Organic!!

[Mark Robinson]

Can we ban this term for pedals? To me it's hopelessly vague, could mean dark, could mean clear, could be you like the paint job, or the name, or the obscurity of the company? Could mean the builder is your lover? What does it mean to you? Scratch that! I just don't care.

 

[59Bassman]

I'll let you ban organic if I get to send the disgusting term "bluesy" to the lowest level of h3ll....

 

[Black_Label]

I take it to mean the opposite of cold and digital, which is a valid assessment of a pedal's warmth.

 

[bastian]

Then you'd have to add many more to the list... Sounds are difficult to describe and they are percieved differently by different persons, too. No chance to find a way of exactly describing such things to others.
Organic isnt the worst, I understand it as the opposite of sterile/artificial/digital.
I find it harder with glassy or chimey.

 

[tremolo3]

That's an easy one to understand, I think it's related to how "close" to an original effect and emulation is.

Like and overdrive, how close it sounds to a tube amp doing its thing. Or a digital delay, compared to a true analog echo device.

 

[FetusFajitas]

I'll let you ban organic if I get to send the disgusting term "bluesy" to the lowest level of h3ll....

Then can I call dibs on "transparent overdrive?"

 

[nkt275]

It's not that easy to describe sounds. When it comes to the silliest words out there, "organic" is not the worst, I think.

 

[-Empire]

Transparent, fat, round, creamy, glassy, organic.

 

[KnowTalent]

Ribbed, for Pleasure

 

[PurpleJesus]

What if organic isn't a big deal to you, and you're comfortable w traditional fertilizer-based overdrive that offers bigger, fatter, and more carcinogenic tone?

 

[olgluefoot]

Mmm.. My Plimsoul smells like mushrooms, so earthy and organic.

 

[huevos]

I prefer gluten-free tone.

 

[Squatch57]

Bulbous, meaty, pointy & earthy with lotsa welly

 

[Pedro58]

Words. Let's get rid of the current ones so that we can find new ones to ban in the future. Retarded.

 

[Glitch Magnet]

I'll only choose an overdrive with no additives, preservatives, or pesticides.

 

[CaptainAwesome]

I think Organic is one of the better tone terms used around here.

If I were to ban one term, it is labeling every non-gigging musician as a "bedroom player". That is accurate for most younger players, but I'd guess that most of us non-gigging TGP'ers have a studio or other more significant space allocated for gear and jamming.

 

[Mark.B]

Can we ban this term for pedals? To me it's hopelessly vague, could mean dark, could mean clear, could be you like the paint job, or the name, or the obscurity of the company? Could mean the builder is your lover? What does it mean to you? Scratch that! I just don't care.

Organic pedals shall now be known as lemony-fresh pedals from now on. So let it be written, so let it be done.

 

[ChampReverb]

Some people are able to hold the terms organic and artificial in their minds at the same time for contrast and comparison.

Ahem.

Maybe we can just give up posts that whine about terminology.

-bEn r.

 

[huevos]

Can someone recommend me a good free range, grass fed reverb?