rainydayloops
GearIQ 363
Joined Sep 2016
Rainy Day Loops is my outlet for making expressive and interesting music. It’s wow-and-flutter resonating from everyday experiences. It’s a collaborative umbrella of friends and a lonely walk in the rain.
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'98, teal blue with a maple neck—Best tone!!!
Effects Pedals 17
I love this reverb. It can be very musical with the 'Halo' and 'Modulated' options—or as basic as you need it. I have it at the end of my chain, after my stereo delay and run stereo out. Great for swells if you open up the dampening. I don't turn it on and off when I playing too much—for those who do, the 'Tails' option and click-less stomp switch is a major plus for staying clean!
Also I would add—great value, build quality is impressive!!!
Pros: Two speed options are a plus. You can turn the depth down and use this as a clean boost. Internal switch available to offer an additional level of speed control. Smooth tremolo overall.
Cons: There is no internal 9V battery option, which would have been nice to try and isolate the power from my power brick to troubleshoot some noise issues I'm getting. Acts as a clean boost as well.
IMO—it's over-priced (@ $240). I recommend considering FullTone's Supa-Trem (@ $150) before committing to this.
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"Millie Fuzz is a 2-channel Fuzz Face (crunchy) & Big Muff (burn) hybrid," and I love all of her personalities. This pedal offers many tone variations—classic smooth fuzz, glitchy fuzz, all the way to aggressive, hard-clipping distortion. There's also two trim-pots inside to push its boundaries—one for the burn and the other affects both burn and fuzz! Love it!!!!
First-off, this pedal has a very large footprint—like around a 3 x 5090B box equivalent. However, it's very functional, as compared to other pedals that have a ton of knobs and buttons. An added expression pedal will allow control over almost all of the attributes (including button states), which gives this pedal a lot depth. The only real (known) issue is that the pedal's SDD-3000 delay mode brings the input level down a bit (compared to all the other modes), which can be annoying if you're in a live performance situation... There is a built-in input/output attenuator which is useful... I've been using this pedal for about 6 months (practice and live performances) and it really adds a lot of great tone to my setup.
I threw this guy on my board a few weeks ago. Great addition for only $150. I use it along with another, more robust delay (that now lives in the effects loop on my amp) to get some nice ambient tones. I like that is has a built in looper... fun tool to just layering ideas.
I don't think I can say enough about this! It is a very dynamic, intuitive piece of gear! It does exactly what Boss says it does, and very well. The build quality is solid. I love that you can move pedals around virtually (in analog) and also place them in parallel. WOW!!!
Good build with great sweeps—the action is very smooth. The pedal has an adjustable 20db of boost which is a welcome addition for pushing the front-end of your tube amp. There is also a spot for your tuner... I've heard people complain that the potentiometer strings break in these, but I haven't broken one yet in the past year. If you do it's around $4 to replace and maybe an embarrassing moment of volume control loss.
I run this at the start of my chain (before my volume pedal) so I can get compression on the original guitar signal. I set all three knobs at about noon for a moderate amount of sustain and compression (so it's not too squishy). Once in a while I'll turn it off—it's then that I realize how much it helps even out my tone. The v3 also has (currently JHS is up to v4) a LBB (Little Black Buffer) circuit with an internal dip-switch to turn it on or off. So that's pretty awesome!
I've had this rack for over 25 years. I'll probably never get rid of it—as it has amazingly crisp distortion for playing metal. It's also very difficult to find one for sale.
The mAXE includes a noise gate, and exciter "(harmonic exciter or aural exciter), which is an audio signal processing technique used to enhance a signal by dynamic equalization, phase manipulation, harmonic synthesis of (usually) high frequency signals, and through the addition of subtle harmonic distortion."
It still works, but I'm in process of replacing the pots and input jacks. I'm also thinking about copying the circuit(s) into a stomp box. This one is made in the USA and has all of the original knobs.
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Studio Equipment 14
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Works very nicely. Portable, expression-able , well-built!!!!
This is a great and affordable addition to my control surfaces. Works nicely with Ableton Live! Very durable and has a good weight to it (so it isn't moving all around). Extremely responsive pads. Love it!
I don't use this a lot, but it works great with the free iPad app and works perfectly with Ableton Live! It is well built. Had it for a couple years and the old firmware still plays nicely with all the newer applications.
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Amplifiers 3
I've owned lots of amplifiers over the years—tube, solid-state and hybrids. This amp is amazing! It has two channels, both with individual (5, 10, and 25W) attenuators. This allows breakup at lower volumes, which in-turn offers less ear fatigue when just wanting to practice. It also comes with a four-switch pedal. I have many great FX pedals, but I love just plugging straight into this from time-to-time. It really has a great, warm—yet serious no BS tone all by itself!
I love this lil' guy! I use it to bring to practices and as a second amp in my stereo setup. Very affordable, rock-solid tube amp. I mic this with an SM57—sounds really good!
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Headphones 4
Microphones 8
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Very affordable, great sound and easy to setup. I use this one with with my Mesa Boogie combo at home and with an AC30 when I play live. It's like the new SM57 for guitar amps.
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Bass Guitars 2
Software Plugins and VSTs 8
Keyboards and Synthesizers 4
Drum Sets 2
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Studio Monitors 3
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Cymbals 2
Other Gear 9
I use Tortex picks exclusively. Usually the yellow, then sometimes the orange or green, depending what style or guitar I'm playing. The material is like a matte finish and easy to grip. The colors are nice—easy to find when I drop them. They also go through the wash well. I usually have about 3-4 fall on the ground when taking stuff out of the dryer. My wife thinks it's cute—better than a tube of Chapstick I guess :)
Had 6
For a little over a hundred bucks you get a hand-built in the USA, two-channel overdrive pedal, that has many gain and OD variant options. It's built with high-end components, including some Fulltone proprietary parts, like their own 3PDT switches and custom made copper wire. It's probably one of the cleanest, best built dirt pedals on my board—and it's the least expensive pedal I own. ;)
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I use this pedal in very small doses, with toned-back, long & slow sweeps (sexy, I know). It's good to have the option to brighten the phase tone at the flip of the 'color' switch. I ended up choosing this over a MXR Phase 90, because of the low cost ($50 lightly used) and recommendations.
I don't have a great deal of input here—I use this pedal primarily to thicken my tone a bit. It does have two subs down, one octave up, and a polyphonic and monophonic options (via toggle switch). I have not tested it with my fuzz, but I can only imagine that it will sound fabulous!
Let's briefly talk about the Toneprint feature. I think it is a good idea, and had about an hour of fun with it. I really hope TC throws some more resources at their application's functionality and UI design. It's not very well thought out. It's been on the market long enough where you think it would have been upgraded. The iPhone app is clunky and crash-prone at this point...
The low sub down is nice to have, but it's more than my rig can handle—Mesa Boogie 5:25 and a Vox AC4. Maybe fun with a bass guitar!
