Exocaster
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And now for this week's second New Pedal Day! First, the Eventide Timefactor on Tuesday, now the Digitech Synth Wah.
Some pedals are tone suckers. This is a tone destroyer. In the best possible way.
(The bypass is fine; it doesn't seem to have a major effect just from sitting in the chain.) It has seven functions: a pair of envelope filters, an auto wah, two very synthy-sounding filters, and a pair of proper synths. The tracking on the synth effects is very good (unlike the Boss Bass Synthesizer and much of the Line 6 Filter stuff) It handles bending and vibrato like a champ; it's not very glitchy at all, and when it is, it sounds cool rather than awkward. The resonant filters and synths do rob your picking of dynamics, but that's sorta expected. (On the plus side, you can shred through the synths with less effort than normal! Very, very cool.)
I was able to get cool industrial sounds, atmospheric textures and noise freakouts with ease. And the hour or so I spent jamming with the Synth Wah and Timefactor earlier generated a new Cure-meets-Isis flavored song that I'll have to work on later. Definitely a good purchase.
And it's been a long time since I've taken new gear pics, so here's most of my current guitar rig. Please excuse the crappy webcam shots; it's the built-in iSight on my MacBook Pro in questionable lighting.
Guitars (L to R: beater Ibanez acoustic, Fender American Standard Strat with Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Solo, LTD B305 bass, LTD EC1000 with Duncan Custom 5 and '59
Pedalboard:
And my Stiletto and WGS Green Beret cab:
I only use NOS Aloe Vera to moisturize my Mesa.
Some pedals are tone suckers. This is a tone destroyer. In the best possible way.
(The bypass is fine; it doesn't seem to have a major effect just from sitting in the chain.) It has seven functions: a pair of envelope filters, an auto wah, two very synthy-sounding filters, and a pair of proper synths. The tracking on the synth effects is very good (unlike the Boss Bass Synthesizer and much of the Line 6 Filter stuff) It handles bending and vibrato like a champ; it's not very glitchy at all, and when it is, it sounds cool rather than awkward. The resonant filters and synths do rob your picking of dynamics, but that's sorta expected. (On the plus side, you can shred through the synths with less effort than normal! Very, very cool.) I was able to get cool industrial sounds, atmospheric textures and noise freakouts with ease. And the hour or so I spent jamming with the Synth Wah and Timefactor earlier generated a new Cure-meets-Isis flavored song that I'll have to work on later. Definitely a good purchase.
And it's been a long time since I've taken new gear pics, so here's most of my current guitar rig. Please excuse the crappy webcam shots; it's the built-in iSight on my MacBook Pro in questionable lighting.
Guitars (L to R: beater Ibanez acoustic, Fender American Standard Strat with Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Solo, LTD B305 bass, LTD EC1000 with Duncan Custom 5 and '59
Pedalboard:
And my Stiletto and WGS Green Beret cab:
I only use NOS Aloe Vera to moisturize my Mesa.
