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Help me get back up to speed on the new innovative stuff

#41
Mudfuzz said:
In Old British Granny voice "weak as water, weak as water":spit:
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Well, what do you want? I'm an old American grandpa! Sorry, I don't think the Slicer on bass is appropriate for "Mustang Sally" or "Whole Lotta Rosie" ;)

I did just score a Whammy Pedal on Ebay, though. A bit more than I wanted to pay...$125, but considering that one that was beat to shreds just sold for $110, I guess I didn't do too badly. There...that should up the old man's street cred a little!
 
#42
JimmyM said:
Well, what do you want? I'm an old American grandpa! Sorry, I don't think the Slicer on bass is appropriate for "Mustang Sally" or "Whole Lotta Rosie" ;)

I did just score a Whammy Pedal on Ebay, though. A bit more than I wanted to pay...$125, but considering that one that was beat to shreds just sold for $110, I guess I didn't do too badly. There...that should up the old man's street cred a little!
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I'm just playing with you. Actually I haven't really built up a interest in the Slicer, Boss hasn't wowed me with anything in a long time.

Which Whammy Pedal version did you score?
 
#46
Mudfuzz said:
I'm just playing with you. Actually I haven't really built up a interest in the Slicer, Boss hasn't wowed me with anything in a long time.

Which Whammy Pedal version did you score?
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IV, the cheap one. I'm sure it won't be as good as my buddy's original version, but I'm not concerned about that too much.

But I have to say I see a lot of potential for a bassist with a Slicer. Get yourself a real fat signal going with a lot of bass and you could make some cool pulsating sounds in tempo. Or throw a fuzz and a heavy flange on it and chop it up and it would have a choppy freq sweep fuzz bass. I'm thinking it lends itself more to dance music, but if you can control time sig parameters as well, might go well in other types of music, too.

Then again I could be jerking myself off ;)
 
#47
JimmyM said:
IV, the cheap one. I'm sure it won't be as good as my buddy's original version, but I'm not concerned about that too much.

But I have to say I see a lot of potential for a bassist with a Slicer. Get yourself a real fat signal going with a lot of bass and you could make some cool pulsating sounds in tempo. Or throw a fuzz and a heavy flange on it and chop it up and it would have a choppy freq sweep fuzz bass. I'm thinking it lends itself more to dance music, but if you can control time sig parameters as well, might go well in other types of music, too.

Then again I could be jerking myself off ;)
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If you can find a use for it you aren't. Personally for that type of stuff at least for recording/writing it I'll stick with a computer;) I just wish I could find a recording program that I like %100 but I don't think it will happen.

JimmyM said:
But I have to say I see a lot of potential for a bassist with a Slicer. Get yourself a real fat signal going with a lot of bass and you could make some cool pulsating sounds in tempo. Or throw a fuzz and a heavy flange on it and chop it up and it would have a choppy freq sweep fuzz bass. I'm thinking it lends itself more to dance music, but if you can control time sig parameters as well, might go well in other types of music, too.
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On the other hand the more you are making think about it........................... Dam it I don't need any more pedal gas I'm trying to cut back right now:hmm:
 
#49
Jimmy - I have used the Whammy IV exactly as you suggested - with a fuzz and a flange. Those pedals together can create some awesome window shaking sounds. Maybe not in the middle of Mustang Sally but.......

I use an MXR 117R flanger. While not a flanger expert I have tried the Boss flanger and the EBS Chorus/Flanger and so far always ended up back with the MXR. Tough pedal that can do subtle or the 747 taking off thing.
 
#50
JimmyM said:
Well, what do you want? I'm an old American grandpa! Sorry, I don't think the Slicer on bass is appropriate for "Mustang Sally" or "Whole Lotta Rosie" ;)

I did just score a Whammy Pedal on Ebay, though. A bit more than I wanted to pay...$125, but considering that one that was beat to shreds just sold for $110, I guess I didn't do too badly. There...that should up the old man's street cred a little!
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Wait a sec, you asked for innovative new types of effects, and then complain that they aren't usable on Mustang Sally and Whole Lotta Rosie? ;)

You'd be surprised what effects use could do to Whole Lotta Rosie. Check the sig :D
 
#51
Some possible pedals to check out:

EHX POG (Original, not Micro) - Think of it as a pipe organ in a box. Very cool pedal. The Micro version is great as well, but it won't get as crazy or nail the organ tone as well as its bigger brother can. If you want even crazier stuff and somehow manage to have a boatload of pedalboard space, look into the HOG as well.

EHX Stereo Electric Mistress - warm, liquidy chorus and the essence of the Electric Mistress flanger... but in parallel! Definitely a different sound to it than what you'd get from a typical series setup - or a typical flanger, for that matter. But IIRC, you've had a Mistress before, so you know what I'm talking about. ;)

Barge Concepts Grinder - A clone of the legendary Lovetone Meatball. If you want a ridiculously complex filter pedal, this would be it.

EHX Deluxe Stereo Micro Little Big Polymuff with Wicker and Hazarai Plus - 'Nuff said. :ninja:
 
#52
That Subdecay Prometheus delivered some gassss. That thing is pretty cool and not over priced. The other one is the WMD Geiger Counter that could be interesting in any situation. Mustang Salley will never ride the same again!
 
#54
MysticBoo said:
Some possible pedals to check out:

EHX POG (Original, not Micro) - Think of it as a pipe organ in a box. Very cool pedal. The Micro version is great as well, but it won't get as crazy or nail the organ tone as well as its bigger brother can. If you want even crazier stuff and somehow manage to have a boatload of pedalboard space, look into the HOG as well.

EHX Stereo Electric Mistress - warm, liquidy chorus and the essence of the Electric Mistress flanger... but in parallel! Definitely a different sound to it than what you'd get from a typical series setup - or a typical flanger, for that matter. But IIRC, you've had a Mistress before, so you know what I'm talking about. ;)

Barge Concepts Grinder - A clone of the legendary Lovetone Meatball. If you want a ridiculously complex filter pedal, this would be it.

EHX Deluxe Stereo Micro Little Big Polymuff with Wicker and Hazarai Plus - 'Nuff said. :ninja:
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I'm not failling for that old gag!

I'm actually thinking about a Micro Pog. For what I do, I would love a clean octave down-up. Do up for faux 8-string bass, do down for fat but not synthy doubling. If I can find a deal on a Pog I'd probably get one instead, but the Micro would probably be more suited to me as a bassist.
 
#55
I had a Pog and ended up replacing it with the Micro Pog. The Pog sounded great and had tons of options but added to much noise (hiss) to the mix to be usable for me. I talked to EH and they said that is typical for the Pog and the Micro is much quieter. I got the Micro and I agree. Dead quiet and sounds great.
 
#56
JimmyM said:
I'm not failling for that old gag!

I'm actually thinking about a Micro Pog. For what I do, I would love a clean octave down-up. Do up for faux 8-string bass, do down for fat but not synthy doubling. If I can find a deal on a Pog I'd probably get one instead, but the Micro would probably be more suited to me as a bassist.
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To be honest knowing your affinity for bassy Pbass/Ampeg/Vintage tone. I don't think you'd be happy with the Micro Pog. It sounds very digital when its all clean and on its own. The octave up in particular.

In my person experience, digital tracking may be superior but the tone is never as good as analog.
 
#58
icarussmicarus said:
To be honest knowing your affinity for bassy Pbass/Ampeg/Vintage tone. I don't think you'd be happy with the Micro Pog. It sounds very digital when its all clean and on its own. The octave up in particular.

In my person experience, digital tracking may be superior but the tone is never as good as analog.
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I'm open to suggestion for a good natural sounding octaver to try out in that case. Octave up would be nice but not absolutely necessary.
 
#59
JimmyM said:
I'm open to suggestion for a good natural sounding octaver to try out in that case. Octave up would be nice but not absolutely necessary.
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A really cheap but super fun pedal is the OC-2, it's a bit synthier that you'd like, but if you strike a good balance of clean and octave down, you wouldn't really notice and it gives a really nice thick hefty sound. It's also cheap cheap cheap used so it's worth having it just for the fun vs. price factor.

As far as natural sounding analog octave pedal. The EBS is great and more natural sounding than pretty much anything else. It's more expensive however.

The newest is the MXR Deluxe Octave, but its very new and I have no experience with it at all. It would be cheaper than the EBS though I think?

Foxrox Octron is another that I havent tried but loved the clips from - but this is very expensive and hard to find for the most part. Also has a dirty octave up in it too I think?

Octave up wise - pretty much nothing sounds natural and clean in the octave up stakes. All the analog octave up effects are dirty or synthy. Although I remember reading on the forum that the fullsize HOG is good for this since you can use the filter controls to kill some of the annoying digital sound you get from octave up. Bt this is a huge expensive pedal just for that function.


So yeah, buy an OC-2 just because they are awesome. And have a look at the ebs octabass (version two black label one has the better tracking).
 

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