

[screamingmonkey]

Originally Posted by bigchiefbc

wow, no love for Devi, huh? I've never tried the TBD, but I've always wanted to. I love the BIT and the Aenima

I have plenty of love for devi and my Aenima, but I just wasn't all that impressed by the TBD. It may be that I simply did not spend enough time with it to learn all its little quirks, but I felt it was just lacking in something.

In the end I just realized that what I really wanted was probably the Spectacular Aenima....it pains me how much I want one of those.

[four2oh]

if you are looking at the TBD, i'd suggest checking out Devi Ever's Spectacular GZ. it's the TBD feedback loop with Devi's Godzilla fuzz, which sounds "godly" on bass.. plus that feedback loop is just so freakin' fun! and the pedal artwork is also rad (cat with laser beam eyes, come on, how cool is that!)

[nad]

Post rock is stuff like Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Slint, and even bands like ISIS to an extent. It is hard to describe, but easy to categorize once you've heard it. Think dramatic crescendos in classical music, but put in rock n' roll form.

Doom has existed for at least 40 years. Think Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral, and the millions of bands it spawned for the next 4 decades (and counting).

[RickenBoogie]

Ok, I'm on the fence now, concerning the TBD. Was thinking it would be really cool to put some delay and modulation through it, but maybe any old feedback loop would do the same, for less$$? Damn pedals, need a 12 step program to ween myself off.

[screamingmonkey]

Well if you just want the optical feedback deal, she does make the Eye of God pedal. It's a pretty neat alternative to other feedbackers.

[LUMPYKILLS]

If I am correct, Post bassists dont use distortion at all.