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The Pod thread got me thinking...seems like no matter how ugly-duckling an old piece of digital gear might be, most can do at least one really cool thing nothing else on the shelf does. You got gear like that?
Digitech RP300...mid-to-heavy settings on the Phaser has a strange distortion and bend in the whoosh that none of my other stuff has. Way fun.
Spider II 30W...remarkable, distinctive cleans on the Blackface setting, big sound, lots of great color. Great SS cleans for cheap. Not bad on the lighter Tweeds either.
Cyber Twin...want a Blackface Deluxe with tight low end all the way down to the basement? Forget doing new trannies...get a CT. Patch it into a 1x10 extension cab and save yourself buying a Princeton while you're at it. Bonus pedal...great riff on an Orange Squeezer built in...a bit different and very responsive...lousy tweakage tho...cool comp nonetheless.
Bass VAmp II, Pro...the Crossover thingie...independent gain structure for the low and high ends. Way cool. Plus some really sparkly, touch-y amp sims if you dial the gain in right.
Pandora PX5D...Play a six string through the B Harm patch for bass. It'll take ya twenty years to dial that sound in with pedals or another digital rig and get the subtle low-end dynamic breakup just right. Back off the highs on the guitar just a dab and break out the jazz charts.
Digitech GNX 3 and 4...great time-based FX, big collection, lotsa parameters. Spare yourself an expensive digital pedal. Bonus points: the Warp feature on the 4...don't know of another system that can do that, whole new way to think about lead boost. Plus you get a free looper.
Just got to thinking about these. Out of date, zero resale value, soooo yesterday's potatoes...but each one does something cool that still works even now. Might wanna peruse the dusty ends of your shelves before you go plunking down for that new FX pedal...
Got ugly ducklings in your collection?
--Ray
Digitech RP300...mid-to-heavy settings on the Phaser has a strange distortion and bend in the whoosh that none of my other stuff has. Way fun.
Spider II 30W...remarkable, distinctive cleans on the Blackface setting, big sound, lots of great color. Great SS cleans for cheap. Not bad on the lighter Tweeds either.
Cyber Twin...want a Blackface Deluxe with tight low end all the way down to the basement? Forget doing new trannies...get a CT. Patch it into a 1x10 extension cab and save yourself buying a Princeton while you're at it. Bonus pedal...great riff on an Orange Squeezer built in...a bit different and very responsive...lousy tweakage tho...cool comp nonetheless.
Bass VAmp II, Pro...the Crossover thingie...independent gain structure for the low and high ends. Way cool. Plus some really sparkly, touch-y amp sims if you dial the gain in right.
Pandora PX5D...Play a six string through the B Harm patch for bass. It'll take ya twenty years to dial that sound in with pedals or another digital rig and get the subtle low-end dynamic breakup just right. Back off the highs on the guitar just a dab and break out the jazz charts.
Digitech GNX 3 and 4...great time-based FX, big collection, lotsa parameters. Spare yourself an expensive digital pedal. Bonus points: the Warp feature on the 4...don't know of another system that can do that, whole new way to think about lead boost. Plus you get a free looper.
Just got to thinking about these. Out of date, zero resale value, soooo yesterday's potatoes...but each one does something cool that still works even now. Might wanna peruse the dusty ends of your shelves before you go plunking down for that new FX pedal...
Got ugly ducklings in your collection?
--Ray
