IdiotBox TourBox reviews, progress & other misc. ramblinzs

[behndy]

Matt is the man. super nice guy.

[wdinc01]

So where's the box at? I just want to know if I should be checking the mailbox.

[Chankgeez]

So where's the box at? I just want to know if I should be checking the mailbox.

Yes, you should, shortly. According to Sousa he's sending it today. I'll PM you tracking when he sends it to me.

[MSUsousaphone]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!! Got her all boxed up but still have to run to the post. Chank's got the boxes well protected with some foam. Makes for very easy shipping.

[ryan summit]

yeah
only a month and a half awaay
owwwoooogah
two weeks with DANGRxFIELD
by that time
there gonna box themselves up
"can we go home now?"
no daddy doesnt love you anymore
uncle john and aunt matt are your new daddys

[Chankgeez]

Chank's got the boxes well protected with some foam. Makes for very easy shipping.

You can thank Matt for that. I'm just the virtual babysitter.

[Waterpilot]

Woot! Woot! I've been spending my money on some other stuff and have put pedals on the back burner so this is fantastic. It will be nice to spend a week trying new stuff. May push me back into some pedal splurging again!

[MSUsousaphone]

So my impressions. In general:

All of the IdiotBox stuff has sound and versatility to rival the big guys in the pedal industry......but it's half and sometimes a third price. My review kinda sucks because I'm in between cabs (sold my old one and the new one is currently being built) and then the loaner cab I got from a friend has a blown tweeter. And with the crossover still in action I'm missing out on most of my highs. So a lot of this review is happening through headphones or with highs missing. I wasn't able to record any demos since it would be missing all the upper freqs.

The Lazer Fuzz was cool. It tracked well on my bass. The high fizziness fuzzes aren't my thing as a bass player but it sounded great with my guitar friend jamming on it. Nice glittery glitches and things. I didn't notice any noise with it.

The Blasteroid is more my cup of tea. Or really my cup of molasses as it is thick and doomier. Again tracks nice on bass. Good definition and able to produce chords. The Smash filter knob controls a pretty wide range.

The Stutter had some cool tweakability with the expression control. If I didn't have a Mobius I would be swinging up this guy. It does everything that I want from a trem. I know it's NOT a squarewave trem but that's what I would replace with it. Anyways, it does all that stuff. A huge range of speed and versatility with the choppiness PLUS the expression control operates nicely. And it's half the cost of anything else out there that does this stuff.

The DeathRay was hella fun. My guitar friend loved it and wouldn't play with the other pedals.....he just messed with this the whole time. Did really well on bass. Getting that 8bit sound and of course the expression control is just awesome on it.

I didn't get to mess with the Cycler at all since I don't have anything to use with it.

But yeah, I mean, these things are so affordable. The four pedals I was able to play on would total up to $400. Usually if I'm seeing boards under that value, the tone just isn't there. It would be a joke. But these guys are the price of the low quality pedals but with a solid sound. Good stuff. I'd rock it.

[behndy]

fuuuuuuck i'm looking forward to some hands on time with the Cycler, Blasteroid and Lazer. i have a d
Death Ray (SO. GOOD.) and had a Stutter (also awesome).

Matt makes the yumminess.

and you suh are CORRECT on value for monies. insanely good ratio.

[Chankgeez]

Thanks for those, MrSousaphone.

I should point out that the Orange Cycle is fun just on its own. You don't need anything to sync it to. I don't have anything to sync mine to and I still love messing around with it. It's just a blast of a little sequencer and I don't even really like sequencers.

Also, speaking of blasts, the Blasteroid sounds different with a buffer placed before it. So, you should try it both with and without a buffer.

[deathmonkey]

The blasteroid does indeed sound awesome on bass.

[wdinc01]

Box got! Only got to pull out the Orange Box so far, but it's pretty fun

[wdinc01]

Got to play with all the pedals today while working at an art lab in my school. Once my professor is done cutting stuff, I'll make some bass demo videos.

Not to be a tease, but Orange Cycle -> Possessed.

[behndy]

UGH. FUCK OFF.

i'm.... so tempted to order an Orangey now. i'm last on the list. that thing INTRIGUES ME.

[wdinc01]

Better not look at this then, Behndy.

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