Just bought my first pedal!
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Aceman
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Re: Just bought my first pedal!
If you can make a sound with it that you think is awesome, it's a great pedal. Price, brand, and design have nothing to do with it. Experiment until you find something you like or useful to do with it. If you can, you win!
Note - that useful thing may not be what you think it should be. Example - Chorus as a stereo splitter or just as a tight delay. Flanger as a chorus, Distortion as a boost/OD unit. We can go on...
If you can make a sound with it that you think is awesome, it's a great pedal. Price, brand, and design have nothing to do with it. Experiment until you find something you like or useful to do with it. If you can, you win!
Note - that useful thing may not be what you think it should be. Example - Chorus as a stereo splitter or just as a tight delay. Flanger as a chorus, Distortion as a boost/OD unit. We can go on...
St_Genesius
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Re: Just bought my first pedal!
My first pedal was a Dano too! I forget the name, but it was part of their late 90s line, pale yellow/beige and was some sort of very low gain overdrive.
My first pedal was a Dano too! I forget the name, but it was part of their late 90s line, pale yellow/beige and was some sort of very low gain overdrive.
devastone
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FWIW, it's sister the Fab Overdrive is a great sounding pedal. I haven't tried the Distortion, but it's definitely worth checking out. Looking at the schematic, it has a hard clipping diode arrangement, like most distortion pedals, but it's not a stock DS-1 clone, looks interesting.
FWIW, it's sister the Fab Overdrive is a great sounding pedal. I haven't tried the Distortion, but it's definitely worth checking out. Looking at the schematic, it has a hard clipping diode arrangement, like most distortion pedals, but it's not a stock DS-1 clone, looks interesting.
NegativeEase
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Re: Just bought my first pedal!
OP, any thing that inspires you to play more or be creative sounds good, and also -it is not expensive to make a great overdrive or distortion -cheap ones can do brilliant things.
OP, any thing that inspires you to play more or be creative sounds good, and also -it is not expensive to make a great overdrive or distortion -cheap ones can do brilliant things.
GuitarStv
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Re: Just bought my first pedal!
+1
For example, metal zones make great doorstops or paperweights.
+1
For example, metal zones make great doorstops or paperweights.
St_Genesius
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Re: Just bought my first pedal!
Yep, that was it. Much like OP, I bought it because it was cheap. I was young and dumb (as opposed to being old and dumb now) and didn't really understand that running a guitar into that pedal in front of my solid-state bass amp wasn't actually going to give me the ripping lead tones I imagined.
It was probably a perfectly serviceable pedal, when used as designed.
Yep, that was it. Much like OP, I bought it because it was cheap. I was young and dumb (as opposed to being old and dumb now) and didn't really understand that running a guitar into that pedal in front of my solid-state bass amp wasn't actually going to give me the ripping lead tones I imagined.
It was probably a perfectly serviceable pedal, when used as designed.
Re: Just bought my first pedal!
i had one as well and surprise surprise... i got it cause it was cheap
i did have a decent guitar amp, cant recall what, at the time but it was still kinda fizzy and not great. the housing was beefy though! good for throwing at the drummer when he messed up
i had one as well and surprise surprise... i got it cause it was cheap
i did have a decent guitar amp, cant recall what, at the time but it was still kinda fizzy and not great. the housing was beefy though! good for throwing at the drummer when he messed up
NegativeEase
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Ha.. shots fired (Demanic twitched when you posted)
..or an entire stereo pedalboard of Strymon pedals can get you a date with the Mega Church Preachers daughter
+1
For example, metal zones make great doorstops or paperweights.
Ha.. shots fired (Demanic twitched when you posted)
..or an entire stereo pedalboard of Strymon pedals can get you a date with the Mega Church Preachers daughter
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NegativeEase
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Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
Re: Just bought my first pedal!
So True. Butan HM-2 is THE must own Swedish Deth Metal Pedal. But! At ultra low distortion, with a vintage pup, and the right eq settings, it makes a killer Blues/Grind sound....
And even the MZ has it's musical uses. Like, maybe two I think. But a way better paper weight, door stop, tire block, vent hole filler, etc....
+1
For example, metal zones make great doorstops or paperweights.
So True. Butan HM-2 is THE must own Swedish Deth Metal Pedal. But! At ultra low distortion, with a vintage pup, and the right eq settings, it makes a killer Blues/Grind sound....
And even the MZ has it's musical uses. Like, maybe two I think. But a way better paper weight, door stop, tire block, vent hole filler, etc....
Dave Locher
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Re: Just bought my first pedal!
The Dano distortion is not a bad place to start. There are certainly worse pedals out there. If I remember correctly, the key is to keep the gain (distortion) knob and the tone knob not too high.
Enjoy! The Danelectro FAB pedals are good first steps. I actually like the delay - I kept it and sold three much more expensive delay pedals because it works just as well for what I want.
The Dano distortion is not a bad place to start. There are certainly worse pedals out there. If I remember correctly, the key is to keep the gain (distortion) knob and the tone knob not too high.
Enjoy! The Danelectro FAB pedals are good first steps. I actually like the delay - I kept it and sold three much more expensive delay pedals because it works just as well for what I want.
Phantasmagoria
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Re: Just bought my first pedal!
It's a hell of a lot better than my first pedal ("Rocktek" something or the other...I only remember it cause it was a lurid pink). Then I got a DOD Death Metal...thought it was a tone machine (still do!). The trick is not to give a damn about what "the general opinion" of something is. If it suits your purpose/budget & sounds good to you ..that's what matters
It's a hell of a lot better than my first pedal ("Rocktek" something or the other...I only remember it cause it was a lurid pink). Then I got a DOD Death Metal...thought it was a tone machine (still do!). The trick is not to give a damn about what "the general opinion" of something is. If it suits your purpose/budget & sounds good to you ..that's what matters
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