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I have a Machine (clone now, but I had an official unit before) and I'm not sure how useful it is. When I A/B it stacked with another fuzz, it always seems to sound better off. I think it may be a good recording tool, to have some toanz variety on tap. They've been around for a long time - you don't see very many in the field though, eh?

So you guys, I have a pedal I haven't used for a couple years, and it won't engage. Is it because the stomp switch is gummed up? Can I just try stomping it a million times, or should I spray it with something? (I gave up after a minute). Stomp switches are the worst (loud, and they fail). I have a new respect for Boss pedals and their almost indestructible stomp mechanisms.

if the contacts are dirty then spraying it will def speed up the process.

The crazy tiny little sliders on the jp08 are way too small and it's starting to get on my nerves. It's super easy to get those big, classic jupiter sounds. But when you're trying to dial in something that's not an enormous pad, it's really tedious and super easy to over/undershoot the value you're trying to dial in.

The worst offenders are the envelopes, cross mod, lfo mod depth, and lfo time. Everything else is fairly easy to adjust, but I do get a little frustrated with the osc 2 controls. The "tune" knob isn't that useful, and you can't just flip the coarse tuning to the different octaves because it treats it like a continuous range. I think I need to get something different, but there's nothing quite like it in a desktop format... Maybe I'll get an old Virus or Blofeld or something. I really like the one-knob-per-function thing, though....

so it seems like i'm doing all* my 2017 silly gear purchases in January. I got the warren ellis signature bari tenor (lol at the name), raptio is on its way here, got a super oscillo fuzz 88 clone to try out before i'll take the plunge and get something expensive from LAL, and now i'm really GASing for another pedal with a hold function. was thinking of getting a freeze, but the zcat hold reverb seems like a better option.

*probably not. i tend to go stupid whenever i have any money left over after the bills. or sometimes before the bills...

So far this year I have bought an Eventide H9, a midi pedal to go with it, an expressionator, and a Boss LS-2. Really re-configuring my pedalboard after I got a V4 back in my stable. I've got a few pedals that I am selling, and hopefully by the end of this week I will have enough to buy another H9 and complete my layout in time to buy a new custom pedalboard... Being a musician is expensive...

vallaton wrote: warren ellis signature bari tenor (lol at the name).

I believe that's pronounced "boner" around here.

Chankgeez wrote:

vallaton wrote: warren ellis signature bari tenor (lol at the name).

I believe that's pronounced "boner" around here.

all i know is i love how it feels in my hands.

Finally found one.

That's beautiful!

That's friggin cool

Damn. I want one just for the graphics.

i want both of those.

on another note: it seems like i'm gonna join a new band. sort of wipers-esque rock thing. i'm sorted bass- and amp-wise but now i need to think about what i want in the pedal board.
i'm thinking like ummmm bass->tuner->od/distortion->reverb/delay/chorus?->amp
something really basic that gets me into post punk/new wave/grunge territory and fits on pedaltrain mini. i think i'll get a new tuner so i don't have to switch one around with my black metal board. i'm also pretty confident that i have something appropriate in the od/distortion department, but i feel like i have to maybe get a chorus or something.

Anyone play one of the new ehx mig50's? I really need a new amp, it seems to check my boxes I need, and I just received my financial aid money for school. The stars are aligning for some purchase haha

once i finally fixed up the mig 50 i had it was a close runner to my hellhawk.