Recent content by ShoeGazer64

https://slowdiveofficial.com/ https://www.thebandride.com/ https://www.swervedriver.com/ or just go to bandcamp.com and search for "shoegaze" almost any band on there is better than MBV.

MBV is my least favorite of the shoegaze bands. They're pretty much a one trick pony - excessive volume to bludgeon the listener into an altered state. I much prefer the bands with more dynamics and nuance. But reverse reverb is still pretty cool.

Yup. But those big pedals boards just look so darned impressive. I've seen screenshots of Kevin Shields' set up, back in the day. Ludicrous, but made me drool with envy.

Back in the early 80s I was taking an electronic music course in high school. We discussed frippertronics. Having 2 Teac A3440s reel-to-reel recorders in the classroom, we experimented quite a bit with loops.

I haven't listened to Fripp in quite awhile...although I enjoyed a lot of what King Crimson did, I found his playing just too discordant. I haven't really heard much of his ambient stuff. I do enjoy Eno though.

I'll have to look into it. But considering how much I've invested in my pedalboard to date, it probably won't be advantageous. Especially since I'm not playing live at the moment. But thanks for the information.

Yes, I know. But people are obviously still looking at it. Information is timeless.

I always see people mainly mention My Bloody Valentine when talking about shoegaze, but that's just one end of the spectrum. On the other end are bands like Slowdive and Levitation. While MBV hammers your brain with sheer volume and distortion, Slowdive drowns you in a warm ocean of reverbs...

I have the same guitar. I switched out the pickups with Duncan 52s. Alnico 5 magnets under the wound strings, giving them a brighter, tighter tone and alnico 2 magnets under the unwound strings, taming those shrill ice-pick highs. I play shoegaze that those pickups work great for running...

Have you checked out the Idiotbox NoMoon? It has a Rat clone, a Muff clone and a TS clone, independantly switchable and you can cascade them in series or parallel. I had a Sarcophagus for awhile, but it stopped working after a couple of months. Not sure I'd buy anything from BATW after that.

I'd suggest Duncan PRails, with the tripleshot pickup ring (if it'll fit). Then you get the option of single coil, P90, humbucking with the coils in series and humbucking with the coils in parallel.

It was originally meant as an insult, coined by the British music press, to describe bands like Ride, Slowdive, etc. that had massive pedal boards and the guitarists were constantly looking at their pedals boards. From the audience it looked like they were staring at their feet, hence "shoegaze".

I prefer separate pedals. I've gone the multi FX a few times and it's just not as versatile. At least 10 years ago. Not sure about nowadays. Used to be the algorithms were set, so you always had dirt - mod - delay - reverb and couldn't experiment with different ways to chain FX together. My...

Current setup: 1) Kong compressor 2) Idiotbox Nomoon 3) Orange Butler ABY switch 4) EHX Modrex 5) GFI System Synesthesia 6) Boss SL-2 slicer 7) Hologram Microcosm 8) Source Audio Encounter Fender mim Tele w/Duncan 52 pickups and a freeway 6-position selector switch and a Fender mim CME...