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Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:15 am
by insubordination
Other than Dumble toanz, is there any other sound that has multiple pedals dedicated to it like the "Siamese Dream" tone? It's kind of ridiculous.

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:11 pm
by GardenoftheDead
I personally am baffled by the various existant pedals where one of the features is "gain always on 10!"

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:11 am
by Scruffie
insubordination wrote:Other than Dumble toanz, is there any other sound that has multiple pedals dedicated to it like the "Siamese Dream" tone? It's kind of ridiculous.

Hendrix Tone, Gilmour Tone, Dimebag Tone, Bonamassa... basically the entire Dunlop line :lol:

This isn't actuallyyy just for getting the pumpkins tones, it just happens to be a hot rodded OpAmp Muff that's good at getting those tones and the name Siamese Scream sounds good and leads to sechsy art work.

Plus givez the people what they want... more muffs.

GardenoftheDead wrote:I personally am baffled by the various existant pedals where one of the features is "gain always on 10!"


This does have a gain control though, it's just a different way of adjusting the gain in this particular circuit... it limits the signal the base original opamp muff stage has to work with, it's no different than how a transistor big muff has a boost stage in the front and the sustain knob limits the signal to the rest of the circuit.

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:18 am
by stilwel
This is working completely different than what I expected. I incorrectly assumed that with the DRIVE knob at min you were still getting full-on Muff rage and that the pre-drive control just goosed the front end of it. It actually works just like the normal SUSTAIN control on a Muff, but gives more of a cutting edge to the grind as it comes up. The tone controls are super-versatile. It's nice having separate bass and treble controls for dialing it in.

I won't be around this weekend to post any clips but next weekend there will be some noise to share. Fo Sho.

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:41 am
by Scruffie
stilwel wrote:This is working completely different than what I expected. I incorrectly assumed that with the DRIVE knob at min you were still getting full-on Muff rage and that the pre-drive control just goosed the front end of it. It actually works just like the normal SUSTAIN control on a Muff, but gives more of a cutting edge to the grind as it comes up. The tone controls are super-versatile. It's nice having separate bass and treble controls for dialing it in.

I won't be around this weekend to post any clips but next weekend there will be some noise to share. Fo Sho.

Sweeet, look forward to hearing some pumpkin riffs! Among others.

Precisely, the predrive is integrated and always in circuit... it adds a fourth stage to the muff topology like a transistor version.

Nice thing about the 'James' tone stack here is that with both up full you get the classic muff mid scoop, both centre you have flat mids and both off you have a mid hump.

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:10 pm
by stilwel
Mine has different knobs on it than what is pictured on website.

I'll record some clips with it when I get my Jazzmaster back from the shop on Tuesday.

Image

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:36 am
by excane
stilwel wrote:Well, my pedal showed up last night and the etching looks even better in person. It's a very cool effect.

Mine has completely different knobs than what are pictured above. I'll post a pic tonight.

I was able to plug in and play for like 5 minutes and so far I like what I'm hearing. The Bass/Treble controls give a very diverse range of tone control.

More to come....


:love: Awesome.

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:47 am
by D.o.S.
insubordination wrote:Other than Dumble toanz, is there any other sound that has multiple pedals dedicated to it like the "Siamese Dream" tone? It's kind of ridiculous.


Because Cherub Rock was a fucking massive single. :thumb:

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:50 am
by excane
Those new knobs are so much better. Damn, that etching looks pimp.

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:18 am
by Scruffie
Thread is useless without some form of clipz.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQX1JTaKjrQ[/youtube]

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:22 am
by excane
Scruffie wrote:Thread is useless without some form of clipz.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQX1JTaKjrQ[/youtube]


I'll have bass clips soon enough ;)

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:07 am
by stilwel
I've got a video uploading to Youtube right now.


Wait for it.....

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff + MXR Dist

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:29 am
by stilwel
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzTMnvc7LyU[/youtube]

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff (Video added)

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:40 am
by excane
Sounds great man, really really nice job. :thumb:

Chris B is top notch, such a cool dude.

Re: El Musico Loco Siamese Scream - Opamp Muff (Video added)

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:45 pm
by stilwel
excane wrote:Sounds great man, really really nice job. :thumb:

Chris B is top notch, such a cool dude.



Thanks!

Yeah, Chris has been really friendly and helpful.