Eivind August wrote:I would rock camo gear if I was playing in 'Nam. The Viet Cong would never see me coming, what with all the crazy shit I'd seen and such. They would hear me, though. Oh boy, would they hear me. A thunderous sound, faint at first, then louder, moving steadily up the river. Charlie don't noise.
DarkAxel wrote:
I don't find it ugly, but dude that's like saying any rack gear is pretty
(not counting modular)
not that they are ugly. they're fucking panels with a display (sometimes) buttons and knobs, right? I mean... not much to do there every rack thing is sort of "meh" innit
I think there's elegance in simple design. Even when it appears to be sterile, clinical.
But I'm also a big fan of mid 20th century industrial aesthetic.
Giant bakelite knobs, dials, VU meters, toggles and faders
Eivind August wrote:I would rock camo gear if I was playing in 'Nam. The Viet Cong would never see me coming, what with all the crazy shit I'd seen and such. They would hear me, though. Oh boy, would they hear me. A thunderous sound, faint at first, then louder, moving steadily up the river. Charlie don't noise.
I liked a couple of the earlier Walrus pedals (aesthetically speaking), but their latest stuff is either too busy, or the colors are poorly paired. I thought the text on the Descent was also poorly planned and difficult to read. Guess I could give them props for trying to be different in a world of so many bland designs, but poor execution is still poor execution. I dislike the Projector (colors and illustration), but the Monument is hideous as fuck.
If they wanted to do something that paid tribute to 1970s custom van art, then they could've done a lot better than stripes (what the fuck?), a wolf, and a canyon. How about a dolphin jumping over a rainbow into a burning sea? How about that, OKC crew? Where my dolphins at?
---Or to really play up the 70s theme, how about a sexy warrior princess riding a Pegasus and battling an army of the dead?
The art for Earthquaker, Walrus & Old Blood Noise all blur aesthetically in my mind, which is totally okay, since that indifference is always in correlation with how all those pedals sound to my ears (lord knows how I've tried), the same way Mr. Yuk probably saved my life countless times .
Instead of failing at 70s van art, they should've just put a van on the pedal. They could have called the pedal the Cruiser or the Shagster, and put some epic cheese on there---space stations, dragons, axe-wielding warriors, air-brushed mountains, et cetera. Basically anything would've been better than that Halloween candy barf fest.
As rfurtkamp noted in the NAMM thread, they should have at least made it purple.
I had a car in the late 80s/early 90s with spraypaint/graffiti all over it ( and would allow anyone who asked to paint whatever they'd like providing it wouldn't make the car illegal to drive). Front bumper was done in this old yellowing house paint, smoker's teeth, with gold letters, "I eat children."
I was not a nice person back then.
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My pedalboard costs approximately 191 Metal Zones.
I want to help you with that dream. There definitely needs to be collapsible shelves for effects and speakers.
rfurtkamp wrote:I had a car in the late 80s/early 90s with spraypaint/graffiti all over it ( and would allow anyone who asked to paint whatever they'd like providing it wouldn't make the car illegal to drive). Front bumper was done in this old yellowing house paint, smoker's teeth, with gold letters, "I eat children."
Dang, that rig reminds me of all the metal bands around town 15 years ago...line 6 everything and that drop tuner. Chug some riffs to some Durst man.
The band that practiced in the studio next to us (2004/5) would web cast to Germany and get payed for online shows instead of playing live around town. Don't know how they fell into that gig. Anyway, their rigs all looked like that...plus more line 6s/boss racks and stuff. It was in the hometown of Korn though.
-Ring Mods!
"I make you chocolate"
-comesect69-via-Majin Buu-by-way-of-Dirge/mtl.asm and special consideration from CA Anderton
every rack thing is sort of "meh" innit
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