Question for Guitar Players

[Choada_Boy]

I'm looking for a new effect(s) pedal(s) to add to my pedal board. I'd like to augment/enhance/mutilate my sound (continents colliding and subducting, sheets of steel being raped by power hammers, etc) and I'm looking for suggestions.

 

My current rig includes: Pro-Co Rat Distortion ==> Modded MXR Blue Box ==> MXR EVH Flanger ==> MXR Phase 90 ==> MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay ==> MXR KFK EQ

 

Any thoughts on this issues would be appreciated.

[olyclimber]

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[hafilax]

What guitar and amp? A 7 string or baritone guitar can bring the heavy. As much as I hate active pickups they can be good for super compressed over the top distortion. They overpower any tone from the guitar though.

 

The biggest mutilators I can think of are:

 

Digitech Whammy

Whah

EH Frequency Analyzer

EH POG (poly octave generator)

Any of the EH synths and octaves for that matter

Any of the Moogerfoogers (Ring Modulator, MuRF etc)

Envelope filter/autowhah

 

More distortion:

Fender Blender or Big Muff

Foxx Tone Machine

Green Ringer (octave up and has some ring modulator like qualities with more than 2 notes; needs a compressor in front of it)

 

A good compressor can bring the best out of some of these effects or kill them depending.

 

Or you could just get a POD.

[kevbone]

A 7 string or baritone guitar

 

I agree. I play a 7 string. I have a hard time playing 6 strings anymore. Standard half stack with metal zone petal works great. This set up screams......

 

[Choada_Boy]

I'm playing an Epiphone Les Paul into a Marshall VS265. I replaced the standard p.u.s with Seymour Duncan Invaders and had a bone nut installed, so it plays really well. My amp isn't giving me the tone I'm looking for. I'm planning on getting a Marshall JCM 800 and either an Avatar or Earcandy 2x12 cab.

 

I sold my Metal Zone, sounded like bees in a can.

[hafilax]

I bet that with a closed back cab with Celestions you'll be most of the way to the JCM 800 sound. It's amazing how much the cab and speakers change the tone and response and it's usually overlooked. Open back combos can't do metal especially with tubes.

 

The metal zone probably sounds completely different going into a tube first stage and a closed back cab.

 

I have all the parts to convert my head into a JCM 800. Just haven't gotten around to it. The big plan was to make a switchable Bassman clean and 800 dirty.

[Choada_Boy]

Thanks for the info!

[hafilax]

Ultimately it's up to what your ear decides.

[olyclimber]

ultimately you're going to have to give up on the macho shit and learn how to shred

[Choada_Boy]

Ultimately it's up to what your ear decides.

 

What's left of my ears, that is.

[Jim]

Sheesh! I'm struggling with barre chords and you guys sound like you're outfitting the space shuttle.

[kevbone]

learn how to shred

 

Been there, done that.

[olyclimber]

YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT DUDE.

 

 

[Choada_Boy]

I can't play fast, but I can play hard. (Insert sexual innuendo based on previous statement here)

 

 

[kevbone]

YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT DUDE.

 

 

 

:rocken: :rocken:

[hafilax]

Admit it kevbone, you've got a scalloped fretboard.

 

I definitely can't shred but I can pull off half assed versions of some fastish rhythm parts. I've been working on some bluegrass flat picking lately.

[Choada_Boy]

I can thrash but I can't shred.

 

I play de-tuned a full tone, and sometimes Drop C. Heavy.

 

I've been working on textural soundscapes, both resonant and discordant. I got a midi keyboard for my Mac and made "drones" in Reason, say in the key of Dm, which I then play over. Gets pretty trippy.

[kevbone]

Admit it kevbone, you've got a scalloped fretboard.

 

 

Uh....I an't no Ingwie....

 

I primarily play my nylon string these days. I am a student of flamenco, that is my passion these days.

[Kimmo]

I can thrash but I can't shred.

 

I play de-tuned a full tone, and sometimes Drop C. Heavy.

 

I've been working on textural soundscapes, both resonant and discordant. I got a midi keyboard for my Mac and made "drones" in Reason, say in the key of Dm, which I then play over. Gets pretty trippy.

 

sounds ala Earth or Sunno))))....

[Choada_Boy]

Both good bands. I saw Earth in San Fransisco with Neurosis on New Year's Eve a few years ago. Good show. Haven't seen Sunno))) yet. Pelican is another band of similar bent but definitely more structured than Sunno))). Amenra gets textural sometimes as well.

[Off_White]

So post up some mp3 files of your playing

[Choada_Boy]

That's the problem. I haven't invested in/figured how to record myself yet.

[hafilax]

Get a computer recording interface like a Line6 Toneport or a Presonus Firebox. They might even come with multi-track recording software but there are free ones out there like Ardour. My Toneport came with Ableton Live.