Hey guys,
so yeah for the past few years ive been using the g system and nova system, however ive come to a point where ive had it with the multi effects malarkey for these reasons:
- difficulty (for me) with setting sounds that im completely happy with
- hate tc chorus (may again be my inability to program the effect but doubt it)
- want ease of use again
im planning to push the boat out and get a gigrig g2 to control it all as iam just not a pedal dancer. my list of effects is as follows in no particular order:
- strymon time line or tc flashback x4 - definite
- strymon big sky or eventide blackhole - definite
- strymon mobius - definite
- wampler ego, xotic sp, or suggestions?
- not really needed but maaaybeee an od pedal eg. wampler dual fusion, tim or suggestions?
- koko boost, mini spark, ep booster or suggestions?
- ehx micro synth or hog - opinions?
thats all i think i'll be needing at the moment but if you guys can offer your experience on the pedals or suggest alternatives, that would be much obliged
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Get the three big Strymons, all fantastic (I have the Big Sky, would love the Timeline, and while you're at it you might as well get the Mobius for chorus and whatever else modulation you need.
Ignore the Wampler Dual Fusion, I was quite disappointed with that one.
The Koko Boost is fantastic, is the new single button one out yet?
I had a Micro Synth for a while, utterly mad pedal. Stick a compressor before it is a the one tip I can give, then make mad glitchy noises with it...get bored and sell it on (I couldn't come up with any real world practical use for it).
I sold it on here as well, and I'm pretty sure the guy who had it after me had the same opinion and sold it on again. I just didn't find anything special about it, totally overrated for the price (in my opinion). The Tim you suggested is a great pedal if you can get one (he only makes the Timmy these days). Only thing I didn't like about the Tim was the height, it's a very tall pedal indeed and didn't fit nicely in my board (Diago). I use a Timmy these days.
I really wanted to like it (The Dual Fusion). It was the vintage/paisley side that I found very lacking, and I'd planned on using that as my main sound, then bringing in the modern/euphoria for certain songs. The paisley was just pretty weak and lacking, totally blown out of the water with the Timmy.
Worked well stacked though, but didn't give me the versitility I wanted.
I'm sure other people love it, but for me it's the most disapointed I've been with a drive pedal.
It's just exactly what I've always wanted a comp to sound like. It's very small, but very solidly built.
My music:- https://soundcloud.com/hubobulous
I very quickly bought a Flint and a favourite switch for it, which gave me a couple of different reverbs. It's enough, and I like the simplicity.
I got a bunch of mod pedals, including a Lex and a Mojo Vibe, a DOD flanger. They're awesome but I realised I missed having EVERYTHING. Like I want a couple of different flanger sounds, and chorus, and vibrato. So now I'm wanting a Möbius. Definitely want to have a listen first, but I do think it's going to be fine.
The Wampler stuff is overrated in my opinion, I don't understand the hype.
If you want a solo boost and you're using the amp in the G2's insert loop, stick a Lehle Sunday Driver in loop 10. Totally clean boost, whatever your sound - it just gets louder.
Nice true bypass wah in front of the G2, and if you're feeling flush, the Turbo Tuner too (it's also true bypass).
I also use a Way Huge Pork Loin, which I think is very underrated, and a fuzz and a treble booster, but that stuff you'll always be dicking about with.
You'll be blown away at the tonal improvement after the G-System - it really does suck tone, balanced cables and buffers not withstanding.
Do it!
Sadly I now want an Axe FX, but that's another story. :-)
I have an Effectrode PC-2A - it's fantastic. For half the price there's the Dinosaural Comp which is also awesome, and runs on standard 9v, if you can find one.
Found some of the Red Witch stuff to be a bit noisy, might have just been me.
When you're budgeting, remember power supplies. You're going to want three Timelords at least for Timeline, Möbius, and verb. Just get them. You can run them off a Distributor but you'll get noise.
Basically, I'd say go big, get the things you want and don't compromise. If you run out of money, wait...
And then there's the Lava Cables (Tightrope, NOT mini ELC). So that's all going to be very expensive. On the other hand, it's a pro-level rig.