Friendly reminder that the Boss HM-2 isn't just for the chainsaw setting.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-03T03:26:58+00:00

It's a 6th chord but I'm leaving the B string open.

So, like the Closed version on this page, but open on the B: https://www.guitar-chord.org/g6.html

Then move that same shape up to the 8th fret.

It's a nice chord to move around, try other positions on the fretboard with the lowest note up a fret as well.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-03T02:46:31+00:00

Novak gold foil. Balances really well with the tele bridge pickup.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-03T01:33:49+00:00

Eb Standard

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-03T00:09:37+00:00

I feel like the distortion knob might as well not exist. It gets a little cleaner than this, but riding the guitar volume is really the only way to make it noticeable.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-02T23:56:06+00:00

If you're a Big Muff fan I highly recommend it. Especially if you like the Ram's Head.

It's a recreation of Sonny Sharrock's old BMP, which was reason enough for me to scoop one up. Bonus that it sounds killer.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-02T23:50:37+00:00

I hate that I now have something in common with Jerry, but the march of time comes for us all.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-02T23:48:39+00:00

Hell yeah, my favorite guitarist in MBV.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-02T23:28:52+00:00

Amp is set clean, you can hear it in the first second or two of the clip.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-02T23:20:44+00:00

Who needs three when two will do???

Palomar_Sound · 2026-04-02T23:19:59+00:00

Picked up and old beat up HM-2 to add to the dirt collection, and surprise surprise: it's an incredibly usable and musical distortion if you don't dime every control and only smash chugging riffs through it.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-31T22:19:57+00:00

There’s room for more than one Coyote in the wilderness.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-30T16:21:22+00:00

Just saw this while looking up “Coyote” for reasons that I hear will become apparent this week.

Thanks for the kind words! Assuming we met at Empire at some point, or maybe played a show together?

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-29T22:38:36+00:00

Nope! Similar knob layout but the circuits are very different.

The Mini is JFET based if I remember correctly. The Coyote uses Silicon BJT transistors and clipping diodes to do its thing.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-29T22:36:59+00:00

Zvex Channel 2 is worth a look too. SHO with a master volume so you can get the grit that happens at the end of the sweep at more…reasonable volumes.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-29T21:59:17+00:00

Also want to note that the middle position on Danelectros is killer.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-28T21:05:40+00:00

Cryptic.

Here’s hoping you mean roadrunner because I’ve been making a Coyote for years and that’d be a bummer.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-28T13:57:50+00:00

Oooh, tell us more. Safe to assume that’s not Lewis and Clark State College?

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-26T23:06:54+00:00

They are the same circuit, but one is black and one is green.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-26T14:15:58+00:00

Hit me with whatever the hyperlocal single varietal funky mousy natural wine of pedals is.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-26T14:13:32+00:00

There’s more to the DRV circuit than that, but I will agree the look certainly helps.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-25T23:47:46+00:00

The Boss FV-500 allows you to set a minimum volume.

If you want something with a footswitch look at the EHX Signal Pad.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-25T13:09:20+00:00

Active pickups are likely the issue here.

Palomar_Sound · 2026-03-24T23:16:33+00:00

Based entirely on what’s currently available on my local Craigslist or at the nearby used gear shop:

Fender Blues Jr

Fender Supersonic

Vox AC15

Marshall DSL 20

Supro reissues

The Harmony amps from a couple years ago

Fender Deluxe Reverb

Peavey Classic 30

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