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BlindtoFaith wrote:On its way to MiddleEarthCrisis! Sorry for the dealy. I was awared ahuge promotion at work and life has been crazy ever since. So much to do now!

: D! Congrats!

McSpunckle wrote:

BlindtoFaith wrote:On its way to MiddleEarthCrisis! Sorry for the dealy. I was awared ahuge promotion at work and life has been crazy ever since. So much to do now!

: D! Congrats!

Thanks man! I am officially in the command of 44 government workers! hahaha

where are we on this bad boy?

So, are we keeping this for 1-2 weeks now that we're getting towards the end of the list? haha

modernage wrote:So, are we keeping this for 1-2 weeks now that we're getting towards the end of the list? haha

Apparently...I'm gonna have to get on peoples cases more now. The AA giveaway is coming I just need to get a hold of Danny to send him the monies for it. What color do you think we should go with?

This should really be at ILFest

Arrived to me today... Just played with them a little so just superficially... The AA is very cool. The VTF I need more time to get my head round, except to say the setting Middle Earth Crisis left it on was ace!

Finally, next in line

CBGB wrote:Arrived to me today... Just played with them a little so just superficially... The AA is very cool. The VTF I need more time to get my head round, except to say the setting Middle Earth Crisis left it on was ace!

Awesome, I can' remember what setting I left it on but it was most likely on the heavy side.
I really found a lot of great sounds with the VTF and I'm not much of a tweaker (unless meth is involved).
I set it up in front of a Pharaoh and was able to get some pretty massive sounding fuzz.
The AA was great as a booster in front of other fuzz and would be tits for solos and leads.
I didn't open them up but from the outside they looked awesome. I love how the finish on top has a thick "bar glass" look to it.
They are also very clean and hypoallergenic, no matter where I put them or what I put in them, I came out rash and blister free.

Overall, I give them:
VTF-
AA-

modernage wrote::yay: Finally, next in line

Heading to Tennessee
So completely impressed by the VTF I sort of got stuck in just one little area of sounds

Clean 5 'o clock, Tone 4, Magic off, Diode 1 left, Diode 2 right, Octave left, Filter left, Fuzz 3, Gain 12, Gate 1, Tone 2

On my small tube amp this was a great fuzzy overdrive, and then unbelievable rich filtery fuzz with the Magic switch engaged. Same thing on my Twin cranked sounds different again, with suboctaves in there. Amazing. A bit like the Wolf Computer but more cutting.
THen same as above but with Diode 1 right, Diode 2 left, and the Gate at 8 'o clock. One of many really great upper octave tones.

The AA sort of gets overshadowed I hate to say, but it's a great sounding pedal and a steal for a hundred bucks

I'll try and post the clip I recorded soon...

The aa for the give away is ordered and Danny has a special surprise for it. Stay tuned.

You guys are too sweet. : D

As promised, something I recorded with the VTF. First takes baby all the way....

[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/lawrence-knowle-field-rec/mcspunckle-gnomeratron-vtf[/soundcloud]

So, the Spunckies spent the week with me. I really enjoyed the saturation of the AA at maxed gain. It cleans up nicely with the volume knob on the guitar too. At times I wish there was a bit more treble on the tone knob. The toggle on the side is awesome though. Adds a lot of variety and dimension to the pedal. I can see why this would be a hit with bassists. Love the low end. I'll be honest, at first I wasn't super impressed by the AA. I thought it was a solid OD, but with 4 other ODs in my arsenal (Rat, WIIO, Timmy, KoT clone, plus the whole in my heart ever since I sold my SHOD) I couldn't really see myself picking one up, but after really diving into it tonight I may have fallen in love. The price tag is definitely an attractive feature too.

I almost had the opposite experience with the Gnome. I immediately got some great tones from the Gnome, but had a difficult time finding my way back after exploring other settings. Soooo many knobs! It's also so flippin loud! I haven't been able to find out a way to simmer down on the volume without losing all the balls and fuzz. I'm going to do some studying in the Shark Tank to get a better understanding of all the controls. This thing is more complicated than Soul Caliber IV. I know this is a great fuzz. I just need to give it another day or two before I send it out, so I can crack this code. I know I can figure it out. After all I did end up mastering Soul Caliber IV.

Still waiting for my mini gnome to come.

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