Pedal geeks i need u (help jjjusten make decisions about awesome pedals for his store)

oh yeah, I'll ship anywhere, although i'll need to check up on any changes wrt UK ship rules etc, to figure out what the best deal of the minute is. just to get this out of the way right now, I can't dodge the customs declaration, way too risky now that I am in the process of building a real deal online store (well reverb store linked to my website unless i get a better idea).

Aye, no worries, most online retailers don't do 'gift' declarations these days in any case. A couple of months to think about what else I might fancy then.

Can anyone recommend me a good wah for around $100? My Cry Baby that I've had for a decade or so is starting to get noisy.

ZVEX employee missing from Minneapolis area.

https://twitter.com/EarthQuakerDev/status/506797102081777665/photo/1

yeah andy is a great guy, this whole thing is super sad and weird. hoping for the best.

Judging by a fb post from zack, looks like the worst scenario had happened.

That sucks. Not the update I was hoping for.

who's getting the korg miku stomp

Can anyone recommend me a good wah for around $100? My Cry Baby that I've had for a decade or so is starting to get noisy.

― Heez, Monday, September 1, 2014 1:44 PM (3 days ago)

Anyone? Or is the CryBaby the standard here? The only other models I can find are represented by guitarist I hate.

Honestly, there are some great wahs out there, but they're going to be way more than $100. In that range, the crybaby is going to be the way to go, unless you can find a ibanez wd7 and can get over the fact that it looks awful but sounds great.

can you still find vox 848s for 100ish used? that used to be my go-to but I've been wah-less for like 6 years now...

Just curious, what would are some of the high end wahs out there?

http://www.wilsoneffects.com

http://drno-effects.com/products/holy-wahcamoly/

http://www.realmccoycustom.com

Thanks as usual

I really like my Area 51 wah, but I don't know if he's building any more
http://area51tubeaudiodesigns.com

Wilson are fantastic. I have their colorsound clone but they have a dizzying array of other options

in chase bliss related news, I got one of the first Wombtone phasers and OH MY GOD

also, guess who is now a Cusack dealer? Did I buy the Tap-a-Fuzz? Oh yes, of course I bought the Tap-a-Fuzz.

also sold the crazy expensive Dr. No Holy Wahcamoly within 48 hours of getting it

Oh that Tap-a-Fuzz is WICKED.

Yeah, tap tempo fuzz sounds like a dumb idea. Until you hear it.

Please note: http://youtu.be/mzXL3-GLkRY

Worth hanging around for the waveform portion of the demo

One of the Walrus guys has a new pedal company: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com. Black Fountain delay sounds fab

when I plug in my Boss RC-20XL the 'loop quantize', 'loop phrase', 'write' and 'manual' lights light up, and it doesn't do anything else. No amount of pressing buttons makes a difference, and there's no sound passing through it. Tried different power supplies and batteries, all the same. What's wrong with it? Is it knackered? Will I have to pay for repairs?

I skipped straight to the waveform portion and was "like, damn"

I have the worst ebay habit ever. I'll be getting drunk at some point over the weekend and looking at pedals on ebay. I'll see some pedal that is scheduled to end that night and is currently going for a low price. So I put in a higher bid, telling myself that I'm just doing it to bid the price up for the seller and someone will probably come along at the last minute and snipe me. And then I wake up in the morning the proud purchaser of a Boss DD-7!

I've bought three pedals this way in 2014.

Always like "this guy, this guy here? he needs some bids."

next time the urge arises, channel that energy into buying a fine pedal from your good friend jjjusten

just got the dr. scientist Bitquest in. like everything that dude does, it's one of the coolest pedals in the shop. take all the effects that you just maybe might not want to devote pedal borad space to, throw them in a single tall mxr sized enclosure, and tadah.

https://www.axeandyoushallreceive.com/product/dr-scientist-bitquest

I know, right? Oughta be doing that.

what would be the most effective and beneficial way for someone to buy a fine pedal from good friend jjjusten?

by the way, in a gesture of thanks for everybody giving me thoughts etc throughout this thread, i am more than willing to hook peeps up with better than usual pricing on gear we sell if you ever need any of it at any point in the future. hit me up via the store email eclipse at eclipsemusic dot org.

― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:52 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not pedal related, but eclipse related, just got in our first DiPinto Galaxie 4 and omg

for the uninitiated:

http://www.dipintoguitars.com/product.php?id=2

ours is a custom piece - metallic red with tortoise guard, tortoise headstock overlay, bound neck, and pearl block inlays.

I live a couple of blocks from DiPinto guitars, they are pretty chill guys who fix my strat now and then

Email just sent. Be gentle with me.

Got it, pondering possibilities. Out of curiosity, and since I won't be back in the shop until tomorrow, have you ever looked at the Dr. Scientist BitQuest, or the Devi Ever Bit Mangler?

Not really in the market for anything fuzz-distortion-y at the moment, already running with a WMD Geiger Counter which gives me more choices than I could wish for in that area.

I'm thinking of something that maybe does a bit octaving and modulation, maybe like the Arpanoid or the Rainbow Machine? Maybe the Ravish Sitar could fit the bill? You see where I'm coming from?

Maybe something also semi-random in the control, like an optic sensor (like Devi used to fit in a couple of pedals)? Ability to tweak settings during play also v desirable.

I guess this is a good enough place to ask as any, but my Boss DS distortion pedal has as far as I can remember made the overall sound of my guitar quieter when I switch it on. Always thought it was a weird inherent compression thing and it was supposed to do this, but a sound engineer took a look and said this was definitely not supposed to happen. Anyone know what could be causing this?? Should I look into getting it repaired? I do run it after a compressor pedal, but this shouldn't be happening all the same, right?

It appears to be a common issue. Is it the case for a variety of guitar pick-ups?

How is the volume (and master volume?) of your amp set? If there's little/no headroom, turning on the distortion might result in a volume drop; that is, the inherent compression thing might be in your amp rather than the pedal.

The same thing happened to me using a Yardbox fuzz with my Boogie MkIV; I don't remember exactly how the amp was configured (and it has like 4000 knobs and switches), but adjusting it for more headroom fixed the problem.

This is cool. Molecular overdrive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EJIihaLV9g

Leave it to Ryan from dr. Scientist

Ok, anybody got any experience with stomp under foot?

Also, tomorrow will be spent with the Cusack tap-a-delay that is on its way.

nerdy picture time as soon as I remember how to use my photobucket account

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m134/johnjusten/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/0C7749A9-9DC7-4163-B32A-DCB42CA25178.jpg

the pedal shelves are becoming a reality. That's our new stock of wah/boost/overdrive/distortion. fuzzes start on the not pictured side of the wall.

/braggin

Was checking out H9 demo videos when I ran across this beast: The Hoxton OWL http://hoxtonowl.com

I'm digging this current wave of open-source sound-wibbling. The patch library (and demo videos) are damn impressive. I can't fund $400 on another sound-masher and I certainly can't take on another new programming language when I'm already dealing with three. I hope someone in these parts gets some face time with one.

Added BBE now that they no longer have the worst graphics in the pedal industry.

Oh, gone are the days, huh?

http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/Product%20News/Guitar/Feb08/bbe-soul-vibe-mind-bender-630-80.jpg

Oh holy crap, I didn't realize their wah was actually called a Ben-Wah.

Why do pedal manufacturers think it's a good idea to attach big rubber feet to the bottoms of them? trying to attach these to a pedal board is a ballache. Should be an easier way to remove them than having to peel them off then use white spirit to get the tape on.