GEARWHORE

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May 2011

87 posts

bulldogfront asked: I've been looking into some JCM 800 clones. What would suggest for a affordable 800 clone, or an amp that could have that really clear, thick sound?

alonsoroman asked: In Kevin Parker's (Tame Impala) pedalboard, what is the pedal next to the seek-trem? and whats the use of the moog murf(overall and in Kevin's pedalboard?

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lelcenQFKn1qag57co1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1302748941&Signature=d%2FsUNxgzzEGgUP9%2BIT%2BSTkvNf4g%3D

Anonymous asked: I've been playing since 2008, and I'm thinking on buying some pedals. I play in a band who cover other bands like The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Franz Ferdinand, TameImpala, Kasabian. I want some pedals who can help me to aproximate to the sound of this bands or create new and fabulous sounds. Versatile pedals, I mean. Sorry for my english, I'm spanish :/ Thanks!

facksake-deactivated20121111 asked: What do you rank as the better pedal and why - Digitech Whammy 4 or the Boss PS-5?

aworldofsound asked: I'm debating weather or not to get a nice amp. I have a crappy SP10 from my old Squire starter kit 3 years ago, but I mostly use my guitars (custom Epiphone Sheraton II and a 1969 Danelectro Hawk) for creating textures and neat loops. I have a decent start on some effects, an 80s Big Muff, Holy Grail reverb, DL4, Blues Driver and Turbo Tube Screamer, but since I don't consider myself a...

justinmorris asked: If you guys haven't seen this, I bet you will appreciate it. Bradford Cox is a genius.

http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/cemetery-gates/4-atlas-sound/10-attic-lights/

Anonymous asked: What are your thoughts on the Russian Big Muff? Both the Green and Black ones

coastal-grooves asked: Hey what do you think of the line 6 DL4??

Luke

Anonymous asked: As per your recommendation, I picked up the Malekko 616 Analog Delay, and It's hands down the best delay I've ever used! I sold my old DD5 the next day. Cheers!

gentill-deactivated20111024 asked: I was wondering if you know of any self osculating pedals such as the one Lee Renaldo of Sonic Youth is using in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT8rTZhtgAI
I know that his pedal is custom built and I have a Memory Man which can sort of make an osculating vibe, but not to the same effect as Lee's pedal. Any suggestions?

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Questions and Submissions are now back. Have a fun one. - Richard

goytoy asked: JHS has a pretty sweet mod for the Dan Echo you guys might wanna check out: http://www.jhspedals.com/jhspedals/Danelectro_Dan_Echo_Shoegazer_Mod.html

Anonymous asked: Big problem in here: Sometimes I wanna sound like Johnny Marr. Other times like J. Mascis. And eventually like Nathan Williams. What the **** should I get?

Anonymous asked: List these drives in order from your favorite to least favorite:

Mad Professor Sweet Honey
Paul C Timmy
Fulltone Fulldrive 2
Keeley Modded TS-9
JHS Morning Glory
Cmatmods Butah
Wampler Ecstasy

Thanks

Possible Site Changes - We Need Your Input

Alright so as you all probably already know, the submit & ask features are currently turned off. Why? Well because we’ve been getting a lot lately and this blog is just run by two people so we kind of got overwhelmed with everything and didn’t want to just ignore them. So now there’s a possible site change we want to ask you guys for your opinion on. In regards to the submission feature,...

exerciseone asked: Two questions,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQuwRXca2S0

Any idea what Ian Willians is using to do that at 2:30 ? I know he's looping the riff he was playing but what is he using to cut it up live ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXxhKMmJLtk

In this video there's a clear view of the guitarists pedalboard but I can't tell...

Anonymous asked: With stereo effects(EHX Poly Chorus)for example, does sending the signal to two different amps split the signal and create tone loss, rather than just having the pedal going directly into one amp?

Anonymous asked: How would you go about setting up a post rock rig?

Anonymous asked: Any idea how HEALTH get some of their sounds ? I've saw their pedalboards but it amazes me how they can make guitars sound like that.

Also I saw the previous question, would a Boss CS3 into a Big Muff do the same thing ? I also have a Boss SD1 if that would be of any use. I can't test anything out right now because my power supply broke.

edwardswords asked: Which would be better, the MXR 108, or Boss GEB-7? This is for my bass guitar.

Anonymous asked: I'm searching for a sound like Kevin Baird from two door cinema club and Tord Øverland-Knudsen from The Wombats, any suggestion about the pedalboard or the setting for a dance rock bass ?

minoroperation asked: What would you guys suggest for a good smooth sounding fuzz? Or just a Fuzz in general for indie type rock?

sanssarahf asked: After the two Dano-posts, I just want to know if I can marry both of you?

Thanks for taking a stand and pointing out something more important than any Dano product will ever be.

Anonymous asked: I love love love your blog. What are your thoughts on the line 6 m-9/m-13's just for live stuff??

also, possible to just tag the pedals on some of the blurrier pictures, the ones taken from the side, or the pedals covered up with tape?

specifically, tame impala's boards

Anonymous asked: So for my entire setup, I've got an Epiphone Les Paul Junior, a Korg Mini-KP kaoss pad, a 15W Line 6 Spider IV, and a Big Muff Pi just like the one in your icon. Any suggestions for basic things I should look into getting?

Anonymous asked: Your thoughts on Zoom g7.1ut? Planning to buy one.

memorialcorridor-deactivated201 asked: I'm curious about the EHX Germanium OD as well. What do you think about it in general?

Anonymous asked: I'm looking for an overdrive and a reverb pedal. I wanna get good stuffs, cause i think these are the most fundamental effects. But in other hand, i really don't wanna spend lot of $. So i'm very insecure about what to buy.
After some research I found that get a T-Rex Tonebug Overdrive + Boss FRV-1 for $230 would be a good call.
But before I do something potentially...

petkinsella asked: I've been wanting to get an electric guitar for the longest time, but I really have no clear clue where to start. All I DO know is that I'm looking a bass-ish sound, with somewhat of a grit, howl, and a good range. By all these I mean sounds comparable to Failure, Queens of the Stone Age, HUM. Any recommendations on where I could start? And how much should I be ready to spend on it?

Anonymous asked: Hey guys, what you think of the tc electronic hall of fame? I'm looking for a nice reverb since I have a digitech digiverb and it kinda sucks, I was thinking about a holy grail, but I hate the new nano chasis and for a little more I could get the hall of fame which has much more options

Anonymous asked: any idea what's on Kurt Vile's pedal board?

Anonymous asked: Can you guys help me with getting a thick shoegazy sound like The Twilight Sad or Cymbals Eat Guitars ? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Qc9ICoq6M)I have some decent pedals (Memory Boy, Big Muff, Marshall Reflector) but my amp isn't really up to the job (Vox VT30).

Would be great if you could suggest some things that would help.

Thanks.

coastal-grooves asked: Whats the 3rd pedal in next to the mad professor delay on albert hammond jr's pedal board?

Alright so we’re going to turn off questions and submissions for a bit. We’re overwhelmed with the number of submissions we’ve received over the last few months and that has lead us to not even respond to a few (which is totally unfair). So the submission/ask feature will be off for a few days while we catch up on those but the features will probably be back on at the end of...