Cool New Gear release blog I found

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:19 am

http://www.musicgadgets.net/

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:22 am

haha:

http://www.musicgadgets.net/2007/03/29/ ... ts-pedals/

Whack a TC Electronics Vocal correct in between you and the PA and keep your singing in tune. Jaysus what a copout.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:25 am

Andy buy this. Listen to the sample - it's all you baby.

http://www.indyguitarist.com/plextortion.htm

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:29 am

Mike, you should be the official demoer of every pedal ever. I can't stand listening to guitar demos of hillbilly Americans playing classic rock on distortion pedals, it really doesn't give a very good feel for what the pedal can actually do. At all.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:32 am

Well you're very kind but I'd say that everyone here that has made a demo has a better style than your "canned demo" Gearwire type stuff. I love the fact that we have a load of people who are all willing to make samples and demos and stuff whenever they get new gear so people can hear what stuff really suonds like with a real setup and recorded in the way most people have access to (DI or simple bedroom volume cab micing).

I think we're "Gonzo-demoers". And long may it continue.
I love making samples, I'm glad people like 'em - that's all it takes to motivate me to do them.

And that job "official demoer of every pedal ever" would be more than a dream. I'd work late every night and be first in everyday. Can we extend it to amps too?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:35 am

Mike wrote:And that job "official demoer of every pedal ever" would be more than a dream. I'd work late every night and be first in everyday. Can we extend it to amps too?

That would be the best job ever.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:41 am

Mike wrote:Well you're very kind but I'd say that everyone here that has made a demo has a better style than your "canned demo" Gearwire type stuff. I love the fact that we have a load of people who are all willing to make samples and demos and stuff whenever they get new gear so people can hear what stuff really suonds like with a real setup and recorded in the way most people have access to (DI or simple bedroom volume cab micing).

I think we're "Gonzo-demoers". And long may it continue.
I love making samples, I'm glad people like 'em - that's all it takes to motivate me to do them.

And that job "official demoer of every pedal ever" would be more than a dream. I'd work late every night and be first in everyday. Can we extend it to amps too?

Well, I used you as an example as most of the stuff you play on your demos is indie style stuff and the occasional other song where we can relate the tone to (like, Nirvana stuff ocasionally, woo!). I'm not sure how many people agree with me, but that's the kinda sound I like and the sort of thing I play so it's something that I'd look for in a pedal/amp myself.

When these sites review pedals it's always the same shredding/classic rock wankery which is useless because I'm pretty sure every distortion pedal turned about 7 will sound almost identical when you're soloing like that. The different is in how they sound on those lower settings, that's what really seems to set pedals apart from each other.

And most importantly, it's more fun when somebody comments all the way through rather than say "OK, HERE IT IS UP TO 10 MAN" and then they wank for a while and that's it.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:44 am

Personally I think that shredding and wanking is a really flawed way of demoing a pedal.

I think simple chording actually shows you a lot more in terms of clarity and the frequency response of the thing, aswell as where the gain is focussed.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:24 am

Mike wrote:haha:

http://www.musicgadgets.net/2007/03/29/ ... ts-pedals/

Whack a TC Electronics Vocal correct in between you and the PA and keep your singing in tune. Jaysus what a copout.

omfg...i got GAS for the VoiceTone Correct pedal!!

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:13 pm

We should have a demo thread stickied here, with little or no banter, just demos that people have done. An archive of gear stuff.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:16 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:We should have a demo thread stickied here, with little or no banter, just demos that people have done. An archive of gear stuff.

Good idea.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:40 pm

A lot of the links have expired but I guess we could all mediafire them up again? Harry said that those links stay forever?

Tweez · Post by **Tweez** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:49 pm

I use esnips a fair bit, that's probably worth trying, you can make a folder album of all the files you make that way. On esnips you can stream online too www.esnips.com

Post by **Mike** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:53 pm

OK, I'll add this info to the thread

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:01 pm

nice 'un.