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Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:51 am
by cosmicevan
dubkitty wrote:what i want to do is get the Lead II, spend the necessary time working my way into its capabilities, and then devote time to 1. generating new ideas that don't rest on nice, pretty tones and 2. dividing time between the Lead II and my acoustics to generate ideas for songs as i also try to piece lyrics together i've always struggled with lyric writing because i didn't know what to say other than in songs which were inspired by particular people or thoughts, but now i feel like i have a palette of love, loss, joy, pain, righteous rage at my own flaws and those of the world around me, and that pesky dialectic between the certainty of onrushing doom and the desperate need to find something, anything, to make life worth living in the face of the ever-encroaching darkness for subject matter. i want to create songs and music which people can use as tools, pillows, weapons, or flowers, and music which creates environments where the listener can retreat for respite from all the horror. that's what my favorite artists, from Mingus to the Dead to Radiohead and MBV have done, and i would also like my work to be of use. i still believe that music can be a transformative shared experience that raises consciousness and thus helps to, erm, "save the world" as Phil Lesh said about the Dead in 1968. i just want to do something good in this world that will reach people more than 100 feet away.
Step 1 is making music and capturing it. The more you do it, the better it gets. Plenty of bands have released songs, evolved them, and released them multiple times. Go for it.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:49 am
by Eivind August
Hey, the prophecy was correct, we survived!
So, last year I got around to selling one of the SGVs and other superfluous stuff that wasn't in use. This year, I'm not sure what, if anything, I'll do gear-wise. Still kinda looking at sound-on-sound'y frippertronics delays, but also not entirely sure about what I'd use one for. My mind is also whispering about octave down pedals of the Blue/Buzz Box variety, but then I strangle some ridiculous subs out of one of my oscillating fuzzes and am content. I also sort of want a Suneater again, mostly just to have a Fuzzhugger pedal hanging around. And it sounds so good. But the fuzzes I have also sound good. So my mind loops back.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:42 am
by jazzvlaster
Eivind August wrote:Hey, the prophecy was correct, we survived!
So, last year I got around to selling one of the SGVs and other superfluous stuff that wasn't in use. This year, I'm not sure what, if anything, I'll do gear-wise. Still kinda looking at sound-on-sound'y frippertronics delays, but also not entirely sure about what I'd use one for. My mind is also whispering about octave down pedals of the Blue/Buzz Box variety, but then I strangle some ridiculous subs out of one of my oscillating fuzzes and am content. I also sort of want a Suneater again, mostly just to have a Fuzzhugger pedal hanging around. And it sounds so good. But the fuzzes I have also sound good. So my mind loops back.
I think that Chords of Orion channel has a few videos about Frippertronics sound, maybe help you to figure out what are the best options out there.
Well, about the topic, in this moment my setup is very small and incomplete. I don't have an amp, though this year I started to try out preamps pedals like amps, so maybe I go in search of a cab, 2x12 sound like a good option. Also I would like to have another guitar (I just have one) so I can them in different tunings. And of course, complete my pedalboard is one of the things that I have to acompplish this year. I'm not that far to get it, just need a wah, a good delay and a good multi-mod pedal. All of this not sound very complicated to achieve, but my economy is not helping
even so, I know that good things are coming up
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:02 am
by Gone Fission
Guitar GAS kind of came and found me. I need to get a neck and install on the GarbagePailCaster body. Once that’s built, my old trash caster probably gets strung as a baritone-ish thing. Of course, I also need to finally do weirdo wiring and pickup configuration on that one.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:24 pm
by retinal orbita
Really enjoying my initial post where I said “oh I don’t really have any huge 2021 wants I’ll probably just sell some pedals” and it’s January 9th and I’ve already bought a Lost Ark PLL and ordered an envelope filter from reverb.....
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:51 pm
by Eivind August
That Lost Ark looks sick, though. Which envelope filter did you get?
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:21 pm
by retinal orbita
Eivind August wrote:That Lost Ark looks sick, though. Which envelope filter did you get?
It’s so great - I’m really happy with it! And I ordered a DOD 440, for $100 I couldn’t pass it up. I have always wanted one with simple simple controls like that one.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:27 pm
by Eivind August
Nice, the DOD has always looked great to me. The Ibanez AFL has also tickled my fancy.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:26 pm
by retinal orbita
Eivind August wrote:Nice, the DOD has always looked great to me. The Ibanez AFL has also tickled my fancy.
I’m really excited. They’ve always gone in the $200+ market used and are never sold new. I have flipped so many over the years and always wanted the simplicity (and green sparkle!!) of the DOD.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:24 am
by coldbrightsunlight
Those prices for a DOD 440 are blowing my mind. It's a solid envelope filter but wtf
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:12 am
by Gone Fission
Dang. I guess I should have bought one or two at $40 for flips. Except I hate envelope filters, largely because the DOD/Digi one my brother had in the mid 90s.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:29 am
by coldbrightsunlight
Adding to my list..... baritone, probably 7 string. And I'll flip the bass VI to help fund it - bass VI tuned to A is fun but the scale is too long.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:32 am
by goroth
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Those prices for a DOD 440 are blowing my mind. It's a solid envelope filter but wtf
It's not great.
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:50 am
by coldbrightsunlight
I don't think they're bad
there are better options though except when they used to cost $40 or something
Re: we survived, so now what? GEAR GOALS 2021
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:01 am
by goroth
I had one and it was alright. Not in the good sense of alright. Just... alright.