nathanherd's Reviews
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Undeserving of the reputation of disgust, also undeserving of it's price tag
There's overdrive pedals for not much more that do what you'll want better. I rarely use this pedal, only to emulate something high-gain without wanting to adjust my OD pedal, but I still don't think it's the "worst pedal ever". It's genuinely fun sometimes. I use it to fill an open spot on my board, I won't hesitate to replace it, but I'm digging it while it's here.
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151
Gain city bitch, gain gain city bitch
This pedal is... I don't know what to do with it. I can't dial it in in any way that I enjoy. The gain is ridiculous. It's a unique, screamy pedal and I've used it in a noise-band jam session to make my feedback outrageously powerful so I could manipulate it, but as far as serving the purpose it was created for? ehhhh...
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its an 80s opamp big muff circuit with a very different frequency response due to the 2 band tonestack... the big muff is not for everyone, the op-amp version is for an even smaller group of players and the stock grunge pedal is for no one.... but they were kinda funny when they were first released when I was a kid. EVERYTHING was 'grunge' back then.
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you can mod these though... there are 2 pairs of back-to-back diodes creating hard clipping distortion marked on the board as D1 thru D4.... try removing D1 and D2 to make it into an op-amp driven supa tonebender with treb and bass controls (this can sound pretty cool, your distortion will be a bit more open and fuzzy with more output from the 'loud' control and the pedal will clean up a bit better with your volume knob)... you can also make the diode clipping assymetrical at either diode pair by clipping one leg of one diode from a pair and then soldering another diode (typically a germanium diode like on the boss SD1 and fulltone pedals) between that leg and the board (or you can replace one of the silicon type diodes in a pair with a higher or lower clipping threshold diode like a germanium diode or LED)... the rest of the pedal's faults are based in cheap components and its a lot of trouble to upgrade things without burning the traces off the PCB and even then, its more cost effective to just build a BYOC large beaver kit or something
151
Incredible pedal, lots of options.
The options are phenomenal. From a tight echo on the tail-end of your sound that gives it a reverb like quality, to a distant fully replicated echo. Everything in between. The switch has Lo and Hi, meaning the amount of time between repeats, with a speed dial for fine tuning that space. Aside from an awesome delay effect, you can manipulate this pedal to get a reverb sound, and even a tremolo-esque chop. Highly recommend this pedal, so much fun.
151
For when you want a tube screamer in a budget-conscious world
I sat down in the store with this pedal and the TS-9. The difference is small, but the difference in price sealed the deal. A $70 Tube Screamer vs this bad boy for a cool $39.99. You get that essential electric blues sound. SRV to John Mayer to Joe Bonamassa to Albert King, a tube screamer/overdrive sound is essential, and this pedal delivers. Even at high volumes, it doesn't clip (not that I noticed anyway). Love it love it love it. I almost always have it on now when I play.
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It really doesn't get better.
Wahs are cool pedals, and this one gives you the best bang for your buck. It's a general wah, friendly with all styles. Plays nice. Dig it a lot.
151
Eh-banez
I've yelled "Metal!" while picking up this guitar so many times that my neighbors stopped calling the cops when I do it. But the thing is, I don't play metal on it. This guitar gives off an aura that lets you know it could hang around the shoulders of any shredder and fit right in, but it can do whatever you need it to. Of all my guitars past and present, the bridge humbucker sounds the best. Warm, fat, but full of tone that let the highs ring true. The single coils feel generic, and don't provide the mids that I can get out of my other guitars, but when you throw distortion on the amp this guitar handles it best. Again, that humbucker pulls so much weight. Rock, blues, the occasional jazz piece, pop, metal, this guitar sounds "okay" on most, and even "damn good" on others. If you want one guitar, don't shy away from the budget-friendly Ibanez just because of its looks or reputation.
151
Deceivingly Heavy Weight and Tone
I got this amp for $20. My first and only bass amp. It's not a gigging amp unless you are playing small, quiet house parties where subtlety is key, but it's good for practice and can even be mic'd up at a good volume and tone for recording. Plus, four band EQ, woohoo!
151
Ow! Spider bit me! Hurt, spider bite!
This was my first "real" amp. I sat down with it, knowing nothing about anything, and entertained myself with effects and presets until I began to experiment. This amp has a lot to offer. 9 on board effects, aux jack input, headphone output, and 4 channels ranging from "clean" to "insane". considering you can pick this guy up for $60-$100, it's a good second amp and will do you true till you absolutely need something bigger. Sometimes I'll still opt out of a bigger amp and just mic this one up instead.
151
Looks small, plays tall
This amp spend most of its time plugged in to the powerstrip by my bed. It's close enough to my computer that I can write and transcribe, close enough to my bed I can sit and jam, and it sounds pretty nice. I've used this amp as a guitar amp (where I'm particularly fond of the built in, button switch distortion) and for a brief period, a vocal amp, where it still performed fine. It handles tone very well, it's only drawback is it's size and, in a modern world, lack of versatility, But for a first amp, practice amp, or bedside amp, it beats a silvertone.
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Baby's first pro kit
This kit comes in at a reasonable cost as far as drum kits go. Which is to say it's expensive, and probably more than a high-school drummer with no job could afford. Jokes on you, my kit's a loan. But I play it, transport, and care for it as if those $600 spent to get it were my own. Take your time to tune it and care for it, and this kit will take care of you. The sbr cymbals are... okay for brass. They're chirpy and can get overwhelming, but at least you aren't getting those duplicate carbon copy "are they crash or are they ride" cymbals you get with other cymbal-inclusive kits. Baby's first pro kit rings true, because it's a high-end entry level kit. It looks great, plays well, and ultimately isn't too expensive in the drum world.
151
If I could marry a guitar...
She's beautiful, she's perfect... I didn't say a name but she just popped into your head, didn't she? She being the Fender Mexican Stratocaster. This is my go to guitar. It's pretty sounding, pretty looking, and pretty feeling. And they're typically fairly cheap. The bridge is one of the "weaker" points, but swap that out and you're playing a great guitar for a medium level budget.
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If the price sounds good, it's worth it
I picked up this guitar off a for sale facebook page for $60, and couldn't be happier. Jay Turser is a difficult brand to pinpoint. They don't catalog anything and there aren't any serial numbers, which makes it a very case-by-case basis. If you can get it for under $100, you can't go wrong. If it's pushing $100 to $200, be sure to play it first, take your time, but if the price sounds good, it's worth it.