El Toro's Official Guitarded Thread...

[T.O.N. of green]

If any of y'all are looking for a multieffects box, I'd actually suggest it. They are only available used and go around $200.

That's pretty cool how you can insert your amps preamp into the chain with that thing. I kinda wish I looked into one of these six months ago. Since then I have been assembling a new pedal board, and now 11 new pedals later I am just about done. Probably could have saved a bunch of cash with one of those multis, but then again I kinda dig the old school approach too, with the separate pedals.

[Sleek]

I have a fuckton of pedals...literally a boxfull.

I just got tired of setting up and tearing down everything.

I play in a bunch of different bands, so putting one board together really wasn't an option...I would have had to either put one *giant* one together (which I do have, but got tired of dealing with) or put 4-5 small boards together...fuck that.

This thing sounds good, and does stuff you can't really do with single pedals...and my whole setup is two cords.

Then i turn this on, hit the preset pedal board for whichever band it is, and that's it.

It has a manual mode which is what I mostly use, where each switch is essentially a pedal, with the first switch being a sort of amp channel thing, where you put two preamps so you can have clean/dirty.

So, you have Channel A/B, Distortion/OD, Delay, chorus, three assignable switches (I have one set up so it engages the tuner, then the other two are weird effects. In one setup I have ring mod and octaver, in another vibrato and Leslie) the swithc on the expression pedal and the pedal itself.

...lots of control.

So far, I am really liking the FX as well. The octave fuzz is great and compares favorably with my Fultone Ultimate Octave. The delay is delay, lol. Sounds great. The verbs are good.

The only things I would change are I would take the chorus off of a switch, because I never use chorus, and make that control the reverb.

...oh, and my micropog is better than the octaver that is on there...the one that is there is fine though. Added to the ease of use, I doubt I will go through the trouble of rnning the pog seperately.

[ElToro]

Back in the day, my buddy used ART stuff and had it all done midi (drummer played to a click set up). He'd get crazy flanges outta nowhere!

[feds]

I have simplified and am getting crazy good tones. Guitar>korg tuner>wah>BB preamp o.d.>Mxr phase 90> CAE booster into a 1986 JCM 800 50 watt......tonal nirvana. Got lotsa pedals sitting in a milk crate now.

[ElToro]

Anyone good with soundclips?

[Captain Morgan]

Still have three pedals I'm looking to sell off:

MXR Micro Flanger - $70 shipped
Visual Sound Route 808 - $70 shipped
CMATMODS Tremoglo - $100 shipped

Contemplating selling my Gearmanndude Lutherdrive as well...

[ElToro]

Those MicroFlagers KILL!

[Funnelhead]

Hey, I have a guitar/bass question that I haven't been able to get an answer on. During the Them Crooked Vultures tour JPJ was using a bass (?) that had like a computer screen where the pickups normally are and then on a recent Paladia promo some guitarist had about the same instrument. Anyone know what it is?

Manson Lap Steel Bass:
http://www.feelnumb.com/2010/07/16/john ... teel-bass/

Hey man, thanks so much for the link.

[vanitybinge]

I paid $499 for my Jr. earlier this year. The black obeche fingerboard is a little odd but this smokes almost any import Jr's I've played. Best of the import Jr's is the PRS SE One. The finish is a little thicker than need be but they play and sound great. Agile used to make a decent one but the fretwire was so soft it kind of negated their value if you needed a re-fret in a year.

Im all about finding a good Gibson for under $700, how is this one working for you and where can I buy one?

Also, what do I lose in buying a JR opposed to a non jr Special?

[ElToro]

Juniors are 1 p/u while Specials are 2.

[Horse Called War]

I have a fuckton of pedals...literally a boxfull.

I just got tired of setting up and tearing down everything.

I play in a bunch of different bands, so putting one board together really wasn't an option...I would have had to either put one *giant* one together (which I do have, but got tired of dealing with) or put 4-5 small boards together...fuck that.

This thing sounds good, and does stuff you can't really do with single pedals...and my whole setup is two cords.

Then i turn this on, hit the preset pedal board for whichever band it is, and that's it.

It has a manual mode which is what I mostly use, where each switch is essentially a pedal, with the first switch being a sort of amp channel thing, where you put two preamps so you can have clean/dirty.

So, you have Channel A/B, Distortion/OD, Delay, chorus, three assignable switches (I have one set up so it engages the tuner, then the other two are weird effects. In one setup I have ring mod and octaver, in another vibrato and Leslie) the swithc on the expression pedal and the pedal itself.

...lots of control.

So far, I am really liking the FX as well. The octave fuzz is great and compares favorably with my Fultone Ultimate Octave. The delay is delay, lol. Sounds great. The verbs are good.

The only things I would change are I would take the chorus off of a switch, because I never use chorus, and make that control the reverb.

...oh, and my micropog is better than the octaver that is on there...the one that is there is fine though. Added to the ease of use, I doubt I will go through the trouble of rnning the pog seperately.

I was at a club in Denver and the guitarist had one of these, http://trailertrashpedalboards.com/
For the stomp box guy out there

[ElToro]

THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED SALVAGE THAT MAKES A COOL ONE TOO

[ElToro]

This is covered in black tolex now, but I may sell it...

[Sleek]

I have odd problems with the pedalboard size...

Like, I have this giant SKB board. It's got a buffer, power, headphone amp, cable tester and loops built in:



Now, the odd problem is, one band I spend a lot of time on a 24"x34" platform...so I put my pedals up there...no room for a big board.

I also have a lighting controller I am running with my feet that takes up another foot or so...

Ah, the glamour of showbiz...

[ElToro]

Yea, I wish I just had millions to play with toys all day instead of having to think about it.

[mopmonster]

Someone's messing with ElToro's account, so he wanted me to tell you he's selling some cool stuff on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/kingeltorothebu ... =12&_rdc=1

[ElToro]

Thanks! I'm in but not without some bot trying to hack my account.

Regardless, these are inexpensive toys on eBay. I'm also gonna sell an Epi EJ200 Jumbo acoustic, a 7 string Strat, an Ibanez s570 and an Ibanex Artcore jazz box. Anyone interested?

[Sleek]

Tell me about the 7 string...I've been thinking of getting one because I have to play a song in B in one band...

[ElToro]

She now has a black pickguard with two SD humbuckers.

It was refinished by Atomic guitars and has a HipShot bridge.

[ElToro]

Is eBay getting worse these days? Buyers are total dicks it seems... I've had several non-paying bidders and the cost is rising.

[PrÎck]

So ET, I'm thinking about paying a couple hunnert bucks for an epiphone dot as a spare.

Opinion?

[ElToro]

They are actually pretty good guitars! If you change the pots/caps it helps even more... you may wanna go all out with new pick ups, but the pots/caps are a great start. They all seem to play great.

[PrÎck]

Thanks, I was hoping to find one that's been "fixed"

This was there at $200 when I asked the question, but it only had a couple FGAS type pics

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/ms ... 33869.html

But now they fixed the hole and strung it.


But personally, I'd rather have the PAF type

[ElToro]

That's a good deal!

[ElToro]

I sold 6 guitars on eBay this week.. some really fast. Kinda odd because it's been tough on there in recent months.

[ElToro]

Anyone find anything interesting?

[Captain Morgan]

Still trying to unload four more pedals to fund a new project.

MXR Micro Flanger
Visual Sound Route 808
CMATMODS Tremoglo
Gearmanndude Luther Drive

Once I get rid of 'em, I'm fixing up a special run Tele.

[ElToro]

What are you doing to the Tele?

[sirthx]

Taking a quick break from active humbuckers and picked up a Hot Rod Deluxe III. Been addicted to blues lately.

[ElToro]

Good for you...