Electro Harmonix... Opinions please!

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 9:37am #1

The exact name for that little noise box is:

SMALL STONE
EH4800
PHASE SHIFTER
ELECTRO HARMONIX

What ya think of it??

Lauren

jcoote · 28-07-2006 10:16am

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

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 10:24am

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

jcoote · 28-07-2006 10:44am

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

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 10:49am

jcoote wrote:

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

I'm afraid it's too late for that, love!
Thanks!

Lauren

jcoote · 28-07-2006 10:53am

no worries enjoy the madness

Ravelleman · 28-07-2006 1:31pm

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:

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 1:36pm

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

fish-head · 28-07-2006 1:55pm

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..

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 2:00pm

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?

jcoote · 28-07-2006 2:10pm

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

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 2:13pm

Aahhh if I was loaded....

... I'd buy them all!!

jcoote · 28-07-2006 2:19pm

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

i'd love to do that and just walk out

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 2:25pm

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

fish-head · 28-07-2006 2:27pm

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

cornbb · 28-07-2006 2:30pm

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

Just my 2 cents.

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 2:32pm

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!!?

jcoote · 28-07-2006 2:36pm

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

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 2:49pm

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!

jcoote · 28-07-2006 2:51pm

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

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 2:54pm

Ah Stop I'm Drooling!

jcoote · 28-07-2006 2:57pm

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

Spicy Lauren · 28-07-2006 3:06pm

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!

jcoote · 28-07-2006 3:10pm

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

Den_M · 28-07-2006 3:58pm

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

John · 28-07-2006 10:20pm

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.

Giblet · 29-07-2006 1:04pm

Uni-Vibe aswell

punchdrunk · 29-07-2006 9:59pm

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!

fish-head · 29-07-2006 11:20pm

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!

punchdrunk · 30-07-2006 10:17am

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

jcoote · 30-07-2006 10:19am

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

Electro Harmonix... Opinions please!

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