Box Of Mike video demo

Post by **Doog** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:53 pm

[youtube][/youtube]

It's greeeeeeeat, can't wait to try it with the bass, the very purpose it was tweaked and built for. MASSIVE hats off to Mike for turning this around so quickly and making it such a great little beast.

Fibus · Post by **Fibus** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:17 pm

Quite possibly the funniest demo ever! Great sounding pedal as well!

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:18 pm

That demo literally rocked my socks off. I'm sitting here in my barefeet.

Post by **Doog** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:20 pm

Fibus wrote:Quite possibly the funniest demo ever! Great sounding pedal as well!

Nah, an Aen demo of a pencil would beat that one into a cocked hat. Cheers though

Lolz, Gav- lolz.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:30 pm

snooker theme. yas!
always funtimes with doogdemos.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:48 pm

Haha that wassixk!!1

I thoroughly enjoyed that, chunky tones and chops were ace, as predicted.

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:28 am

HAHA, great job Spaz Hands. That dial on the right was a nice unexpected surprise. Killer pedal.

R.I.P Harry Goz

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:20 am

i'm probably wrong, but i think a box of mike is a zvex box of rock with changed tone controls.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:43 am

nice demo!

i see you have a boss ps3 on your board. I'm thinking of thrading my whammy for one. I only use the octave up an 2 octaves up on my whammy, do you know if the ps3 with a expression pedal will do the same thing?

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:40 am

This version is to Doog's spec, it's a Box Of Rock straight up clone with the SHO boost stage moved from after (as a pure volume boost) to before the dirt, so it acts as a gain boost, I think it sounds pretty phat.

Thanks for the demo mate, it sounds wikki wikki wah! You'll have to get it up on Shortscalegeardemos.

Post by **Doog** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:24 am

Fangs for the watches all, much obliged!

sp3k wrote:i see you have a boss ps3 on your board. I'm thinking of thrading my whammy for one. I only use the octave up an 2 octaves up on my whammy, do you know if the ps3 with a expression pedal will do the same thing?

It's a PS-5 in fact- it's a lot closer in sound to the Whammy when it's in "Harmony" mode (can be set to straight octaves as well as intelligent harmonies), works just like a Whammy with a expression pedal, and has the added bonus of a mix dial between your dry and pitchshifted tones.

The PS-5 "Pitchshift" mode is the same as the PS-3, which is polyphonic, and while making it good for chords, makes it sound wobbly and a bit shit. I'd defo recommend the PS-5, I chose it over a Whammy; didn't wanna deal with the size and stupid adaptor the Whammy needs.

My demo vid of said box:
[youtube][/youtube]

Mike- gonna sort out my Paypal/card quandary now, so hopefully you'll get some PP Moneez or failing that, a bank transfer shortly. Will let ye know.

edit: PAYPAL'D! Lemme know if it's gone through ok.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:47 am

Indeed it has, cheers buddy!

I can attest to Doog's brilliance with teh PS-5. it sounds wicked when he uses it in PANCAKES

Post by **Doog** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:03 pm

Mike wrote:I can attest to Doog's brilliance with teh PS-5. it sounds wicked when he uses it in PANCAKES

Just like Mamma used to make-a!

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:06 pm

But Muuuuuuum, I like mine with Whammmmiiiess

Post by **Doog** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:13 pm

Hahaha

"You'll have what you're given, young man. There's starving Matt Bellamy clones all over the world who would be glad of a PS-5!"

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:07 pm

The problem with teh Whammy I think is that the treadle is right there, calling you. Making you tread on it and sound like an idiotface. I think the PS-5 makes you think a bit more about doing it RIGHT for the SONG rather than just for lols. Or maybe that's me perceiving something that isn't there. Anyways, I like how Doog uses it.

Post by **Doog** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:49 pm

Mike wrote:The problem with teh Whammy I think is that the treadle is right there, calling you. Making you tread on it and sound like an idiotface. I think the PS-5 makes you think a bit more about doing it RIGHT for the SONG rather than just for lols. Or maybe that's me perceiving something that isn't there. Anyways, I like how Doog uses it.

U R 2 KYND

I do use an expression pedal with it sometimes, but it works for me better as just an octaver most of the time.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:07 pm

the isaac eaton wrote:
Doog wrote:Hahaha

"You'll have what you're given, young man. There's starving Matt Bellamy clones all over the world who would be glad of a PS-5!"
hahahah, I have always wondered why the whammy gets associated with Matt Bellamy, when he only uses it on one song. It should be more associated with jack white, or omar rodrigez lopez.

you've missed out tom morello out of the list. probably one of the players that uses it the most.

fantastic demo, doog. i love that pedal. plus there really so versatile.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:24 am

Doog wrote:
Mike wrote:The problem with teh Whammy I think is that the treadle is right there, calling you. Making you tread on it and sound like an idiotface. I think the PS-5 makes you think a bit more about doing it RIGHT for the SONG rather than just for lols. Or maybe that's me perceiving something that isn't there. Anyways, I like how Doog uses it.
U R 2 KYND

I do use an expression pedal with it sometimes, but it works for me better as just an octaver most of the time.

what expression pedal do you recommend?

it's true what mike says about the whammy, that shit is addicted, i've made my bandmates stop playing during jams just to tell me to stop doing stupid noises with the whammy. It's a really fun pedal though

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:19 am

I use an Alesis F2, but I wouldn't recommend it- I had to hardwire a cable to the PCB because the jack fucked up, and the mechanism is slightly sprung and fucked up when I got it.

Bespeco make a load of half decent, lightweight and cheap exp pedals- just make sure you get the right one (they make loads of pot values and polarities), the one that'll work with Boss.. possible the VM19L. Or just go for the Boss one, I guess.