hermida distortion / timeline delay

[mentoneman]

when love comes to town (http://homepage.mac.com/mentoneman/.Public/WhenLove.mp3)

my friend jaymes (http://www.rhythm-n-soul.com/page2.html) recorded this tune with his band and borrowed my hermida distortion pedal for the solo section. brotha got fun-kay!

next,

yours truly testing out the timeline delay pedal:

timeline delay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-8RyMHaws)

[Jim]

Your friend Jaymes is in one hell of a band. Sounded great.

Jim

[guitarman_1]

Pat
First off, your playing slays me everytime I hear you play. You have a great tone no matter what you play.It helps to have the chops too. You lucky dog. LOL!
I got to play the Hermida Distortion all weekend at the LA amp show.I must admit. I was surprised, as I had played the prototype, and the final unit just killed it.Its a one of a kind when it comes to distortion, as it has little compression compared to the rectofier kind, or modded Marshall, yet it has the thump and gain with articulation. Another great aspect of the distortion is, that it can aproximate a Zendrive very very closely, If you adjust the gain and other knobs right, thus making it a very versatile pedal.Heck I bought one, it was that good.

[mentoneman]

Your friend Jaymes is in one hell of a band. Sounded great.

Jim
he used to be the singer for tower of power and karizma.

the fact he can play guitar that well is just icing on the cake. amazing musician and producer!

[mentoneman]

Pat
First off, your playing slays me everytime I hear you play. You have a great tone no matter what you play.It helps to have the chops too. You lucky dog. LOL!
I got to play the Hermida Distortion all weekend at the LA amp show.I must admit. I was surprised, as I had played the prototype, and the final unit just killed it.Its a one of a kind when it comes to distortion, as it has little compression compared to the rectofier kind, or modded Marshall, yet it has the thump and gain with articulation. Another great aspect of the distortion is, that it can aproximate a Zendrive very very closely, If you adjust the gain and other knobs right, thus making it a very versatile pedal.Heck I bought one, it was that good.

O!

yeah i've been letting my friend borrow it for so long now i forget how it sounds! i think he likes it :) alot!
hey remember that guy brian from decemberadio? i made that video of him demoing the zendrive in concert-- his band won Christian rock album of the year!

i saw him on the amp emporium selling his red peacemaker...didn't know he was a gear pager! he's a great player. old school happy solos...not "doing-doing-doing delay u2/edge clone with my hair covering my face" guy.

i may try to get the distortion in his hands next for a full workout in the hard rock genre.

peace man!

[TopDog]

That was good, I enjoyed that! Great band!

[guitarman_1]

Pat
They are a smoking band. I would like to hear his impression of the pedal.
I like your timeline demo. Im a big big fan of the Glass Nexus. You have got to play one.My fave multi effects.

[mentoneman]

well i bit the bullet monday and scored me an axefx ultra.

also have a echolution at the house and brought my minty roland re150 space echo back from the dead.

Great sounds in the hizzy!

[guitarman_1]

Wow.You are going to love the Axe Fx. I have had one since the early days. Killer recording and playing rig.

[jzucker]

sounds great. Is the timeline still manufactured? I should have kept mine I guess!

[mentoneman]

sounds great. Is the timeline still manufactured? I should have kept mine I guess!

yeah there still making them, but the are going direct from the factory and so when you look online the dealers say discontinued. they are backed up until the next batch gets made.

at first, running timeline mono in front of the amp, i wasn't knocked out by it, but in the loop of the egnater it came alive! i realized the input needs to be hit hard to make it respond right. it should have an input level control with clip indicator and independent volume controls for the multiheads...a few knobs shy of perfection!

in the grand scheme of things the replex has a better haunting headroomy "tone" in the echoplex vein, followed echolution for a memory man deluxe warmth if you like that, in front of the amp...

but the timeline's midi control, leslie and modulation depth, and tube interaction makes it the most flexible by a mile, and it still sounds

VERY GOOD:banana:banana:banana:banana:banana


having the real roland re-150 space echo here to compare things to is a bonus, even though it's the non-chorus version, and neither the timeline nor the echolution fall short of greatness in their own right.