Musical Filler…Like Delay!
- Danny Glover just yelled into the dark cavern where the alien trying to kill him is, ‘Where are you?’ Good thinking, Danny.
- I turned the beat around today whilst trying to switch lyrics and say something to get the congregation involved. Pretty much the worst thing you can do while leading. Luckily our drummer today is one of those drummers who is so steady that he doesn’t have to keep time…time adheres itself to his beat. I was ready to just laugh it off and say something about it into the mic, and then it was like, ‘Hey, we’re back!’ Guitarists, worship leaders, frontmen…you are nothing without the drummer. Or maybe just those of you who are like me and can’t figure out how to talk and play at the same time. Possibly only me. hehe
- Having a love affair with strats all over again. So…straty! There’s no other word to describe it.
- Can I just pretend I invented shimmer and dotted eighths?
- Yes.
- You are not God’s gift to worship music.
- And that’s not to say that I am…in fact, sometimes I think things would run far more smoothly without me. Things like worship…music…life…maybe even this blog.
- Who wants a blog? Trade ya two delay’s for it. hehe
- Ok, ok……I ran across Predator 2 on AMC and just really wanted to write the Danny Glover thing. The rest was just off the top of my head to fill up the post. Not sure how that really makes it any different from any other post, but…
- Probably time for a real post sometime soon here. And by ‘real’, I of course mean one with lots of photos of the awkward facial expressions Nicolas Cage calls ‘acting.’ Hey! He so should’ve been in Predator 2…
Splendid.
Karl.
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#2 written by Mark H 2 years ago
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#4 written by Kevin 2 years ago
So glad to hear you are in love with your strat again. Warms my heart… a festivus miracle. I’ve played just about every strat model I can get my hands on and I’ve found the best tone comes from the John Mayer model. Those pickups are just sick. Huge fat sounds… such great tone before you put your fingers on it and/or choose a pick. What you do afterward, however, may enhance or suck the tone right out of it. Depends whether you have your suck knob turned up or down.
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Yeah, there is something about affordable guitars… I play guitar a lot (everyday and perform every week…), but I don’t have expensive stuff. You don’t need all of that to be a great player. I have gotten incredible tone out of my $83 knock-off strat,$40 12-watt esteban amp, and pedalboard- http://bigb94.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/5283416-pedal-board-and-gear-update-(now this has a little bit more in it.
)But it’s true… if you spend time with cheap gear, you really get some good stuff out of it.
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#8 written by Nater2 2 years ago
Okay, so on the subject of delay(when are we not?) I just have to share this pedal
http://dmbpedals.com/lunar-echo/
Best sounding analog delay I’ve heard. I will probably get one sometime. I also know the guy who makes these and he’s really great.
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#10 written by Craig 2 years ago
A couple of random comments.
The board is “finished” I can’t wait to get out and play through it.
Any thoughts on placement of a volume pedal and tuner. I have been running tuner-vol-board, but I will probably end up putting one or the other at the back end of the chain. I am thinking tuner-board-vol, but am open to comments.
BTW fuzz may be my new favorite pedal.
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Ya!! Another fuzz convert! haha Isn’t it just so rad? Which one did you land on?
And what tuner is it? If it has a buffer, I’d go tuner–>od’s–>volume pedal–>delays and modulations–>amp. With the volume pedal pre-od, the od’s will react differently depending on how much signal you feed into them. With the volume post-effects, the delays won’t ‘hear’ the throw of the volume pedal. So, for me, putting it in the middle is the perfect place.
If you’re going to use the volume pedal more as the volume knob on your guitar and literally use it as your distortion and overdrive pedals, then first in the chain right after the tuner is a good spot.
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In case you missed this, new video of Bono and the Edge working on Spiderman music. It sounds like the guitarist is using delay!
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7097039n-
#14 written by Adam Palmer 2 years ago
Look up the band “Carney”. Reeve Carney, who plays Spiderman, has one of the most impressive voices i’ve ever heard. He also used to play rhythm guitar in Jonny Lang’s band. Zane Carney, Reeve’s brother, is just a flippin awesome guitarist. He’s most likely who you’re hearing. I met him at NAMM in January. Really cool guy. Expect to hear big things about these brothers.
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Dan, that was awesome!! Thanks!
Director: ‘We need to make it longer.’
Bono: ‘Or just make it better.’
Classic. I really liked that duet song that Bono was singing. The one before that sounded a little cliche. But the show itself seems pretty rad…I really like theatre, though.
Should we organize a U2 fan trip to New York? hehe-
I’m not into theatre but I would love to check out that show. I like that their normal everyday outfits are the same as their stage clothes.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20023809-10391709.html
Can you imagine telling your team that it sounds too “brown” ?
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#18 written by Craig 2 years ago
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Craig–you and your JHS pedals.
hehehe But seriously, I’m glad they have you for an advocate, and I hope they get big and well-known!As for the volume pedal, if you’re just using it for swells and can’t wire it into the middle of your board, I’d go tuner–>volume pedal–>board. That way the delays will ‘hear’ the swell of the volume pedal and you’ll get much better ambience. If you put it after, you’ll only be swelling a staccato long delay, which doesn’t sound very good usually.
Sal–+1! Oh, and I played with a prodigy of yours last night.
I was like, ‘I know that amp!’Rhoy–lol Green is good!
Cam–sorry bro, I don’t know of any. Anyone else?
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#24 written by Dan W 2 years ago
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#26 written by Craig 2 years ago
Karl,
That’s what happens when you make high quality good sounding pedals for a reasonable price. People get hooked
Josh and I talked about the whole boutique/mass produced thing and it sounds like he wants to stay small enough that they can still hand build everything. It was an interesting conversation. Although I also hope they get at least well known enough to stay around for a long time. You need to keep an eye out for the new White Panther delay when it comes out, it looks like it will be pretty cool.
Thanks for the Vol pedal advice, I’ll probably keep it in front.
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#28 written by Craig 2 years ago
Brandon,
I haven’t tried the Ghost Drive, and don’t see it on their website. They name a lot of their mods so it could be something modified.
I can recommend the Double Barrel OD (1/2 transparent OD 1/2 TS808), the Angry Charlie, and the both the Mini Foot and the Pollinator Fuzz. All of the above are great.
Josh is good at answering e mails so drop him a line if you want more info.
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#31 written by Craig 2 years ago
The Pollinator is their Germanium which is pretty vintage sounding (I think it’s a Fuzz Face circuit).
The Astro Mess is the extreme modern fuzz.
The Mini Foot covers some overlapping territory in between.
They also have the Bun Runner (the Drew Shirley fuzz) that combines two of them. JHS Fuzz is all over the latest Switchfoot CD for a reference. They also have some nice clips on their site.
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#34 written by Nater2 2 years ago
Yea, I will be getting a volume pedal soon. Every time I’ve used a volume pedal I put it in the very front but I will have to experiment with it after the overdrive. FYI, I keep my tuner at the end because I like to be able to hit a pedal and no matter what be able to mute my whole pedal board. I guess it’s just a safe guard in case I hit a flat 2
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Dan–absolutely! I try to do the same with my stage clothes.
Although I am half Bono’s age and still do not unzip my shirt that low. heheBen G & Dan–I was talking with a producer one time (small potatoes…this wasn’t Brian Eno or anything), who said he just recorded a band in which the drummer asked him to make the kick sound more purple. He said he turned a couple random knobs and the drummer said, ‘Perfect.’
Brandon–cool! As for me? Both Top Gear and Home Improvement were on today. All in all, that’s a brilliant day.
Nater2–I like the killswitch idea!!
Brandon–plus in the event of an apocalypse, not only will the FV500 still be intact, but you can also use it as a weapon to bludgeon prospective food. That thing’s a beast.
Scott–’Sultan of Shimmer.’ Good form to you, sir. I have a new goal in life.
Sal–sweet! Ya, just something about strats…
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#39 written by Ben G 2 years ago
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I haven’t heard the color stuff before but maybe it is more descriptive than using a bunch of adjectives or references to bands that not many people on the team listen to.
Karl – what do you think about US Top Gear? maybe it deserves its own blog post?
the chemistry on the original Top Gear is going to be hard to duplicate.
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Haha! love your comment- @plus in the event of an apocalypse, not only will the FV500 still be intact, but you can also use it as a weapon to bludgeon prospective food. That thing’s a beast.
*Yes, it is a beast. I don’t have a lot fo pedals so it goes well on my board. People (who don’t know much about gear) are always coming up saying to me that it is HUGE! haha. Because it is so huge, it is easy to keep your foot on it. Other than the cons of the size, it is incredible! Have you tried it?
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Ben G–haha I actually feel like I understand purple! It’s like a warm sound, but slightly sweet, and staunch enough to have a bit of a royal feel to it. hehe
Dan–I have to be completely honest; I have already judged Us Top Gear to suck even though I have yet to see an episode. Just the audacity to try to recreate the chemistry you mentioned between Jeremy, Richard, and James is unforgivable.
Craig–seriously. There is just something about the UK Top Gear. If it is on, I will watch it. It’s like I don’t have a choice.
Brandon–ya, it’s definitely one of their better ones. It and the FV300. Didn’t sound appreciably better to my humble ears than a standard Ernie Ball, though. Good throw, and for the money, definitely decent. I tend to prefer optical volume pedals, though.
Chris–comment of the day.
I love Downey Jr. running through the jungle at the beginning of Tropic Thunder making fun of lines exactly like that: ‘Want some?! Get some!’ and ‘Peekaboo! I see you!’ Classic satire on Hollywood. Marc–looks killer, my friend!!
And yes…I think Nigel is a very good guitar player, and a very humble fellow; but sometimes I feel like, ‘If I hear another guitarist say they don’t like something they’ve never heard simply because Nigel doesn’t have it…’
Because of course I never do that with a certain guitarist whose names I shall not mention.
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Marc and Karl, you should both know, the only guitars used in worship are Teles, Falcons and Doozeys.
I saw U2 on Wednesday (That’s Australian Wednesday, so probably American Tuesday) and it was the best experience of my life. There is one downside and that is it’s made me hate my tone. I was somewhat satisfied with my tone, but now it’s just sound bleh to me. On the other hand, I like my tone better than Jay Z’s guitarists tone.
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Go for it!! I’m still on a massive high from the night. The encore at the end was brilliant, I was afraid they weren’t going to play With or Without You, but it was the perfect song to end the night. It was also the first time I heard the particular version of Mercy they played, although, Bono did introduce is as a brand new song.
The craziest thing was, it was raining all afternoon really heavily, to the point that me and my friend bought $7 umbrellas in Melbourne beforehand. When we were lining up, thousands of people had ponchos. We got into the stadium and our umbrellas were confiscated, but once the concert started the rain stopped, and held out the entire night.
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Don’t worry… I have a hard time with talking and playing. I am getting beteer at it though. The best thing is to just keep working on it! I pretty much have it down now. Singing is different b/c it flows with the music, but make sure you talk while you play at different beat to the music. That is what I have done to get better at it!
Good luck!