Noirie. wrote:Pretty sure I’m using the compressor wrong but this sounds exactly like Earth 2
Not necessarily "wrong", but you are basically crushing the signal. I think the CS-3 has a fixed threshold, but the 'Sustain' knob controls the input level (so basically when you increase the sustain the threshold gets lower relative to the signal, even though the threshold itself isn't actually changing), and with the 'Attack' knob on zero you've got the fastest possible attack and the slowest possible release. So you're pretty much brickwalling the signal. I haven't messed around with compressor pedals much myself, but I can imagine this sounds pretty sweet, even though it's not gonna be yr classic Prince 'Alphabet Street' funk sound.
Finally have a proper pedalboard, for what feels like the first time ever. The Compressor and Boneshaker might eventually get replaced if I can think of more useful things.
Looks great! What size is that cab? 1x12? It’s hard to tell from the pic.
Here’s where I’m currently at:
Loving the Peavey so far! It’s nice to be completely revamping my rig for probably the first time in ~5 years. Next up is my pedalboard - I wanna replace the Pure Octave with a Micro POG and the Black Teeth with a proper RAT. Considering adding a Boss DD3 into the mix, too.
The eagle eyed amongst you might notice my watch attached to the board (I take it off to play guitar) and my plectrum tin marked “CONDOMS� (my mum bought this tin covered in creepy illustrations of babies for Christmas one year, she’s a strange lady).
It really is, it's such a sophisticated colour combo; makes the guitar look even more Deco than it already does.
Left Jazzmasters always look amazing to me too, something to do with an unfamiliarity with the flipped body shape making you appreciate it in a different and more immediate way. Lovely stuff.
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Thanks guys. The colour reacts beautifully to the light too. I haven’t done a NGD post yet, for once I wanted to play it a bit longer to give a proper opinion, have had it about 10 days. It is really nice, and my first ever jazzy.
Finally got the whammyz. I actually bought a wh4 first which had better glitchyness. But it just drew all treble out. The wh5 is much better tone wise even if I miss the pitch wobble and chorus of the Wh4.
