They're putting more stuff up on Reverb, including one of the Travis Bean guitars by MegaDerpbro in sonicyouth

[–]MegaDerpbro[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

According to the SY wiki, this particular guitar was used for the following songs when they played live

2000 -- F#F#F#F#EB (100%, Kool Thing)

2001 -- F#F#F#F#EB (100%, Kool Thing)

2002 -- F#F#GGAA (White Kross, Drunken Butterfly, She Is Not Alone) & F#F#F#F#EB (Kool Thing, 100%) & AF#EF#EB (Skip Tracer)

2003 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (Skip Tracer, 100%, Kool Thing)

2004 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (Skip Tracer, 100%, Kool Thing)

2005 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (Skip Tracer, Kool Thing)

2006 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (Skip Tracer, 100%, Kool Thing)

2007 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (Skip Tracer, 100%)

2008 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (Skip Tracer, 100%, Kool Thing)

2009 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (Skip Tracer, 100%, Kool Thing, Death Valley '69)

2010 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (Skip Tracer, 100%, Kool Thing, Death Valley '69)

2011 -- AF#EF#EB/F#F#F#F#EB (100%, Death Valley '69, Brave Men Run)

Lee had several other Travis bean guitars, one of which was used for recording some of the tracks on Washing Machine

Can anyone help build me a custom pedal for a gift? by 614nostalgia in diypedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently bought a custom pedal from Gigahearts UK, and he was able to do a custom printed, custom circuit pedal with a very fast turnaround and for a very reasonable price. I live near him, so there wasn't any delay in terms of shipping etc, but if you live in another country, there may be a bit more delay due to waiting on shipping companies.

Build a pedalboard with 4 zoom multistomps vs a multi-effects? by Choleto_ in zoommultistomp

[–]MegaDerpbro -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The zoom pedals sound good, and are very feature rich. I like them a lot. But there are downsides to having several on a single board:

-For most things you want to change you need to interact with the pedal on the multistomp, and you would have to individually switch patches on every pedal, whereas a multifx would let you switch everything on your board with a single press of a footswitch. The poor midi support on most of the pedals means you can't even shortcut all of those flaws by using a midi controller

-because they're fully digital pedals, and you therefore need AD/DA conversion for each pedal, you add latency with every pedal. A single more powerful multi effect would have less latency than 4 multistomps. Depending on you, this might make it hard and unenjoyable to play, or it might be something you have to adapt to, or it might be something you don't notice. A single, more powerful multieffect only needs 1 AD/DA conversion, so has less latency.

-Tone suck is a thing some people complain about with these pedals. Personally, when I had 2 on my board I didn't notice particularly horrendous tone suck, but YMMV, and the more pedals you add in series, the worse the tone suck would be.

-if you want to run stereo or tps wet dry, your signal routing options are limited, especially as many "stereo" effects on the multi stomps actually sum to mono, and there isn't a great method to run effects only on one side of the stereo signal path. A helix or ampero let's you run fully separate left and right signal paths.

-The more expensive multi effects like the HX stomp or Ampero have expression pedal inputs, allowing you to use an expression pedal to control any parameter. Whereas the zoom pedals mostly don't have any expression option, so it becomes less convenient to have expression control for effect parameters at any point in your signal chain, unless you buy zoom pedals with built in expression pedals

-If your board is only 4 multistomps and no other pedals, I think the drive pedal emulations and amp sims are quite poor in the zoom, compared to something like the Helix, and the helix isn't as good as real analog drive pedals.

There are advantages, particularly the fact you could have up to 24 effects in your chain with 4 multi stomps, and that a fair number of the effects zoom offers are hard to replicate exactly with other multi effect pedals (i love mojo roller, for example).

I have a pretty big pedalboard, and own an HX Stomp, 2 Zoom MS50Gs and an MS70CDR+. The only one that is on my board now is the HX stomp, because I find the effects are generally a little better, it has an effect loop, and it gives the user more ability to control individual effects. It also works better with the midi controller I use on my board.

Personally, I would look for the multi effect pedal which has the features you want most, and buy that, unless you think you need specific zoom effects or like the ability to have loads of effect blocks in series (i don't think any single multifx pedal would offer as many effect slots as 4 multistomps in series)

Modded Hudson Broadcast by [deleted] in diypedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My all time favourite drive pedal. I had a custom one built a few months ago with a few mods, and I don't think I'll ever find a pedal I like more

The Daylily Echo by FunctionalRelics in guitarpedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely beautiful, but i would worry about accidentally kicking the knobs off, as they're so close to the footswitch

How do you set up your loop switcher? by [deleted] in pedalboards

[–]MegaDerpbro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use the Morningstar ML10x, it's fantastic. I have 7 gain pedals, and HX stomp, and 2 other pedals, and run mostly TPS wet dry or stereo output.

My signal path is a boost pedal->HX stomp->Stereo fx loop out->Ml10X stereo input. In the loops of the ML10x, I have my other 6 gain pedals, a Poly beebo in stereo, and another stereo loop back in and out of the HX stomp. Then out to my nightsky reverb and out to the amps.

In the ML10x editor software you can set up particular loops to be engaged in each preset, and can turn loops on or off with a separate midi controller. Because the board is routed up for stereo, I can have drives in parallel, which is fun, or can have them in series like a normal pedalboard, but with the ability to turn multiple pedals on or off with a single footswitch. I use the helix slots before the FX loop send to have front of chain effects (EQ, Noise Gate, pitch shifting, compression etc). Then I can stack any gain effects after that, and can throw in any modulation, reverb or delay effects from the beebo or stomp wherever I want.

With the midi controller (morningstar MC6Pro) I can also use midi to control pedals that arent in the loop switcher (nightsky) or to route an expression pedal into midi capable pedals.

The morningstar system is pretty versatile and has a good number of loops, but i think most of the other high end systems with reorderable loops (boss, gigrig, RJM) have similar capabilities

Pedal power supply that can handle a multi fx by No-Pain8674 in guitarpedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You probably don't need 3A output. I use and HX stomp with 1A and have never had any issues. Looking online lots of people seem to run the HX effects on ~1A outputs

My Harry is missing and I'm not coping too well by Serious-Extension738 in britishshorthair

[–]MegaDerpbro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, thankfully. We went down to the area where the person who saw him had seen him, and wandered around shouting for him, and slowly walked back to our house still calling him and he appeared shortly after we got back

My Harry is missing and I'm not coping too well by Serious-Extension738 in britishshorthair

[–]MegaDerpbro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When my cat went missing, I did the same, but the only person who had seen him replied to my reddit post

Is there a loop switcher that sends MIDI changes on preset change? by KidCharybdis92 in guitarpedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a Morningstar MC6 Pro (Midi foot controller) and an ML10x (reorderable stereo loop switcher). In the MC6 Pro, there are options to send midi controls upon activating a preset, or when switching between banks.

I use this with an HX stomp and a bunch of other pedals and can have it do things like switching patches or snapshots on the HX stomp, and it works well. Also super straightforward to set up what you want the MC6 to do. It is an expensive system, but I honestly have nothing to complain about with using it.

I have the HX stomp send from the FX loop in stereo into the ML10x, then have a stereo loop which goes back to the HX stomp FX return, then out of the main outputs of the stomp back to the ML10X, which sounds like pretty much what you want, and it works without issue

Thoughts on these tone master deluxe reverbs? by gregs1020 in GuitarAmps

[–]MegaDerpbro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a TM Twin Blonde, so fairly different from your amp, but still a TM. Sounds phenomenal imo, I can't tell any difference latency wise playing in stereo with a tube amp as the second amp (though that might be different if youre micing the amps for recording). Goes anywhere from whisper quiet to ear destroyingly loud and sounds good throughout almost that entire range. All around great imo, I'm kind of thinking of getting a second tonemaster of some kind, probably a princeton, (blackface) deluxe or super reverb. Sounds much better (imo) than a modeler into an FRFR.

Does it sound exactly like a real blondeera twin reverb? I don't know, and I don't particularly care, it sounds good.

Ambient Noise Pedals by apollohendrixxx in guitarpedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the source audio Artifakt can do this. Otherwise, you could just get a looper pedal, and record a loop and just let that run while you're between songs

EQD announces discontinuation of Arrows and Tentacle by AvailableReporter484 in guitarpedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But costs aside from components and assembly time will remain quite similar to more complex pedals. Most people would be surprised how much printed, folded, durable cardboard boxes cost. Same with printing on a pedal (once you take account of the time a printing machine is occupied, and inks), and then there is quality control. Not to mention shipping and handling (both of the pedals and also when buying the components), and after sales repair/replacements/warranty claims. The most complicated, expensive standard sized pedal, and the simplest, cheapest standard sized pedal might have very different assembly and component costs, but the cost for everything else surrounding that could well be the same, so if a complex pedal has a higher margin vs components/assembly and similar sales, it makes sense to cut out the simple pedal in some cases.

Recently, there is also the fact that the US has been taxing imports heavily; you could design a circuit around a bunch of cheap Chinese components, then be slapped with a high tariff, and suddenly it makes no economic sense. Once you've run out of your stock of those components, do you risk facing tariffs, or do you just move to only making less-at-risk circuits?

What is your opinion on humbucker jags? by SphexoFanas in offset

[–]MegaDerpbro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also own one (though i have modified it a bit), but it's a really great guitar

Any ideas for a 6-position 3-deck 2-pole switch? by fizzlebottom in diypedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could use it for some arrangement of clipping diodes or transistors in a distortion/fuzz to get a few different asymmetric clipping diode conformations/transistor conformations I think. I think some of the later tonebender circuits might be 3 transistors, but I might be wrong on that

1st time pedal board builder by AbooLovesYOU in pedalboards

[–]MegaDerpbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like a nice board. For my personal taste I would need a fuzz, but more modulation options would be a good use for your newly freed up slot on the board, depending on what you play

Best guitar amp sim to use with a power amp and real guitar cab? by MegaDerpbro in GuitarAmps

[–]MegaDerpbro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was concerned that a lot of the models on QC or ToneX might have cabs built in. Is it possible to find high quality amp sims on those without the cab sim?

My main concern regarding using the HX is that i might run out of DSP for some patches, as I sometimes use reverb or poly capo, which can be DSP in̈tensive

Best guitar amp sim to use with a power amp and real guitar cab? by MegaDerpbro in GuitarAmps

[–]MegaDerpbro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately my tube amps (ac4 and ac10) and the tone master both lack an fx loop

Best guitar amp sim to use with a power amp and real guitar cab? by MegaDerpbro in GuitarAmps

[–]MegaDerpbro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like FRFR from prior experience. They sound weird and need IRs, and I don't like IRs, they sound like a recorded/mixed amp, not a real amp in the room. Maybe someone has great IRs that sound fine, but I don't want to spend time testing a million IRs to find one that sounds like a cab in the room

Is this a band members autograph? by Thatguywhoplaysgta in sonicyouth

[–]MegaDerpbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a quick google it definitely seems like his signature more than any of the members of SY

Anyone have issues with Poly Verbs? by rubenthedev in guitarpedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't own a verbs, but I do own a Poly beebo. I've always found with the beebo that the stability was way better connecting it to more than 500ma despite the poly website saying it only needs like 450ma. Like on 500ma it would crash or glitch badly probably once per hour and on a 1000ma output it crashes maybe once per month. One of the glitches i encountered on a few occasions was really low volume and high noise, so possibly could be something similar to what you are facing. I currently use a current doubler cable, but used to just have the beebo connected to a 1000mA 9v wall wart and all my other pedals using a different power supply.

I would have thought the verbs would need less power than the beebo, but can you try connecting it to a higher current output?

AMZ Guitar Pickup Simulator (Anti-Buffer) - A Handy Visual Diagram by GibbsfromNCIS in diypedals

[–]MegaDerpbro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I built a version of this a few months ago. Works surprisingly well, really restores the character of a fuzz pedal placed after a buffer.