What is your next guitar/gear purchase gonna be?

[budda]

Thanks for making me feel less wtf is going on with this pedal. Glad I’m not alone in it. I might go over to a 2cm gate in the future. I really only use the gate when I’m running the board into the amp instead of the modeler, so it’s also the most expendable part of my setup at the moment.

Just got a Ventris on the way. After that, definitely going to be getting a midi switcher to improve swaps. Still in the research phase on this.

Gigging yeah?

Edit: one of my friends went to a gigrig switcher and swears by it. Not cheap but with a bigger board it can do a lot for you.

 

[Jotun@]

Gigging yeah?

Edit: one of my friends went to a gigrig switcher and swears by it. Not cheap but with a bigger board it can do a lot for you.

Gigging hopefully in the near future. And gigrig? Maybe. I’m running around 10 elements so one button control would definitely prevent me doing too much shite dancing.
I’ll probably get a different board to house this on that has a case when I go gigging. The board I’m using is nice, but low on room and not super travel friendly. Flirting with the idea of just running the board into the system at the spot and using the modeler instead of an amp/board setup.

 

[Furtive Glance]

Thinking about grabbing the 25-pack of NYXLs on D’Addario’s website for $173 and not having to buy strings for like 5 years…

It also earns you enough points to get another pair of string packs lol

 

[profwoot]

Thanks for making me feel less wtf is going on with this pedal. Glad I’m not alone in it. I might go over to a 2cm gate in the future. I really only use the gate when I’m running the board into the amp instead of the modeler, so it’s also the most expendable part of my setup at the moment.

Just got a Ventris on the way. After that, definitely going to be getting a midi switcher to improve swaps. Still in the research phase on this.

I'm very happy with my Fortin Zuul+. Never had any squeals and barely have to think about it as it always just works. Good luck with the Ventris. I love the sounds but ended up trading mine out for something that doesn't need my old Moto X attached to it.

 

[Jotun@]

I'm very happy with my Fortin Zuul+. Never had any squeals and barely have to think about it as it always just works. Good luck with the Ventris. I love the sounds but ended up trading mine out for something that doesn't need my old Moto X attached to it.

I was between the key and the gate and the Zuul+ when I purchased….

Thanks. I’m using the SA nemesis right now and am using the app to load swaps as needed. I was between the Ventris and a few others, but I kept going back to how good the sound was on the Ventris. I also know the app and software because of my delay, so it seemed like a natural fit. One of the reasons I’m looking at a controller in the future. If it doesn’t work, I can always get my money back at the price I purchased it at.

 

[USMarine75]

My friend is selling a Hermansson four gain stage...

Is it the one for 6k on Reverb lol. I remember the good old days when they’d pop up for under $2k.

Yeah I know those days are gone, but I’d rather give my money to Henrik than a flipper lol.

 

[USMarine75]

@USMarine75 on this theres a hermansson recto posted in Toronto (and a skeleton key, iirc same seller)

Ooh I’m moving to Toronto at the end of the year.

 

[gunch]

hermansson recto is the god amp

 

[sakeido]

Thinking of buying one high end amp with my end of year money. Was thinking something Hermansson modded, but some early contenders if I don't...

Friedman PhilX (does the early EVH thing as good as any I've ever heard)
Wizard (because)
Engl Founder's Ed (I sold my FB100 and miss the Engl sound)
Diezel Herbert Mk3
Marshall JVM410HJS (obv used)
Mesa Mk VII (I dont own anything Mesa)
KSR Juno 100 (I like the modded Marshall tones)

What else should I consider?

VHT ultra lead?

Thinking about grabbing the 25-pack of NYXLs on D’Addario’s website for $173 and not having to buy strings for like 5 years…

It also earns you enough points to get another pair of string packs lol

Be careful, strings oxidize in the packaging unless they're sealed in plastic. Dunno if nyxls are or not but I've had some 7 strings sets sitting in my desk drawer for like 12 years.. got em with a Bare knuckle pickup order. Tried to throw them on my guitar and they felt terrible and sounded shit.. they'd gone bad in their crappy little paper sleeves

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

hermansson recto is the god amp

The hate I see for his Recto mods is ridiculous lol
"Oh he takes out all the low end and makes them sound thin and not recto like" y'all motherfuckers bitch about that low end and try to suck it all out with overdrives and EQ pedals anyway eat a dick lol

 

[sakeido]

Maxon ST9Pro+ vs whatever old 808 that is I have there

I read on the internet the ST9 sounds exactly like the 808 if you set the mid enhance to 9 o'clock. This is simply not true. Maybe it is with a different version of the 808 but not mine. The ST9 has less lows than the 808 in the classic setting or more in the bass enhance setting with no apparent way to hit a happy medium.

Can't say I like how the bass enhance is voiced - it sounds like it still takes the bass out, then it adds it back in but with kind of a narrow Q so you can play into it and then out of it as the note fundamental moves around if that makes sense. Like it'll only bass boost the lowest register on your guitar and it rips out some low mids.

Otherwise though, does exactly what I wanted it to do. It won't replace the 808 as my main boost but it works wonders for the one sound I thought I couldn't get dialed right on my rig.. ultra low tunings with the PRS 277 with the Black Heaven, especially through the TC50. Might be the best tube amplified F# and under tone I've ever had. Being thinner in the lows and a little more gainy and pissed off at all times is just perfect for the low low stuff

Great buy especially if you do it properly and import one from Japan.. just a little over 200 cad landed with 1 day shipping

 

[sakeido]

The hate I see for his Recto mods is ridiculous lol
"Oh he takes out all the low end and makes them sound thin and not recto like" y'all motherfuckers bitch about that low end and try to suck it all out with overdrives and EQ pedals anyway eat a dick lol

Ya but a boost or EQ is like $200, you can turn it off and go back to the normal Recto sound or change flavors by changing your pedals etc.

the Hermansson mod is $1200+, plus round trip shipping to Sweden, and your amp is ruined forever you can't just switch back to the old sound by pressing a button

 

[narad]

The hate I see for his Recto mods is ridiculous lol
"Oh he takes out all the low end and makes them sound thin and not recto like" y'all motherfuckers bitch about that low end and try to suck it all out with overdrives and EQ pedals anyway eat a dick lol

The only criticism I have is when the donor amp is like a rev F, which has happened a few times. Like c'mon man, if you're redoing the whole thing anyway start with one of those 3-channels or something that exists in abundance.

 

[Jon Pearson]

I've got a few interesting trade offers for my Mark VII:

1. Redseven Duality 100RS - this is a very cool offer but I hesitate because there simply are NO clips or any that I could try, so I'm trying a relative unknown. Also, offer would require some cash on my end, which is never fun.

2. Syn-2 with Savage module, Dirty Shirley module, BE (I think) module, and a Mesa 50/50. I've been tempted many times to get into the Synergy stuff, this would be a good time to do it. The 50/50 might end up getting resold, depending.

3. An SLO30 and a Fireball 100. Normally 30W amps are not my thing but the SLO30 seems pretty cool, and the Fireball would do nicely I think as a death metal machine.

None of them are jump right away kinds of offers for me, but all are interesting.

 

[AltecGreen]

I've got a few interesting trade offers for my Mark VII:

1. Redseven Duality 100RS - this is a very cool offer but I hesitate because there simply are NO clips or any that I could try, so I'm trying a relative unknown. Also, offer would require some cash on my end, which is never fun.

I own two Red Seven amps, the 50W Duality and the Hybrid 100. There are plenty of clips of the Duality 100. The RS is a modified version with a different power section. The amps have a reasonable clean channel and the crunch channel is very good. Much better than my old Revv. The normal Duality's high gain channel is not voiced for modern metal. The RS version (I have not heard this in person) is supposed to be tighter for that. I went with the Hybrid which has the Ch1 and Ch2 from the Duality but the Ch3 (hi-gain) from the Leviathan. I really like their EQ and bright controls.

 

[Shask]

I have had similar issues with basically every noise gate of this style (input-triggered+loop). It is as you say, it comes and goes. Very frustrating. I've resigned myself to just use two gates.

I built 3 Zuul clones, and they all have this weird issue where the key input has to have a buffer going into it. Sometimes something with an isolation transformer also. Without a buffer I will get a high frequency whine.

 

[Shask]

I was between the key and the gate and the Zuul+ when I purchased….

Thanks. I’m using the SA nemesis right now and am using the app to load swaps as needed. I was between the Ventris and a few others, but I kept going back to how good the sound was on the Ventris. I also know the app and software because of my delay, so it seemed like a natural fit. One of the reasons I’m looking at a controller in the future. If it doesn’t work, I can always get my money back at the price I purchased it at.

What else were you looking at against the Ventris? Why did you choose it?

I have been looking at a Ventris or Collider or a UAFX Golden Reverb. I am having a hard time deciding. I like SA stuff, but the Golden sounds amazing in clips.... I did pick up a UAFX Heavenly, but still want something in stereo.

 

[Jotun@]

What else were you looking at against the Ventris? Why did you choose it?

I have been looking at a Ventris or Collider or a UAFX Golden Reverb. I am having a hard time deciding. I like SA stuff, but the Golden sounds amazing in clips.... I did pick up a UAFX Heavenly, but still want something in stereo.

So I’ve been looking for a while at reverbs and delays in general. A couple of years, actually. I have purchased a couple of manual pedals that don’t require software, and love them. The appeal of tweaking knobs and just having fun is pretty gratifying. I still have a lot of these, and don’t intend to sell them, but I don’t want a board with like 6 of them on it just to have variety in a jam or band situation. I wanted something with presets. December suggested Sa’s nemesis delay to me and I got a killer deal on one.
So when it came time to look at verbs, I was interested in the Ventris, Meris mercury x, the golden reverb along with evermore from ua, rv500, and bigsky/bigsky mx. Recently I tried an ocean 12, was fine but lacked midi, and didn’t have the same sound quality. The golden sounded great, but the pedal format I didn’t like and I felt like the other big box verbs had more versatility overall. The boss was fine too, better sound quality than the Ehx,but I didn’t like the menu system that much on the unit. Meris is really cool, but price and possibly too much tweaking kinda left it out. Price with the bigsky Mx was a similar deal breaker, I just couldn’t justify 500-700$ for a pedal, even if it was so feature rich.
I am familiar with the SA software and app already. The sound quality is really good, I can do some tweaks without menu dives, if I need to deep dive but I’m not near a computer I can use the app on my phone, load patches from the app, midi, stereo. 8 presets without midi. Dual verb engines. The pitch shifts on the delay anre surprisingly good. It’s also not an entire board sized box. And then there was the price. Used it can get pretty close to used boss rv500 range. So when it came up at the used boss rv price I said why not?

 

[Jotun@]

I built 3 Zuul clones, and they all have this weird issue where the key input has to have a buffer going into it. Sometimes something with an isolation transformer also. Without a buffer I will get a high frequency whine.

Allegedly the key and gate has a buffer in it too. It used to be adjustable on the og versions but is fixed on the current iteration according to Daniel. Hmm…. Interesting knowledge. Maybe the buffer component is the issue

 

[budda]

@Jon Pearson i’d pass on the redseven partially because thats hard to move later imo. Get cash, find something cool with cache

Oh and my purchase is strings. For something.