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I managed to snag one PastFX pedal before the whole doggie incident and it showed up Monday. I plugged it in for 5 minutes yesterday but haven't really felt like playing much the past few days, but I could tell right away it was exactly what I was looking for.
It was made to recreate Gilmour's '94 Civil War Big Muff tone and after spending a whopping 5 more minutes dialing it in tonight I was right in the ballpark. This is going into a Hiwatt model in the Fractal with every knob at 5. Gilmour was just using the Hiwatts' power sections on this tour, so I figured this would be a fairly neutral spot to keep it at.
Using the Freqout for the feedback and everything else is in the AxeFX.
When I've messed around with other pedals aimed in this direction (Mojohand Iron Bell) or even trying to do it up in Fractal land, it's always been a battle of getting the right top/bottom end while retaining that fuzz character, this pedal definitely resolves those issues with the B/M/T and mid boost/cut switch. It can be as equally fat as it is cutting instead of one or the other.
Hitting those divebombs on that "Sorrow" intro, with the rotary cabs swirling in, just a giant smile on my face. I really can't wait to explore this pedal some more. An awesome benefit of going down the Gilmour/EJ hole in the last few years is that tones I love for myself have falllen out somewhere along the way. The Dover Drives got me loving the half distortion/half fuzz aspect of them more than the EJ thing and I'm getting giddy thinking about this Patriarch into a loud ass amp because I can just imagine the balls it packs. I need to start writing music utilizing these tones!
It was made to recreate Gilmour's '94 Civil War Big Muff tone and after spending a whopping 5 more minutes dialing it in tonight I was right in the ballpark. This is going into a Hiwatt model in the Fractal with every knob at 5. Gilmour was just using the Hiwatts' power sections on this tour, so I figured this would be a fairly neutral spot to keep it at.
Using the Freqout for the feedback and everything else is in the AxeFX.
When I've messed around with other pedals aimed in this direction (Mojohand Iron Bell) or even trying to do it up in Fractal land, it's always been a battle of getting the right top/bottom end while retaining that fuzz character, this pedal definitely resolves those issues with the B/M/T and mid boost/cut switch. It can be as equally fat as it is cutting instead of one or the other.
Hitting those divebombs on that "Sorrow" intro, with the rotary cabs swirling in, just a giant smile on my face. I really can't wait to explore this pedal some more. An awesome benefit of going down the Gilmour/EJ hole in the last few years is that tones I love for myself have falllen out somewhere along the way. The Dover Drives got me loving the half distortion/half fuzz aspect of them more than the EJ thing and I'm getting giddy thinking about this Patriarch into a loud ass amp because I can just imagine the balls it packs. I need to start writing music utilizing these tones!
