rockstarzusa
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I had worked hard (with my ears) for a long time to wind up with the following mainstay pedals on my Trailer-Trash board. Not anywhere near as impressive as some of the esteemed players here, but here is a list.
Empress Tremolo
Empress ParaEQ
Retro-Sonic Chorus
Option 5 Destination Rotation
GigRig Pro-14
Jetter gain stage blue
Fulltone DejaVibe II
T-Rex Replica
Diamond Memory Lane II
Digitech Whammy IV
Korg DT-10 tuner
Loop-Master 5 button switcher
In attempt to scale down I tried the popular Nova range from TC consisting of the Modulator, Delay and Reverb.
I had spent many many hours listening, evaluating, and collecting these pedals. I was fortunate to buy a group of pedals at a time and draw these conclusions as to the most appealing in each category, and on and on it went. It was fun, and a neat hobby/project to use in my playing full time.
From engineering and post production, and from years of ear training, I know how to hear and what to listen for, can hear individual frequencies and generally 'trust' what I hear.
On a whim I bought the TC G-System because it allowed patching of my OD pedals (I have 8 total 4 groups of 2) and the sounds were on par.The conclusion I came to is that for the most part the differences were minute. It was hard staring at a $5,000+ board and realizing that conclusion. I compared the Tremolo after tweaking to my Empress tremolo and even the Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter (more range than the empress actually) Tried the chorus compared to my Retro-Sonic. The vibes, the reverbs, the eq and on and on.
So over the coyrse of time recently I sold off all these wonderful pedals in favor of the TC G-System and my OD pedals. Sure there are certain things I miss on the individual pedals perhaps, but saving $2,000 and having one unit that captured very very high quality sounds, a pedal management system, and the ability to patch in-out all manner of effects in lots of presets won out...big time.
So, this is an encouragement for those that are looking for great tone, in a less expensive price (The TC G-System can be found on ebay for $900+) I would personally state that this unit can very much hold it's own against the boutique pedals. No, I don't believe the TC will give you the exact Replica delay sound, but two Replica pedals alone are only slightly cheaper than a used G-System.
This is not a dig at any of the awesome boutique pedals many great players have here, it is an encouragement for the lil' guys who want to play as well, but don't have the cash flow or means to get hardcore with all the boutique gear. Hope this helps.
Cheers.
Empress Tremolo
Empress ParaEQ
Retro-Sonic Chorus
Option 5 Destination Rotation
GigRig Pro-14
Jetter gain stage blue
Fulltone DejaVibe II
T-Rex Replica
Diamond Memory Lane II
Digitech Whammy IV
Korg DT-10 tuner
Loop-Master 5 button switcher
In attempt to scale down I tried the popular Nova range from TC consisting of the Modulator, Delay and Reverb.
I had spent many many hours listening, evaluating, and collecting these pedals. I was fortunate to buy a group of pedals at a time and draw these conclusions as to the most appealing in each category, and on and on it went. It was fun, and a neat hobby/project to use in my playing full time.
From engineering and post production, and from years of ear training, I know how to hear and what to listen for, can hear individual frequencies and generally 'trust' what I hear.
On a whim I bought the TC G-System because it allowed patching of my OD pedals (I have 8 total 4 groups of 2) and the sounds were on par.The conclusion I came to is that for the most part the differences were minute. It was hard staring at a $5,000+ board and realizing that conclusion. I compared the Tremolo after tweaking to my Empress tremolo and even the Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter (more range than the empress actually) Tried the chorus compared to my Retro-Sonic. The vibes, the reverbs, the eq and on and on.
So over the coyrse of time recently I sold off all these wonderful pedals in favor of the TC G-System and my OD pedals. Sure there are certain things I miss on the individual pedals perhaps, but saving $2,000 and having one unit that captured very very high quality sounds, a pedal management system, and the ability to patch in-out all manner of effects in lots of presets won out...big time.
So, this is an encouragement for those that are looking for great tone, in a less expensive price (The TC G-System can be found on ebay for $900+) I would personally state that this unit can very much hold it's own against the boutique pedals. No, I don't believe the TC will give you the exact Replica delay sound, but two Replica pedals alone are only slightly cheaper than a used G-System.
This is not a dig at any of the awesome boutique pedals many great players have here, it is an encouragement for the lil' guys who want to play as well, but don't have the cash flow or means to get hardcore with all the boutique gear. Hope this helps.
Cheers.
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