Looks sparkly, promises noise:

Ergot v3
https://lurchaudio.bigcartel.com/product/ergot

Fender Player Tele.

Traded an Epiphone LP for it. The Tele does Tele stuff. Internet says the bridge pickup us about 9k, but it seems a bit weak to me. Otherwise, an incredible player. My first proper guitar was a Mexican tele, and I'm glad they're still rad and useable.

TC Viscous Vibe - like it a lot. Thick and chewy sounding.

Rothwell Switchblade - sounds amazing with humbuckers, maybe not quite so much with single coils but I’ve got other pedals for those. Very well built.

GuyLaCroix wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:27 pm Fender Player Tele.

Traded an Epiphone LP for it. The Tele does Tele stuff. Internet says the bridge pickup us about 9k, but it seems a bit weak to me. Otherwise, an incredible player. My first proper guitar was a Mexican tele, and I'm glad they're still rad and useable.

Are they still omitting the baseplate on the bridge pickup?

WeStartToDrift wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:27 am

GuyLaCroix wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:27 pm Fender Player Tele.

Traded an Epiphone LP for it. The Tele does Tele stuff. Internet says the bridge pickup us about 9k, but it seems a bit weak to me. Otherwise, an incredible player. My first proper guitar was a Mexican tele, and I'm glad they're still rad and useable.

Are they still omitting the baseplate on the bridge pickup?

That's what sits under the pickup? Not sure. I haven't ripped it open yet.

Looking for a decent midi foot control, I came across Paint Audio, which is a company that I think came out of the implosion of another company that made a really cool MIDI controller that is no longer in production. I bought the MIDI Captain, which has plenty of foot switches to use. My plan for it is to be able to control VSTs for amp sims and foot pedals within my DAW.

I haven't really played with it much yet, but what I liked about it is that the interface is on the MIDI controller and not a separate piece of software. Watching how-to videos for it, it seems pretty simple to set up with CC commands and the like, plus configurations for popular Midi-controlled interfaces. It's built really solid and has a lot of thoughtful design choices on it. It can work on 2 AA batteries and they also offer a wireless 2.4ghz MIDI converter, which is cool as hell if you hate wires. My only complaint at this point is that I didn't think I was even going to get it shipped to me, because I got no notifications for shipping or anything, even though the company store uses Shopify. I emailed their contact address and got no reply. The package showed up 2 weeks after I ordered it, though. I assume this because it's a small company on the other side of the world, but I digress...