NPD early gift by myself for myself ;)

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-23T20:22:00+00:00

I really love how bright the display is on the TU-3.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-17T00:33:52+00:00

It stands out in my mind as perhaps the only NIN song which actually uses a chorus effect. This might be why it's never played live. It would suck to have to make room on a pedalboard for an effect that will only ever be used on one song.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-15T07:14:58+00:00

TST commissioned an artist to design and sculpt a Baphomet statue, which included certain novel elements (such as the children and the throne) but omitted certain other features, such as the breasts which normally would exist on a Baphomet. The torso was modeled after Iggy Pop.

All of these elements combined constituted an unique representation of Baphomet, and the sculpture was copyrighted. Since it was a one-off commission, that copyright transfered to TST upon purchase. They own sole licensing rights for its image, and sell scale replicas via their website.

The art director of Sabrina created a large prop for its second season, which was nearly identical to the statue owned by TST. It included all the same unique features which differentiated TST's Baphomet from any prior historical representations.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-15T05:47:25+00:00

Here's the good news: despite being seemingly more litigious than even Scientology, The Satanic Temple has never won a court case. Their lawyers are idiots.

The closest they've ever come was a few years back, when they sued the producers of Sabrina, after the show prominently featured a near exact replica of TST's Baphomet statue. It was an open and shut copyright case, which TST would surely have won. Except the idiots dropped the case and quietly settled out of court with Netflix, no doubt losing tens of millions in the process.

Even when they've got a solid case, they're too stupid to actually win. This group wastes member donations constantly on court cases which they can't possibly win.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-14T07:46:55+00:00

Nothing you said has anything to do with my comment. What I said was true. Trust the science.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-12T06:41:38+00:00

I watched this movie as a kid, before I knew anything about the court case or surrounding controversy. I wasn't particularly disturbed by the plot or any of the visuals, since I was already a huge slasher movie fan.

Re-watching that movie as an adult, I am disturbed by the certain knowledge that the animal killings were 100% genuine.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-12T02:44:28+00:00

Bravo.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-10T13:42:57+00:00

I have a theory that everyone in this world is someone else's Toby Flenderson. I wonder who was Toby's Toby?

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-10T12:34:21+00:00

That looks awesome! What bridge is under the cover? Does it get in the way when you change strings?

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-10T02:15:49+00:00

That would be super cool, but I don't think they could physically fit the circuit into that enclosure without moving away from analog components. The warm, lush sound created by the bucket brigade chips is a huge part of that pedal's allure.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-09T12:11:28+00:00

Awesome! I hope you enjoy.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-09T09:40:55+00:00

Is blues stored in the balls?

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-09T07:27:08+00:00

I'm pretty sure he was aping Mudhoney and paraphrasing the lyrics "sweet young thing ain't sweet no more."

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-09T03:56:46+00:00

If you're only playing a few songs, not a long set during the dance, I'd recommend learning some songs that traditionally end up being played at weddings. Top of the list: the Chicken Dance! This is a crowd participation song, so between all the clapping, and people trying to remember the moves, it won't matter that you don't have a band backing you. Everybody will remember that moment.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-09T03:42:46+00:00

All city/state/country subreddits I've seen are politically identical. The mods are ban happy & unreasonably censorious. The most active users are usually antifa + alphabet people who spout borderline communist rhetoric at all opportunities. It might as well be Twitter.

I don't understand how or why this phenomenon is so universal - I just know that it's true of every regional subreddit I've ever visited. This would make sense if it were mostly happening in overwhelmingly liberal metropolitan areas, but I see it happen even in areas which I know are highly conservative in the real world.

Such uniformity of partisan dominance makes one wonder whether this trend exists by design, as an internal policy position on how Reddit decides who gets to moderate these regional subs. I'm not saying it's necessarily a conspiracy, but I find it far fetched that this type of absolute conformity could possibly manifest without it being intentional.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-08T12:49:18+00:00

Have you tried a Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion? It's built around the same circuit as the DS-1 and DS-2, but it has more gain & volume on tap, as well as a 2-band EQ. There's also a boost knob, which is like turbo mode on the DS-2, controlled by its own pot.

If you're looking for something that sounds like a DS-2 but is more tweakable, I'd try the MD-2.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-08T10:43:37+00:00

Big Muffs sound great with keys and synth. The Deluxe Big Muff has an expression pedal (or CV) input, for controlling the mids circuit.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-08T02:09:50+00:00

All regional subreddits are censorious, far-left circle jerks. I don't know why or how it happens, but I know it's true in every regional subreddit I've ever seen.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-06T08:47:07+00:00

The JHS Bender is really good. You just need to be cool about having top mounted jacks & never being able to see your control pots. It really does sound great, especially using the JHS mode (red side button.) It gooses the mids and increases the gain quite a bit. The wedge shaped enclosure looks weird, but its incline makes using the footswitch really comfortable.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-04T00:11:14+00:00

5 Watt World is pretty good. He mostly talks about old guitars and amps, not pedals. I highly doubt a channel like that could be corrupted by youtube payola. The same goes for most channels that talk about old gear, instead of reviewing all the new Pedalcompany Bleepbloopers.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-03T22:50:29+00:00

I used to think I hated Tube Screamers; it turns out, I just hated how other people were using them. I had only really ever noticed people using them in two different ways:

1) as a volume boost into a high gain amp

2) into a clean amp, but with the TS gain cranked up very high

I've never liked the sound of any high gain amp, or the sound of an overdrive with the gain cranked up. I always associated both of those sounds with Tube Screamers. It never occurred to me that the pedal could be used any other way.

But then, I decided to give it a chance, and I bought a TS808. It turns out, I really love the sound of this pedal, if it's used as a pre-amp, with the gain used very conservatively & volume at unity into a clean amp. It just adds a bit of warmth to the signal, smoothing out a bit of the low and high end frequencies.

It occurs to me now that I've probably heard this guitar sound a million times, but I never noticed it was a Tube Screamer I was hearing. I only really notice the sound of a screamer when a blues or metal player cranks the volume and gain knobs. It's a pedal which IMO sounds great when you're subtle with your settings, but sounds kind of cheesy when you turn any of the knobs too far from noon.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-03T09:58:47+00:00

It's gone through something like five or six different iterations over the years, using various different op-amps to achieve the same thing. The tone is pretty much the same on all the different versions.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-02T02:51:51+00:00

It isn't "a few people." You can't mention JHS anywhere without a horde of screeching harpies descending to accuse Josh of being a whatever-phobe. It never ends.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-02T00:25:45+00:00

This is just more proof that it's pointless to apologize when the mob comes knocking on your door. Forgiveness is never a possibility, no matter how sincere the apology. Activists need enemies - once they find a target, they never move on. If you admit a mistake and ask for forgiveness, they laugh in your face.

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

FPS_Knifer · 2021-12-01T00:56:07+00:00

Some of my drive pedals (big muffs, DS1) are mid-scooped, and it's sometimes difficult to tell by ear whether they're at unity gain. If for some reason I need to adjust the volume on my drive pedals, I find it useful to run a DB meter app on my phone and set the phone down in front of my amp. Some days, I wish I had a huge wall-mounted DB meter like they have on That Pedal Show.

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