But will you channel 13 year old me by playing the intro to "Teen Spirit", kicking on the pedal, then being terribly underwhelmed?Dr Tony Balls wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:43 pm$30 is a bit low, it seems, but Reverb is chock full of ~$45 options. Not that it matters much, but brand new they're only $60!tallchris wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:34 pm I’ve been watching some pre-Nevermind Nirvana live shows when I’m up late on baby duty when they show up in my algorithm on YouTube, and dear lord now I want a DS-1 but I don’t want to pay more than $30 for one.
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482Don’t do it. Get the DS-2 instead, which he used more often anyway. Or, get a seeing eye/ultra modded DS-1, which is actually a bad ass pedal and is awesome on bass too.tallchris wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:34 pm I’ve been watching some pre-Nevermind Nirvana live shows when I’m up late on baby duty when they show up in my algorithm on YouTube, and dear lord now I want a DS-1 but I don’t want to pay more than $30 for one.
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483Every time I plug in my DS1 all I can hear is every Super Chunk song ever written.tommy wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:11 amDon’t do it. Get the DS-2 instead, which he used more often anyway. Or, get a seeing eye/ultra modded DS-1, which is actually a bad ass pedal and is awesome on bass too.tallchris wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:34 pm I’ve been watching some pre-Nevermind Nirvana live shows when I’m up late on baby duty when they show up in my algorithm on YouTube, and dear lord now I want a DS-1 but I don’t want to pay more than $30 for one.
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484I'm having so much fun with my Prophet 08 Rev2 in all of it's polyphonic glory, that I'm now lusting after a companion mono-synth for destructive bass and non-Curtis Filter sounds, and then being done with synth buying forever. I have a behringer pro-1, so I have an idea of where a mono-synth gets me, and it has brought me much joy, but I can't live without saving presets.
I can get a Pro-3 SE and it ticks many functional boxes the Rev2 doesn't. I love the DSI/Sequential control layout/workflow, and the aesthetics are awesome. This would all be to make aggressive noise /sounds in and out of bands. I've written exactly 3 synth heavy songs in my entire life. TALK ME OUT OF IT
I can get a Pro-3 SE and it ticks many functional boxes the Rev2 doesn't. I love the DSI/Sequential control layout/workflow, and the aesthetics are awesome. This would all be to make aggressive noise /sounds in and out of bands. I've written exactly 3 synth heavy songs in my entire life. TALK ME OUT OF IT
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485Okay, I know you said presets, but for a grindy mono, why not a Microbrute? There are only a dozen knobs and you can twist them into your favorite places. It weighs like a pound, you can jump octaves so there's tons of range on that tiny keyboard. It would save you like a grand.TylerDeadPine wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:37 pm I'm having so much fun with my Prophet 08 Rev2 in all of it's polyphonic glory, that I'm now lusting after a companion mono-synth for destructive bass and non-Curtis Filter sounds, and then being done with synth buying forever. I have a behringer pro-1, so I have an idea of where a mono-synth gets me, and it has brought me much joy, but I can't live without saving presets.
I can get a Pro-3 SE for $1500 and it ticks many functional boxes the Rev2 doesn't. I love the DSI/Sequential control layout/workflow, and the aesthetics are awesome. This would all be to make aggressive noise /sounds in and out of bands. I've written exactly 3 synth heavy songs in my entire life. TALK ME OUT OF IT
But damn, Sequential makes a fine synth.
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486Microbrute is fun. But the Pro3 has some more filter options though and digital oscillator as well. It is pretty great from what I have heard. There are of course digital options galore for not much. I think the Microfreak or Minifreak is a huge amount of fun and has an analog filter.losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:06 pmOkay, I know you said presets, but for a grindy mono, why not a Microbrute? There are only a dozen knobs and you can twist them into your favorite places. It weighs like a pound, you can jump octaves so there's tons of range on that tiny keyboard. It would save you like a grand.TylerDeadPine wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:37 pm I'm having so much fun with my Prophet 08 Rev2 in all of it's polyphonic glory, that I'm now lusting after a companion mono-synth for destructive bass and non-Curtis Filter sounds, and then being done with synth buying forever. I have a behringer pro-1, so I have an idea of where a mono-synth gets me, and it has brought me much joy, but I can't live without saving presets.
I can get a Pro-3 SE for $1500 and it ticks many functional boxes the Rev2 doesn't. I love the DSI/Sequential control layout/workflow, and the aesthetics are awesome. This would all be to make aggressive noise /sounds in and out of bands. I've written exactly 3 synth heavy songs in my entire life. TALK ME OUT OF IT
But damn, Sequential makes a fine synth.
Jon
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487The week before New Year's, the luthier posted photos showing the slotted fretboard on the neck, but not yet fretted. I emailed about radius, and then a couple days later saw him post a video showing the radius. 12/29, a video showing it fretted. And now there's a photo of it with a nut, "ready to go," so we're closing in on it! (I've got to get back to wiring the body; there's a lot going on right now.)Maurice wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:27 pmNeck guy had made the neck and slotted the board as of the 27th. Radio silence after that, so I emailed him yesterday, and he got back to me today: the neck is "super close" and should be done "in a few days," so it's possible I'd get it by the end of the month.Maurice wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:34 amStill waiting on the neck! The board was scheduled to be slotted last weekend. I had a few moments of crisis-of-confidence about the tuning, but running it through Scale Workshop showed me that it was a good neutral bridge between typical 12TET and 24-fret JI.Bubber wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:01 pm
C'mon man. I can't be the only person who wants an update. Saw a Mpls/AZ luthier post a 9-string guitar the other day and it jogged my memory.
Here's the interval set in Scale Workshop. As a comparison, here's a simple 7-limit arrangement: see how the note distribution is sparser and less even.
Gonna check in with the neck guy about progress. I'm on the verge of ordering all new electronics, though: the loaded Squier body has these little micro-potentiometers. I've seen inconsistent documentation about potentiometer values on these; I'd expect 500ks, but Fender's own documentation says 250. I'm going to order 500s and just...like... wire it up new.
Meanwhile, I did order all new electronics, which I need to wire up to the Vintera pickups. With the neck possibly coming soon, I have motivation to carve out wiring time.
EDIT: Here's the photo from the luthier; my neck's the rosewood fretboard on the right:
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488The Microbrute/MicroFreak are fun as hell, but I think that gets me part of the way and I would end up buying more synths, where the mentioned filter options covers a hell of a lot of ground for one bandaid ripoff.Barbo wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:59 pmMicrobrute is fun. But the Pro3 has some more filter options though and digital oscillator as well. It is pretty great from what I have heard. There are of course digital options galore for not much. I think the Microfreak or Minifreak is a huge amount of fun and has an analog filter.losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:06 pmOkay, I know you said presets, but for a grindy mono, why not a Microbrute? There are only a dozen knobs and you can twist them into your favorite places. It weighs like a pound, you can jump octaves so there's tons of range on that tiny keyboard. It would save you like a grand.TylerDeadPine wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:37 pm I'm having so much fun with my Prophet 08 Rev2 in all of it's polyphonic glory, that I'm now lusting after a companion mono-synth for destructive bass and non-Curtis Filter sounds, and then being done with synth buying forever. I have a behringer pro-1, so I have an idea of where a mono-synth gets me, and it has brought me much joy, but I can't live without saving presets.
I can get a Pro-3 SE for $1500 and it ticks many functional boxes the Rev2 doesn't. I love the DSI/Sequential control layout/workflow, and the aesthetics are awesome. This would all be to make aggressive noise /sounds in and out of bands. I've written exactly 3 synth heavy songs in my entire life. TALK ME OUT OF IT
But damn, Sequential makes a fine synth.
Jon
Plus the wood panels on the SE version can be replaced with even nicer wood panels.
This conversation is making me want it even more - you guys are powerless against my nonsense
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489Ah see but here is where I point out that regardless of what you buy, you will always end up buying more synths.TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:15 amThe Microbrute/MicroFreak are fun as hell, but I think that gets me part of the way and I would end up buying more synths, where the mentioned filter options covers a hell of a lot of ground for one bandaid ripoff.Barbo wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:59 pmMicrobrute is fun. But the Pro3 has some more filter options though and digital oscillator as well. It is pretty great from what I have heard. There are of course digital options galore for not much. I think the Microfreak or Minifreak is a huge amount of fun and has an analog filter.losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:06 pm
Okay, I know you said presets, but for a grindy mono, why not a Microbrute? There are only a dozen knobs and you can twist them into your favorite places. It weighs like a pound, you can jump octaves so there's tons of range on that tiny keyboard. It would save you like a grand.
But damn, Sequential makes a fine synth.
Jon
Plus the wood panels on the SE version can be replaced with even nicer wood panels.
This conversation is making me want it even more - you guys are powerless against my nonsense
Jon