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dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:03 pm

mark76 wrote:May I?

I feel my Will Sergeant fixation kicking in again.... nice!

Ps: whats the old multi fx on the right?

mark76 · Post by **mark76** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:41 pm

It's a Zoom GFX 707

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:23 pm

My currently in-use guitars and bass: Leftie MIM Fender J, CIJ JM and home-built '65 CIJ Mustang

Offsets by concretebadger, on Flickr

AMPS! DRRI and a Boogie F-50, along with more pedals than is financially sensible.

August 2012 rig by concretebadger, on Flickr

Now my rig is 100% up and running I don't have any excuse to procrastinate over that home recording project any more...

mark76 · Post by **mark76** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:34 pm

Why do you have a left handed bass?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:36 pm

The Fuzz Factory I built the other day. I'm loving it. It's a lot more usable than I was expecting. I was under the impression that they are glitchy and not much use outside of squeally sounds, but there's loads of nice fuzz tones and a few usable overdrive sounds too.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:43 pm

mark76 wrote:Why do you have a left handed bass?

I'm naturally left-handed but learned on right-handed guitars because I thought affordable lefties were hard to find. When I took up bass I saw it as a chance to learn the 'natural' way from scratch. It was hard at first but I'm hoping it'll be useful in the long run. I'm starting to get worried about tendinitis/arthritis later in life, so being able to swap might be useful. I might go the whole hog and buy a leftie guitar too at some point.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:40 am

My Pedal collection as of the moment. Funnily enough I got both the chorus pedals for free.

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:53 am

How is the CE-3 compared to modern CE-5? I am jealous you got the CE-3. Get a delay pedal, you'll sound awesome.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:15 pm

Funny that...my CE-3 was the first pedal I ever owned but I don't really like the sound of it now; it just sits under my bed unusued. I've read reviews that say it's very 'sterile' next to the CE-2 (and presumably the CE-5?)...it's certainly 'metallic' and very different from, say, an EHX. Interestingly, it's apparently analogue...which proves that analogue does not necessarily equate to a 'warm' chorus sound.

I did find though that maxing the rate and pegging the depth of a CE-3 at halfway exactly matches the chorus tone in the intro to the Pumpkin's tune 'Soma'...which was cool for me because at the time when I was using my CE-3 regularly I was utterly obsessed with that album!

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:58 pm

Concretebadger wrote:I'm naturally left-handed but learned on right-handed guitars because I thought affordable lefties were hard to find.

I'm the exact same way.. lefty playing righty.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:26 pm

Concretebadger wrote:Funny that...my CE-3 was the first pedal I ever owned but I don't really like the sound of it now; it just sits under my bed unusued. I've read reviews that say it's very 'sterile' next to the CE-2 (and presumably the CE-5?)...it's certainly 'metallic' and very different from, say, an EHX. Interestingly, it's apparently analogue...which proves that analogue does not necessarily equate to a 'warm' chorus sound.

I did find though that maxing the rate and pegging the depth of a CE-3 at halfway exactly matches the chorus tone in the intro to the Pumpkin's tune 'Soma'...which was cool for me because at the time when I was using my CE-3 regularly I was utterly obsessed with that album!

It can be quite sterile, however I've found that mine works brilliantly in a band setting. The tone doesn't overly colour the sound and also provides a little bit of boost which is useful when using a modulation effect.

MrJamesBrown · Post by **MrJamesBrown** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:45 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:The Fuzz Factory I built the other day. I'm loving it. It's a lot more usable than I was expecting. I was under the impression that they are glitchy and not much use outside of squeally sounds, but there's loads of nice fuzz tones and a few usable overdrive sounds too.

Love the FF! Got mine a couple of weeks back. I see my Twosome as more of a distortion and the FF more as my "fuzz":

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:08 pm

Concretebadger wrote:My currently in-use guitars and bass: Leftie MIM Fender J, CIJ JM and home-built '65 CIJ Mustang

Where'd you get that white pearl pickguard for your '65 Mustang? I can't find one anywhere.

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:19 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:The Fuzz Factory I built the other day. I'm loving it. It's a lot more usable than I was expecting. I was under the impression that they are glitchy and not much use outside of squeally sounds, but there's loads of nice fuzz tones and a few usable overdrive sounds too.

That looks great Paul, is it a Musikding kit?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:34 pm

Tis surely. It's given me a bit of confidence too. As soon as I get paid from my new job I'm reckon I'm going to set myself up a bit to make some more pedals.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:02 pm

Love the football vibe knob/paint job Paul

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:07 pm

Think I'll paint all the pedals I make myself in football colours. It seems kind of obvious, those colour schemes are designed to be eye catching and recognisable, so should look cool on other stuff.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:09 pm

Noisy Cat wrote: Where'd you get that white pearl pickguard for your '65 Mustang? I can't find one anywhere.

It's a made-for-CIJ Fender that I bought off Darren Riley. Even so, there must've been changes to the CIJ Fenders over the years because I had to do a bit of filing around the neck pocket and not all of the screw holes line up. I really ought to get around to do the old drill out/dowel trick but I was overcome with relief that it's as close to complete as it is. The pearl effect looks really nice though!

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:11 pm

Fuck the arty farty types. I need to do everything I can to isolate myself from them.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:12 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:Fuck the arty farty types. I need to do everything I can to isolate myself from them.

Haha.
I went to edit my post and deleted it by mistake