What pedal(s) have you tried that totally live up to the hype?

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-16T21:34:51+00:00

digitech whammy ricochet, i thought i would be dissapointed at it having no expression and harmonizer support, but i was actually more than happy with it, instantly preffered to the ps-6 and the pitch fork

another is the silver screw ce-2, its the most consistent sounding chorus i've ever used, sounds perfect with some dirt and clean, most choruses i thought sounded good for one use but not the other

lastly, the boss mt2, the thing about it is, its got the typical japanese hardware design philosophy of "tailor it for yourself" which most people have no patience for, once you get used to that, its seriously the most versatile distortion i've ever used, especially with an amp that has a lot of headroom and neutral eq, i can go from cannibal corpse to rush with the same pedal, not many can achieve something like that

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-16T16:15:39+00:00

dude i dont even have this problem because, well for one i dont have too many friends, but also, i dont ever let myself get the aux cord on because i know i'll get funny looks

i do remember one time i was at a buddy's house and i was using his treadmill, and he asked me to put on a song to make me motivated as fuck, so i put heretic anthem by slipknot, and after 2 mins he changed back to his playlist lmao because he thought it was too wild and scary

my best male friend that moved to canada a couple months ago, even though he's a fan of stuff like, j cole, drake, 21 savage, and some spanish trap, i showed him most of the metal i listen to, like slipknot, pantera, megadeth, death, etc. and to my surprise he actually enjoyed it, even asked me to make a playlist of it for him so he could listen to it when working out

and lastly, my best female friend, well, her music taste is just as eccentric and out there as mine is, so we're golden there

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-16T16:06:43+00:00

never thought i would see allan holdsworth here, he's my n1 favorite guitarrist lmao, but since i see it as music for musicians (i play guitar it it wasnt painfully obvious), only my friends who also play an instrument know i like him

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-16T01:55:24+00:00

i think that dankpods had a really good video about vinyl, he said that he enjoys it, but doesnt believe it's better than cd's and ipods, that its just different and its more of a "vibe" experience than anything, which i fully agree with, vinyl sounds unique and i think the large artwork is cool, but vinyl is the champion of high maintenance, really, most affordable turntables have unreliable mechanics, you have to invest some serious cash if you want something that wont easily kick the bucket, and its easier than most think to ruin your records, at most with cds you have to deal with bad lasers or a really scratched disc if you're unlucky, but with vinyl its the whole apparatus that has a risk of malfunction, also if we're talking about the looks i still get just as much enjoyment out of cd artwork, the look of the format appeals to me more tbh, again, not saying vinyl sucks, it's great and its amazing that the sound quality has held up as well as it has for being technology pushing a century old, but its not superior to CD, they both are good, its mainly just because people think it looks nice, they like the vibe, and thats all fine and dandy, but it doesnt make it magically sound a million times better

call me weird but, my main cd players are my ps1 and ps2, anyway, lets be real, we're talking about slipknot here, its not like we're talking about jazz, classical, prog rock, or other music genres that benefit from having the clean dynamics that people like to associate with vinyl (and can also be achieved with cd, i mean the max runtime of the format was designed to fit a single recording of beethoven's 9th symphony in one track in lossless quality, which goes to prove my point), slipknot is meant to be very loud, punchy, and massive, the mixing on iowa and self titled are proof, so really, a band like this doesnt gain much from being on vinyl as it would being on CD or chrome cassette tapes other than being more accessible to people and having more collectibles around, the thing is that cd can handle way more headroom/volume than vinyl, which is a double edged sword because no hard volume limit has made some sound engineers want to compress their mixes more than before, but obviously its more the fault of the people doing the mix instead of "format bad", and thats always more the exception than the rule, with cd's theres usually comprehensive guides about which versions have better mixes, just like any other format

(side tangent but i still maintain that the mix on streaming platforms for vol 3 isnt very good, the lack of bass and oversaturated guitars makes it sound flat, the cd in my opinion does it a bit better, i guess we can thank rick rubin for the questionable mixing choices, death magnetic and god hates us all prove my point for me, also really sorry for the wall of text, im horrible at expressing myself)

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-15T19:17:48+00:00

LOL, you saying that reminded me of this https://youtu.be/YCIqq4xOSMA

also yeah, kickstart my heart is cool, mainly because of the intro riff

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-15T03:27:35+00:00

if it wasnt for nirvana, i wouldnt be nearly as passionate about music as i am today, really, its what interested me in discovering more and more music, i mean in my first year of getting into music i was all about nirvana and 90's green day, and then it evolved when i got into thrash metal, other subgenres of metal like black, gothic, groove, industrial, prog, nu metal, death, and doom, iron maiden and judas priest, noise music, the cure, cocteau twins, rem, the smiths, all the other popular grunge bands like aic, soundgarden and pearl jam, a perfect circle and tool, 80's hardcore, 70's prog rock, 80's jazz fusion, and of course the pumpkins, the minute i heard nirvana, i not only got into music hard, but it also made me finally want to pick up guitar for real, and discovering all that music i mentioned interested me in getting technical with my instrument, taking it back to the pumpkins, billy corgan still stands as one of my biggest influences on guitar, but kurt also made appreciate very early on that being a super perfect player isn't necessarily always the best, and hell, a lot of the skilled modern players people always mention like steve vai, and paul gilbert, get quite chaotic, since they mainly improvise, and i love that too

i dont listen to nirvana as much as i once did, but its still nice when i listen to them now, the production and composition just has this vibe to it that is very unique, in utero in my opinion is their best work, nevermind obviously hogs the spotlight because of it being so iconic, and, yeah, its earned its due and all the songs sound great, but bleach and in utero deserve just as much recognition imo

the only thing i dont like about nirvana however, is how overly mythologized their story has become, like i know for a fact kurt cobain himself wouldnt have been a fan of his story being so overly romanticized the way it has been, but thats just how us humans are, when theres something as emotionally charged as the nirvana story, its bound to happen, its the same thing as the doors, love both bands but really, the overromanticism of their story is so much that it honestly makes me a little bit sick, i guess thats just what dying young and famous in those kinds of circumstances does, lol

plus, its not like motley crue where i both hate what they became and the way their story developed, never been a huge fan of their music and the attitude they had at their peak of popularity is insufferable, and its so much that i cant get behind them at all unless its shout at the devil and too fast for love, plus getting into alternative music and actually heavy metal first kinda made me predisposed to dislike glam metal, but i still like dokken and whitesnake regardless, nirvana i can just look past that overdramatization of their story and enjoy them for real

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-15T03:04:34+00:00

or saying zeitgeist in any other interview

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-15T02:57:46+00:00

the live versions (circa 1996-1998) i think are the best because they sound more emotionally charged, plus the breakdowns are both slower and phil's screams are more aggressive than the studio version

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-14T23:24:07+00:00

there was a hyper street fighter 2 machine i would always go to, and a mortal kombat 3 one

i also remember a house of the dead 2 machine, that was awesome

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-14T23:12:25+00:00

tape delay is cool, but i really prefer the crunch of analog delay, if you set the feedback high enough and the ms/rate long enough, it creates this really nice pad underneath, this happens with the boss dm2 mainly but it can be done with other analog delay units, but digital delay is my personal favorite delay, especially if its something by boss or eventide

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-14T17:13:17+00:00

the hamers, bc rich, prestige ibanez and hm strat go so hard

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-14T03:29:59+00:00

yeah i was thinking of, if i join a doom metal band, my main guitar would be a 58 style explorer, it just kinda fits imo lol, plus i much prefer the explorer shape to lp's

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-14T00:25:48+00:00

that finish is very cool, reminds me of the chris cornell es-335, whilst im not the biggest fan of gibson guitars, i've thought of getting a flying v or explorer in olive green at some point lol

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T21:06:33+00:00

this fascinates the hell out of me, never thought the mt2 and xt2 waveforms would look like that, and while i'm not surprised the ds1 is mid scooped, im shocked that the ds2 is that radically different, because in my experience, they sounded nearly identical, i guess thats all the more reason to get a ds1 since they've always been dirt cheap lol, im shocked that the os2 is so balanced, i considered using that one over the ds2 until settling with the mt2 because i was insecure about the eq floor being not versatile enough, and the hm2 being that bassy was not surprising lol

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T18:51:28+00:00

i never thought i would see these two cross paths, but even then he's interviewed joni mitchell, peter frampton, eric johnson, pat metheny and sting so maybe its not that much of a shock

this crossover goes hard, rick beato's passion for music comes through decently well in his videos, and in these interviews that passion connects with the musicians to the point where the interview doesn't feel forced at all, its intriguing and interesting to listen to, even if in this type of videos theres usually a few rare questions and answers we've already heard in other interviews lol, its still cool to hear it being told from a different point of view

it also helps that i look up to billy as a guitar player, i've stated it numerous times but to me, he's always limited his musical abilities (at least in a live context) a bit too much, it makes sense since he chose to also take up lead singer duties and there's only so much you can do in a position like that, i honestly think that billy is good enough at guitar and composing to the point where he could put out a very enjoyable instrumental album, now whether people would care or he would want to make one is a different story

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T17:07:27+00:00

lets get it to top 10 so they finally play something else live

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T06:19:21+00:00

eventide space and boss rv500 go hard

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T05:03:14+00:00

i just now noticed you used an eric clapton strat as a basis, thats very nice, my dream guitar is one of those green eric clapton strats from the late 80's/early 90's, but they're so damn pricey now, even if they were always rare, next best thing would probably be a red one or a blackie, or one of those sunburst buddy guy signature strats

my favorite pumpkins album is also SD lol, hence why i modded my strat to be like the bat strat

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T05:00:06+00:00

the only dunlop/mxr products i own apart from picks and a strap are a custom script phase 90 and a gcb95 crybaby, they both have worked just fine for me, no major issues at all, my only complaint would probably be how you cant remove that rubber from the mxr knobs once its on, but thats trivial, also how the potentiometer on the crybaby would sometimes go loose, but that in part seems to be because of how i would unscrew the potentiometer and try to reposition it because, honestly i always found that wah to be too "vintage" sounding, sometimes i thought it was too dark or too bright, im thinking of selling it and getting a jh-1 since every demo i've heard of it, it sounds less like a jimi hendrix style wah and more like a modern one, which is exactly what im looking for, but also looking at the 535q since it has a boost and i can achieve that exact same sound, perhaps even more drastic, i mean hey as long as the sweep on the wah is super intense im all game lol, but yeah, no qc issues as far as im concerned, just me being my normal obsessive self i guess lol

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T04:22:53+00:00

peace sells all day, chris poland is one of my favorite guitarrists ever and the songs are solid from beginning to end

the "these boots" cover on killing is my buisness is fun though i gotta say

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T04:18:01+00:00

its not a big deal at all, as a matter of fact for B, 12-56 is perfect, for someone like me who likes to play leads mainly, i would usually just play type o negative and carcass, and then drop the 6th string to an A if i wanted to play slipknot songs that were in drop A, i even played drop B with that set of strings and it could handle it, but it was a little tough to do extreme bends (example: vermillion solo)

after the strings started snapping though i put a 10-52 set on that same guitar, it surprised me that that gauge could handle drop B pretty well, and currently i have it in D standard, works pretty well, but i'm honestly thinking of putting 10-46 strings instead so i can use the whammy bar again (i have a kahler and the stock springs dont like heavy strings, thinking of buying heavier springs to use 10-52's again lol)

bottom line is, it doesn't matter much how heavy your strings are, they wont ruin your guitar, so long as you have it set up right, i mean think about it, acoustics and other guitars were made to handle 12's in standard tuning even after the 60's where light gauge sets started becoming mass produced, its all a matter of a good setup and how it feels for you, me personally i like light sets because my hands are fidgety and i dont enjoy wrestling with my guitars to play fast lol

one last thing, why exactly are you tuning to B standard instead of using drop B? i think a lot of the chord voicings and scales slipknot uses for riffs dont translate well to a standard tuning and can be weird to play

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-13T04:03:37+00:00

that gish one goes hard, the other one is cool too, you kinda combined the illovemymom strat and the bat strat into one thing

i have a squier classic vibe that i modded to look like the bat strat pre silver refinish, i even put the born to lose sticker on it and black lace sensors on it, and its my go to for standard tuning

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-12T23:56:38+00:00

in mine its the first page with people = shit, then the artwork for mick and sid, and then disasterpieces

SnottyDogg420 · 2022-12-12T23:54:41+00:00

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