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541Gotta do something with all those broken Tascam 4-tracks that no-one can/wants to fix.
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542I liked this Alesis “live” video that came out but watched the snl performance of the same song and it wasn’t really happening for me. His guitar tone was more distinct in that you could tell what he was actually playing this time, so the prerecorded stuff whirring around didn’t obfuscate as intended.Kniferide wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 2:03 pm Just checked out that Mc Gee dude. I found nothing interesting about the song or the guitar tones.
The Clapton endorsement didn’t help
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543You know the thing with cgi, where no matter how impressive it gets,
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544Kniferide wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:38 pmIt's actually been a thing for a long time, Brad Laner has been affectionate of piping through 4 tracks for saturation since the early 90's. I'll say there is a nostalgia to the tone of it for me too.Teacher's Pet wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:32 pmYep this is a whole thing now. @ 1:24 >>Kniferide wrote: Seems like there is a lot of stuff on the market that just kinda makes your guitar sound like you are driving the shit our of a Tascam 4 Track preamp. I like it. Maybe I'll just build a pedal that has a Tascam 424 preamp in it and sell it as a distortion pedal.
The JHS Color Box is a fancy "HIFI" version of playing guitar direct into a mic preamp, and I think Land Devices has at least 2 other pedals that are simulations of front end preamps getting smashed. Someone out there has another tape recorder front end in a box, I think its an ampex circuit. Can't remember who.
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545For the "I Always As For Seconds On My Nerdy..."?
There is also this one...
There is also this one...
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547I kinda put all these in the same category of the pedals that had Peavey Bandit preamps in them. Something that I used to be so obsessed with growing into something "better" but now totally dig and definitely get the "Oh yeah... THAT sound!" vibes from. I have a Tascam 308 mixer with a ton of problems and now just thinking about gutting it into pedals or maybe some Tascam 500 series boxes or something. That Tascam 308 EQ in a box alone would be really cool.numberthirty wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2024 12:51 am Or...
This one....
https://mxnhlteffects.com/products/port ... nnel-strip
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548I have the scaled down 'Crayon' I'll sell to anyone here for not much. It's a neat effect when it works, but it's got such a narrow usable range that it's more often than not frustrating and tweaky.Kniferide wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:38 pm The JHS Color Box is a fancy "HIFI" version of playing guitar direct into a mic preamp
I sometimes used to put a cheap ART preamp in front of an amp when going for a kinda Dead Meadow blown out guitar sound and that worked out nicely. I wouldn't overthink this kinda thing.
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549I have a Color Box but I have only ever used it as a desktop mic pre slash di. I've never actually considered using it with a guitar amp even though that is what they are "for". It's a nice little pre to have around for saturated sounds without needing a plugin or something after.penningtron wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2024 7:17 amI have the scaled down 'Crayon' I'll sell to anyone here for not much. It's a neat effect when it works, but it's got such a narrow usable range that it's more often than not frustrating aKniferide wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:38 pm The JHS Color Box is a fancy "HIFI" version of playing guitar direct into a mic preamp
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550Warm Audio has gone and made a Fulltone OCD rip off and I'm happy about that.