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Eivind August wrote:Shoe Pedals Silver Apple

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmy6p-NlLNc[/youtube]

This thing is amazing, and I'm not just saying that because the creator is right over there. It does so much, and in such an easy and intuitive manner despite the aboundance of knobs to tweak. I was also pleasantly surprised by the straighter overdrive tones I can get out of it. The 'fuzz' knob is really useful in tailoring the overall sound and feel of the pedal, and the tone knob does a great job of reeling in the highs. While this is roughly based on a Wolf Computer AFAIK, it is its own thing. I can get my favourite sounds from the WC, but also much more. A tweakers dream, and an oscillating fuzz I'm sure will appeal to players who are not into the whole noise thing. Videogamefuzz forever.

I want one of these now! Thanks dude.

No problem! It's as good as, or maybe even better than, I thought it would be. Great, versatile noisemachine.

Good stuff. I almost bought one when last year during a sale but I didn't pull the trigger. Probably should've. Maybe next sale.

Paradox Effects Fuzz-E Cat

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9-LFZ4zoWk[/youtube]

This is a fun little guy. Simple controls, great sounds, sexy look. It can do WC-ish 8-bit tones and gated arpeggios, and it can do fat, muffy fuzz with synth-like oscillations. And everything in between. It's cheap as well, so there's really no excuse to not buy one. Schroedinger nyan raga stomp ninja yo.

So goooooood. Kills it on bass too

As usual, I can't figure out which I enjoyed the most: the pedal or the crazy banter subtitles.

Disarm D'arcy wrote:As usual, I can't figure out which I enjoyed the most: the pedal or the crazy banter subtitles.

I come for the oscillating fuzz, I stay for the crazy banter subtitles.
My cat catches the red dot from the laser pointer all the time. He always looks so disappointed when he lifts his paw and it's gone.

UglyCasanova wrote:So goooooood. Kills it on bass too

I demand humbly request demo!

Teehee, thank you guys.

Ok, now I'm seriously nearing the end of this. If I end up snagging a Freq LSD, that will get demoed, apart from that there really aren't any other ones that seem too different from the ones I've already tried.

And now...

Paradox Effects Defibrillator

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYtmJHzIr-M[/youtube]

Farts! Drones! Noise! Textures! More farts! This is fairly different from the other guys and gals I've fucked around with. A heavier, fairly distinct voice that sort of reminds me of the Boss metulz pedulz. Tried playing some heavier riffs in the demo, not sure how well that turned out. Anyway, this has a crazy amount of gain; maxing out the sens control yields electric chaos that should please any noisehead. And that's before even engaging the oscillation. The 'suboctave oscillation' gives you subs (no shit), synthy drones and fat arpeggios. Oh, and there's a 'shock' switch as well, that boosts the fuck out of your signal. No idea when you'd actually need to go twice as loud with a single stomp, but hey, the doom guys might be into it. In short, farts. Farts for everybody.

(Also, sorry that I screwed up the cantina theme.)

Mountainking Electronics Frequency LSD

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CKlUjcQnSs[/youtube]

Drugs, man. As I hoped, this pedal is pretty different from the others I've demoed. Harsher, more scrambled, with some beautiful, filtery tones. Pretty tweakable, but it retains its idiosyncrasies no matter the setting. It can be a bit bright at times for the music I usually play, but it would kick ass in a more classic noise rock setting. Or for weird, psychedelic effects and such. Very responsive to your guitars tone knob, which lets you mellow it out. And great for volume knob synth freakouts. Basically, it takes the concept of oscillating fuzz and runs with a certain style of it. Think gated 8-bit notes, controllable screams of feedback and compressed power chords. It nails that aspect of things, and is a great tool if you're into those kinds of sounds. Man.

As you can see, I got hung up on certain settings (especially in the latter half of the video), but I think I covered most of it. There are obviously way more sounds on tap, though.

I had almost forgotten how harsh that thing was. If you want a fuzz that actually hurts you, this is it. Boom. Marketing.