Gasalcoholics anonymous? whoever said this was a help group?

[Muse FTW]

I decided to be a bitch and not splurge on myself for my birthday.
If anything, I may sell some older pedals of mine.

At least I still have my Prophet 08.

[GardenoftheDead]

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/msg/3627646910.html

Why does good stuff pop up when I'm trying to save for a bigger purchase?

[goroth]

My mono case for the board arrived the other day, already gigged it. Its purchase was a direct result of Behndy's existence. It has already made my musical life a little happier.

RADNESS!

yay! what size did you get?

lol. i love their stuff maybe too much. i have a PT-Pro, Jr and a Bass bag. gonna pick up the keyboard one this weekend. if i ever get it together enough to order a second Dinger i'd so get one of their Two Basses One Cup bags too.

LOVE. THEM.

Pt pro. When I eventually get a new guitar I'll roll with mono. I can't be more happy with the pt pro bag. Soooo much better balanced.

[behndy]

yeep. looks like i might grab the Keyboard bag tonight. WOOOOOO. it's neat 'cause it has little padded partiony things inside.

FANCY.

[ryan summit]

youre fancy
mr fancy pants

[skullservant]

Gonna try some chrome .12's on new steel saddles on the aluminum guitar. heavy \m/

[AngryGoldfish]

I'm GAS'ing for a new tremolo. Anyone have a small box Catalinbread Semaphore TT, Empress Tremolo, Diamond Tremolo, or Cusack Tap-a-Whirl they'd consider letting go of? I'm really only interested in the Catalinbread right now, but I'd consider the others.

[goroth]

I have an empress trem that will never, ever leave my board.

Sounds are godly. Tap function is great - it averages four (or five?) taps, which makes it very accurate. Can't tap triplets, but you can get around that by tapping your tempo at a different ratio to the song. Who cares. Still the best trem. Ever.

[AngryGoldfish]

I really want the grey one, but nowhere stocks them any more.

[univalve]

Santa muerte and time Bender will come soon

[Warpsmasher]

Just pulled the trigger on this guy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMEdWHiLno[/youtube]

First Fender pedal I've ever wanted...

Please report your findings!

The first one I got was a factory dud, I couldn't get any sound out of it and the lights flickered on and off when I adjusted the guitar cable. Had to be returned for a refund.
Hooked up the second one, and it seemed like I was having similar problems - no sound, but all the lights and switches seemed to work fine. Turned it off and on again a couple of times and it started working.
I think the thing to watch out for is that it's made in China, and they just slap them together and don't test them or even burn in the circuitry. Now that some electricity and signal have passed through it for what is likely the first time, everything seems to be fine, but it took a minute. I also did a calibration according to the instructions, just to make sure everything was doing what it should.

It seems to be pretty sturdy. The treadle is solid aluminum, though the pics make it look like plastic, and there's no wiggle there. There's no string or arm mechanism under it, it looks like the only connection to the guts is at the axle of the rocker, where it probably turns an internal pot.

It works a little differently than what you'd expect. I had to read the manual to understand the way it behaves. The treadle is more of a set it and forget it kind of thing than something you play like a volume pedal or a wah, but it can be used that way too. The feedback doesn't engage instantly, it takes a second to swell in as it reacts to what you're playing, basically matching whatever note you hold rather than indiscriminately noising all over everything. These are only my first time results though, with the guitar plugged straight into the pedal, distortion after. It says that results will vary depending on all the obvious factors (input volume, pickups, dirt before or after, etc).

It seems pretty cool overall. There's a little bit of a learning curve and the feel of it will take some getting used to, but that's to be expected with things that have never been done before...

[Warpsmasher]

Also, got this yesterday...


...the Fender arrived today, and these are all on the way:








I went on a low/medium bidding frenzy on ebay and got killer deals on everything, except the Megalith, which I scored here in the BST. I still have bids on 4 other things, but will probably get outbid on all of them...

[univalve]

Haha, nice haul! If i would always List what i'm bidding on we would have already 2000 Pages.

[ryan summit]

so you cant adjust the pitch of the feedback
with the treadle on the runaway

[skullservant]

I need to stop buying shit with this tax money, but I just bought some parts to put together the mini 1776 Modulated Delay with clear pots so that they can light up with the rate of modulation. I'M DONE DAMNIT.