Original music / gear
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:33 pm
I know we've done variants of this thread before, but I'm curious about what people play and how they play it.
I got into Jane's when I was 9, which is now 17 years ago. Wild. Their music has been a bit of a guiding force for me in terms of my own sound, but my own music also takes a lot of after Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, some modern "indie" bands like Deerhunter, Animal Collective, and some totally unrelated R/B pop like Rosalia and Jai Paul. I've got loads of stuff online that's all over that spectrum.
waxpoetic.bandcamp.com -- mostly solo stuff done with laptops and DI recording
kela.bandcamp.com -- a proper full band effort
Currently in Mexico riding out coronavirus with my family. My lease on an NYC apartment was ending, I didn't have a job after corona, so it made sense to be here so I brought my guitar and some pedals with me. Had to leave behind my 60 watt Orange Crush amp and downsize to an Orange Micro Dark and a 1x8 speaker. I play a MIM HSS Strat with active pickups. Probably one of the loudest and fattest Strats I've heard. My board is below:
The current signal chain is:
Behringer EQ -->
Xotic EP Booster -->
Dunlop Mini Bass Wah -->
EHX Pitchfork -->
EHX Switch Blade Pro FX Loop A: Boss CE-5 --> Boss DS-2 --> JHS AT+
EHX Switch Blade Pro FX Loop B: Ibanez CS-9 --> Walrus Audio Arp-87 -->
Tc Electronic Flashback 2
The EQ, boost, wah, and Pitchfork all go into the Switchblade, regardless of which FX loop from the Switchblade I'm using. I set up the Switchblade to have dedicated wet and drive FX loops.
The drive loop is really nice to have. I almost always use chorus when I drive, but I found the CS-9 (which had for a while been my only chorus pedal) could make things really messy when combined with a distortion, so I got the Boss CE-5 to be able to control the level of the chorus and sculpt its tone more. I love the JHS AT + for some really roaring tube sounding Marshall tones, and will occasionally bring in the DS-2 to give me more of a honky Navarro type of tone and I like the DD-7 more for delay when I drive.
The clean FX loop is pretty simple, just the CS-9 into the Walrus Audio Arp-87. I just got the Walrus Audio and am in love. I'm a sucker for modulated delays and the ability to make more atmospheric sounds. I used to just have a Boss Re-20 as my delay, but I wasn't wild about how it sucked my tone and it wasn't great with drives, which is how I ended up deciding to get dedicated delays for clean and drive. The Arp-87 is amazing, love the ability to dampen or brighten the wet signal or bring in even more modulation.
At the end of the chain, after the Switchblade, I have the Flashback 2. I mostly use it for the MASH settings -- I know, pretty ridiculous -- and some of the toneprints. I have it set up mostly for the 2250's infinite repeat when you mash it and for having a slapback that I can use after the clean and drive FX loops. Basically, it's the one delay that I want to use for both clean and drive and not have to worry about disengaging if I toggle between the two FX loops.
The current plan is when I get an additional 12v power supply to power the Voodoo Labs x4 expander, I'll have some more space in the Voodoo Labs 4x4, at which point I'll put my Zvex Mastotron into the drive FX Loop of the Switchblade Pro and have it run before the CE-5. I've always found I like fuzzes more before choruses and distortion more after chorus...
And then finally I'll probably get a Walrus Audio reverb to throw in at the end of the chain after the Flashback 2. When I do eventually go home, I plan on getting my corny ass DOD Turbo Flange into the wet FX loop and running it as a tremolo as well, but it's not a very high priority, so I have the Flashback 2 occasionally working as a tremolo via Toneprint.
Hoping this thread can be a place where we can all geek out and praise each other! To that point, I don't know if Ben Caught Stealing made the transfer from xiola.org, but I remember he made some cool music and was in New York. Alas, never heard more about him, but hope to connect with him and all you some more beyond our mutual appreciation of Jane's.
I got into Jane's when I was 9, which is now 17 years ago. Wild. Their music has been a bit of a guiding force for me in terms of my own sound, but my own music also takes a lot of after Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, some modern "indie" bands like Deerhunter, Animal Collective, and some totally unrelated R/B pop like Rosalia and Jai Paul. I've got loads of stuff online that's all over that spectrum.
waxpoetic.bandcamp.com -- mostly solo stuff done with laptops and DI recording
kela.bandcamp.com -- a proper full band effort
Currently in Mexico riding out coronavirus with my family. My lease on an NYC apartment was ending, I didn't have a job after corona, so it made sense to be here so I brought my guitar and some pedals with me. Had to leave behind my 60 watt Orange Crush amp and downsize to an Orange Micro Dark and a 1x8 speaker. I play a MIM HSS Strat with active pickups. Probably one of the loudest and fattest Strats I've heard. My board is below:
The current signal chain is:
Behringer EQ -->
Xotic EP Booster -->
Dunlop Mini Bass Wah -->
EHX Pitchfork -->
EHX Switch Blade Pro FX Loop A: Boss CE-5 --> Boss DS-2 --> JHS AT+
EHX Switch Blade Pro FX Loop B: Ibanez CS-9 --> Walrus Audio Arp-87 -->
Tc Electronic Flashback 2
The EQ, boost, wah, and Pitchfork all go into the Switchblade, regardless of which FX loop from the Switchblade I'm using. I set up the Switchblade to have dedicated wet and drive FX loops.
The drive loop is really nice to have. I almost always use chorus when I drive, but I found the CS-9 (which had for a while been my only chorus pedal) could make things really messy when combined with a distortion, so I got the Boss CE-5 to be able to control the level of the chorus and sculpt its tone more. I love the JHS AT + for some really roaring tube sounding Marshall tones, and will occasionally bring in the DS-2 to give me more of a honky Navarro type of tone and I like the DD-7 more for delay when I drive.
The clean FX loop is pretty simple, just the CS-9 into the Walrus Audio Arp-87. I just got the Walrus Audio and am in love. I'm a sucker for modulated delays and the ability to make more atmospheric sounds. I used to just have a Boss Re-20 as my delay, but I wasn't wild about how it sucked my tone and it wasn't great with drives, which is how I ended up deciding to get dedicated delays for clean and drive. The Arp-87 is amazing, love the ability to dampen or brighten the wet signal or bring in even more modulation.
At the end of the chain, after the Switchblade, I have the Flashback 2. I mostly use it for the MASH settings -- I know, pretty ridiculous -- and some of the toneprints. I have it set up mostly for the 2250's infinite repeat when you mash it and for having a slapback that I can use after the clean and drive FX loops. Basically, it's the one delay that I want to use for both clean and drive and not have to worry about disengaging if I toggle between the two FX loops.
The current plan is when I get an additional 12v power supply to power the Voodoo Labs x4 expander, I'll have some more space in the Voodoo Labs 4x4, at which point I'll put my Zvex Mastotron into the drive FX Loop of the Switchblade Pro and have it run before the CE-5. I've always found I like fuzzes more before choruses and distortion more after chorus...
And then finally I'll probably get a Walrus Audio reverb to throw in at the end of the chain after the Flashback 2. When I do eventually go home, I plan on getting my corny ass DOD Turbo Flange into the wet FX loop and running it as a tremolo as well, but it's not a very high priority, so I have the Flashback 2 occasionally working as a tremolo via Toneprint.
Hoping this thread can be a place where we can all geek out and praise each other! To that point, I don't know if Ben Caught Stealing made the transfer from xiola.org, but I remember he made some cool music and was in New York. Alas, never heard more about him, but hope to connect with him and all you some more beyond our mutual appreciation of Jane's.