Minimalism!!!

[letsgocoyote]

The more and more I play in a band situation, as much as I love effects, the more I realize they aren't totally my thing. It all just gets buried in the mix of a band. I'm playing basically indie/rock 'n' roll/pop (as generic of a descriptor as that sounds). Mostly influenced by Pavement, Built to Spill, Belle and Sebastian, Fruitbats, and some others. I know they all probably use a few pedals, give or take, but I myself don't need much...

I just need a decent guitar, and a dynamic sounding transparent fuzz that can do overdrivey stuff, and possibly a light boost for some melodies (which could come in form of a channel switch), and a pinch of reverb (which could come in form of always on reverb on an amp).

so i jsut need a guitar, a pedal, a channel switch, an amp.


i played through someones frontman 65r tonight at a show. the i played through the overdrive channel the entire time, no pedals. the gain and volume were set such that it was sounding like 90-99% clean. and i had just a hint of reverb. the reverb on that amp didnt sound to great, but for just a pinch of reverb it did ok.

i kind of want a frontman 65r. or a super champ xd but i dont know if it would have enough volume/headroom

[tuffteef]

10-4
used to be a shoegazer
but now all i use is a tonebender and a lovetone meatball and the ocasional space echo thats all

[htsamurai]

you should totally look into getting a cc/dc from mellowtone.
though they're going for 3-4 times their original cost nowadays, totally worth it.
for reverb, if you're happy with minimalism then you should totally be ok w/ something like a holy grail, the nano one even

[letsgocoyote]

Yea I hope mellowtone brings the CC/DC back out! that would be purrrrrrrrrfect

[tuffteef]

Yea I hope mellowtone brings the CC/DC back out! that would be purrrrrrrrrfect

thats the dumble circuit one right?

[letsgocoyote]

yeah i guess its supposed to stand for Clean Circuit/Dumble Circuit

[theavondon]

THIS THREAD'S TONGUE IS SO FIRMLY PLACED IN ITS CHEEK

[univalve]

Fuzz --> Distortion --> (one special effect goes here if needed - right now Heliotrope) --> Nova Delay --> Fender Tube Reverb --> Amp (clean with some hint of dirt)
That's doing it for me since almost 2 years. But we have a singer and make pop/rock...
For the post rock stuff i used a lot more (2 Fuzzes, Ring Mod, A/B Box, two Amps...)

So what the fuck is my comment? Ah, yeah, it depends on the music you make

[fuzzmax]

I kinda feel the same way.....I am really enjoying messing with crazy pedals sitting on the floor in front of my amp, but with full band, all I ever really use is overdrive and distorsion. All the modulation get lost in the mix ....that is why I trade them so often.

right now, i'm waiting for a ghost disaster....I hope it is going to serve me well.....though I planned to use it for quieter stuff.

[jrmy]

I like minimalism, if by minimalism you mean only having fewer than ten pedals on at one time...



However, having heard Mr. Mellowtone's music (yay alliteration!), I can honestly say that he really does more than less. More power to you, good sir!

[univalve]

right now, i'm waiting for a ghost disaster....I hope it is going to serve me well.....though I planned to use it for quieter stuff.

My drummer and bass player loved it when i brought it to the last rehearsal

[eatyourguitar]

that HT is telling mellowtone to buy a mellowtone on ebay from some douchebag asking 400. the avatar should give it away.

on the flipside, he could secretly make them and sell them for that. then you have more monies for more fuzz.

[futuresailors]

Eric, a CC/DC would suit that really well actually. Throw a Rat or something similar with the gain turned wayy down after it and run them into an amp with a nice reverb and you'd be all set for pretty much everything every one of those bands play.

[StudioShutIn]

Yea I hope mellowtone brings the CC/DC back out! that would be purrrrrrrrrfect

...I'm very surprised that this post didn't tear a hole in the space-time continuum and turn the interwebz inside out..

[Mudfuzz]

Beleve it or not I really like minimalism. I when for years where all I used was a 105Q > ODB-3 > Tr-2 Which I would only use on one or two songs each I also did lots of gigs without any pedals But then we started to record... and added extra tracks... So I need my bass to sounds like a synth at times, and a bass and guitar at times... and sometimes all three... So I guess I use FX to make up for the fact that we need more people... That's for N@MELESS, If I ever get a working lineup for Blot all I need is two fuzzes, light and more fuzzy and a boost.