Electro Harmonix HOG2 ended my Octave / More octaves and 5th's and such. This has it covered
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Pedals that (maybe) ended your GAS on an effect
- Thread starter Iommian
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I had chorus GAS for years. I probably tried 5-7 pedals or so. The TC Corona was close, but the EHX Bass Clone did the trick for.
Source Audio Kingmaker for all drives. Use to want a bunch now couldn't care less.
Source Audio C4 for Filtering,
had an EHX Bassballs and DigiTech Synth Wah, have an EHX Talking Machine and Sonuus Wahoo, wanted an EHX Enigma, a Guyatone Ultron or a Source Audio Manta
I don't bother looking now, the Synth part is nice bonus to me. Means I won't even bother with the Bass MicroSynth, Future Impact, SY300 or SY1000
Visual Volume Pedal for volume, really two inputs, two outputs plus tuner out covers all my needs.
Source Audio Reflex covers my wants for an expression pedal
Source Audio C4 for Filtering,
had an EHX Bassballs and DigiTech Synth Wah, have an EHX Talking Machine and Sonuus Wahoo, wanted an EHX Enigma, a Guyatone Ultron or a Source Audio Manta
I don't bother looking now, the Synth part is nice bonus to me. Means I won't even bother with the Bass MicroSynth, Future Impact, SY300 or SY1000
Visual Volume Pedal for volume, really two inputs, two outputs plus tuner out covers all my needs.
Source Audio Reflex covers my wants for an expression pedal
My first edition beat up v1 VT bass.
Never left my board.
Swiss army knife gig saver. I've gigged straight ahead jazz to grindcore with this preamp.
"The pedal isn't versatile...no..you're not versatile!!!!"
Never left my board.
Swiss army knife gig saver. I've gigged straight ahead jazz to grindcore with this preamp.
"The pedal isn't versatile...no..you're not versatile!!!!"
The very same. Here's how it looks on my board.
Hey, I've been eyeing the pickle too! Regarding the internal knobs, I hear there's a "engorged gherkin" mod somewhere that brings those knobs to the front. Still no crossover of course, but... I still like how the pickle sounds. Maybe I'll revisit my fuzz choice one day.
Stifling GAS doesn't sound healthy to me.
While my hardcore GAS for dirt, compression, pitch and sub octave, wah and auto filters, synth and weirdness, has been unaffected, the HX FX has made it so I won't ever need a new delay, reverb, or standard modulation pedal.
While my hardcore GAS for dirt, compression, pitch and sub octave, wah and auto filters, synth and weirdness, has been unaffected, the HX FX has made it so I won't ever need a new delay, reverb, or standard modulation pedal.
Oceans 11 did that for me... reverb plus like ALL THE THINGS! Even though I usually just keep it on chorus + reverb ...
It wasn't pedals for me it was starting a family and bills!
Having said all this...if I was going to do it all again, most of this would stay. I probably would swap out my Strymon Mobius with maybe something smaller like a Boss MD 200. It's only got 4 internal patches....but I could send Midi commands to directly input patch settings via my Boss ES-5. I would also add a Source Audio Collider on the end of my chain too. It's nice to have dedicated verb and delay units...the great thing with this unit is that it's two dedicated units in a relatively small box. It's cool that it can parallel it's two effects too.
I have yet to reach the stage of maturity where any pedal
has quelled the effects of GAS for effects.
The Hyper Luminal provides more usable flexibility with excellent tone than I shall ever outgrow ...
...
BUT
The Becos Twain
Seriously...even if you never leave bypass mode-
Ridiculous and exquisite as a piece of gear on your board
has quelled the effects of GAS for effects.
The Hyper Luminal provides more usable flexibility with excellent tone than I shall ever outgrow ...
...
BUT
The Becos Twain
Seriously...even if you never leave bypass mode-
Ridiculous and exquisite as a piece of gear on your board
Literally ... no pedal ever has.
The pedals that have been on my board for the longest are my boss oc-2 and my ehx deluxe memory boy, and while both have stayed on despite me trying to find replacements I'm still gonna often frustrated by their flaws.
The pedals that have been on my board for the longest are my boss oc-2 and my ehx deluxe memory boy, and while both have stayed on despite me trying to find replacements I'm still gonna often frustrated by their flaws.
There is no way in heck I can fit that new one on my pedalboard though!
Still an awesome concept though...
The one pedal that has ended my gas for distortion pedals is the source audio aftershock. this pedal is like the shang tsung of bass distortion pedals. this pedal has an app that will allow me to create some killer sounding dirts. this pedal is a real gas killer. whatever dirt I desire, I can simply use the source audio neuro app to create that dirt sound I want to achieve.
Since I've mentioned source audio, I am thinking about purchasing the source audio gemini chorus. I do like how lushful this chorus pedal sounds. you can easily get peter steele's clean chorus sound with this pedal. it's like october rust in a box. I plan to get that pedal sometime soon.
Since I've mentioned source audio, I am thinking about purchasing the source audio gemini chorus. I do like how lushful this chorus pedal sounds. you can easily get peter steele's clean chorus sound with this pedal. it's like october rust in a box. I plan to get that pedal sometime soon.
EQ: Boss EQ-200. Lots of tweakability, super transparent-
OD: Darkglass Alpha Omega Ultra. not a fan of extreme settings, but even at lower gain it kicks some serious ass. Too bad tha CabSim is an absolute s**t though. Oh well, I'm not using it anyway.
Then, a special question:
Is there a multi-mod unit (like a Strymon Mobius or Wampler Terraform) which also has a "drive" control (like the SA Manta)? If it exists, that might be the ultimate GAS-suppressor for me.
OD: Darkglass Alpha Omega Ultra. not a fan of extreme settings, but even at lower gain it kicks some serious ass. Too bad tha CabSim is an absolute s**t though. Oh well, I'm not using it anyway.
Then, a special question:
Is there a multi-mod unit (like a Strymon Mobius or Wampler Terraform) which also has a "drive" control (like the SA Manta)? If it exists, that might be the ultimate GAS-suppressor for me.
First pedal I ever bought was the Voodoo Bass maybe 20 years ago, always on tube like compression and that just before break up what I call "pregnant" sound. The HAO Sole Pressure for fat low break up ... the HAO Rust Booster for more upper mid grit.
All permanent fixtures haven't changed them out in a long time, don't see that changing.
So no GAS
All permanent fixtures haven't changed them out in a long time, don't see that changing.
So no GAS
Only three so far for me:
Delay: Empress EchoSystem
Reverb: Meris Mercury 7 & Iron Ether Nimbus
The two reverbs sound nothing alike (to me), and they complement each other nicely. Very generally, the Meris is lively and warm whereas the Nimbus is cold and hollow and spooky.
The Empress just sounds great and is easy to use. Dual delays, modulations, and all sorts of fun stuff.
I've tried many, many other delay and reverb pedals since getting these, and I'm quite done trying others.
Delay: Empress EchoSystem
Reverb: Meris Mercury 7 & Iron Ether Nimbus
The two reverbs sound nothing alike (to me), and they complement each other nicely. Very generally, the Meris is lively and warm whereas the Nimbus is cold and hollow and spooky.
The Empress just sounds great and is easy to use. Dual delays, modulations, and all sorts of fun stuff.
I've tried many, many other delay and reverb pedals since getting these, and I'm quite done trying others.
