Black Ice, and other gizmos

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Sun May 20, 2007 12:58 am

Anybody have one of these Black Ice Overdrives in their guitar, or ever heard one? Seemed like a nice idea, so I ordered one, but I haven't been able to find any sound samples yet...
I'd also be inerested in hearing about this Musitech Preamp,or the EMG Afterburner.
Nomally, on board fx don't really appeal to me, but I've been re-thinking - having overdrive and/or boost at the fingertips, independent of an amp
or pedal, could be very cool... If anybody has experience with these, or any similar gizmos, I'd love to hear about it! Thanks.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Sun May 20, 2007 2:38 am

hahahaha! kerry king of slayer uses an afterburner. it basically puts your tone through a giant shit-funnel and proceeds to blenderize that. IT RAWKS!

also: you should get one of these:

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:51 am

Mo Rocca wrote:hahahaha! kerry king of slayer uses an afterburner. it basically puts your tone through a giant shit-funnel and proceeds to blenderize that. IT RAWKS!

also: you should get one of these:

I'm not familiar with Kerry King - by "shit-funnel" I assume you mean it sounds bad? I really don't want an EMG anything in any of my guitars, but if it worked, I'd give it a try.
The passive black ice seems cooler, tho there's no boost...

That Epi looks like it only has one pickup, what the heck do all them switches and knobbies do!?

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 20, 2007 10:24 am

I'm not really a fan of this black ice stuff. junking a transistor and crap into your guitar isn;t going to give you a nice overdrive sound, just buy a pedal. Even a Dano FAB Overdrive will sound better (and they are actually pretty awesome).

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Sun May 20, 2007 2:59 pm

Mike wrote:I'm not really a fan of this black ice stuff. junking a transistor and crap into your guitar isn;t going to give you a nice overdrive sound, just buy a pedal. Even a Dano FAB Overdrive will sound better (and they are actually pretty awesome).

Thanks Mike, thing is, I have pedals. I'm interested in finding out about the types of gizmos I posted about, i.e. things
that go into the guitar directly. Anyone?

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 20, 2007 3:03 pm

Noone here has any experience - this topic has been trodded before.

Why don't you just try it out - it can't be that expensive?

James · Post by **James** » Sun May 20, 2007 3:08 pm

I was under the impression he's bought one, and is waiting for it to arrive in the post.

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Sun May 20, 2007 3:15 pm

Yes, I ordered one - just wondering if anyone had any experience with them, or anything silmilar.
I'll post sounds when I get it installed. May be a while though...

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 20, 2007 3:21 pm

bob wrote:I was under the impression he's bought one, and is waiting for it to arrive in the post.

Oh sorry, I fell asleep halfway through the post. I find this Black Ice stuff a little meh to be honest.

James · Post by **James** » Sun May 20, 2007 3:25 pm

Mike wrote:
bob wrote:I was under the impression he's bought one, and is waiting for it to arrive in the post.
Oh sorry, I fell asleep halfway through the post. I find this Black Ice stuff a little meh to be honest.

Aye, I'm the same

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Sun May 20, 2007 5:18 pm

bob wrote:
Mike wrote:
bob wrote:I was under the impression he's bought one, and is waiting for it to arrive in the post.
Oh sorry, I fell asleep halfway through the post. I find this Black Ice stuff a little meh to be honest.
Aye, I'm the same

If the topic doesn't interest you, why respond?

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 20, 2007 5:43 pm

Oh don't you dare

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Sun May 20, 2007 6:01 pm

that epiphone has all the amp settings on the guitar. an "epiphone professional"

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:27 pm

Mo Rocca wrote:that epiphone has all the amp settings on the guitar. an "epiphone professional"

right, but you need the accompanying amp, and it has no controls on it except the mains switch, so you can't use another guitar with it. and the guitar is boring without the amp.