Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:43 pm
chillerthanmost wrote:SS/BS SPARKLE MOTION!!!
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Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:35 am
I've just bought a second one for this very reason.bigchiefbc wrote:I got to try out an Elements for a while, and really loved it's low-gain side. I know that's probably not what most people use it for, but it sounded great with just a little hint of drive.
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 2:33 am
Yeah, the low gain sounds are incredible with that pedal. Especially if you dial in an iota of clean blend. Crunchy jazz chords for dayssssgoroth wrote:I've just bought a second one for this very reason.bigchiefbc wrote:I got to try out an Elements for a while, and really loved it's low-gain side. I know that's probably not what most people use it for, but it sounded great with just a little hint of drive.
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 2:47 am
Mellowtone Singing Tree. It just colours the amp sound in a really cool way.
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:06 am
For real. I only recently started really getting into the high-gain side and I've had it since Christmas.WeHuntKings wrote:Yeah, the low gain sounds are incredible with that pedal. Especially if you dial in an iota of clean blend. Crunchy jazz chords for dayssssgoroth wrote:I've just bought a second one for this very reason.bigchiefbc wrote:I got to try out an Elements for a while, and really loved it's low-gain side. I know that's probably not what most people use it for, but it sounded great with just a little hint of drive.
Elements da bess. I wish I had an 18v power supply for it.
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:32 am
18V sounds cool but only advantage is you get a little more head room while losing some of that glorious crunch. Doesn't break up quite the same at 18V, sounds better to me at 9V for sure. Higher voltage maybe helps if you run it in clean boost mode but it gets a pretty nice clean boost at 9V as well in low gain mode with clipping toggle in the center and gain dialed waaayyy back, volume way up.Achtane wrote:For real. I only recently started really getting into the high-gain side and I've had it since Christmas.WeHuntKings wrote:Yeah, the low gain sounds are incredible with that pedal. Especially if you dial in an iota of clean blend. Crunchy jazz chords for dayssssgoroth wrote:I've just bought a second one for this very reason.bigchiefbc wrote:I got to try out an Elements for a while, and really loved it's low-gain side. I know that's probably not what most people use it for, but it sounded great with just a little hint of drive.
Elements da bess. I wish I had an 18v power supply for it.
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:18 am
Guitar volume rolled back to 6-7 on a Fuzz-dimed Fulltone 69 (NKT275 FF).
Real learning curve involved and the Bias knob occasionally needs fine tuning, but nothing else I've tried has been as interactive and dynamic while minimizing fret noise from lazy fingers.
It has the response of plugging directly into a *dialed in* amp. I have yet to find an IC-based design that can compete. Any recommendations are sought.
For context, I'm all about fingering sustained harmonic feedback and saturated, ringing melodies with bending...between diming the gtr-vol and bone-picking some ripping power chords.
Real learning curve involved and the Bias knob occasionally needs fine tuning, but nothing else I've tried has been as interactive and dynamic while minimizing fret noise from lazy fingers.
It has the response of plugging directly into a *dialed in* amp. I have yet to find an IC-based design that can compete. Any recommendations are sought.
For context, I'm all about fingering sustained harmonic feedback and saturated, ringing melodies with bending...between diming the gtr-vol and bone-picking some ripping power chords.
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 6:28 am
yep, the sparkle motion after a buffer/activated pedal has a really interesting breakup sound, with the drive maxed and the bias low.backwardsvoyager wrote:chillerthanmost wrote:SS/BS SPARKLE MOTION!!!
plus the mini/fuck for edge of breakup.
the mini can get fuzzy and soft by dialling back the bias, and the fuck has a sharper edge, plus the bonus of the crackle.
i prefer the volume crackle (down switch?) at lower gain settings.
superpuzzle with the octave circuit off is also great at dirty low gain!
the elements is more flexible at dialling in just the right low gain sound with the wide ranging eq and clipping options - clipping off for a bit more sparkle, switch down for a softer, muzzy edge.
the fairfield barbershop has a unique open sound, no tone control so its very open top end. i use it 99.9% of the time at drive max, sag 2 o'clock
one thats never mentioned here is the manifold drive, has a great saggy sound, and the little eq switch goes from mellow/sharpish/fat-compressed
looking forward to trying the mid-fi, one in the post!
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:42 pm
BJFE Baby Blue
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 5:48 pm
+1 Elements. Mine is set for the edge of breakup sound, low gain, no clipping. I also find you need to dial in a little bit of clean blend to make it really shine for this. Plus with the incredible EQ range, you should be be able to make it work with any setup. As a bonus, just by flicking it to high gain and adding some clipping diodes you can get great high gain sounds.Holy Schnikes wrote:18V sounds cool but only advantage is you get a little more head room while losing some of that glorious crunch. Doesn't break up quite the same at 18V, sounds better to me at 9V for sure. Higher voltage maybe helps if you run it in clean boost mode but it gets a pretty nice clean boost at 9V as well in low gain mode with clipping toggle in the center and gain dialed waaayyy back, volume way up.Achtane wrote:For real. I only recently started really getting into the high-gain side and I've had it since Christmas.WeHuntKings wrote:Yeah, the low gain sounds are incredible with that pedal. Especially if you dial in an iota of clean blend. Crunchy jazz chords for dayssssgoroth wrote:I've just bought a second one for this very reason.bigchiefbc wrote:I got to try out an Elements for a while, and really loved it's low-gain side. I know that's probably not what most people use it for, but it sounded great with just a little hint of drive.
Elements da bess. I wish I had an 18v power supply for it.
also if it doesn`t really grab you in low gain mode, it`s a fantstic high gainéfuzzy distortion Really can`t go wrong.
Re: Your go-to edge of breakup od?
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 5:39 am
SS/BS Fuck OD. Can't say I have a tone of experience though. I liked it more than the Mini, but I have completely different amps now. But I really like that the fuck is great on bass and guitar, which is the thing that is hardest for me to find in a lot of dirt pedals. Elements is really great, I only sold mine because I wanted to try other stuff. I personally thought it was best at high gain and I don't use high gain much, I'd usually rather have nasty fuzz or just simple OD