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swiftdog2.0

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Mar 16, 2010
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So, here is the assembled Holey Board!

Breakdown of the signal path for the effects on the board (if anyone is interested):

Guitar>Boss TU2 tuner>Vox Clyde McCoy wah>MXR Micro Amp (clean boost)>>VFE Fiery Red Horse Fuzz>Boss Phase Shifter>>Boss Flanger>Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress (chorus/flanger)>VFE Choral Reef analog chorus (with custom Great White Shark paint job)>VFE Old School Tremolo>Boss DD3 Digital Delay>MXR Carbon Copy analog delay>Electro Harmonix Mini POG (Poly Octave Generator)

I run everything straight into the front of the amp. I've played around with putting the delays and chorus effects into an effects loop but wasn't thrilled with the sound.

There's a lot of stuff on there (and I have some pedals floating around that I didn't put on there) but I only ever use 2 or three at time. The main effects I use are the wah, microamp, and either the Electric Mistress or Choral Reef depending on the chorus effect I want. The delays get used occasionally. For my bands' albums I used the digital delay because we couldn't quite get the sound we wanted with the analog delay. I'm mainly using the analog delay now, though.

I like the individual effects boxes because they are each designed to do a specific thing and do them well. The digital multi-effects units I've seen can do a lot of things but they don't do any one thing well. IMHO anyway.
 

Dana Jean

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Breakdown of the signal path for the effects on the board (if anyone is interested):

Guitar>Boss TU2 tuner>Vox Clyde McCoy wah>MXR Micro Amp (clean boost)>>VFE Fiery Red Horse Fuzz>Boss Phase Shifter>>Boss Flanger>Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress (chorus/flanger)>VFE Choral Reef analog chorus (with custom Great White Shark paint job)>VFE Old School Tremolo>Boss DD3 Digital Delay>MXR Carbon Copy analog delay>Electro Harmonix Mini POG (Poly Octave Generator)

I run everything straight into the front of the amp. I've played around with putting the delays and chorus effects into an effects loop but wasn't thrilled with the sound.

There's a lot of stuff on there (and I have some pedals floating around that I didn't put on there) but I only ever use 2 or three at time. The main effects I use are the wah, microamp, and either the Electric Mistress or Choral Reef depending on the chorus effect I want. The delays get used occasionally. For my bands' albums I used the digital delay because we couldn't quite get the sound we wanted with the analog delay. I'm mainly using the analog delay now, though.

I like the individual effects boxes because they are each designed to do a specific thing and do them well. The digital multi-effects units I've seen can do a lot of things but they don't do any one thing well. IMHO anyway.
When I was a kid, we had to make those sounds with tin cans and rocks!
 

swiftdog2.0

I tell you one and one makes three...
Mar 16, 2010
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The guitarsenal has gone through a bit of a shift.

I gave one of the Charvel Les Paul copies to my cousin's son as he wanted to to learn to play guitar. It's was the matte red one that I put P90's in. He's into pop-punk so that's a good guitar for that sound. It was one I hardly play so I figured I'd give it to someone who would put it to good use.

I ended up buying a Mexican made Fender Jazz Bass back in October as I needed a bass to play in my work's Unity Day performance and I decided that I would play bass during some of the musician's workshops I attend as well. It's a metallic red with a maple neck. Got a good deal on it from Musician's Friend. It desperately needed a set up and some tweaking when I got it after it's trek through the country via UPS. I have nightmares about how they treat the packages they deliver. Those jokers delivered it way after hours and just left it on the porch at SwiftMom's (which is where I have my on-line orders shipped so they can be signed for) without having anyone sign for it :facepalm_smiley: It was sitting outside in sub-50 degree temps for about 6 hours before I was able to get it inside. It plays great now post set up, though! I'll have to take a pic and post it soon.

My electric guitars were missing their Charvel brother so I just picked this up......

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It's a Charvel Pro Mod San Dimas Style 2. Basically, it's a Telecaster style guitar. Ash body, maple neck. Seymour Duncan '59 humbucker in the neck, Seymour Duncan JB humbucker in the bridge, hard tail bridge, 3 way blade switch, push / pull volume knob that allows you to split the humbuckers into single coils, and a no-load tone control that allows you to take the tone knob out of the circuit completely. This blonde beauty is at my favorite local shop getting a heavier gauge set of strings and a set up. I'm going to be debuting her in my next workshop.
 

swiftdog2.0

I tell you one and one makes three...
Mar 16, 2010
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Got the pricing back on the potential SwiftDog Special guitar from Charvel.

While not cheap, it's actually reasonable. There are mass produced Gibsons and standard models from boutique builders that go for more. Got some thinking to do..........