NPD: Afterneath
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:41 pm
Thanks to my braux Eivind, I am now in the possession of a perfect condition EQD Afterneath:)
Been lusting for this one ever since it came out, and even more so since I saw the Nick Reinhart's demo. Seemed like the perfect way to escape from the cliché verb sounds I was getting from the digital reverb pedals I tried. Really nice reverb pedals that is, but they were just too clean and predictable, and what I wanted was kind of a cross between delay and reverb. Which basically describes the Afterneath, for those who aren't familiar with this particular Earthquaker peddle
Haven't spend enough time with it to be sure, but my first impression: It's not too versatile. Despite all those controls, it's like there's one basic sound that can be slightly tweaked. No problem for me personally, I got it for one specific set of sounds, and don't need more than what the controls offer me.
Due to money and board real estate limitations, I hoped it could replace the little need I have for a more conservative reverb. And for what I need, It can get close enough to washy hall/plate reverb type sounds. But contrary to a regular digital reverb, this one's incapable of sounding cheesy or cliché, like the sort of boring church reverb you're used to hearing on 80s balads or mediocre explosion in the sky rip off bands. Which is still always very useable for a wide type of genres and styles, but imo a classic smooth sounding digital reverb is rarely original, interesting or inspiring
This, plus my vox's reverb, should give me all the reverb I need, and more.
It's just perfect for the messy smeared out ambient shit I was hoping to get out of it, especially with a dirt pedal in front. I had at least three alternatives in the category of cavernious reverb pedals, and none of them answered to all these criteria:
-Compact, and with top mount jacks, super pedalboard friendly
-Dispite the above, no lack of knobs/tweakability, maximum control over all the parameters I'd want to tinker with.
-Relatively affordable.
Been lusting for this one ever since it came out, and even more so since I saw the Nick Reinhart's demo. Seemed like the perfect way to escape from the cliché verb sounds I was getting from the digital reverb pedals I tried. Really nice reverb pedals that is, but they were just too clean and predictable, and what I wanted was kind of a cross between delay and reverb. Which basically describes the Afterneath, for those who aren't familiar with this particular Earthquaker peddle
Haven't spend enough time with it to be sure, but my first impression: It's not too versatile. Despite all those controls, it's like there's one basic sound that can be slightly tweaked. No problem for me personally, I got it for one specific set of sounds, and don't need more than what the controls offer me.
Due to money and board real estate limitations, I hoped it could replace the little need I have for a more conservative reverb. And for what I need, It can get close enough to washy hall/plate reverb type sounds. But contrary to a regular digital reverb, this one's incapable of sounding cheesy or cliché, like the sort of boring church reverb you're used to hearing on 80s balads or mediocre explosion in the sky rip off bands. Which is still always very useable for a wide type of genres and styles, but imo a classic smooth sounding digital reverb is rarely original, interesting or inspiring
This, plus my vox's reverb, should give me all the reverb I need, and more.
It's just perfect for the messy smeared out ambient shit I was hoping to get out of it, especially with a dirt pedal in front. I had at least three alternatives in the category of cavernious reverb pedals, and none of them answered to all these criteria:
-Compact, and with top mount jacks, super pedalboard friendly
-Dispite the above, no lack of knobs/tweakability, maximum control over all the parameters I'd want to tinker with.
-Relatively affordable.