Mack_Again
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yeah this seems to be totally different set of pedals compared to one of the shot of his pile of pedals (during SOI session).
I am also one of those guys who doesn't know any limit when it comes to gain but I use this power stack pedal from Boss which is actually pretty ballsy sounding so I guess I'm so satisfied with that.
I wonder what kind of gain pedal Edge is using now as it seems to be that he isn't so crazy about DBA pedals (Death By Audio as a concert venue is apparently dead: The Death of Death by Audio - The New Yorker), I'm wondering what kind of gain sound he's into. Seems like he's into less crazy distortion sound? not too fuzzy, have more body/low-mid, etc.
wait but weren't some Lovetone pedals in Edge's rig even in Vertigo tour? I can't really hear it but I remember he had 2 or so pedals from them.
I think DBA kinda focused too much on "weirdo" pedals and not necessarily what people can use. and recent boutique pedal makers like Earthquaker device have much better build quality so no wonder DBA is fading these days.
wait but weren't some Lovetone pedals in Edge's rig even in Vertigo tour? I can't really hear it but I remember he had 2 or so pedals from them. .
What I realize is that sometimes I confuse between doubling and actual modulation effect added by pedals/machines. and I know some artists (like Alex Lifeson) use chorus all the time (with low depth and very slow rate) to emulate the doubling effect live.
But I realized that even in non-LA/super-mainstream rock realm, lots of artists used chorus/modulation to help clean passages "stand out." I'm sure guys like Johnny Marr and John Squire used flange/chorus for arpeggio and delay to really create the atmosphere. but it's true that Edge isn't really using modulation effects a lot except for his delays. it's kinda reasonable considering that Edge was inspired by Television/Tom Verlaine &Richard Lloyd pair, who had amazingly dry guitar sounds (with almost no effect, I assume).
yeah studio trickery isn't something I'm too familiar with; I know decent DAW might help me do/simulate these techniques and might be able to study how to utilize them; I have experimented with Garageband for a while, and I realized that the possibility is kinda limitless especially using plugins. this was like first time I played around with synthesis. I even learn great deal of what artists do in studio from watching documentary about Def Leppard's Pyromania; Mutt Lange (producer) apparently made guitarists play one string at a time when playing chords (meaning that he wanted multiple tracks to build chords with guitars). and he replaced Rick Allen's drum part with drum machine, which.....is kinda heartless.
And how relevant are the Smashing Pumpkins these days, hmm? How many guitarists do you hear about that dig Billy's modern tone so much that they want those preamps as well vs. those who want that vintage IC Muff tone to get that old Siamese Dream sound?
EVERY guitarist needs a Big Muff!
I tried to like Big Muffs and derivatives thereof. Haven't found a single one I get along with.