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A photo of a red guitar stomp pedal with three dials at the top of it and a little switch in the middle.

Okay, so after a TON of reading and watching videos on YouTube (shout-out to That Pedal Show in particular), I've decided the last (for the moment 😏) piece of my guitar pedal board is going to be a Boss DM-2W analogue delay pedal. Delay pedals basically take the note you play and repeat it back after a given interval and for a certain number of repeats, and there's all SORTS of interesting effects you can get depending on how big the interval is, how much of the original note you get back, and how many repeats you've set. Analogue pedals in particular have a specific sound that's really warm and dark, as opposed to digital pedals which tend to be basically exact replicas of your sound. The original DM-2 pedal stopped being produced in the mid-80s and this DM-2W is the "Waza Craft" reissue of that original one, so it's got the same sound but also a little switch at the top that goes between "Standard" DM-2 and the new "Custom" mode that boosts the maximum repeat rate from 300ms to 800ms and brightens up the sound a little bit. I did some playing around in Logic Pro with the built-in delays in there, none of which sound nearly as good as the DM-2W, but damn, playing without any sort of delay at all sounds so flat and boring now, haha. I was considering the Boss DD-200 which is VERY swish, but it's a digital one instead of analogue and while it's got a ton of features, it seems kind of overwhelming for just dipping my toes into the world of delay.

Posted on 18 September 2022, 22:36

A photo of a black metal box with four silver push switches and an LCD display in the middle. The display says "LOGIC PRO" in the middle with "Record", "Play", "Previous Scene" and "Next Scene" in the corners corresponding to each switch.

Yessss, got the Bridge4 configured to control Logic Pro now! So I can start and stop recording, play and pause the existing audio, and switch between and trigger live loops scenes all right from the pedalboard without needing to take my hands off the guitar. 😎

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Posted on 15 September 2022, 22:11

A photo of a DIY guitar pedalboard. It consists of two horizontal planks of wood screwed into two shallowly-angled pieces on either end. The two horizontal pieces have strips of velcro on them, and there's four pedals attached to it. The new pedal is black with four silver switches on it and a little LCD display in the middle.

So it turns out you can control the Boss RC-5 looper pedal via MIDI instead of needing to lean down awkwardly to adjust the built-in drum machine, so I bought an (Australian-designed) MIDI controller, the Pirate MIDI Bridge4! It's pretty slick, but unfortunately Boss' documentation on how specifically to configure external MIDI devices to control it is a little lacking, so there's a LOT of trial and error going on right now.

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Posted on 9 September 2022, 22:13

A photo of the pedalboard sitting in front of an Orange (and coloured orange) guitar amplifier.

That was a HELLA productive day off, look at my pedalboard! Everything is so neat and tidy, I'm fucking STOKED at how well it came together.

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Posted on 5 September 2022, 17:09

A photo of an Orange Rocker 15 guitar amplifier which is clad in bright orange vinyl and looks like it came directly from the 1960s, plus three guitar pedals sitting on the floor in front of it (an overdrive, a noise suppressor, and a looper).

Ahhhhh, this is so much fun! Creating a chord loop and turning the drum kit on (which is matched perfectly to the rhythm of the loop you recorded), then playing over the top of it. Definitely excellent practice for getting my timing up to snuff. And that overdrive pedal is so good, I get fantastic distortion now without having to crank the amp volume too high.

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Posted on 2 September 2022, 21:42

A photo of the slightly-off-white Boss "NS-2" noise suppressor guitar pedal. It's an austere-looking unit with three black dials with white faces on the top of it.

Last pedal arrived! Now the interminable wait until the end of next month for the guitar itself. Lots of fun to have with my current one and the new pedals in the meantime though!

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Posted on 1 September 2022, 14:48

YESSSS.

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Posted on 31 August 2022, 13:01

A product shot of an electric guitar. It's black around the edges and fades into raw maple in the middle of the body as well as the headstock, and has three pickups (two humbuckers and a single coil in the middle).

A product shot of the Boss SD-1 "Super Overdrive" guitar pedal. It's BRIGHT YELLOW and has three dials on the top of it. Fun fact, this pedal has been around since 1981 and still kicks huge amounts of arse.

A product shot of the Boss RC-5 "Loopstation" guitar pedal. It's in a handsome red colour and has a small LCD at the top with a dial next to it and some buttons that light up red and green.

A product shot of the Boss NS-2 noise suppressor guitar pedal. It's an austere-looking unit in white with three black dials with white faces on the top of it.

I've been eyeing off one of Ibanez's guitars for a little while now, the Nita Strauss signature "JIVA10", and was going to get it when my bonus comes in at the end of next month. I emailed the music store I buy all my big stuff through (https://www.musoscorner.com.au, they're based in Newcastle and are really good) and they said that guitar is a special order and that if I ordered it now it'd arrive in late September, and they can take it out of the box before they ship it to me and make sure all is well and that it's all set up right and tuned up and such. So I figured fuck it, I'll get a head start and buy it now so it'll arrive at the end of next month. 😛 Also picked up some pedals as well, I'm REALLY looking forward to using the RC-5 loop station, apparently a looper pedal is absolutely brilliant for learning guitar with, and this one actually has a bunch of drum kits and styles in it so you can practice along to something more interesting to keep with than a straight metronome. Also, just LOOK at that guitar, it's so PRETTY. 😍

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Posted on 29 August 2022, 21:10

My First Song (Electro Mix)

There we go, I present to you "My First Song (Electro Mix)"! 😁

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Posted on 26 August 2022, 21:21

A screenshot of Logic Pro showing three audio tracks and two floating windows above it with all sorts of knobs and dials.

I am having ENTIRELY too much fun in Logic Pro right now. I've taken the song I recorded back in May (https://virtualwolf.org/media/posts/2029), recorded a bass track with my guitar amp/load box/audio interface setup, and have turned it into this electronic-sounding thing. (Once I'm happy with it, I'll upload it.) Also, man, listening to this back again I can really hear that I sucked at keeping the guitar in time with the drums. 😛

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Posted on 25 August 2022, 21:42