DetroitBlues Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 In my previous topic, I talked about stacking my overdrive and boost pedal. In this video from JHS, it makes the case for needing a boost pedal. One of my favorite guitar players, Davy Knowles up until recently was using a Pete Cornish NBM-2 Boost. This was some sort of Treble boost and I've read previous about other Treble boosts being a pedal that makes a guitar jump out on a mix. I prefer more mid-range then treble. After watching this video from Josh at JHS, I realized the old Dallas Rangemaster Treble boost was more than just that. It enhanced mids and overdrived the amp.
Conneazoo Posted October 13, 2019 Posted October 13, 2019 I use a boost, in my case the CAE Line Driver, as the last pedal in the chain of my effects loop for the push up into "solo" mode. If I'm playing through an amp with a dedicated solo mode (Boogie) it doesn't get touched.
rwinking Posted October 13, 2019 Posted October 13, 2019 So this guy in the JHS pedal video....he talks about using this or that pedal. If I were to do the math it would probably take him several lifetimes to actually use each of his pedals for, say, 10 gigs each in order to really get how the pedal is. I have been really happy with the line 6 Helix rack and all of it’s pedals. However with the 25-30 pedals it emulates, plus using them in tandem for EQ and other sounds, I feel I have barely scratched the surface. Not sure if any of you have seen this where the Helix goes head to head with a couple of old analog pedals. I love the ol’ man’s expressions..... My experience has been really good with them and I will probably never go back to analog pedals:
DetroitBlues Posted October 14, 2019 Author Posted October 14, 2019 16 hours ago, rwinking said: So this guy in the JHS pedal video....he talks about using this or that pedal. If I were to do the math it would probably take him several lifetimes to actually use each of his pedals for, say, 10 gigs each in order to really get how the pedal is. I have been really happy with the line 6 Helix rack and all of it’s pedals. However with the 25-30 pedals it emulates, plus using them in tandem for EQ and other sounds, I feel I have barely scratched the surface. Not sure if any of you have seen this where the Helix goes head to head with a couple of old analog pedals. I love the ol’ man’s expressions..... My experience has been really good with them and I will probably never go back to analog pedals: I avoid the multi-effects pedals simply because I get into tweaker paralysis. I'll spend way too much time tweaking the effects to the point of not playing. I have a handful of pedals going into a set it and forget amp configuration. While Josh H Scott of JHS pedals (who is the host of the videos) shows a multitude of pedal options, its just that options. Just like your Helix options with more amp/cab/pedal combinations than the entire shelf of pedals behind Josh. He has yet another video showing the most essential pedals to have. Another good one to watch. I have a limited amount of pedals and a limited amount of gear. I don't play out anymore nor do I play a wide variety of music. Other than a distortion pedal of some sort, I'm really done with pedals... Maybe a compressor... or a volume pedal.... or a phaser....or an octave pedal... or... or...or...
buzzy Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 10 hours ago, DetroitBlues said: . . . Other than a distortion pedal of some sort, I'm really done with pedals... Maybe a compressor... or a volume pedal.... or a phaser....or an octave pedal... or... or...or... And a good Vibe Everyone needs a Vibe. I've used mine twice and it was superb both times.
DetroitBlues Posted October 14, 2019 Author Posted October 14, 2019 45 minutes ago, buzzy said: And a good Vibe Everyone needs a Vibe. I've used mine twice and it was superb both times. I have that built in my amp. While it’s footswitchable, I leave it on all the time.
Gianluca Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 1:25 PM, DetroitBlues said: I have a limited amount of pedals and a limited amount of gear. I don't play out anymore nor do I play a wide variety of music. Other than a distortion pedal of some sort, I'm really done with pedals... Maybe a compressor... or a volume pedal.... or a phaser....or an octave pedal... or... or...or... LOL, that's how it gets ? but....it's not the pedals, right?
Gianluca Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 11:54 PM, buzzy said: And a good Vibe Everyone needs a Vibe. I've used mine twice and it was superb both times. right, a good vibe is always needed
Gianluca Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 That's Robben Ford, a vintage 53 Telecaster a Dumble Overdrive Special and a boost....a touch of spring reverb and that's all needed to spend a lifetime ? (compared I'm a grain of sand in a continental beach facing the ocean)
bobmeyrick Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 On 10/19/2019 at 2:04 PM, Gianluca said: That's Robben Ford, a vintage 53 Telecaster a Dumble Overdrive Special and a boost....a touch of spring reverb and that's all needed to spend a lifetime ? (compared I'm a grain of sand in a continental beach facing the ocean) Nice demo. I'm a big fan of Robben Ford, and the Tele would be his 1960, rather than a '53 as they didn't introduce rosewood boards until 1959. Also the ODS doesn't have reverb built in, so I reckon the reverb is the natural reverb of the room - lots of nice wooden surfaces! These days he uses a TC Electronics Hall of Fame reverb on his pedal board, and you can download a couple of his custom settings via their Toneprint technology. Apologies for the pedantry...
Gianluca Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, bobmeyrick said: Nice demo. I'm a big fan of Robben Ford, and the Tele would be his 1960, rather than a '53 as they didn't introduce rosewood boards until 1959. Also the ODS doesn't have reverb built in, so I reckon the reverb is the natural reverb of the room - lots of nice wooden surfaces! These days he uses a TC Electronics Hall of Fame reverb on his pedal board, and you can download a couple of his custom settings via their Toneprint technology. Apologies for the pedantry... Right, May 1959 Slab Rosewood fingerboard, sorry for the wrong info. I was referring to a touch of Reverb I'd use ? no pedantry at all, fan of RB here too, thanks for the corrections, story of his Telecaster:
bobmeyrick Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Gianluca said: Right, May 1959 Slab Rosewood fingerboard, sorry for the wrong info. I was referring to a touch of Reverb I'd use ? no pedantry at all, fan of RB here too, thanks for the corrections, story of his Telecaster: The last minute of that video illustrates exactly why I love his playing.
Gianluca Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, bobmeyrick said: The last minute of that video illustrates exactly why I love his playing. I think I can understand, I saw him live 3 times and been at his Master Class in Rome at "La Casa del Jazz" (spectacular venue) pic is me with Him (I'm on the left ? ) at the meet & greet after the Master Class, nice man and guitar player (and sorry again for mis-informing)
Gianluca Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 one more on Robben Ford: surely instructional ?
bobmeyrick Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Gianluca said: one more on Robben Ford: surely instructional ? Groovy! My kind of music...
RhoadsScholar Posted December 2, 2019 Posted December 2, 2019 Xotic EP-Boost (Echoplex pre-amp emulation) i have found to be the best.
DetroitBlues Posted December 3, 2019 Author Posted December 3, 2019 Right now, the simple Electro-Harmonix LBP1 for all my amps. I stopped using overdrive, distortion or fuzz pedals....
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