Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Famous Pedalboards -> Andy Timmons

Tone-God Andy Timmons board is pretty simple...



Budda Wah
Peterson Strobostomp
Exotic BB Preamp
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe MemoryMan [He uses 2 of them, one set to 500ms the other set to 350ms]
Chandler Tube Driver [i think he only uses this with his Mesa Boogie Stiletto]

Watch Andy demo his whole rig here!

"Nirvana Baby" grows up

Remember the baby on Nirvana's Nevermind album?

Well he grew up...

Wait! wrong picture!




Here y'go, Spencer Elden all grown up...

Read more:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1598985/20081110/nirvana.jhtml

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Effects Pedals - #18 - Yamaha Nathan East Parametric EQ

Number 18, yup another EQ pedal......Yamaha NE-1

i wonder why......i thought i already decided i didn't need an EQ pedal after gettin' the MXR 6-band....?

Maybe 'cause of the shiny exterior..? or the cheap price? maybe both..

i really can't remember why i bought this pedal :P

but it work pretty well, for both Bass & Guitar, the "Shallow" & "Deep" modes are great for different tones..

Effect Pedals - #17 - Zoom Fire 7010


My 17th pedal, is a small multieffects pedal with its very own built-in amplifier/speaker & even a footswitch! Zoom Fire 7010

This pedal was released more than 10years ago...most of you probably never seen this before

It has the best distortion effect i've heard from multieffects, 'cause the distortion section is analog circuitry while the modulations are digital (if i remember correctly..)

i had alot of fun with this little guy during my "national enslavement"..helped keep me occupied at night in camp, i'm one of the many unfortunate ones who only got to book-out of camp on weekends...

After ORD, i played with it lesser....so i let it go...

Effect Pedals - #16 - Jim Dunlop Crybaby 535Q

What? another Crybaby 535Q??

No i'm not using 2 Crybabies together..

my old one was kinda faulty so i got another..

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Effect Pedals - #15 - Ibanez TS9DX

My 15th pedal, is the Ibanez Turbo Tubescreamer TS9DX.

I guess every guitarist will own a variant of the famous Ibanez Tubescreamer some time or another, i'm no exception.

Besides the Boss DS1 & MT2, this is probably the most talked about pedal...(sidenote: believe it or not i have never owned or played a Boss DS1 pedal...yes never! amazing isn't it?)

Ok back to the TS9DX, to be honest i only use the classic TS9 mode on this pedal, i feel the Turbo mode boosts the mids too much..the classic TS9 mode gives a very nice tubey tone that this pedal is known for.

Famous PedalBoards -> Alexi Laiho & Roope Latvala [Children Of Bodom]


From what i've gathered Alexi Laiho & Roope Latvala use only RackMount effects, i did read somewhere that Alexi uses a Boss SD1 to boost his signal.

Here's Alexi Laiho's Rack:
Samson PowerBrite Pro 9
Shure UHF Wireless Antenna
Shure UHF Marcad Diversity MKII Wireless Unit
RSP 2400 Hush/Enhancer/Exciter
Rocktron Intellifex
SansAmp PSA 1 (Tech 21 NYC)
Lee Jackson GP-1000
VHT Two/Fifty/Two

Here's Roope Latvala's Rack:
SansAmp PSA 1 (Tech 21 NYC)
Alesis QuadraVerb
RSP 2400 Hush/Enhancer/Exciter
Lee Jackson GP-1000
Lee Jackson SP-1000
VHT Two/Ninety/Two






Saturday, November 1, 2008

REAPER

REAPER is a fully featured multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment.


It is the best "free" (you can pay to get rid of the nag screen, but it really isn't a big deal) recording software i've come across, and it is also the only software to have regular upgrades available for download...

REAPER can be downloaded here:

Famous PedalBoards -> John Frusciante [Red Hot Chili Peppers]


Been listenin' to John Frusciante's solo stuff lately...the more recent stuff like "Inside the Emptiness" & "Curtains" are pretty good, but i'd skip his 1997 album "Smile From the Streets You Hold" (the vocals are too weird)....
was wondering what gear he uses, and this is what i found....
MOOG MADNESS!!





Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, DS-1 Distortion, DS-2 Turbo Distortion, Volume pedal
Electro-Harmonix English Muff’n fuzz, Holy Grail Reverb, Big Muff Pi fuzz, POG Polyphonic Octave Generator, Electric Mistress Flanger
DOD 680 Analog Delay
Moog MF-105 MuRF, MF-105B Bass MuRF, MF-101 Low-Pass Filter, MF-103 Phaser
Ibanez WH-10 Wah
Dunlop DB-02 Dime Custom CryBaby
Digitech Whammy
Line6 DL4 (Delay), FM4 (Filter)
MXR MicroAmp (Not sure 'bout this, but does look like a MicroAmp to me..)