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This is once again proving that it doesn't matter AT ALL what you play through. Dubkitty makes a great point... you play whatever is easy to get/use, is rugged, and can get you what you need without a lot of fuss.

We just happen to be very particular... and it's mostly to a fault.

I dare me to throw everything away and just use my RAT. I could do it.


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i spent years playing through nothing but a Distortion+ and Fender amplifier trem and reverb, and it sounded totally bomb-ass. i do enjoy having the variety of stuff i have now, because it allows me to have such a variety of voices at the tap of a switch. but if i was on the road and my board case got lost or stolen, i'd be fucked because almost half of the stuff on there is out of production. i would only be able to replace half of my fuzz, and even that would have to be overnighted from somewhere like Prymaxe or PGS. it's the price i pay for having fussy ears.

dubkitty wrote: it's the price i pay for having fussy ears.

This. A thousand times this.

I'm really jealous of people who can be perfectly happy with the cheapes/shittiest gear. A friend of mine asked what to start with I told him to find the cheapest pedals he could find because he wouldn't be bugged by the sound quality... yet

dubkitty wrote:i spent years playing through nothing but a Distortion+ and Fender amplifier trem and reverb, and it sounded totally bomb-ass. i do enjoy having the variety of stuff i have now, because it allows me to have such a variety of voices at the tap of a switch. but if i was on the road and my board case got lost or stolen, i'd be fucked because almost half of the stuff on there is out of production. i would only be able to replace half of my fuzz, and even that would have to be overnighted from somewhere like Prymaxe or PGS. it's the price i pay for having fussy ears.

I will admit it... this place fucked me up in the head... my rig right before I joined was basscrybaby > baseballs > boss ODB-3 > boss trem, for years...

Soooo you dig this guy's music, but now you're all disappointed when you find out he uses non gear-wanky gear?
How does that even make sense?

I have to admit that a BOSS ME-30 served me well for 14-15 years and around 150+ shows.

I do miss the simplicity. Through a mic'd amp and a PA, no-one can tell.

I'd never go back though

Guys in Oceansize used "mediocre" pedals as well and they're one of my favourite bands ever btw - for example Boss OS-2, which is not bad, actually!

a lot of pros make great music that sounds great without boutique stuff, i personally don't care even though i enjoy boutique stuff more than off the shelf effects (for the features mainly)

DarkAxel wrote:Guys in Oceansize used "mediocre" pedals as well and they're one of my favourite bands ever btw - for example Boss OS-2, which is not bad, actually!

off topic: didn't expect to have oceansize love here on the board

You kidding? I ABSOLUTELY LOVE OCEANSIZE

shouldn't it be *more* impressive that this person is able to make sounds you enjoy with common, off-the-shelf gear?

voerking wrote:shouldn't it be *more* impressive that this person is able to make sounds you enjoy with common, off-the-shelf gear?

I think it does for sure. Shows how much goes into the musicianship.

It was pretty humbling to find out Jonsi's (from Sigur Ros) pedalboard is basically; Ernie Ball Volume > Ibanez TS9 tubescreamer > TC electronics parametric EQ + Sustain > Boss RC20 loop station.

The rest is some rack-mounted reverb (and a Boss RV-something), plus his cello bow / ebow.

and have a nice life doesn't even use pedals, all logic and garageband defaults. deathconsciousness is still like the illesttt. i understand your disappointment though. it's kind of hard/shitty to understand that not everyone who uses pedals to make sikkk music is a pedal geek.

how ill are they?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbssmwmAU00[/youtube]

most of you know how I am though, I still love the hell out of the band...I just think all bands could benefit from a wolf computer, RRR and disaster transport, ya know?

htsamurai wrote:I just think all bands could benefit from a wolf computer, RRR and disaster transport, ya know?

I definitely get this, like having more unique effects to open up an artists sonic pallet, especially a band that's using these kind of effects from Boss or something.