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the isaac eaton wrote:

Doog wrote:Hahaha

"You'll have what you're given, young man. There's starving Matt Bellamy clones all over the world who would be glad of a PS-5!"

hahahah, I have always wondered why the whammy gets associated with Matt Bellamy, when he only uses it on one song. It should be more associated with jack white, or omar rodrigez lopez.

you've missed out tom morello out of the list. probably one of the players that uses it the most.


fantastic demo, doog. i love that pedal. plus there really so versatile.

Doog wrote:

Mike wrote:The problem with teh Whammy I think is that the treadle is right there, calling you. Making you tread on it and sound like an idiotface. I think the PS-5 makes you think a bit more about doing it RIGHT for the SONG rather than just for lols. Or maybe that's me perceiving something that isn't there. Anyways, I like how Doog uses it.

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I do use an expression pedal with it sometimes, but it works for me better as just an octaver most of the time.

what expression pedal do you recommend?

it's true what mike says about the whammy, that shit is addicted, i've made my bandmates stop playing during jams just to tell me to stop doing stupid noises with the whammy. It's a really fun pedal though

I use an Alesis F2, but I wouldn't recommend it- I had to hardwire a cable to the PCB because the jack fucked up, and the mechanism is slightly sprung and fucked up when I got it.

Bespeco make a load of half decent, lightweight and cheap exp pedals- just make sure you get the right one (they make loads of pot values and polarities), the one that'll work with Boss.. possible the VM19L. Or just go for the Boss one, I guess.

Just a quick demo update- brief close mic'd demo with bass.

LISTEN TO THAT LOW END BEING RETAINED!

FINE! YOU WANT INSTANT GRATIFICATION, YOU'VE GOT IT

haha it soudned badass to me but I got distracted when I went to reply

I love the mega-gained sound I did the Lightning Bolt riff with- it's pretty noisy, but if you're playing constantly, it's no prob.

haha yeah, it descends into madness at that point but it's definitely a unique sound.

Progrockabuse wrote:

hahahah, I have always wondered why the whammy gets associated with Matt Bellamy, when he only uses it on one song. It should be more associated with jack white, or omar rodrigez lopez.

you've missed out tom morello out of the list. probably one of the players that uses it the most.

+1

Lots of high-charting artists used it in the '90s, Dimebag Darrell and Billy Corgan did Digitech ads for the Whammy II, Jonny Greenwood used it on hit singles from both The Bends and OK Computer, Korn and Bizkit used them more than actually playing guitar, etc...

It's not associated with Bellamy at all in the States. If someone accused me of Bellamy-worship for using a Whammy I'd tell them to go circuit-bend themself.

To be honest, I don't know why I went with him, I have no idea if he's ever used one. Blame it on the boogie and/or imbecility.

Bump. Im so getting one of these when i have the monies but Doog what do you thing of that puslar pedal?
I've been after a good tremolo for while now (sold my ultra trem 'cause of the shite bypass)
but generally quite skeptical of most EHX products. How is it?

Noirie. wrote:Bump. Im so getting one of these when i have the monies but Doog what do you thing of that puslar pedal?
I've been after a good tremolo for while now (sold my ultra trem 'cause of the shite bypass)
but generally quite skeptical of most EHX products. How is it?

Zero problems with it, lots of sounds, goes beyond most trems. I'll knock you up a wee audio video demo now if you want- I just so happen to have everything plugged in.

Doog wrote:

Noirie. wrote:Bump. Im so getting one of these when i have the monies but Doog what do you thing of that puslar pedal?
I've been after a good tremolo for while now (sold my ultra trem 'cause of the shite bypass)
but generally quite skeptical of most EHX products. How is it?

Zero problems with it, lots of sounds, goes beyond most trems. I'll knock you up a wee audio video demo now if you want- I just so happen to have everything plugged in.

I would appreciate it if you did. Cheers.

I guess there is one "problem" with the pedal- the depth knob gets to "normal full depth" sounds at 2 o'clock-ish- beyond that, it does some kooky inverse-phase-polyrhythm stuff.

While this is cool, it can make dialling in proper on/off choppy square wave sounds difficult. And even then, there's a tiny bit of fuzz in the "off" stage, as you'll hear. It's not really a problem in a live band situation though, or if you're running it with a distortion most of the time.

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Cheers for that!

I do like this actually, will be looking into getting one. Just a quick question: It doesn't have that weird background noise when engaged with dirt pedals?
theres also dude in greenford selling one which isn't too far away from me.
For £40 not too far off store price though.

Noirie. wrote:Just a quick question: It doesn't have that weird background noise when engaged with dirt pedals?

I mean it'll just be less noticeable with a dirt pedal running before it, since you'll be hearing distorted guitar anyway. It's basically only really happens when you're strumming loudly in the "gaps", sounds like it's clipping something in the pedal a bit. Can do a quick mp3 with a dirt pedal if you like.

If you mainly want truly "on/off" tremolo killswitch effect where off is PROPER OFF NO SOUND AT ALL, maybe look elsewhere. The Pulsar gets very close, but not quite.

Doog wrote:

Noirie. wrote:Just a quick question: It doesn't have that weird background noise when engaged with dirt pedals?

I mean it'll just be less noticeable with a dirt pedal running before it, since you'll be hearing distorted guitar anyway. It's basically only really happens when you're strumming loudly in the "gaps", sounds like it's clipping something in the pedal a bit. Can do a quick mp3 with a dirt pedal if you like.

If you mainly want truly "on/off" tremolo killswitch effect where off is PROPER OFF NO SOUND AT ALL, maybe look elsewhere. The Pulsar gets very close, but not quite.

What i meant by weird background noise is that faint spinning hum you get with some tremolos. Had this problem with the ultra trem.

Also got an email back the guy selling one on gumtree, hes seems legit and works at some studio in perivale "LOZ VEGAS STUDIOZ"

Lolz Vegas more like!

It's pretty much silent, no motorboat noises in the background or ANYTHING. Here's a sample I did you, since I happened to have a guitar in my lap, some pedals at my feet, and a mic in front of my amp:
(Strat > Chunky Cheese > Pulsar > Marshall DSL50)

I guess if the pedal's a bit noisy, running a distortion AFTER it will make for nasty noises. But tremolo works best after dirt, anyhoo.

Cheers for the demos. I'm sold on this one now. Emailling the dude also.
Thanks for helping!

No probs, dude- helping people piss their money up the wall.. it's the Shortscale way.