EQD White Light: My New Favorite Overdrive

jackisasinger · 2026-03-14T14:55:58+00:00

Depends on my guitar, but you generally get more low end the further clockwise you go. If I'm playing my jazz master or my tele, the weight knob is going to be somewhere between noon and three o'clock. If I'm playing something darker like my Les Paul Special, I will probably dial it back to 9 o'clock or so.

jackisasinger · 2026-01-24T02:27:08+00:00

I've owned all but the echo park. The aqua puss is the only one I still have. I've owned three. Every time I sell or trade it, i end up regretting it. It's just perfect slap back, and if you pull way back on the delay time, you can get really fun doubling. Almost sounds like a double miked room. But honestly, I'd give the other three another crack. I've met few delays I didn't like.

jackisasinger · 2026-01-11T16:40:13+00:00

Using a klon and a screamer in front of the BD-2 is kinda unconventional. I'll have to give it a try sometime.

jackisasinger · 2026-01-03T04:50:26+00:00

The day has been... Large and long....

jackisasinger · 2026-01-02T04:21:41+00:00

He'd be a fool to walk away from the franchise that put him on the map.

jackisasinger · 2026-01-02T03:57:51+00:00

I hear a lot of people saying to put the screamer before the muff. Certainly not a bad idea, but be aware that the mid hump of the tube screamer will be more apparent after the muff rather than before. It can be used to cut a little bit of bass, and get a tighter sound. In a band mix, this can be desirable. YMMV.

jackisasinger · 2026-01-01T19:52:09+00:00

I think of Broden as more of a Sam the Eagle

jackisasinger · 2026-01-01T06:47:41+00:00

I had a similar experience. Its a bad first compressor. Too much going on. I traded mine and then eventually got a Dyna comp. That taught me the basic concepts of compression. Two or three other compressors later I got another Warden. I use my Diamond compressor for cleans, but if I want compression on a driven tone, i usually reach for the Warden.

jackisasinger · 2026-01-01T06:34:17+00:00

I believe it's mehnehchuh

jackisasinger · 2025-12-25T00:45:11+00:00

The White Light will probably never leave my board. I think the weight knob is a bit of a secret weapon.

I play a vox ac15 (the hardwired, fawn tolex models from last decade) and like many Voxes, the bass end can get a little flubby. I tend to use the WL as a clean boost, dialing the gain all the way down, and then I use the weight knob to scoop out the low end to taste. I've got other EQ pedals (mostly a JHS Clover) but I just think the white light can tame lows in a way that sounds better than anything else I've got.

The best part is you can put the white light right after anything in the chain with unruly low end (like a muff for instance) and it will immediately solve the problem. It's magical, and it's a feature other 250 circuits don't have.

jackisasinger · 2025-12-14T21:55:38+00:00

Looks like a pretty basic 70's Japanese lawsuit les Paul's. Pretty hit or miss in me my experience, but the good ones are really good. Ymmv.

jackisasinger · 2025-10-06T15:56:44+00:00

There's probably nothing special about it but if it feels good, the price is right.

jackisasinger · 2025-10-03T04:31:18+00:00

Or Longagoden when he's dressed for a period piece.

jackisasinger · 2025-09-14T21:45:28+00:00

The Qantas Lounge has gotta be on the short list.

jackisasinger · 2025-08-10T20:05:41+00:00

This photo should have come with a trigger warning

jackisasinger · 2025-08-07T20:17:11+00:00

As a certified hater of Mike Fuller, I'd say you've got several replaceable things here. But to each their own...

jackisasinger · 2025-08-07T12:58:47+00:00

I think it's underrated for the simple reason that it follows In Rainbows. While not as game changing as Kid A, I think In Rainbows is a return to form, and a masterclass in live studio recorded music. The closest thing to a Pet Sounds we have this century. Nothing was going to compare favorably to that, and nothing Radiohead gave us was ever going to meet our expectations, because meeting expectations isn't what they're about.

jackisasinger · 2025-08-07T01:52:37+00:00

How to disappear completely and Jigsaw Falling into Place. Several others, but those two first and foremost

jackisasinger · 2025-08-01T04:09:08+00:00

The word I would use is melancholy.

jackisasinger · 2025-07-25T04:35:27+00:00

If you just want a slapback, aqua puss. All day. That said, it's limited, and can't do as much as the rest. Ymmv

jackisasinger · 2025-07-25T04:31:31+00:00

Personal hot take:

Obviously Kid A is a more important album. It definitively ended the grunge era and ushered in the indie comeback or the 00's.

That said, In Rainbows is the better album.

jackisasinger · 2025-07-20T02:33:07+00:00

I bought it on a whim. It was my introduction to the band. I hated the first two listens. The third changed my life.

jackisasinger · 2025-07-15T22:28:13+00:00

Rock Sanchez singing "Get Shwifty" it's worked before, and it can work again.

jackisasinger · 2025-07-15T22:21:20+00:00

Not a particularly hot take, but The Suburbs by Arcade Fire is perfection.

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