glitchy/weirdo pedals

rich · Post by **rich** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:40 am

yo folks. i'm trying to find some weird pedals for weird guitar sounds... like when a fuzz goes way off the deep end or your laptop meets the microwave. the more fucked, the better. i've never ventured too far out of od/delay land when it comes to pedals, but i'm trying to take it into the unknown. got a lot of recording to do and i think a take of something interesting here and there will be way better than 3 guitar tracks all playing the same thing. suggestions? youtube demos? i don't even know where to start. thanks!

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:06 am

http://www.dwarfcraft.com/pedals

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:16 am

Subdecay Proteus. Amazing pedal, can't stop playing with it.

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weed_killer · Post by **weed_killer** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:06 pm

MXR Blue Box.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:54 pm

Unless you want to get above unity gain.

rich · Post by **rich** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:17 pm

dwarfcraft has so much stuff. what's squeals the loudest and glitches the fuckest out? that proteus seems cool. i especially like the last setting in the demo. the blue box is cool and all, but i don't think an octave is what i need. one of my favorite tones comes out of my battery-powered orange amp when the battery is almost dead... if that helps. this thing looks kind of neat:

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:22 pm

The Great Destroyer is my glitchy-est. The Shiva can do some of that too, but it's a more familiar/organic kind of sound.

rich · Post by **rich** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:34 pm

just watching a great destroyer demo no youtube right now and it's awesome! i can't believe how much you can get out of those few knobs. i think i'm gonna try and pick one up once i recover from the recent musicmaster purchase.

i see you're in eau claire, too. do you happen to know the deyarmond edison/megafaun/etc dudes? i love those guys.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:35 pm

subdecay has some really cool synth and filter stuff.
But if you want something with dirt go dwarfcraft. TGD is awesome. The shiva is more predictable, and does some cool noises, but has a dirt pedal isn't has much fun has TGD.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:41 pm

a fuzz factory will do some mental stuff.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:50 pm

rich wrote:
i see you're in eau claire, too. do you happen to know the deyarmond edison/megafaun/etc dudes? i love those guys.

Hell yeah, went to school with Justin. Brad from Megafaun is on my bands last album. working on a pedal for/with Justin.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:58 pm

the great destroyer is the coolest pedal I have ever played.

Zack · Post by **Zack** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:16 pm

Midfi clarinot is also pretty sweet imo.
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There are probably some better sounding videos out there but i think it gives you the right idea. I had a clone of one for a minute, i loved playing pinch harmonics through it to make my guitar sound like a cat. All the glitchyness is based on how heavy or light you're strumming yr strings, i know that there is a specific term for this but it's escaping me (a player's attack?).

rich · Post by **rich** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:55 pm

looks like all things are coming up the great destroyer. it's on my list. that clarinot is doing some killer shit in the end of that video. i'm gonna have to look into one of those, too.

aen, nice! i haven't seen justin in a long ass time, but i always love running into the other guys. we used to be next door neighbors, and brad and i used to hang pretty regularly. what did brad do on your band's record? he's doing some laptop stuff opening for the field in raleigh tonight, and i'd loooove to go, but i've got to play another show in another city. oh, and i just remembered that brad and phil recorded my old band's 7". small world.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:00 pm

Yeah, it is crazy, but I hear raleigh is a great music town.

Brad played upright on

Medicine Melancholy · Post by **Medicine Melancholy** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:44 am

Soda Meiser w/ Chaos switch.

Stacking fuzzes can be really good. I love the Pod HD500 for this. You could probably get a second hand M9 for not much more than some of the Boutique fuzzes, so if you don't mind Digital shit it's an idea.

aen · Post by **aen** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:46 am

OH FUCK DIDNT SEE YOU WERE ON HERE.

*edit*
But a good idea. Synth Mangler has 2 Soda Meisers. However, they are not reliable. Sometimes they just hiss, sometimes they scream and chirp and fart. In the same setting.

rich · Post by **rich** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:41 pm

aen wrote:Yeah, it is crazy, but I hear raleigh is a great music town.

Brad played upright on

very cool!

medicine, i'll check that stuff out. thanks a ton.

rich · Post by **rich** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:31 pm

would the great destroyer kit be a good idea for somebody who has never built a pedal and isn't 100-percent comfortable with a soldering iron?

Ben79 · Post by **Ben79** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:12 am

Ring modulator? I can recommend the EHX Frequency Analyzer, though mine's an old one, new ones probably sound exactly the same. I wish there was an expression pedal out on the frequency control so I could modulate it as on the Snarling Dogs Mold Spore.