Lasted all of a month. New pedal next week.
Posted Oct 5, 2019, 7:01 PM UTC
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Hahaha. Nice board. I do this too. For instance if I don't buy a pedal for a month or so, I treat myself to a reward. (THIS PEDAL THING IS A REAL PROBLEM HAHA)
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Thanks. The funny thing is I'm planning on replacing my favourite pedal. It's an illness.
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TIMMY 🔥🔥
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Is the analog man tr-2 worth it? Lovely layout 🦈
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Thanks. It depends on whether you wake up in the middle of the night worrying about the perceived volume drop in tremolo pedals. The stock TR-2 is excellent and the newer ones don't suffer from the volume drop as much. There probably isn't enough of a difference to justify the extra cost. But having the volume on the front panel should be standard for all trems.
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having the volume on the front panel should be standard for all trems.
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I want a flanger so bad but I can’t decide what to get. Will you talk more about your flanger experiences?
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Sure. I like it subtle and ideally before OD. The BF-2 is my favourite. It works well before or after dirt. It's got a ton of sounds in it and it's nearly impossible to make it sound bad. Does a great fake chorus. Next is the MXR micro. Great sounding but not super tweakable, you get what you get. I had a Mooer E-Lady and an EHX electric mistress. Both make you sound like Dave Gilmour which is cool. I'd go with the mooer as it's smaller and cheaper. The EHX is a little noisy as well. I had a Line 6 M5 too. I liked the reverbs and delays in it but the modulations not so much. Then there's the Ibanez FL9. Noisey as hell, but if you put it after a buffer it quietens down. I'd say it sounded the best of all the ones I've tried on a clean sound but just terrible before OD. After OD it was meh. I could only get one sound I liked out of it and turning the knobs didn't really do much. Oh I also had the TC super cheap one. Stear clear. If you're not that familiar with flangers it will only put you off for life.
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Thank you!! Which Mistress did you have that was noisy? I’m looking at the Subdecay Starlight, but a BF-2 or Electric Mistress was my next choice. The BF-2 seems to REALLLLY have that noisey feedback going on in the demos I’ve seen though. It’s reassuring that you think it sounds good on all kinds of settings
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I had the deluxe electric mistress. It was a bit noisy but that wasn't why I got rid of it. I was just looking for something a bit more flexible sound wise (and a smaller enclosure). It's still a great option and the noise wouldn't put me off it.
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Guitar > Polytune 3 mini > Quartermaster (1 BF-2, 2 POT, 3 Timmy, 4 Rattler+, 5 Carbon Copy Deluxe, 6 TR-2) > Tumnus > Ditto > Amp.
Polytune: It's small and not too expensive. Does what it says on the tin.
Quartermaster: The newest addition. Really made a difference to the sound. I play a strat and it's very noticeable on the in between positions. All the treble came back. Also I don't stack my overdrives so the flip flop function is a god send.
BF-2: My favourite effect. I went through about 6 flangers before this. The knobs all actually do something (unlike the Ibanez FL9). Does a great fake chorus too. I run it off a 9V out rather than 12V to no ill effect.
POT: I us it in OD mode as a low gain thing. Lo Mid switch engaged btw.
Timmy: The best overdrive I've ever used. The EQ is fantastic. I use it as a medium drive but this thing can can do it all.
Rattler+: Really versatile. On low gain mode it'll do bluesy stuff. High gain it'll do fuzz. The range tone control isn't great though.
Carbon Copy Deluxe. This is probably overkill, but I picked it up used for about what a normal one costs new, so I thought what the hell. I love it. The repeats sit back just perfectly. I had the tap switch lying around from when I had the TC Flashback 2.
TR-2 Analogman mod: Sounds great. Been through a few tremolos but this won out. If I'm honest it's not any better than the stock one. Having the volume control is a nice luxury though.
Tumnus: Don't like it as an overdrive but as a make louder thing it works great. Was using an EP booster for this job but it puts too much bass in for my taste.
Ditto: Kinda the standard I think.
Edit: forgot to say anything about the pedals.
Nice board. Is that the pedal train metro 24?
Yeah it is.
Ahhhh awesome. I’ve got the quartermaster 6 too and I’m wondering how it would fit on a metro board. You trust helped me a ton thanks OP