I’ve tried my hand at another product demo- this time a eerie, cosmic slap-back reverb by EarthQuaker Devices.
Still getting the hang of recording live- you can hear the occasional clink of dishes being washed in the background; the acoustic sound of me strumming my electric also gets in the way for a few spots here and there. I think it helps convey some of the finer points of this beautiful-sounding pedal, though. Feel free to drop a comment or email me if you have any thoughts or opinions!
After making the 250 true bypass, I went ahead and did a few fidelity mods:
All of which I put on a SPDT on-off-on switch. I forget which on-side is which pair of diodes, but the middle (off) is the no-diode setting.
So without further ado, here is the demo:
Here’s a video of the fuzz pedal in action. Direct in recording from pedal.
This is a fuzz pedal I created by adding a feedback loop and noise gate to a reissue EHX Big Muff Pi. It adds a bit of a more modern feel to the classic distortion pedal, while also keeping its original circuit intact. This video shows just a couple of the effects that can be achieved using the modified BMP, and I’m sure as I get more time to play with it on my board, I’ll find other settings I like. This one can go full spectrum- from a gentle gain boost to insane sub-octave bit crunching.
This is the raw footage (about 16 minutes worth) of my band up in NYC- Preston Demands- playing the Prospect Park band shell in Brooklyn, NY. It was our first real show, and having it in front of such a large audience was a good way to get our feet wet. I will say that I prefer the comforting intimacy of indie clubs, though.
I can’t get Myspace videos to embed- just click the picture below to go to the page with the video on there.
Prospect Park July 07
One of my favorite side projects was doing the music for Peov Freitas’ “New York Chronicle”. He’s a good man, and a good film maker. Check out the trailer below (featuring “My Fire”):
