If Zach Condon ever needs it back, I’ll totally return it! I’d have to find an exact same era correct model to replace it though, because it creates the “bRain sLime” tonality I crave.
The battery supply was gnawed off by some kind of animal, seriously the battery cable is just chewed off by some thing I don’t even know, but I found a A/C adapter for it, and it works great! You should have it and see if you can make music with it.” Ross pulled it out and said, “Nobody’s using this. It was in Zach Condon’s (Beirut) old childhood bedroom closet with a cheap electric guitar and amp. We actually found this FX pedal back in New Mexico on our last tour. It’s a very simple and early design that has a degree of erratic signal loss and gain that’s processed through some shitty first generation analogue to 16 bit filters, giving it a chorusy effect that you don’t normally hear in Flange pedals made now. There’s something really special and interesting about the ‘90s DOD Flanger. List of pedals on their board: From left to right of photoĭOD Stereo Flanger (made in my hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah – Era 1990-1994), Boss DD6 – Digital Delay, BK Butler Tube Driver (made in Aurora, Colorado), Big Muff by Electro Harmonix This is kind of pedal that makes you wince the moment before you engage it, but it’s a very fun ride. Five mysterious, sensitive and temperamental knobs “control” it (including one simply labeled “stab”) meaning the outcome can sometimes be a bit of a surprise if you’re not careful. The Zvex Fuzz Factory is perhaps the most insane fuzz pedal around, and frankly a bit of a liability on any pedal board-this is why it is situated in the hardest to reach part of the board. I can go from a clean shimmery tone to growl depending on what I give it, which means less time tap dancing on the pedals and more time just playing. The pedal I use the most is definitely the Zvex Box of Rock-the boost side is very natural and dynamic. List of pedals on the board: Here’s a list of my pedals, starting from the bottom right and working clockwise:īoss Tuner, Zvex Box of Rock, Zvex Fuzz Factory, Maxon OD808 Overdrive, MXR Carbon Copy Delay, Digitech Whammy, EHX Big Muff, Diamond Memory Lane Jr.,
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A plus is that I can push a little more treble or bass into it too. Pushes the volume really hard into the amp. XTC Tejas Boost – I use this one when I can’t crank my Lazy J amps up enough, to get a little more breakup sound. Got the cool Stevie Ray Vaughan sound to it. Love the sound of it but I don’t bring it on the road. It’s an all-original one that I had since I was a little kid.
Ibanez TS-808 TubeScreamer – I only use this in the studio. Sounds like the old UniVibe, a la Hendrix’s “Machine Gun.” I use it for the solo in “Run Outta You.” Pickle Vibe – love the size of this pedal-super small. Zendrive overdrive – I use this one for solos and when I really want to stand out. I have it with the memory pedal next to it so I can switch to a longer delay for solos etc.
Strymon El Capistan Echo – Always wanted an easy slap back echo that sounds like the old tape delays. List of pedals on the board: From left to right: I few days later I called Josh at JHS Pedals and bought two more DE7s just in case it ever happens again. I was stunned for a few moments-just staring at it in my hand, and then came to and just dug my fingers down inside the pedal and got the job done that way. And you can’t just pop these particular Ibanez dials back on like you could an MXR pedal. At a recent show during our Odd Soul 2012 Tour I got a little overzealous in working the pitch/delay knob with the crazy noises, and the knob snapped right off in my fingers. On a few of our songs, I’ll max out the repeat knob, which quickly causes an infinite noise that I can change the pitch of with the delay time. The Echo has just the right amount of high end rolled off for a very warm, useful texture to fill up the spaces. I suppose the pedal that I have the most fun with, as well as one of the most underrated delays out there is the Ibanez DE7.
And I love the versatility of the Cathedral Reverb along with the fantastic infinite feature on it. I know the bassist and I both leave the JHS Morning Glory OD switched on most of the show. JHS 4 Wheeler Fuzz, Analogman Mini Bicomp, TC Eletronic Polytune, Aguilar Filter Twin, JHS Double Barrel Overdrive, Boss DD-5 Delay, JHS Tap Tempo, Boss PS-5 Super Shifter, JHS Honeycomb Tremolo, Electro-Harmonix Cathedral Reverb, MXR Carbon Copy, JHS Banana Boos, Ibanez DE7, JHS modded Boss Tremolo List of pedals on the board: Pedals in order of signal: