Whats your gear on stage?
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Topic: Whats your gear on stage?
Posted By: LizardsExist
Subject: Whats your gear on stage?
Date Posted: January 04 2015 at 07:43
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Hi! I'm new to this forum and I am also a musician. I'd like to know if there are any other musicians out there and qhat do you use to play that fine prog music? I play the guitar so my setup is as it goes: Strat guitar -> Wah -> tuner -> Fuzz (Sunface silicon) -> Vibe (with expression pedal) -> Binson Echorec 2 -> Hiwatt SA212 (1976) I'm pretty content with my setup atm, but I would like to put in another echorec at the beginning of the signal chain (before wah) and some modulation effects (ie phaser but vibe is doing a great job). I was thinking about getting a theremin but it is very hard to play one and what I do find interesting is moogerfooger ring modulator. I'd like to hear what do you use. Peace! ------------- https://lizardsexist.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbI4wpMV08H4DeRlM4PfjLA |
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Posted By: King Only
Date Posted: January 04 2015 at 09:40
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I'm a keyboard/synthesizer player. I often process my synths through various effects, including guitar pedals. At the moment, my setup is: Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard digital wavetable polyphonic synthesizer. Doepfer Dark Energy analog semi-modular synthesizer module. Vermona Retroverb Lancet analog multimode filter with spring reverb. Electro-Harmonix Stereo Polychorus analog flange and chorus pedal. Strymon Timeline digital delay. Doepfer Dark Time - analog CV and MIDI step sequencer. MXR Carbon Copy - analog delay pedal. Electro-Harmonix Small Clone analog chorus pedal. Vermona RM-1 analog ring modulator. Vermona PH-16 analog phaser. Wolftone Chaos analog shaping distortion pedal. Wolftone Helium analog octave distortion pedal. In the future, there are two things I'm interested in adding to my setup: The first is a Mellotron M4000D Mini. I'm a huge fan of early King Crimson and Tangerine Dream/Edgar Froese so it will be great to be able to play some of those sounds. I think the Mellotron 'vintage tape sample' sound will be a nice contrast to my analog and digital synth sounds.  The second is the new Eowave modular synthesizer, it's so beautiful!  Unfortunately I don't have any money at the moment, it will take me about six months to save up enough money to buy them both.
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Posted By: LizardsExist
Date Posted: January 04 2015 at 15:38
I don't see any roladn space echo or binson echorec on your list... You should get it asap  ------------- https://lizardsexist.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbI4wpMV08H4DeRlM4PfjLA |
Posted By: King Only
Date Posted: January 05 2015 at 13:43
I'm happy with the MXR Carbon Copy and the Strymon Timeline, they are both good delays. I can also use the Electro-Harmonix Stereo Polychorus for slapback echo.
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LizardsExist wrote:Posted By: LizardsExist
Date Posted: January 05 2015 at 14:12
Once you go tape or disc, you never go back, trust me  ------------- https://lizardsexist.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbI4wpMV08H4DeRlM4PfjLA |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 18:00
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I use to play a few open mics at small clubs and played an Ovation Collectors model acoustic/electric. Since you just got up and played one or two songs and got back down additional gear was not practical. After that I played some local blues jams. I played the '73 Strat or the '05 Les Paul Studio through a Fender Blues Jr. amp using a Boss Blues Driver overdrive and a Boss TU-2 Chromatic tuner.
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Posted By: LizardsExist
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 18:29
 for the Strat!------------- https://lizardsexist.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbI4wpMV08H4DeRlM4PfjLA |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 19:29
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It is a great playing and great sounding guitar and I am the original owner. It was a Christmas present from my girlfriend in 1973. The guitar cost $299 and the hard shell case was an extra $99.
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Posted By: LizardsExist
Date Posted: January 09 2015 at 12:31
Then you're lucky to still have it around  ------------- https://lizardsexist.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbI4wpMV08H4DeRlM4PfjLA |
Posted By: pitfall
Date Posted: January 18 2015 at 17:35
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The situation these days is that most people have never used a disc or tape based delay unit, so they are blissfully unaware of the massive, spine-tingling sounds that you can coax from electromechanical devices such as these. Many modern delay units sound fine in isolation - but if you have the chance to do a direct A-B comparison with a Binson, Copycat or other tape delay, the differences are all too obvious. It's a bit like comparing a sample based grand piano simulation to a real grand piano - yes, I know that it's big, heavy, expensive and delicate, but I also know which one I'd rather play.
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Posted By: LizardsExist
Date Posted: January 18 2015 at 17:37
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Exactly! That's why our backs hurt. But it is much easier to play with big analog machine delays - they are much more versatile. ------------- https://lizardsexist.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbI4wpMV08H4DeRlM4PfjLA |