Re: I'm over oscillation.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:37 am
I have gotten tired of oscillation now and then, sometimes you just want some good ole fashioned feedback or a clean drive. But I still keep oscillating fuzzes around for many reasons. Number one is lead guitar. I love being able to hold a note and hear it interact with the oscillation. Honestly though, the best kind of oscillating fuzzes are the ones that are so high gain they feedback. So if I have a humbucker guitar, I can let the feedback fight with the oscillation for control. And while I'm doing so I can move around to change the feedback pitch and tweak guitar knobs to change oscillation pitch.
Second reason is for synth/drum machine use which I think is where oscillating fuzzes are best used. Making a beat or a loop, put through an oscillating fuzz, and tweak the output of the loop to let in oscillation. Bleeps and bloops and surprise bass lines.
Third, is I use them in recording a lot. When I had an Eau Clair Thunder I used it's oscillation to play notes throughout a song. I sat their with my finger holding down the feedback switch and using the tone and mode switches to change pitch between C, F, and G. And since the song was in C major it worked out pretty darn well. The rest of the guitar and bass in the song was clean but I had a fuzzy oscillating drone going throughout the entire song.
But sometimes I just want to chill with a good sho boost and to play some sexy notes with some reverb.
I don't know... I don't really build my songs around pedals. The song is first and the pedals are second. Adding an oscillating fuzz to to a song is an after thought and if it sounds good, then it's good. I suppose in that sense, I use oscillating fuzz or any pedal for that matter to add atmosphere. Putting the song in a different environment than clean. But If I go to a show and my pedalboard doesn't work for whatever reason, I still want to be able to play my songs. So I make sure all of my songs can sound good clean and loud.
Second reason is for synth/drum machine use which I think is where oscillating fuzzes are best used. Making a beat or a loop, put through an oscillating fuzz, and tweak the output of the loop to let in oscillation. Bleeps and bloops and surprise bass lines.
Third, is I use them in recording a lot. When I had an Eau Clair Thunder I used it's oscillation to play notes throughout a song. I sat their with my finger holding down the feedback switch and using the tone and mode switches to change pitch between C, F, and G. And since the song was in C major it worked out pretty darn well. The rest of the guitar and bass in the song was clean but I had a fuzzy oscillating drone going throughout the entire song.
But sometimes I just want to chill with a good sho boost and to play some sexy notes with some reverb.
GardenoftheDead wrote:I never really got the appeal of oscillation. I mean, I like making noisy soundscapes as much as the next person, but I don't really see actually basing a song around an oscillating fuzz.
I don't know... I don't really build my songs around pedals. The song is first and the pedals are second. Adding an oscillating fuzz to to a song is an after thought and if it sounds good, then it's good. I suppose in that sense, I use oscillating fuzz or any pedal for that matter to add atmosphere. Putting the song in a different environment than clean. But If I go to a show and my pedalboard doesn't work for whatever reason, I still want to be able to play my songs. So I make sure all of my songs can sound good clean and loud.
(it's pretty awesome by the way)
