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Electro Harmonix... Opinions please!

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  • 28-07-2006 9:37am
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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭


    The exact name for that little noise box is:

    SMALL STONE
    EH4800
    PHASE SHIFTER
    ELECTRO HARMONIX

    What ya think of it??


    Lauren


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    when it comes to phasers its a toss up between the small stone, the mxr 90 and the boss ph-2

    imo the best way to choose a phaser is by what u need it for

    what kind of style would u play with it lauren


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    Noise!!
    I've a blues driver already but i'm considering using that kind of pedal to make weird noises with it. I saw a band using it the other night and what the guitarist was doing with that pedal was well impressive.
    Would ya explain exactly what a phaser does? Would it be cool to combine such a pedal with a wah and a delay or would it just become a wall of sound (kinda what I'm looking for, in fact!!)

    Lauren


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    my kinda lady fair play to ya ;)

    yeah what a phaser does is filters certain frequencies from the sound (wah pedals are filters also) and then mixes the filters with the original signal.it only does small notches in the signal so with the use of depth and rate knobs (ie the knobs on the pedal) u can control the location amount and width of each notch...basically thats it really

    for the mad swirly sound the samll stone of the boss phaser are fantastic.i have a could of sampes of different kinds of delayed phasers at home i'll post them at some stage over the weekend

    set a phaser to a specific setting and delay then just adjust the sounds with a why pedal and it will give u a spaced out crazy trippy sound.

    only thing about effects is its dead easy to get hooked so be careful :p


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    jcoote wrote:
    only thing about effects is its dead easy to get hooked so be careful :p
    I'm afraid it's too late for that, love!
    Thanks!

    Lauren


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    no worries enjoy the madness :D


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    Ravelleman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    Spicy Lauren wrote:
    Would ya explain exactly what a phaser does?

    Look and listen: http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Articles/Phase_Shifting/

    Boutique pedals are the way forward. :cool:


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    Ah deadly! I'll have a listen from an internet cafe, I've no sound card over here!! Mucho appreciated, guapo!


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    fish-head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    Ya can't fail with Electro Harmonix. They're just pure class. So long as you buy the NYC ones anyway. I've a Big Muff Pi and it's just madness..


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    fish-head wrote:
    Ya can't fail with Electro Harmonix. They're just pure class. So long as you buy the NYC ones anyway. I've a Big Muff Pi and it's just madness..

    Now that you mention Big Muff, would that kind of pedal be similar to say, a RAT pedal?


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    yeah the rat and the muff would be kinda considered a sort of industry standard on the overdrive end of things

    both are great pedals


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    Aahhh if I was loaded....

    ... I'd buy them all!!


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    go to a shop and hook up 50 pedals together and happy days

    i'd love to do that and just walk out :p


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    I'm up for it!! Are you free Saturday? :D


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    fish-head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    Ah the Muff isn't an overdrive whatsoever. It's pure unadulterated sustaineriffic fuzz.


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    cornbb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    I have a Big Muff and a Small Stone, both NYC models, and I love them both.

    Just my 2 cents.


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    cornbb wrote:
    I have a Big Muff and a Small Stone, both NYC models, and I love them both.

    Just my 2 cents.

    Right so Corny Baby, then tell me why the Small Stone is so great!!?


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    yeah sorry i kina call fuzz pedals overdrive..its a disease

    ok i'll meet u there at 9 lauren it'll take all day to even set them up

    i remember (baggio will vouch for this) having a chain of 15 pedals and it was a ****er when u got no sound tryin to figure out what was wrong...most of the time i just forgot to plug the amp in :p


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    YEAAH! I'll let you do all the setting up cos i'm sh*t at figuring it out!!
    Gotta have to be stereo and turned up to 12 though!


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    there is no other way

    the whole settin up thing is a bit of craic cos u can **** around and get some crazy ****ed up sounds


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    #21
    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    Ah Stop I'm Drooling!


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    oh lord!!

    if u are tryin to get into effects sometimes a multi efcts is cool just to give u an idea of what u can do


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    Spicy Lauren
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Spicy Lauren


    Nah i'm not into them that much. I used to have a Zoom player but never got around to figuring out how it worked... Too many buttons - that lost me!!

    Women and Technology!


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    yeah they are a bollix in fairness

    delay wah and a phaser/tremelo/flanger/chorus is all u need really

    oh and a pitch shifter they are a must


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    Den_M
    Registered Users Posts: 907 ✭✭✭Den_M


    Billy Corgan used/used the small stone on record and live so it's good enough for me. :)


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    John
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    jcoote wrote:
    yeah they are a bollix in fairness

    delay wah and a phaser/tremelo/flanger/chorus is all u need really

    oh and a pitch shifter they are a must

    I'm down with the delay, flanger and pitch shifter so far. I've gotten some great sounds out of them. Looking forward to having a wage and getting some more noise in my guitar line.


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    Giblet
    Registered Users Posts: 11,977 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    Uni-Vibe aswell :)


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    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    i've got two very well regarded old phasers the pearl 401 and a ross orange phaser,these two are complete cork sniffers phasers and my old nyc small stone is definitely up there,it's got some cool wobble when you turn it all the way up!

    go get one!


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    fish-head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    Den_M wrote:
    Billy Corgan used/used the small stone on record and live so it's good enough for me. :)
    Good as Billy are we? Ya cheeky feck! :p


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    #30
    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    johnny greenwood uses two,edo'brien uses one so the head like em too!


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    paul gilbert uses one too check ou the samples on the site


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