Tape over effects names?

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:30 am

Doog wrote:
Mr Mustache wrote:melt banana is very........

yeah

something
Awesome?

haha, reminds me of Jack Black talking about Jesus & Mary Chain in High Fidelity

"Oh yeah, i listened to it... I thought it was kinda--"
"AWESOME? YEAH! THEY'RE AWESOME, AND THEY PICKED UP WHERE YOUR PRECIOUS 'ECHO' LEFT OFF!"

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:49 pm

i wouldnt put tape on pedals, unless it was that reflector typa stuff, so you could see the switch when its TEH DARKZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz before the RAWK starts up.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:55 am

Except anything reflecting stagelights off the pedal would make it even harder to see the "ROCK IS ON " light, lolz.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:56 am

Hopefully you'd be able to tell by ear if a pedal is on. If not, you gotta turn the leftmost knob on that DS-1 a little higher.

sueisfine · Post by **sueisfine** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:03 am

Ive put tape on pedals before mainly my polychorus, not to hide what the pedal is, because really I cant see anyone giving a shit what pedals i use. I just put tape there so i could mark my settings down.

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:40 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:Hopefully you'd be able to tell by ear if a pedal is on. If not, you gotta turn the leftmost knob on that DS-1 a little higher.

untr00 actually. not all pedals have led indicators.

a.aaron · Post by **a.aaron** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:36 am

he's saying no pedal should need an LED, just use your ears (listen!) to tell if its on or not.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:41 am

a.aaron wrote:he's saying no pedal should need an LED, just use your ears (listen!) to tell if its on or not.

Exactly. I have no idea how that got twisted.

Post by **Doog** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:05 pm

No LEDS = shit in a live scenario unless you wanna look like a n00b checking what FX are on before each song..

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:34 pm

Interesting thread. Personally, I wouldn't tape over effects cause it's hardly any great secret. That guy Euan talked about sounds like a knob. "I'M GETTING WEIRD SOUNDS BY USING EFFECTS PEDALS."

As well as that, if Iwas out to impress somebody, or if I was worried about how people watching me percieved my techincal ability with regards effects and setup, I think I would rather they knew what I was using, and the limitations of the setup.

Oh, and Omar can do what he likes. If he told me he taped up his pedals to make them sound better, I would believe him.

euan · Post by **euan** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:43 pm

Pauls probably hit it. The first time I probably got into effects was when I saw a band when I was fifteen. The guy ended a song by doing some crazy pitchshifting effect and all I could see him doing was twisting knobs.

This was back when all I really knew was power chords and if you distorted your guitar it sounded good. I went up to the guitarist after the gig and asked him about it and he told me about using a delay to pitchshift.

Personally if a kid came up to me and asked how I got a sound I'd be loving it.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:29 pm

euan wrote: Personally if a kid came up to me and asked how I got a sound I'd be loving it.

What with imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, an' that.

euan · Post by **euan** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:33 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:
euan wrote: Personally if a kid came up to me and asked how I got a sound I'd be loving it.
What with imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, an' that.

Nah it's more that I love talking about gear. I'm the kind of person that will talk about the differences in sound and feel of a Strat with a blocked vibrato and a hard tail. When I find someone who knows what I'm talking about it always is fun.

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:54 pm

Doog wrote:No LEDS = shit in a live scenario unless you wanna look like a n00b checking what FX are on before each song..

point i was making. DOOG FTW!

Post by **Mike** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:53 pm

Personally I think taping up effects pedals (especially such ubiquituous pedals as the Boss series and a cocking Fulldrive) is extremely pretentious and lame.