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314
Oh Kaaayyyy
I luv this effect and generally default to BOSS if Im not digging too deep. I use it on only a few songs but it really sounds nice, though I might upgrade to a tube based one with vibrato included.... Solid pedal tho
314
Again (Again-Again-Again...)
My best buddy has a pedal board with 4 digital delays on it, says you can't have to many. Personally Ive always preferred the sort of fuzzy and dissolving quality of analog delay- I figure the digital stuff is in every laptop and studio rack so there's always chances to use it. My favorite thing about this pedal pother than the sound, which is FABULOUS, is that you have 2 delays and you can switch between say a slap back and a more reverie long thing and not give up too much real estate on the ground...Ive been stomping on the one I bought for about 8 years and it doesn't even hummm...
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Hooked On Music
When I was a kid my friends sisters BF turned us on to a lot of music (Partying too !) One of the things he hipped us to that really stuck with me was the Pat Travers Band, and the record he played all the time was the live on from 1978 or 1979 "Go For What You Know" Well years later in a club after a soundcheck I was talking with a sound guy who said Travers used to use the "Script 90" so when I switched to guitar from bass it was like the second pedal I bought. Phaser is kind of like the older sister of the Flanger, not as short of a skirt, and not as tight of a body, but y'all can talk about stuff for hours...HAHAH EXACTLY !! Must have for that 70's rawktastic sound...
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Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadewloop
I have tried every other envelope type effect, its one of my favorites, and while the WMD Fatman comes close there is no other pedal that gives up the funk (Or the Jerry if that's your thing) better than the Mutron III You can hear the difference mainly when the whole band is playing- you don't get the same level drop most envelope followers have. A Classic and unbeatable really...
314
And She Got A Pistol, Laying It Down On Me And She Said "Shoot, shoot"
I bought one of these new in 1995 for about $300 US. It gives you a (True) bypass, then a choice of clean/Blues or Blues/Solo; the Blues being a subtly grindy overdrive and the Solo a full on high gain sound. All of it coming from 2 12ax7's which you can switch out for tonal color more to your taste if you like-I put in NOS Sylvania 12au7's. Every sound coming from this pedal is sparkly and shines with rich harmonics and sweet topend, and the distortion is always rich and musical. Life choices wound up with me quitting guitar-and eventually a ton of other things- and so I didn't use it for awhile. When I picked up the guitar again I went through a ton of different OD/Preamps- Tube Screamers, MXR, a Chandler, and settled on an AMT SS-20. I had loaned my V-Twin to a pal, and when I got it back and plugged it in : Effin MAGIC !!! So I bought one off eBay in 2009 for $300...
314
Im In Love With My Car
I picked one of these up from Jam's Gear Cellar on Reverb; the guy actually gave me a deal on it and I think its the one of the best sounding heads Ive had the pleasure to know. Mine is in the small size so sits on a old Marshall 4X10 cab perfectly. I prefer overdrive to all out crunch- much more UFO or Thin Lizzy than Metallica or Mastadon- and this has that '80's Marshall sizzle and shine with a fat low mid. I very slightly push the front end with a Mesa V-Twin pedal and its just sings, and for that sort of crumbly Marshall clean tone it delvers chime and overtones in buckets...A great amp the guitar Gods allowed me to luck into as I couldn't afford to pay what these go for...