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magiclawnchair wrote:a ringtone would be nice, but i have a hard time justifying paying more for that than a moogerfooger ring mod...

Yep. I waited over a year until one finally popped up for what I was willing to pay ($210). I lucked out in that it was a brand spankin' new pedal, it had sat in a box for 3 years after a 10 minute trial run apparently.



I do think his stuff is worth the price new, but I'm not often willing to spend that kind of cash. I was a good little capitalist before a year's worth of layoff and subsequent 50% salary cut set me on my current economic path, which is pretty much akin to the following album title these days:



Besides, the current used market is far too accommodating to cheap bastards such as myself. Of course, every deal I find pretty much becomes null and void when I have to sell something. Alas!

question: how is the SHO as an od?

Teej212 wrote:question: how is the SHO as an od?

Check out a guitarist named Alan Sparhawk.
That's what it is like

Teej212 wrote:question: how is the SHO as an od?

I am one of those folks who leaves it on most of the time as a very so slight boost/eq thingy. The SHO doesn't have a volume knob (the 2-in1 does), so there's no way to turn the gain up and keep the level down. And it gets really loud. I have a feeling the 2-in-1 would be a better OD because of the volume control, but I am really happy with the SHO.

Yeah my SHO is fucking loud. It's a great booster, has plenty of output to overdrive the cleanest amp.

I like pedals that do unusual things (i.e. FSU), so the Ringtone and Fuzz Factory have secured a permanent place in my setup. Placing a gated fuzz after the ringtone makes the carrier frequency loud enough to pass as a sequenced synth square wave.

My latest Zvex purchase is the Inventobox, which is ideal for me, seeing as I want to mess about with effects "design", but can't be bothered to fire up a soldering iron or put together an enclosure with knobs and IOs. I had been thinking about the Beavis Board, but I needed something with more knobs, and I need a box that could be closed up to avoid picking up RFI from one of Montreal's most dreadful radio stations (CKOI - the great invader of audio signal chains).

What would be interesting to build would be a LoFi Loop Junky with a sequencer controlling the pitch instead of an LFO.

It seems the more pedals I get, the less I need actual synths to make the sounds I have always wanted to make.

I've got a lo fi loop junky. No other pedals with it's combo of features out there as far as I know.

dorfmeister wrote:I've got a lo fi loop junky. No other pedals with it's combo of features out there as far as I know.

This^, the SHO, and W. Mammoth are the only ones that have my interest. Built a sho, haven't finished the mammoth, and the lofi I will wait & wait for as nad did the ringtone.

My vote goes for the Box of Metal... I actually really need to get one speaking of which

I like the SHO/Super-Duper alot.

I still really want a wah probe...I dig the filtery colorsound vibe it has going.
I might have to start saving for one if I don't win the tonefactor contest

i have an zvex ooh wah its pretty neat

although it is getting sold off now mainly cause i got a meatball

steevdeadman wrote:My vote goes for the Box of Metal... I actually really need to get one speaking of which

Can't be TOO hard to build, can it?

obviously the fuzz probe!


yet i'm embarrassed to admit i've never tried any of the zvex sequencer pedals,
or watched any of the demos.
don't want to feed any gas.

I too am a noob around these parts (and really any gear forum) but I don't get the 'Vex haet either? Politics, etc aside, having the opportunity to have tried most of their pedal range and I fail to find a fault with Vex. I'll definitely stay out of any shit storms that'll brew from opening up old closets...

Personally I have a modified Fuzz Factory and a BoR. I've got a love/hate relationship with a Fuzz Factory. But it does SO MUCH that I don't see it ever leaving my board and the BoR is just "the" pedal as many have mentioned that has to stay on and just balances everything and brings it to a good register (SHO side).

I only see myself getting two more Vex pedals and they are the Wooly Mammoth and Ringtone. I wouldn't MIND a Lo Fi, Tremorama and pink 2-in-1 to replace my BoR (I use the BoR mainly for SHO anyway).