Just got a load of effects pedals given to me as part of a trade. Bang goes my weekend...

stonevibe

So I am now the owner of a load of pedals I wouldn't normally buy. My thought process was 'give them a whirl' and see if they are any good for the band.

I'm pretty much a fuzz, vibe (phaser on occasion) and wah pedal addict.

Just got the following 

Boss CS-3 Compressor

Boss CE-20 Chorus

Boss DD-7 Delay

Digitech Screamin' Blues Overdrive

Digitech Bass Synth Wah

EH Mini Q-Tron

Nux Time Core Delay

Caline Orange Burst drive

Joyo Ultimate Drive

That's my weekend sorted.

IanSavage

If you find that you don't need the CS3... :-p

ICBM

Watch your speakers with the Synth Wah!

ThePrettyDamned

Synth wah is awesome.  

Enjoy your funk

stonevibe

Just a small selection of the madness, before it erupts into chaos...

sweepy

I think you are going to need a bigger pedalboard

stonevibe

Or a wheelbarrow.

xSkarloey

Nah, just wrap them up in that rug. That way you can unfurl it onstage and get that Joe Bonnamassa/ weird hippy vibe going. 

I'm sure it'll be a fun weekend with that lovely lot. 

Dave_Mc

Nice scores

ICBM said:

Watch your speakers with the Synth Wah!

You mean with guitar speakers?

(I (finally) have one on the way, but I'll be using it on bass with a bass amp/cabinet.)

joeyowen

What Le fuck did you trade haha?

Some nice gems there!

stonevibe

I got rid of a HD500 floor pedal. I hate menus and scrolling, so it got used all of around three times and was sat collecting dust in the corner of the room.

sweepy

You got yourself a cracking deal there, well done

ICBM

Dave_Mc said:

You mean with guitar speakers?



(I (finally) have one on the way, but I'll be using it on bass with a bass amp/cabinet.)

Especially guitar speakers, but watch it even with bass ones. It kicks out a *massive* amount of resonant low-end on some settings.

Dave_Mc

Ok, thanks for the heads-up, will do. Is that worse at higher volumes, I'm guessing? I'll only likely be playing at pretty low volumes, at least any time soon

(I went for the bass one because it was cheaper, and also I thought the sub-octave mode might be useful since I had been half-thinking of an octave pedal at one point... hope it doesn't kill my speakers, lol.)

stonevibe

Just found out how to get dotted 8th notes out the DD-7.

Useful.

ICBM

Dave_Mc said:

Ok, thanks for the heads-up, will do. Is that worse at higher volumes, I'm guessing? I'll only likely be playing at pretty low volumes, at least any time soon

(I went for the bass one because it was cheaper, and also I thought the sub-octave mode might be useful since I had been half-thinking of an octave pedal at one point... hope it doesn't kill my speakers, lol.)

At low volumes it *should* be fine, but still be careful - the amount of low-end it can put out is astonishing. If the speaker starts to sound as if it's 'booming' or resonating, back off! Excessive cone excursion can sometimes damage speakers even at much lower power than they're capable of taking with a more balanced signal.

Dave_Mc

Thanks, will do.

Is there any setting which is more likely to kill the speakers? I'm guessing the sub-octave and sub-envelope settings would be worst, but I could be wrong.

ICBM

Can't remember exactly, but I seem to remember they were all pretty fierce, apart from the simple envelope filter one. And that was just the regular Synth Wah! (I was playing bass through it.) It might possibly have had something to do with the sub cab in a venue we were playing at mysteriously not working after our set…

(I had it DI'd of course - the soundman said it would be fine! Not my fault .)

ThePrettyDamned

ICBM;330131" said:

Can't remember exactly, but I seem to remember they were all pretty fierce, apart from the simple envelope filter one. And that was just the regular Synth Wah! (I was playing bass through it.) It might possibly have had something to do with the sub cab in a venue we were playing at mysteriously not working after our set…

(I had it DI'd of course - the soundman said it would be fine! Not my fault .)

Could you follow it with a graphic eq and knock out some of the excess low end?

My mate uses the guitar one on bass, and I'm planning on getting one, too because that thing sounds funky as anything! I love the Qtron but I'm too worried about reliability, it's a pain to power, and it doesn't like high output pickups, guitar or bass.

Dave_Mc

^^ LOL

Yeah I have the bass one on the way. I'm guessing it's even worse since the guitar one (I don't think) doesn't have the sub octave settings.

I figured for £28 it was worth a shot, since it sounds nuts in the clips I've heard. I'd say it's worth a shot as long as it doesn't kill my speakers... )

ThePrettyDamned

Get some 18 and 15 inch cabs, make your setup rate to 10,000 watts and hopefully it'll live