chairman_hall wrote:

Adam CR wrote:

chairman_hall wrote:I've just bought a shiny US Big Muff, and i'm really dissapointed with it. It's got a nice sound to it played normally, but it's useless to palm mute with. I have to use my trusty DS1.

Does anyone else have this problem?

It's a 'problem' (feature) of all fuzz pedals (fuzz-face/big-muff/RAT etc).

The way to get round it is to use your amp (or a second OD pedal) set so that when the fuzz-pedal is engaged, it's also over-driving the amp (or second OD pedal). You'll still get the thick distortion from the fuzz pedal, but the second stage of OD from the amp (or second pedal) will give you back your chunk, thus allowing successful palm-muting rather than the fzsssh-fzsssh sound that you're probably getting at the moment.

Obviously you need to spend some time juggling the two stages of over drive (using less drive than before at the fuzz stage) to get back to the level that you are now using, but with added chunk.

Thanks, i have briefly tried using a DS1 before the Big Muff, and hadn't experimented with the levels. I will have a go next practice.

The chunk-provider needs to be after the fuzz, not before.

A DS1 isn't really ideal, what you really want is a nice gentle OD stage, ideally provided by a valve amp, but if not then by something fairly vanilla such as a Marshall Guvnor.

Having said that, maybe the DS1 will sound amazing!

The idea is for the fuzz to provide most of the distortion, and the second stage to provide just enough OD to give it some chunk.

gjhardwick wrote:i actually really like the sound of the Dano Trem but i'm not handy enough to be able to rehouse it in a new enclosure. I've also noticed that the switch on my Dano is starting to crap out on me as everytime the effect is turned on/off, there is a slight static/popping sound.

The Fulltone looks cool, but quite big, would prefer to use as little board space as possible!

Though saying that, i'm quite interested in this Trem;

anyone tried it?

This is a great box, and well built, but I had a hard time getting a really obnoxious tremolo out of it. It's pretty good - great for the money - but not quite what I wanted for those rare, but essential, choppy tremolos that I like to use.

The Fulltone isn't that big, and remember, it does many functions. It doesn't take up much more space than the Dunlop really. It's just skinnier and longer. It does every type of trem PERFECTLY.

Don't write off the Line 6. It is damn handy and sounds fabulous. I have a bunch of boxes that does what it does, so I'll probably reluctantly sell mine in a few months. The other guitarist in my band needs it for 3 dates in October, and a friend of mine will use it for a one-off local charity gig in December, then it's for sale. Of course, you can buy them on EBAY for about $200.
Super nice!

-A

gjhardwick wrote:i really want a new Tremolo pedal as my current one (Danelectro Tuna Melt) is stupidly fragile.

any recommendations?

If you're going for more ampish trem, rather than chop chop chop chop, the Demeter Tremulator is wonderful.

Antero wrote:

gjhardwick wrote:i really want a new Tremolo pedal as my current one (Danelectro Tuna Melt) is stupidly fragile.

any recommendations?

If you're going for more ampish trem, rather than chop chop chop chop, the Demeter Tremulator is wonderful.

I bought a Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe.

It's on 100% of the time. Usually just a super-light chorus setting, but I love the sound of it. It's an excellent prepreamp of sorts.

The tremolo and vibrato functions are top notch. Very wide range of settings.

Boss tuner pedal
MXR Phase 90
MXR Blue Box
Big Muff Pi (max distortion)
Sansamp gt-2

A/B-ed to:

-Amp

-Microkorg (the vocoder section), which goes through a EH stereo chorus, straight into the PA system.

It screams.

gjhardwick wrote:i really want a new Tremolo pedal as my current one (Danelectro Tuna Melt) is stupidly fragile.

any recommendations?

The colorsound trem is really beautiful and has served me well.

http://www.macaris.co.uk/product_full.a ... 27&catID=5

for bass guitar -

boss tu-2
zvex machine
black box bass octave fuzz (based off of a maestro brassmaster)
electro-harmonix bass microsynth
xotic effects bass robotalk II
schumann lion (on the way)

a friend of mine has my 80's proco rat that I need to get back...

the microsynth and the robotalk are for sale.

thanks for everyones replies about tremolo pedals

i really like the trem sound that Joe from Growing gets. I know he uses a Colorsound trem, but i'm not keen on those pedals due to their size and lack of a psu socket and led.

any pedal that can get a similar sound to the Colorsound?

I think this is going to be my next pedal:



...not to improve tone, or push the preamps...just to make a nice squirrely, shitty noise. Should sound pretty cool fritzing on a Class A-amped 12" speaker pushed to break up...

rayj wrote:I think this is going to be my next pedal:

...not to improve tone, or push the preamps...just to make a nice squirrely, shitty noise. Should sound pretty cool fritzing on a Class A-amped 12" speaker pushed to break up...

Holy crap man!
Tell me about THIS.

The knobs, man...look at those KNOBS.
It's enough to make *me* look like a knob.

I don't give a shit what it sounds like - GIMME!

Really, what's it do?

-A