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Mellowtone Fine Art Gallery

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Post your 'fine art' pictures of your Mellowtone pedals fellas'! This is just a feeble attempt to play around with my iPhone... but I've been wanting to photograph my Mellowtone pedals for a bit now!
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That's a fine collection. I need some Mellowtone in my life
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blooghost wrote:That's a fine collection. I need some Mellowtone in my life

I 2nd that motion. I :love: my Mellowtones! Can't go wrong with anyone of them in my experience so far.
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cool, makes me want to own another Mellowtone. I only own a wolf computer, but feel really happy and lucky to have obtained one. Ive seen a couple of demos on the singing tree and it sounds quite unique. Does it really sound different from other OD pedals out there?
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waterpig wrote:cool, makes me want to own another Mellowtone. I only own a wolf computer, but feel really happy and lucky to have obtained one. Ive seen a couple of demos on the singing tree and it sounds quite unique. Does it really sound different from other OD pedals out there?

The WC was actually my first Mellowtone pedal and I felt the same way when I got mine and I still do! I actually don't own any other OD pedals. I'm more of a fuzz guy but from demos that I have heard of other OD pedals, the Singing Tree has a sort of hard-to-put-a-finger-on-it-unmistakably-Mellowtone-pattented-sound! It's hard to put into words. For me it sounds more like a british overdrive sound rather than an american overdrive sound... :idk: :lol:
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MannequinRaces wrote:from demos that I have heard of other OD pedals, the Singing Tree has a sort of hard-to-put-a-finger-on-it-unmistakably-Mellowtone-pattented-sound! It's hard to put into words.

This exactly! It just sounds like Mellowtone! :lol: (Which is an awesome thing to sound like)

MannequinRaces wrote:For me it sounds more like a british overdrive sound rather than an american overdrive sound... :idk: :lol:

Hmm... in my experience I've always thought it was a more American-type sound. :idk: I always felt like it was less "glassy" and more beefy/gritty. Maybe I'm wrong though. When I think "Brit" drive I think Marshall so who knows!

Either way, the Singing Tree is uh-mazing. Still my favorite OD after a few years.
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thanks for the info, now I'm definitely gonna get one. Anyway looking at the pics makes me wish that someday, the pedal builders of ILF will publish a book containing all their beautiful work in it. I mean just look at how awesome those pedals are, analog man made a book. So can they.
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sevenSHARPnine wrote:Hmm... in my experience I've always thought it was a more American-type sound. :idk: I always felt like it was less "glassy" and more beefy/gritty. Maybe I'm wrong though. When I think "Brit" drive I think Marshall so who knows!

Either way, the Singing Tree is uh-mazing. Still my favorite OD after a few years.

I guess I just think of the Singing Tree having more of a Vox/Orange kinda sound, but like you said the Singing Tree just has a Mellowtone sound. All of Eric's pedals seem to capture some sort of mojo that is magically bottled up and they all just sound like they're from the same lineage.
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waterpig wrote:thanks for the info, now I'm definitely gonna get one. Anyway looking at the pics makes me wish that someday, the pedal builders of ILF will publish a book containing all their beautiful work in it. I mean just look at how awesome those pedals are, analog man made a book. So can they.

A nice book containing beautiful artsy pics of all builders on ILF would be super sweet. Doubt it will ever happen but great idea!
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Jenesis wrote:Image

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I've always loved those graphics for the two-knobbed Singing Tree and the Hi Five Plus, sweet! :thumb:
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sevenSHARPnine wrote:Hmm... in my experience I've always thought it was a more American-type sound. :idk: I always felt like it was less "glassy" and more beefy/gritty. Maybe I'm wrong though. When I think "Brit" drive I think Marshall so who knows!

Either way, the Singing Tree is uh-mazing. Still my favorite OD after a few years.

I guess I just think of the Singing Tree having more of a Vox/Orange kinda sound, but like you said the Singing Tree just has a Mellowtone sound. All of Eric's pedals seem to capture some sort of mojo that is magically bottled up and they all just sound like they're from the same lineage.

Actually since you say that, I can totally see the Orange-ey sound. :idea:
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sevenSHARPnine wrote:Actually since you say that, I can totally see the Orange-ey sound. :idea:

:thumb: That's what I'm talking about!
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Really? My singing tree sounds very dark and...I'm not even sure how to describe what it sounds like compared to an amp. But I have one of the old pre-mellowtone singing tree fx overdrives with four knobs, so it might sound totally different from the lite one.

Does anyone know how the two compare in sound? Maybe I should try the newer one, too.
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V_____ wrote:Really? My singing tree sounds very dark and...I'm not even sure how to describe what it sounds like compared to an amp. But I have one of the old pre-mellowtone singing tree fx overdrives with four knobs, so it might sound totally different from the lite one.

Does anyone know how the two compare in sound? Maybe I should try the newer one, too.

FWIW, mine's a 3-knobber, I've never tried a Lite. My ST definiely has some chunk to it, but I wouldn't call it dark. It's most definitely not lacking in the low end though. Yours has a tone knob does it not?
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