Rock72
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This is intended to be a ighthearted discussion on effects and how we make judgmenets. Here at TGP we are often diamterically opposite when it comes to how good we think they are. And to add to this, views differs often drastically from reviews in various guitarmagazines.
Example:
"The reveb sounds alone outclass any other products in its price range, including reverb software plug-ins" It was awarded GW Platinum Award (Guitar World, July 2011, p. 92)
"The Spring algorithm sounds natural and rich... The hall and plate reverb were both beautiful sounding... Mind-boggling possibilities... the Space has the power to be endlessly rewarding" (Premier Guitar, June 2011, p. 186)
"To put it in context, rather than to compare the asking price to other stompboxes, think instead of how much a rackmount processor or the best quality plug-ins cost, and suddenly it doesn't seem that bad a deal, especially when Space sounds so good" It was awarded Guitarist Choice and 5/5 on sound (Guitarist, Summer 2011, p.129)
Then look at the number of threads and discussions on this pedal, and how some people think it is the best and some thinks it is very bad. How do we go from magnificent to anemic, sterile and digital?? Other pedals where this frequently happens are the Timeline, Timefactor, Blue Sky Reverb, Klon, Ethos...."fill in pedal name here"
How do you decide on how good a pedal is? Are you colored by reviews in magazines and TGP / Internett hype/hate?
I admit it, I do at time get sucked into hype, and especially if it is unavailable or very desirable. Feel like I've gone full circle now, and for 60 - 70 % of pedals have come back to those I owned 2 - 4 years ago, but sold because of Nextopia. Magazines reviews I care less about (maybe because I am always thinking that pedalmakers after all are one of their major targetgroups for advertising).
I have now stopped buying, just to sell / trade a couple of days or a week later because it wasn't the sound I was looking for or it didn't work for me. I give them time and try to "learn" the pedal. Even after my initial impression was that I didn't like it, I hold on to it for a while and revisit. Maybe I am just trying to fool myself to control my GAS??
How about you? Plug-play-sell/trade (within a day or a week)? Give them time and test in context? Influenced by hype/hate? Flavor of the week?
Example:
"The reveb sounds alone outclass any other products in its price range, including reverb software plug-ins" It was awarded GW Platinum Award (Guitar World, July 2011, p. 92)
"The Spring algorithm sounds natural and rich... The hall and plate reverb were both beautiful sounding... Mind-boggling possibilities... the Space has the power to be endlessly rewarding" (Premier Guitar, June 2011, p. 186)
"To put it in context, rather than to compare the asking price to other stompboxes, think instead of how much a rackmount processor or the best quality plug-ins cost, and suddenly it doesn't seem that bad a deal, especially when Space sounds so good" It was awarded Guitarist Choice and 5/5 on sound (Guitarist, Summer 2011, p.129)
Then look at the number of threads and discussions on this pedal, and how some people think it is the best and some thinks it is very bad. How do we go from magnificent to anemic, sterile and digital?? Other pedals where this frequently happens are the Timeline, Timefactor, Blue Sky Reverb, Klon, Ethos...."fill in pedal name here"
How do you decide on how good a pedal is? Are you colored by reviews in magazines and TGP / Internett hype/hate?
I admit it, I do at time get sucked into hype, and especially if it is unavailable or very desirable. Feel like I've gone full circle now, and for 60 - 70 % of pedals have come back to those I owned 2 - 4 years ago, but sold because of Nextopia. Magazines reviews I care less about (maybe because I am always thinking that pedalmakers after all are one of their major targetgroups for advertising).
I have now stopped buying, just to sell / trade a couple of days or a week later because it wasn't the sound I was looking for or it didn't work for me. I give them time and try to "learn" the pedal. Even after my initial impression was that I didn't like it, I hold on to it for a while and revisit. Maybe I am just trying to fool myself to control my GAS??
How about you? Plug-play-sell/trade (within a day or a week)? Give them time and test in context? Influenced by hype/hate? Flavor of the week?
