My pedalboard rarely stays in the same setup for very long, and I'm still dialing in sounds for the band that I've joined recently, but I think I've found two pedals that are going to stay with me for a very long time; my EHX Micro POG and my ISP Decimator II G-String pedal.
It took me a few practice sessions to really get the hang of the Micro POG and where to put it in the chain, but man I just love this thing. It gets quite a few variations of sound depending on how you dial it in, what effects are running with it, and how/where you're playing notes on your instrument.
It's polyphonic too so chords come out night and sweet sounding. But I love kicking it on and turning single note lines into these fat, nasty, awesome sounding walls of notes, haha. Love this thing. It's easy to overuse, so I have to be judicious with it, especially concerning that there's a 2nd guitar player in the band with a POG2.
As far as the Decimator is concerned, I was reluctant to get it but I'm so glad I did. With my pedals and my Marshall JVM, noise can pile up and we're a loud band, so being able to control feedback was a concern. Usually for breaks and stops I'd just ride my volume control, but occasionally there'd be some hiss from certain channel or effects combos that got a little unruly. The Decimator IIG stopped all that.
Unlike the standard version, this one allows you to drive the detector trigger directly with a guitar input infront of the amp and then put the noise suppression circuit in the effects loop so that my delay/mod pedals don't put echo or chorus on noise. This means I can leave it on 90% of the time and it doesn't cut off soft picking or clean channels. The suppression circuit is buffered as well so it did help stuff in the loop sound a little better - it made the whole rig sound a lot tighter and more controlled. I knew I needed to use one of these, but I was so concerned that it would negatively affect my sound, and it did the exact opposite and helped me get my rig under control while leaving my tone alone. I would've gotten one a long time ago if I knew it'd be this good!
Anyways, just thought I'd share. Anyone else using these?
It took me a few practice sessions to really get the hang of the Micro POG and where to put it in the chain, but man I just love this thing. It gets quite a few variations of sound depending on how you dial it in, what effects are running with it, and how/where you're playing notes on your instrument.
It's polyphonic too so chords come out night and sweet sounding. But I love kicking it on and turning single note lines into these fat, nasty, awesome sounding walls of notes, haha. Love this thing. It's easy to overuse, so I have to be judicious with it, especially concerning that there's a 2nd guitar player in the band with a POG2.
As far as the Decimator is concerned, I was reluctant to get it but I'm so glad I did. With my pedals and my Marshall JVM, noise can pile up and we're a loud band, so being able to control feedback was a concern. Usually for breaks and stops I'd just ride my volume control, but occasionally there'd be some hiss from certain channel or effects combos that got a little unruly. The Decimator IIG stopped all that.
Unlike the standard version, this one allows you to drive the detector trigger directly with a guitar input infront of the amp and then put the noise suppression circuit in the effects loop so that my delay/mod pedals don't put echo or chorus on noise. This means I can leave it on 90% of the time and it doesn't cut off soft picking or clean channels. The suppression circuit is buffered as well so it did help stuff in the loop sound a little better - it made the whole rig sound a lot tighter and more controlled. I knew I needed to use one of these, but I was so concerned that it would negatively affect my sound, and it did the exact opposite and helped me get my rig under control while leaving my tone alone. I would've gotten one a long time ago if I knew it'd be this good!
Anyways, just thought I'd share. Anyone else using these?
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