I went a little crazy with new pedals: Day 1

[metropolis_4]

I just blew my Jan gig money on 12 new pedals

They’re all arriving at various times so thought I’d post in one thread as they come in.

Day 1 new arrivals:

OBNE Fault V2

This is the big story for me here. I’ve been using a NOTAKLON on my big board and I keep thinking “I wish I could dial in a little more low end with my Strat”, and “I wish I could toggle between two gain settings.

Enter the Fault. It seemed like it might be a good replacement that would give me those two things and so far it does not disappoint!

I hate Klons for standalone drive, I only like them to boost another drive (or amp) harder. So far the Fault has been excellent for this! I love having 3 band EQ and the extra boost from Gain 2 is just perfect. The only downside is how close those bottom knobs are to the footswitches… I’m a little worried about that in the heat or battle, but we’ll see.

OBNE Sunlight

I got this because in theory it seemed like a better fit than the Dark Star on my board. Sadly this was a bad choice. Like the Dark Star it’s amazing for big ambient pads, but it’s incapable of anything more subtle than that. I might keep it around to throw in the board for gigs that call for that sort of thing, but It’s probably going to go.

EHX Small Clone

This I got for nostalgia. I need a chorus on my small electric board so I thought I’d go with something fun. I had one of these on my main gigging board forever and this new one sounds just how I remember. For $60 it feels like a steal!

I was a huge Kurt fan back in the day, but I actually didn’t even know he used a Small Clone back when I got mine! It was just what I found at my local shop when I went to buy a chorus and I liked the look of it. Back then I had no idea what anyone used unless there was something about it in Guitar World, haha

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I do love the small clone

 

[FuzzyAce]

Small clone is fun, I still have one. A little noisy but that's part of the tone... and charm.

 

[la szum]

Nice haul, Met. I look forward to spectating on this thread.


I do get a dash of humour from such a staunch "traditionalist" needing an Overdrive with sliders,
toggles, knobs, and footswitches. Hmmmmm.......





Tread carefully!!! :)

 

[dronerstone]

Coulda bought a shitload of B-turds with all that cash!

Also, next time you're buying so many pedals, be sure to post generic pics grabbed from random Webshops instead of "real" photos of your pedals.

Btw, the three of them look lovely together!

Stoked to see the 9 others trickling in.

 

[metropolis_4]

Nice haul, Met. I look forward to spectating on this thread.


I do get a dash of humour from such a staunch "traditionalist" needing an Overdrive with sliders,
toggles, knobs, and footswitches. Hmmmmm.......





Tread carefully!!! :)

I am traditionalist in a lot of ways, but I’m not entirely traditionalist when it comes to pedals. I also really enjoy experimental, and things that allow you to explore different textures and sounds. I often like using unconventional approaches to get unique textures.

I’ve got some Indy/Alternative/Avant Garde roots in me you guys don’t know about, and pedals tend to draw out that side of my inner guitarist.