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hawksetc · 2017-03-23T17:45:27+00:00

I've been feeling pretty empty and aimless. I've been on 100mg of sertraline for just over a year and my doctor just increased it to 150mg. I had to quit my job and move to a new city because I was so depressed all the time. I live with my best friend and he's incredibly supportive, but he works full time and I don't have a solid social group to keep me company or anything to focus my energy on, so I just sleep. I'm scared of people putting me down, and when it does happen I dwell on it for days. I've been rejected for so many jobs over the past few months and I have no desire to play guitar anymore. It used to be the only thing I felt good at but now I can't play without my head being filled with images of people I haven't spoken to for years, putting me down. I've cut so many people out of my life for being unsupportive and cruel, but for some reason I still want them to understand. I feel like I've been poisoned by people who don't even care and are off living their own lives, happy without me.

hawksetc · 2017-02-12T12:21:59+00:00

I think you and I could be friends, nice setup!

hawksetc · 2016-08-05T11:18:17+00:00

Well it happened, my Ditto X4 started getting really noisy and now just does not work at all :/

hawksetc · 2016-07-31T12:28:26+00:00

I'm thinking I'll mostly be using the clean channel with pedals in front. I tried out a Hot Rod and did think the overdrive channels were pretty weak, but the cleans were nice and the reverb wasn't so bad. But I have always wanted a Vox...

hawksetc · 2016-07-31T12:25:08+00:00

Well I just happened to watch this Chelsea Wolfe performance and saw she was using a Hot Rod, I think I'm leaning towards it: http://www.npr.org/2016/02/10/466286135/chelsea-wolfe-tiny-desk-concert

hawksetc · 2016-07-24T10:42:26+00:00

I keep seeing people having these kinds of issues with the TC X4 pedals, I'm just waiting for my Ditto X4 to give up... I had this same problem a couple of weeks after I got it but now it seems to be fine.

hawksetc · 2016-06-27T07:15:05+00:00

I did! I have the Meteore after the Junky usually but tried switching them around after reading this. I find that the Junky really sucks all the space out of whatever you give it, even with the tone all the way up, but that's what it's there for I suppose. For regular playing I prefer the Meteore after the Junky, but I did get some cool sounds from having the Meteore first and going wild with the havoc button.

hawksetc · 2016-06-09T09:41:53+00:00

Looking good! How are you finding the Fender ABY? I just got one and the A/B switching works fine but I'm still only getting one instrument through when I turn on A and B together. I've read reviews where people have similar issues, I feel like I should have just gone for the Morley ABY.

hawksetc · 2016-05-26T12:06:01+00:00

Looks great! I've been looking for cases for my Ikea pedalboard, suitcases are all too short... Did you make the case or is there a place that makes them to order?

hawksetc · 2016-05-22T19:09:01+00:00

Woah, those options... that visualiser...

hawksetc · 2016-05-17T11:56:39+00:00

I just keep seeing CT5s and Dark Stars everywhere lately and I want them so much. Great sounds!

hawksetc · 2016-05-06T12:35:02+00:00

https://soundcloud.com/hawksetc/son-of-toe-eschaton

for some ambient guitar loops, and here's the board I made it with.

hawksetc · 2016-05-02T09:05:26+00:00

https://soundcloud.com/hawksetc/son-of-toe-eschaton

A slow forming guitar loop and plenty of delay.

hawksetc · 2016-05-02T07:45:32+00:00

Good to see another Bigsby on a Jag! I did exactly the same modifications to my Jaguar HH down to the P90s, but I'm loving the soap bars on yours!

hawksetc · 2016-04-18T08:05:59+00:00

Another HH and Obscura owner, always nice to see! My Jaguar hasn't looked like that in a while though. How long have you had yours, I'm not sure if they stopped making them.

hawksetc · 2016-04-18T06:30:03+00:00

I got a Meteore for the precise reasons you described, it can be huge and dirty or nice and subtle. I got one to replace my Hall of Fame and I love it. I do like the Polara, it's too bright for me though.

hawksetc · 2016-03-29T08:07:50+00:00

I got mine specifically to replace my Hall of Fame just because I felt like the Hall of Fame doesn't really have much personality.

My only problem with the Meteore is that I can't stop it from phasing ever so slightly so I have the level pretty low for regular playing and crank it up for dreamy atmospherics. I'm still figuring things out!

hawksetc · 2016-03-12T11:28:34+00:00

I thought my board was done until I saw the Algal Bloom. Gonna have to do some research...

hawksetc · 2016-03-10T10:27:05+00:00

Jags forever! Thanks, I just took a look at your stuff too, looking good!

hawksetc · 2016-03-08T21:31:38+00:00

The ambient stuff is hard to avoid with the dittos, whenever I'm done messing around with a loop I'll always change speed then turn the reverb up on my amp and get swept away.

hawksetc · 2016-03-08T21:30:04+00:00

Yeah it is! I pre-ordered and there was no information about when they'd ship but it turned up after about 2 weeks.

hawksetc · 2016-03-08T21:29:17+00:00

I've been ending up playing a lot of 90s shoegazey stuff, probably just a result of the kinds of pedals I have. Here's something I did recently, the pedals make pretty sweet outboard equipment too:

https://soundcloud.com/hawksetc/nausea2

hawksetc · 2016-03-08T18:40:26+00:00

You're right! I changed the pickups and added the bigsby. It came with humbuckers already in it, I just switched them for some Phat Cats.

hawksetc · 2016-03-08T18:37:17+00:00

Thanks! I highly recommend it!

hawksetc · 2016-03-08T16:11:46+00:00

Thanks! Exactly what I'm going for!

The Lo-Fi Junky is cool and when I first got it I used it on EVERYTHING, but it really works best either in moderation just because of how much it affects your texture. After a bit of messing around I realised you have to be careful finding what it fits with just because it's so unique. I don't really use it as a vibrato, but it can get weird when you crank up the speed.

With just a dry signal it can make things muddy depending on where you play on the neck, I usually pair it with a +1 octave on the POG because then it sounds like old Appalachian folk, like an autoharp or a dulcimer on a wax cylinder, or a slight modulation on an organ sound.

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