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Hello!

So many choices out there.

I've been looking for pedals similar to The Bad Comrade. Looking to add something strange (by my standards) to my board.

Also looking for something along the lines of shimmer on a budget (except the Behringer Reverb Machine--never survives on my board).

Looking at all possible suggestions. I know you guys are more connected to what goes on in the pedal world. I haven't been keeping up as much as I want.

Thanks!

I've never played anything like the Bad Comrade. With the stutter switch turned on, playing really high up and going nuts on the freeze button whilst the other foot does an expression pedal makes it genuinely sound like it's about to blow up. Or at least start smoking or something. It's the most broken sounding thing I've ever played and I love it. I'd recommend checking out UGs and UCs Seppuku demos for stuff I feel can sound kind of similar.

MWFX Judder
MWFX Glitch
Hexe Revolver II and DT
Masf Possessed
Masf Raptio
Seppuku Memory Loss
Seppuku Ecco Mod
Seppuku Kompakt Kassette
Montreal Assembly Count to Five
Red Panda particle

never heard that particular pedal but i've got all the above and they are pretty unique variations in the glitchy/slicey camp.

can you get a Bad Comrade and make a demo for us, UG?

i'll have to look into it. been trying to stop buying pedlols

Uncle Grandfather wrote:i'll have to look into it. been trying to stop buying pedlols

If you're worried you have too many, just send them my way for long term storage.

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The Mad Owl wrote:I've been looking for pedals similar to The Bad Comrade. Looking to add something strange (by my standards) to my board.

I had to search to figure out what that is. Sounds like a Noise Ensemble (DIY PT2399 fuzz/delay/chorus/chaos, and dead simple to build), but tweaked to do more obvious glitch things--freeze has gotta be delay feedback cranked up and it looks like expression control of delay time, though I'd have to watch a few more times to have a theory on the stutter switch. Seppuku may be the closest zone of PT2399 abuse, though Mid-Fi is definitely an original zen master in the art.

I don't think anyone has answered the shimmer reverb question yet. You could probably just do a search, but I'll throw the mooer shimverb pro out there. It has some cool extra features.

https://reverb.com/item/1316234-mooer-s ... gQodBNcMQg

aholidayatthesea wrote:I don't think anyone has answered the shimmer reverb question yet. You could probably just do a search, but I'll throw the mooer shimverb pro out there. It has some cool extra features.

https://reverb.com/item/1316234-mooer-s ... gQodBNcMQg

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Whoops haha nevermind then.

I guess save up for a polara or supernatural?

To be fair, I'm not sure anyone at ILF has played the Shimverb pro and shared their opinion. If I was focused on shimmer on the cheapz, I'd just look at the Zoom MS-100BT and MS-70CDR. Their shimmer modes shoot at the Strymon Blue Sky and the Ice Delay setting from the Timeline. The first is good, the second is pretty fucking stunning.

(Fun trick to know--as with octave-up fuzz, shimmer patches react to your tone knob settings. It's like why flat wound 12-string sets have clearer octaves because the lower strings in the courses don't compete with buzzy harmonic haze. So the octave-up stuff stands out more when you roll off your treble. Try rolling the sucker around and find some shades of sounds that are accessible in realtime and that you don't have to adjust the pedal to get at.)

Wow, thanks for your suggestions!!!!

I've been pretty sold on the Bad Comrade, but I wanted to check out other ideas!!!!

I'll definitely look into these!

Keep in mind Bad Comrade is a fuzz, first and foremost. It can't do quiet. It can only go from sputtery fuzz to full on squeeling explodey meltdown. Most of the other pedals mentioned here can be used in more subtle situations.