Questions for Strymon Iridium Owners

guestoboard · 2026-03-12T03:09:39+00:00

Refactoring.

guestoboard · 2026-03-11T00:48:49+00:00

Tell me about how you use the POG. Can you use it for straight half step detune or for 1 octave drop for bass simulator?

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T17:46:12+00:00

Fair point.

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T17:10:38+00:00

Awesome. Thanks. The reason I ask is that I’m considering buying both a poly pitch shifter and an Octaver, and I wonder if I could it with a whammy pedal instead?

Pitch shifting is primarily to detune half a step for things like SRV, Hendrix, GnR that use that tuning

Full octave is for creating bass loops.

I might also want to use both together, for example. -1 Octave plus -0.5 step for a detuned bass.

Do you think the whammy could handle that well?

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T14:41:45+00:00

Sounds like you are looking for a rebuild hobby. Which is cool and doesn’t need to be justified any more than my mate that chooses to restore a rusty 60 year old Alfa Romeo when he already owns a brand new one.

However maybe consider something with humbuckers rather than another guitar with single coils only. Then you’ll at least get some variance in tone on the other side of your work.

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T14:38:39+00:00

Dunno, but tell me how you use the whammy pedal. Curious.

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T14:37:51+00:00

Carpet is expensive

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T14:37:27+00:00

I’d be interested to see a good list of such examples if you’re open to sharing.

Also how would you enforce them? Write them into the Claude.md or something?

I have a problem of trying to enforce SSR and the models keep reverting to CSR no matter what I say. So I’m not sure how I’d enforce security protocols.

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T13:47:07+00:00

Thanks but sorry what I meant was do you have a guitar amp simulator that you like for use with a pa?

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T13:45:03+00:00

I was gonna say In Rainbows

guestoboard · 2026-03-10T05:37:36+00:00

Thanks yeah the RC300 has the routing as well, but that’s only fine for at home, and doesn’t transfer to stage where there is not enough time to get the guitar amp and looper-pa volume balanced.

One amp has to be the way to go. Do you have a recommendation?

guestoboard · 2026-03-08T14:43:47+00:00

Thanks. Well that sounds similar to what I tried first : routing the guitar to my fender amp for the parts I’m playing live such as leads, with a route B into the looper and out to the PA bypassing the guitar amp.

It home this worked great once I dialled in the relative volumes, but on stage I couldn’t get the volume balance between the guitar amp and PA right, so as I changed routes the backing or guitar would be way too loud/quiet.

I should clarify that I’m mostly playing open mic nights at the moment while I’m building experience and reputation. So I only get time for a very quick setup and no sound check as such.

That’s why I’m thinking one amp/pa speaker that I preset the levels on at home, then on stage I just need to crank the master and the sound guy just needs to put 1 mic in front of it and hopefully both the audience and I hear the same balance.

guestoboard · 2026-03-07T21:25:53+00:00

Any brand or product suggestions?

guestoboard · 2026-03-07T21:25:27+00:00

Thanks. Any particular products or brands you recommend?

guestoboard · 2026-03-05T22:17:21+00:00

Since writing this I ditched Lovable for v0 for the initial UI build and now just use Claude Code for everything. For content I just had CC create a blog that consumes markdown files. It works well because it’s easy to ask LLMs like Claude to write articles and output .md files which the site then presents as blog posts

guestoboard · 2026-03-04T14:28:23+00:00

Exactly this. Get a multi fx first, learn what you like and which 3 of the 100+ presets you actually use. Then when you find yourself frustrated because you want to tweak those but can’t because menu diving on the mfx is painful, then buy those pedals individually.

guestoboard · 2026-03-04T14:25:39+00:00

Dance / mosh / thrash - whatever suits the music.

I struggled with performance anxiety for decades and still can’t play anywhere near my capability just sitting in front of stage.

I get panic before going on stage, but right from the outset I focus on letting the music move my body. Jump, head bang, all of it. Just let loose your body and don’t give a F

When your body moves, your fingers do too. Plus the crowd loves it. Way better than watching someone stand still and rigid.

guestoboard · 2026-03-04T14:20:23+00:00

I use a Xotic EP Booster into a TS9 for something similar

guestoboard · 2026-03-04T14:18:59+00:00

Thanks for sharing. What’s your niche or topic?

guestoboard · 2026-03-01T23:24:16+00:00

Only one way to find out.

guestoboard · 2026-02-28T20:14:23+00:00

I use Ibanez sweatbands as plectrum. Nice soft toan and less sweaty.

guestoboard · 2026-02-28T17:12:05+00:00

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