As long as you're actually using them to make music (be it for your self or to share with others) then there is no shame in that.Ive long realized the irony and hypocrisy that I have more toys and tools than the bands who inspired my in the first place.....
So would I, if I were a working musician, playing live, practically living in my van, setting up and tearing down my own rig on a nightly basis, and had to reproduce my recorded sound in front of a crowd. My live board is much simpler (although I only play covers) and includes 2 MXR pedals. There are nights when I play my live board at home and get some great rockin and trippy Stoner tones and start to wonder why I have that other rocket ship control panel of a board. And I prove to myself I don't need it. Then I plug into it and remember why I have it.What's amusing about that is the bands we listen to on here probably use a handful of Boss and MXR pedals to get their sound.
Well I "use" at least 60% of them, the rest is material disease, GAS, consumption, hoarding, sloth, and new toy psychology to pacify my self hatred that I ultimately wont make my "career" in music as I dreamt I would up to age 30, and have to go to work and support my family. At least I work in an industry (healthcare) that makes realistic difference (both positive and negative at times) in people's lives.As long as you're actually using them to make music (be it for your self or to share with others) then there is no shame in that.
Umm... with your Soundcloud being as impressive as it is, I don't think you need to explain or justify anything to anyone.Well I "use" at least 60% of them, the rest is material disease, GAS, consumption, hoarding, sloth, and new toy psychology to pacify my self hatred that I ultimately wont make my "career" in music as I dreamt I would up to age 30, and have to go to work and support my family. At least I work in an industry (healthcare) that makes realistic difference (both positive and negative at times) in people's lives.
Thats so kind of you to have taken a listen and to give some feedback. Kind regards in all things creative, inspiring and prosperous. What aspect of healthcare you in? I'm in inpatient hospital nursing, though not at the bedside anymore, more in an administrative position.Umm... with your Soundcloud being as impressive as it is, I don't think you need to explain or justify anything to anyone.
Personally, I could have written the exact same thing to describe myself (including the healthcare part), but I don't have a Soundcloud as impressive as yours to back it up.
I’m in drug development. So not direct contact with the patient like you, but I’ve had the pleasure of being on development teams that have taken drugs from concept to market and watching them improve the lives of patient. One of my favorite experiences was a drug that we proved could add significant time to the lives of men with castration resistant prostate cancer. Not a cure, obviously, but giving them more time with their families when their prognosis was grim. It was emotionally rewarding being a part of that.Thats so kind of you to have taken a listen and to give some feedback. Kind regards in all things creative, inspiring and prosperous. What aspect of healthcare you in? I'm in inpatient hospital nursing, though not at the bedside anymore, more in an administrative position.
How do you stop the RE-20 from affecting your sound when off? I've got one a friend lent me but I stopped using it as I could always hear it.
I think what he meant was they don't tend to use boutique, hard to find effects pedals; they tend to use readily available workhorses that you can pop down the store to get if it craps out before a show. Amps are a different story.I would have to respectfully disagree.
I listen to heavy stoner/doom/sludge practically everyday. The power is in their amp and guitar. Primarily Model-T's, Matamps, Les Paul's, etc. That's the core sound, at least for the good bands anyways. A Boss pedal isn't going to save anyone here.
Sleep you say? Check out his pedalboard here:Meh, my favorite bands of that type will typically roll that way; Sleep, Electric Wizard, Acid King, Truckfighters, Orchid, Starchild, and etc. A little mix of different kinds of heavy. But they mainly rely on the guitar/amp combination, and they are using Les Paul's or Gibson clones with aforementioned amps or Marshall's.
In my experience, the RE-20 works best when it has its own isolated power supply. It does not like being daisy-chained.How do you stop the RE-20 from affecting your sound when off? I've got one a friend lent me but I stopped using it as I could always hear it.
I bought a separate power supply especially for it and it's still "always on", I find.In my experience, the RE-20 works best when it has its own isolated power supply. It does not like being daisy-chained.
Also, I really like the Master Volume in the RE-20. Gives me the chance to turn up the amp and still have a way to make it bearable to the ears.
I don’t mean this in a bad way, but your favorite bands make up a very narrow subset of the broad muti-genre music that we are discussing here. I don’t think they are at all representative of the broad range of bands in this discussion. Additionally, some of those favorite bands have been known to slam their amps with a muff, a pretty standard pedal, to get their doomy sound. So, I guess I still disagree with you.Meh, my favorite bands of that type will typically roll that way; Sleep, Electric Wizard, Acid King, Truckfighters, Orchid, Starchild, and etc. A little mix of different kinds of heavy. But they mainly rely on the guitar/amp combination, and they are using Les Paul's, Gibsons, SG's with aforementioned amps or Marshall's. That's the key to that sound and barely any effects.
The real answer is buy the RV-500, or a true bypass loop. The preamp is always on, that just how it works, and the A/D conversion is a generation old now.I bought a separate power supply especially for it and it's still "always on", I find.
That's kinda... not exactly what people were saying, btw....and you can chase after EMG loaded explorers and MXR pedals for the sound.
Good point. Now go make your own Doom thread and take your rude attitude there.You're right. There should be a Doom/Sludge thread.
Having some trouble with reading comprehension I guess.This is DOOM we are talking