The Black Cat Mona features a special custom tuned Black Cat inductor, as well as the newly engineered Black Cat wah pot, which is like nothing else on the market. These features allow the Black Cat Mona to be used as a sophisticated tone-sculpting tool instead of a mere novelty quack machine.
― how's life, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
but I WANT a mere novelty quack machine
I mean, a quacking guitar, who doesn't want that
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
I've been without a wah since I made the mistake of loaning my old V848 to a friend for a gig lol.
covet the Mona. so spendy but so pretty...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
jjj, sent you an email via your work address.
― how's life, Thursday, 30 July 2015 12:43 (eight years ago) link
Got it! I'll get back to you with info.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Thursday, 30 July 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:38 PM (2 days ago)
the more novel, the better imo
― sarahell, Friday, 31 July 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link
not pedal related, but eclipse related, just got in our first DiPinto Galaxie 4 and omg
― Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:03 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've been curious about these forever but they don't have a dealer anywhere near me. So when I was in DC last week I made a special trip out to the suburbs to a weird small guitar store at 10 a.m. to play around with the Galaxie 4. I like the hollowbody deluxe model more than the solidbody but all of the hollowbody colors/finishes are way too flashy for me. So then I get back to Chicago and yesterday I wander into the local fancy guitar store and of course NOW they are carrying DiPinto guitars too. I think I like the natural mahogany finish the best, even though it's probably the most boring:
https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_progressive/c_thumb,g_south,h_296,w_296/xeempsbgb3aln1ejqmk9.jpg
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
I'm a boring guy, I can't have a sparkly guitar with a psychedelic headstock.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link
Even the black hollowbody Galaxie 4 is pretty flashy: https://reverb.com/item/513452-di-pinto-galaxie-4-deluxe-2015-black-white
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
I could mmmmmmaybe pull that one off.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
I actually don't like the natural/normal ones, but I understand why they did it.
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
Any recommendations for a tremolo pedal?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
Dead set on picking up a EHX Super Pulsar after my net paycheck
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 4 December 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
That looks intense.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 4 December 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
Straight up tremolo? Probably the Black Cat mini trem. If you want harmonic tremolo I love the Catalinbread Valcorder. If you want to go full on crazy, the Chase Bliss Gravitas.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 7 December 2015 06:48 (eight years ago) link
FYI Elvis, if you want that EHX I will hook you up, just give me time to order it.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 7 December 2015 06:50 (eight years ago) link
the super pulsar looks fantastic, definitely on my list of future pedal acquisitions
picked up a thorpyfx muffroom cloud over the weekend - holy shit, this thing is incredible, basically the platonic ideal of a big muff-style fuzz.
― hand of jehuty and the blowfish (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 7 December 2015 09:26 (eight years ago) link
jjusten - sent you an email this morning...
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 December 2015 05:08 (eight years ago) link
Follow-up, my wife got me the Earthquaker Hummingbird tremolo and I can't tell how I feel about it yet. It doesn't really have any subtlety or transparency at all, though I realized it's supposed to be that way. I tried the Valcoder at the guitar store too and wasn't crazy about it. The guitar store guy had me try the Moog MF Trem and that was better but I was confused by the relationship between the controls in the limited time I tried it.
I also tested out the Zvex Mastotron fuzz, which I've been curious about for a long time, and I LOVED it. Gnarly sounds but you can always still hear the notes. I've been using the Fender Blender for crazy fuzz leads for a while but you can't really use it on chords because it just turns into BLXLCHCLSHCLHLCHSKKSHKS. Is there anything else in the Mastotron vein I should be checking out before I buy that? I know there are 8 billion fuzz pedals out there.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 11 January 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
Z.Vex $6000 candle-powered phaser/tremolo:
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-definition-of-gear-lust-is-this-6-000-candle-power-1760794913
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
ha I was just coming here to post that
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
It would be cool at gigs to hear "candle" rather than "9 volt," as in "aw crap...hey, do you have an extra candle I can borrow for my fuzz? I'll give it right back after the set."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
candle pedal almost as unreliable as a germanium transistor pedal
― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 26 February 2016 04:53 (eight years ago) link
xp - can't these ppl just get one spots and stop wasting money on batteries
― sarahell, Friday, 26 February 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
There's a ZVex pedal (the Super Hard-On, I think) with a spare transistor taped inside the case. Maybe this has a spare candle taped in the case for when the main candle (*pun approaching please mind the gap*) burns out.
― bored at work (snoball), Friday, 26 February 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link
just got a boss DD-500. think i may be sorted for delay sounds for a while with this.
― Justin Townes' URL (haitch), Saturday, 27 February 2016 03:19 (eight years ago) link
just ordered a hungry robot 'the wash' pedal - psyched for the ambient madness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlppMGxKhug
― BEEFSQUEAK (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
Still thinking of getting a Mastotron but if anyone has similar alternatives I should check out first let me know.
I tried out the EHX Soul Food. It sounded pretty bad to my ears but I feel like it's impossible to really test an overdrive using a guitar and amp I'm not used to.
The guitar store had some of these Electro-Faustus pedals/instruments that look crazy but they had just gotten them in and couldn't tell me much about them: http://www.electrofaustus.com/ Most of them seem pretty impractical but I want a Drone Thing.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 7 March 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
i had a soul food a for a little while and didn't get on with it - it had a trebly shrillness with my guitars i just couldn't quite get rid of.
ended up getting a j rockett archer to fill the klon-clone gap - ut sounds pretty good on its own but i really like the way it stacks into drive and fuzz
those electofaustus pedals look like a hell of a lot of fun
― the uniqueness of our billionaires (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 13:16 (eight years ago) link
Soul Food sounded super mid-range-y to me.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 15:46 (eight years ago) link
Found a deal on the Mastotron yesterday so I pulled the trigger, I now have the most obnoxious guitar tone.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/03/37-year-old_portland_man_trave.html
Sad news.
― how's life, Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
(founder of Catalinbread)
― how's life, Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
ugh, horrible news
I recently bought the Belle Epoch tape echo sim. It's really nice.
RIP
― U.S. (brownie), Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
holy shit. nic was a friend, h0w4rd and m1k3 on his crew even moreso... i can't even begin
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 11 March 2016 02:56 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I've been posting about it on the 2016 obit thread, but this was prob the better place, idk. It's brutal.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
you guys, what is the sickest phaser out there?
― Justin Townes' URL (haitch), Monday, 21 March 2016 04:14 (eight years ago) link
For crazy does everything and more vibes, definitely the Chase Bliss Wombtone.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link
http://youtu.be/OJMgy1_yB4w
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 14:37 (eight years ago) link
new analog delay from ibanez (the es2) just showed up and it is totally fucking amazing.
i just bought this on impulse to run synths through and use as an effect with my DAW, hope to get some useful sounds out of it.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 14:55 (eight years ago) link
If hiatch is looking for a more trad phaser (because let's face it, all the Chase Bliss pedals are OTT) then I'm a sucker for the EHX Stone series.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Blackout Effectors Whetstone is a pretty wild phaser as well, but the Chase Bliss still probably has it beat for versatility.
― how's life, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
There's also this
http://www.mrblackpedals.com/products/gilamondo
And this
http://skreddypedals.com/skreddy_pedals_little_miss_sunshine.php
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
Oh and this
http://www.alexanderpedals.com/shop/la-calavera
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 15:55 (eight years ago) link
This weeks moment in incoming nerd obsession:
http://youtu.be/h7GSdXqfyXU
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:25 (eight years ago) link
oooh, lotsa good options, thanks all. chase bliss sounds crazy!
must admit I forgot about this one from when I was thinking about getting a euro case last year, that's probably a whole other can of worms (lol @ the boss burn at the end too): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPMHVHsp14
― Justin Townes' URL (haitch), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
not sick, but after trying a zillion phasers i'm down to the good old one-knob script phase 90 and a BJF tiny orange
hardest one to let go was a Maxon PH-350, which does trad phase sounds like a champ but also gets pretty crazy if you want it to
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 01:04 (eight years ago) link
i need a boost pedal for my bass. what should i get?
doesn't have to be clean, just loud. if it does other weird fucked up sounding shit (i.e. cool features), that would be great.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:00 (eight years ago) link
update to the update i posted on the other thread:
i tried using this echo pedal as an outboard effect with my DAW, and after i got the routing figured out, i was getting way too much of the dry signal back from the pedal (even with the mix knob turned all the way up). ideally i want a true 100% wet signal that i can mix with the original dry track, but maybe that's not how guitar pedals work?
i was able to get the end result i wanted by putting the resulting track through a Soundtoys echo plugin, but having the pedal earlier in the chain gave it some cool texture and pitch-bend effects.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
Can't stop won't stop. On their way.
http://www.alexanderpedals.com
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 21:43 (seven years ago) link