Winston Psmith

I have maybe half a dozen Delay effects, for trying to do that kind of thing. "Let's see, if I run the Reverse Delay into the Half-Speed Looper . . ."

I have one of the original Mini KP's, the little red one. The main difficulty in using it with Guitar is that you really need at least three hands; two to play the Guitar, and one to manipulate the Kaoss Pad. Lacking the 3rd appendage, I like using it to process loops . . .

+1. While I've moved more into Boss Multi-effects in the last few years, Boss pedals always held up well for me, and delivered consistent sound and build quality. I've been very excited to see the Waza Craft re-issues of the VB-2 Vibrato and the DM-2 Delay. Now, if they would only bring back the SG-2 Slow Gear . . .

Gotta love that "Air Tremolo" effect, and that natural Reverb, too. You guys completely left out the whole phantom horn section LOL! Baldwin Funster does mention the phantom horn section . . . "no amp, drums, horn section shown."

The only thing they really showcase in that video is the H9000; everything else, they just blow through. I still have no idea what that pedal is or does, and that's the product I'd be most likely to buy . . .

Gotta love that "Air Tremolo" effect, and that natural Reverb, too.

I hadn't seen that movie in decades, and recently caught it on some cable channel. Had the same thoughts about that Guitar; who customized it, and where did it go? Looking at it up close on a good-sized screen, it looks like a real Jag, not some mock-up, and the custom work is pretty cool. One thing I noticed; both of Birdie's sidekicks are slinging what look like stock Fender Basses? I guess there was no Rhythm Guitar in that band . . .

This is one of my personal favorite odd FX stunts! I've set up some very similar patches in my various GT-processors, and my old Digitech Studio 5000 (essentially the final version of the DHP-66), and even composed several pieces of Music using them. Any device that has Pitch Shift + Regeneration should do it for you. @Scott: you can set this up easily within the GT-10, using the Pre-Delay in the Pitch Shifter or Harmonist effects. If you create a two-channel patch, you can have FX-1 and FX-2 each set to Pitch Shift, and have the two stereo channels Pitch Shifting in different directions at the same time. @Caevan: You can probably set up something like this in your Digitech MFX? FWIW, just running a Pitch-Shifter pedal or effect into a Delay pedal (or vice-versa, running a Delay pedal into a Pitch-Shifter) will NOT give you this effect, and many Pitch-Shifter/Harmonist pedals won't do it, either. The trick is that each repeat of the Delay line is Pitch-Shifted once again, so you get a cascade of descending, or ascending, intervals, at a fixed time rate. You can even try to sync this to a Drum Machine, Sequencer, or anything that sends MIDI Clock. My general formula is to set the interval at a 4th or a 5th, either Up or Down, with 125-200ms of Delay Time, and around 90% Regeneration. Shorter Delay Times, and incremental amounts of Pitch-Shifting (Say down into Cents, as opposed to Semi-tones) will give you a cool "Barber-Pole Flanger" effect. That's a lot of function, for a small pedal footprint. I'm sorely tempted . . .

Niiiiiice. Looks- sounds- good and impressively versatile, and coming from someone who often detests chorus effects, that should say somethin'... I generally prefer Chorus effects that create that "pitch-bending" sound, like the H2O, and this one has it. Just wish the Delay Time was longer? 500ms just doesn't do it for me. On a separate note, Bob Weil is one of the good guys in the industry. I bought one of the first 1 Spots, back when they had the skinny power cord and only 500mA output; it failed on me, and I returned it to my FLMS. For some reason, I felt compelled to write to Bob Weil about it, maybe because he was just starting out, and I really liked the idea behind the product. He sent me a new one, free of charge, just for my troubles. I now have a drawer packed with 1 Spots, and adapter cables for them, because I could see that the man stood behind his product. Respect . . .

Yhup: @Caevan - I'll wait and see how much it is, but that 500mA output is very impressive. Now, if only it had an AC out for old Whammy pedals, and a few other oddballs, like my Digitech Space Station.

Love the major power output, but will it mount underneath my Pedaltrain boards, like the Voodoo Lab PP2+ does? Ah, just checked the site, and they say they'll have a mounting bracket available soon. Excellent . . .

I have the Mel9, and like it very much. I've used it in some of my recordings already, although it might not stand out in the mix. I never picked up on the other three, as my mass of Synths cover all the Organ/Piano/EP sounds I might ever need. The tracking is quite good, although I like dialing back the Attack knob, so the sound 'swells' when you play a chord. There's a built-in Vibrato effect on most of the sounds, which you can't dial out, although a detailed review in Electronic Musician said that part of what we're hearing is related to the sample looping? In either case, it's there. Favorite sounds are Orchestra, Strings, Clarinet & Brass. I can get much more interesting Choir sounds out of my Synths, and IMHO, the Saxophone sound is just awful. I mentioned this in a previous post regarding the Mel9, but bear in mind that the original Mellotron had a distinctive, slightly grainy tone, when playing back the tape loops that provided the sound banks; I suspect part of that sound was the playback mechanism itself. The Mel9 reproduces that tone, very well. Listen to the opening of Genesis' Watcher Of The Skies, or the opening of King Crimson's Court Of The Crimson King, for some good examples. EHX included both of those tunes in their demo video, and the results are pretty convincing. If you've ever wanted the sounds of the Mellotron, it's well worth the $200+/-.

Nice work, WPS! It is surprisingly subtle in the mix. You'd laugh if you'd seen the signal chain I assembled to get that particular sound. First thing, I tied a scarf around the guitar neck at the first fret, to act as a string damper; open strings are not your friends with this box. Next, I ran it into a simple Splitter box, to send the signal out to two different MFX processors. (If you're using either Random 1 or 2, the MIKU Stomp won't repeat the same words/syllables you just played, as it's randomizing selections from among hundreds of mono-syllabic Japanese words. You can use one of the 'Ohh', 'Ahh', 'Lahh'-type sounds for consistency, but they're much less interesting. To get all three 'voices' to sing the same thing at the same time, I had to split the signal into multiple voices all 'singing' in chorus.) One processor was set up for a Stereo De-tune, +/- a few Cents either way, to fill out the sound, the other for a Mono Echo, with an Attack Delay added, to give it a little depth, while taking out some of the initial attack on the notes. After that, I had both Processors going into a small sub-mixer, where I could work out the balance, then out to my digital recorder. Counter-intuitive as it may seem, all that processing helped to 'smooth out' the sound, and make it somewhat less artificial?!?!? Hey, it's what I do . . .

CEB, here's a link, so you can hear how I used it. Untouched By Human Hands - The Winston Psmith Project

Very cool! I've been impressed with Earthquaker's products, just trying to decide which thing to afford first. FWIW, you can get very close to those sounds with the Particle Verb effect in the Line 6 M5/9/13. It's a Pitch-shifted reverb that deconstructs whatever you send it, and you can control all the parameters via Expression Pedal.

Seems to be a matter of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing (apologies to St. Paul). The pedal only got over here because a few folks heard about it and demanded it. When the gear guy at my FLMS told his Korg US rep about it, the rep thought it was a prank, until my gear guy showed the rep a video from Japan?!?!? The iPhone app still isn't available over here. There's supposed to be some convoluted way to create an iTunes Japan account, but IDK?

CEB, I've got one, used it on my most recent album project. It's tricky, much like a Mono Synth Pedal. When I use it, I tie a scarf around the top of the Guitar neck, between the nut and the 1st fret, to act as a string damper. Unless you're using one of the "Ohh, Ahh, Lahh" sounds, there's no way to get it to repeat what you just played, or to create semi-coherent phrases, without the iPhone app, which is only available in Japan.

Never Let Your Guitar Drink Alone . . . [video:youtube]

To quote Sgt. Schultz - "I see nothing!" Probably my machine doesn't have the latest Flash player, or something?

Sadly, I don't have the money right now, which is probably a good thing. I am, however, in favor of adapting Synth Modules for Guitarists. A whole realm of crazy sounds you can't touch with 'normal' pedal effects. Part of why I got into Synthesis, to begin with.

I second Caevan's enthusiasm for that phrasing! I have to say, I liked the idea of these effects, but what they make me think of is Synth Modules, adapted for Guitar? Crap, I may wind up going Modular AND diving back into pedals, all in one fell swoop . . .

I will! I believe that I have that issue at home- I picked it up (I really need to renew my subscription), and haven't even looked at it yet... EDIT: It's the September 2016 issue that I picked up; I haven't seen the October 2016 issue yet- what/who is on the cover? Sorry Caevan, long day yesterday. Paul Gilbert is on the cover. Mine just came in the mail, the other day.

Just for fun, check out Michael Molenda's review of the Mel9 pedal, in the Oct. 2016 issue of GP.

Sooo...did you get this yet? I don't recall hearing the end of the story. Lots of things got in the way, recently. Nothing too critical, here at home, but just getting life back on track, more or less. I'll check back with the maker this week, see what's up with the box. At one point, he had two slightly different models to A/B. Follow-up later . . .

@Dannyalcatraz - I'm with you on the first part ("Pedals are just tools . . ."), less sure about the second? As much as I love my Guitar Synths, I also love the idea of being able to get those Mellotron sounds out of my favorite SG, without mounting a plastic blister on its face. I'll be heading up to my FLMS to check out the Mel9 this coming week. I may even have a video to share . . .