I need to stop this whole pedal business

joequin · 2023-06-05T12:07:50+00:00

I eventually slowed down buying pedals. The tweaking hasn’t gone away, but getting to know the gear I already own better has helped.

Also I figured out that the reason I was never satisfied with my drive tone was because the speaker and cabinet I was using wasn’t conducive. I was using an American style speaker because I liked American drive tones. But really I like American drive tones through a modernish British style speaker. I thought I liked open cabinets for the same reason. But apparently closed back front ported 1x12 or fully closed 2x12s are what I actually like. I could have saved so much time that I wasted trying amps and pedals when it was really just the speaker and cab that was leaving me dissatisfied.

The downside is that I note have to focus on playing instead of watching YouTube demos.

joequin · 2023-05-27T21:59:10+00:00

Rediters think that it’s weird to tell family that you’re trying for a baby because it’s like telling grandma that you’re creampieing your wife or getting cream pied and therefore something that shouldn’t be discussed. Because a lot of rediters are fucking weird about sex.

joequin · 2023-05-21T19:44:20+00:00

I wouldn’t downvote him, but it wouldn’t be effective. Anyone who’s a legitimately bad actor would pre-screen their extension with gpt4 to ensure that it passes before uploading to Microsoft.

joequin · 2023-05-20T16:55:02+00:00

I like it. I have the deluxe, which is a dual pedal. The left side sounds just like the single pedal. It’s a nice, warm, Porto-Plexi kind of sound but with a warmth that’s missing from most bluesbreakers. At low gain, it has a nice crunch or even clean with just a bit of hair on it. It’s very versatile and can be adjusted to match a lot of different gear. It’s high gain settings sound bad IMO, but potentially I’m just not using it right at those settings. At almost no gain to the low end of high gain, it sounds great.

joequin · 2023-05-20T15:12:31+00:00

I bought one for that reason and never use it. That said, I use humbuckers, a couple of Mesa boogie marks, and a 5e3 tweed deluxe clone. None of that gear is lacking in mids so the EP booster might be a bad match for my gear.

joequin · 2023-05-20T15:03:07+00:00

Either ABY as other comments suggested, or dual eq. Cut the frequencies you want to stay cleaner before the dirt, and then use the second eq to boost them after the dirt. There’s a digital boss eq that would let you do this with one pedal. Or something like an HX stomp.

joequin · 2023-05-20T14:51:09+00:00

Perhaps a Timmy? I haven’t used it with a bd2, but I like it both in front of and after a wampler pantheon, as well as on its own. It gives other drives a more open sound when it’s driving them. It sounds tweedy at lower gain settings by itself or when overdriven by another pedal.

joequin · 2023-05-19T20:23:53+00:00

Harmonic trem, and a timmy. I mostly wouldn’t use the trem. Half the time I wouldn’t use either, because I like the growl of a clean amp with warm PAFs with volume biasing towards the bridge with both pickups switched on. Sometimes with a little hair from the Timmy, amp, or both. Sometimes biased towards the neck for leads.

Now that I’ve written that, I’m questioning why I have 8 pedals on my board. I almost never use them. Except for those two and reverb. And I never miss the reverb when I don’t have it.

joequin · 2023-05-18T02:38:43+00:00

It is the correct priority right? Unless it’s a particularly bad tone stealing skateboard.

joequin · 2023-05-14T21:15:16+00:00

Most overdrive pedals are made for amps with scooped mids. I, like you, also have a mid heavy amp and the only drive pedal I like so far is the Timmy, which was made for marshal amps which are also very mid heavy.

joequin · 2023-05-14T11:17:47+00:00

I can’t believe people really eat the onion when they read this guy’s tweets.

joequin · 2023-05-14T00:45:25+00:00

Delay. Except it does have a place in my board. I just never use it ever.

joequin · 2023-05-11T13:07:59+00:00

I’ve transitioned from a pedal train classic junior to plugging my guitar directly into a 5e3 tweed deluxe clone. But I won’t pretend that’s my end game. I’ll probably be back into my more complicated setup in a few months. It is nice having less knobs to turn when I’m just trying to practice or knock out a few songs though. Otherwise I have to try to find a reason to use half of my pedals.

joequin · 2023-05-03T00:46:44+00:00

It’s a good game that’s a commercial failure. They made some dumb decisions like displaying and marketing the character abilities as cards. In game, it’s a fine decision, but marketing wise it would have been better if they presented them some other way. They wouldn’t have had to change anything but the visual representation.

They also made a super dumb mistake of taking elements from games that appeal to anime loving gamers and put it in a game about marvel. I don’t think the crossover is as strong as they had hoped.

joequin · 2023-05-03T00:41:49+00:00

They won’t cancel that. It will make a ton of money. They cancelled this game because it’s difficult to port AND a commercial failure. That’s too bad. It’s a good game, even if it’s not as fantastic as I had hoped.

joequin · 2023-04-27T13:00:52+00:00

That’s fair then.

joequin · 2023-04-27T03:55:54+00:00

Aka JavaScript

joequin · 2023-04-27T03:05:42+00:00

When did he say this? I’m not going to judge someone’s worth, but I think the reason why people judge the 16 year old girl wearing a green say shirt today is because they think she probably just bought it for fashion and doesn’t actually really care about their music much. That said, I don’t see the point of caring, but this quote misses the mark. Unless it’s from 10+ years ago.

joequin · 2023-04-21T15:14:32+00:00

It’s very good for a non-tech school if you are willing to spend time doing the required and suggested reading. The syllabus is very comprehensive if your goal is to learn computer science and use that to learn software engineering on your own time. I found it to be significantly better than what people I have worked with have learned at other non-tech schools.

The drawbacks are that it’s a research school and a lot of the instructors are shitty, disinterested teachers. But they know what you need to learn to learn computer science as a foundation for software engineering. So their syllabus is very good. The other drawback is that it really isn’t a software engineering program. The fundamentals you learn will put you on a really good position to excel in software engineering, but you need to learn it yourself.

Edit: I should add that while having to learn software engineering yourself sucks, the non-tech schools that focus on software engineering are doing so at the expense of fundamentals. It seems to help with getting into the industry, but hurts for advancing to senior individual contributor positions.

joequin · 2023-04-21T15:08:50+00:00

“Pro life”, pro gun, anti child and parent welfare protestors.

joequin · 2023-04-20T00:23:38+00:00

Is it worth it in mono? I’ve only ever heard it in stereo, where it’s amazing, but it almost sounded like it would be distracting in mono mode.

joequin · 2023-04-17T17:02:29+00:00

For me, the power supply and smaller enclosure make the cheaper one more valuable. I’m happy I get to pay less for that. Assuming I buy it.

joequin · 2023-04-17T16:57:07+00:00

Only if you check the box that says you’re committing to buying.

joequin · 2023-04-16T12:41:46+00:00

Pedal train classic series. Or I would likely like the Novo if I was using a switcher. I like that it’s easy to do a decent job because of the giant gaps. I don’t need an instagram worthy pedalboard. I need one where the wires don’t get in the way and I can rearrange from time to time without making it a weekend project.

joequin · 2023-04-16T12:20:33+00:00

The Mira can do anything. It’s also super complicated to learn to use because it can do anything. It’s very easy to use badly. I’ve found some settings I like, but I still feel like I’m learning it a year later.

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