Dominic. Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I ordered my Memory Man in July! What do I win? Well I bought it from gumtree and not an online store or anything, so the chances that I'm never gonna receive mine I'd say are significantly higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 No idea what that is but I'll take your word on it. I hope Mansons/EHX hurry up and actually build my guitar/pedal. Why do I do this to myself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 nearly finished (not really) with my board tuner > whammy > wah > phaser (not pictured) parametric filter and 6 band EQ will be in the amp's FX loop where does the delay generally go? thinking of adding one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tPostThePear Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 where does the delay generally go? thinking of adding one of those. end of the chain, if you have an fx loop then you should put it in the end of the loop. btw i jelly your tuner, i tune my guitar like twice a month since my pedal tuner broke, using a non stompbox tuner or plugging in my interface and using a VST tuner is too much effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 end of the chain, if you have an fx loop then you should put it in the end of the loop. btw i jelly your tuner, i tune my guitar like twice a month since my pedal tuner broke, using a non stompbox tuner or plugging in my interface and using a VST tuner is too much effort. ok thanks - is it generally better to put it in the loop or in front? going to need some more cables for this. and you haven't tuned it at all? can you get close by ear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tPostThePear Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 ok thanks - is it generally better to put it in the loop or in front? going to need some more cables for this. and you haven't tuned it at all? can you get close by ear? The only reason why delay belongs in the loop is that you don't want your preamp to mess with the volume of the repeats. Preamp distortion causes compression which raises the loudness of the repeats so your delay pedal will be harder to set properly. (the same reason you don't really use delay before distortion) I think if you keep the gain low (no preamp clipping/disto/od) then you can put the delay anywhere. I play my amp clean all the time so i can put everything in front of the amp. Probably my biggest fail in guitar playing among a lot of others is that i still can't tune a guitar by ear. I can hear when it is bad but i can't solve it by myself. Sometimes i play open strings in Guitar Pro and try to tune my guitar to that. Thank god the wilkinson bridge and locking tuners can hold the tune quite good. Also for some reason the neck of the guitar is quite stable so i don't really have tuning problems, i could play bends all day. I adjusted it only once in 3 years when i changed string gauge plus wanted a higher action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Batman. Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/ I used this for two years until I got a tuner. EDIT: Actually, is it just me or are the D, B, and e strings slightly flat on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/ I used this for two years until I got a tuner. EDIT: Actually, is it just me or are the D, B, and e strings slightly flat on that? According to my tuner, they are all dead right apart from the A which is 3 cents sharp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Batman. Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Must just be me then, getting strings sounding dull with strings sound out of tune confused again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The only reason why delay belongs in the loop is that you don't want your preamp to mess with the volume of the repeats. Preamp distortion causes compression which raises the loudness of the repeats so your delay pedal will be harder to set properly. (the same reason you don't really use delay before distortion) I think if you keep the gain low (no preamp clipping/disto/od) then you can put the delay anywhere. I play my amp clean all the time so i can put everything in front of the amp. Probably my biggest fail in guitar playing among a lot of others is that i still can't tune a guitar by ear. I can hear when it is bad but i can't solve it by myself. Sometimes i play open strings in Guitar Pro and try to tune my guitar to that. Thank god the wilkinson bridge and locking tuners can hold the tune quite good. Also for some reason the neck of the guitar is quite stable so i don't really have tuning problems, i could play bends all day. I adjusted it only once in 3 years when i changed string gauge plus wanted a higher action. Thanks, I'm thinking I'll set it up like this tuner > whammy > wah > phaser > a/b box > parametric filter (in front of clean amp) 6 band EQ in loop of distorted amp As for the delay pedal, I need to figure out whether to put it in the loop of the distorted amp, or in front of the clean amp (which doesn't have a loop) Unless the one I'm looking at has two outputs... And I can't tune perfectly by ear, but I can get close. Generally I just use something with a tuning tone...although it seems to vary if I use my tuner pedal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I tune by ear using harmonics. If you listen closely enough you can hear them "wobbling" until they get "smooth" at which point you're in tune. Try the delay at the end of your board, so you can then use it with both amps. IMO the bit of compression introduced by the pre-amp is no bad thing (depending on what you're trying to do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Batman. Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Yeah I use tuning by harmonics on guitar, when I know that it's already mostly in tune. You can actually hear the warbling sound very faintly if you use the fifth fret and open higher string method. Tends to only work when it's really quiet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord MFC Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Distorted using harmonics is good, the sound trembles when flat or sharp and is clean when the same note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I sometimes use harmonics, but you can still do the whole wibble wobbling technique just using open strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam511 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I sometimes use harmonics, but you can still do the whole wibble wobbling technique just using open strings In a way yeah, its more obvious with harmonics though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord MFC Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 This is my pedalboard in a few months time: Cheap ol' tuner => Fuzz Factory (maybe, pretty sure having both fuzz probe and factory is a bit much) => Whammy => Wah Probe => Fuzz Probe => Phase 90 => Behringer DD400 => Marshall DSL 401. How does that sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelligentAl Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 In regards to the tuner, it occured to me that a Behringer is only about a fiver more expensive than that silver one you posted a while ago. Think I'd be more comfortable with one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Distorted using harmonics is good, the sound trembles when flat or sharp and is clean when the same note. you don't need distortion you can do it un-plugged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord MFC Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Makes it very clear with distortion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 or compression. Or just volume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijs Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Just roll up your treble a bit and you should be fine without distortion. I use harmonics myself for tuning rather than a tuner. Unfortunately I can't tune with harmonics during mass (yup, bass in church choir ) so I need my tuner there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 use any peddles in your church? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 finally getting this sorted just one question... is it generally a bad idea to have the tuner in the whammy dry output? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyfo_Diaz Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 finally getting this sorted just one question... is it generally a bad idea to have the tuner in the whammy dry output? Thats what I do only problem ive ever noticed is that it doesnt like the high gain channel on my blackstar HT, gives a slightly annoying noise if they are both on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Why would it be a bad idea? Isn't that the whole point of having it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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