POD HD just arrived at ck music yesterday!!!
check it out...

http://www.ckmusic.com.my/webshaper/store/...ProductItem=467

wow... cool...

who carries Beta Aivin here?

I think got one fella who is a distributor over here. Check out garage sales.

The tone knob should not be higher than 9 o'clock
for a fat, warm sound.

Hillary, Samad of Lefthanded and Zul of Headwind
all had their DS-1's tone at this position during their
live performances.

As for the distortion level, both Hillary and Samad set
it at 3 o'clock, while Zul had his at 11 o'clock.

^true.. anything beyond 12 o'clock on tone seems unusable to me. But it can sound sweet when the tone is rolled down. very "bang for the buck" pedal!

Quick question, price of a Digitech Bad Monkey?

ranging from rm190 to rm220.... dpends on where u buy it....

guys, wats the best similar delay for vai petrucci... specially for lead work... thx...

eventide timefactor

arrrr.... thx bro for the headsup, however unable to locate local dealer though.. nearest TH,SG,ID all got.. sigh....

Any post rock/ambient fans here? I'm planning to start my own pedalboard for post rock stuff... on a budget. I know budget and post rock don't go together very well in the same sentence so a little help? I'm thinking something around the lines of MONO, Explosions in the Sky, Russian Circles, and definitely This Will Destroy You. My POD XT Live doesn't seem to be enough for these stuffs, haha.

indeed. post rock fans here.

the general idea is always some delays, looper, vol pedal, + dirt/modulation when needed. Mono and Russian Circles dont particularly have a big rig i think. so maybe you can start small, looking for bargains and just collect them one by one. no point getting it all but in the end realized they're no good in the end. Research helps!

Hmm, I was thinking perhaps I get a DD7 or a DD20 if there's a really good deal, and maybe MXR's Carbon Copy? As for the overdrive, I really have no idea what should I look into. Any suggestions for an overdrive pedal and looper? I thought the Digitech one is pretty cool, it allows you to store your loops in a memory card in case if you use up all the space.

uh.. just realized i LOOPEd my words around also.

DD7 and DD20 will be a good starting point. analog delay optional. Consider a reverb first. Then start thinking about loopers. Not sure how the diditech ones compare but I love my RC2

Overdrives are really down to your tastes. Russian Circles uses OCD, MONO uses BOSS overdrives and distortion (OD3, DS1 i think) and RAT. Personally I like to have at least two overdrives, set them from lower to higher gain. My Eternity->OCD works great.

Hmm, reverb first eh? What reverb would you recommend? And what amp do you use? Pening la, I need a new amp, but my pedal GAS is strong... sigh.

Oh i mean consider a reverb then only add analog delay. A (versatile) digital delay gotta be the first thing to get.

What amp you're using?

Crappy Laney HCM10 weh... what amp can you suggest? I thought of a Blackstar HT-5.

Do you like it? If not, then maybe consider upgrade to a better amp first? Maybe you'll like your POD even better after the amp change.

I'm using a cheap Peavey amp also, but it does sound good so it stays. I have been researching for cheap tube amps but seems like not many have good, transparent cleans (maybe they're small and sound tend to break up early? not very familiar with amps..). I'm still looking for a small transparent tube amps that sounds good clean, hope somebody here can give some tips.

I've heard the HT5 is still quite loud for home practice?.. hmm I havent try so I cant say. But the HT1 is out so its only a matter of time before it comes in heheh maybe that'll be sufficient!

Btw just rearranged my room stuff (it is damn packed) and suddenly the amp sounds better! xD

Totally hate it, the wiring from the amp to the speakers are kinda messed up, sometimes it'll just suddenly lose volume and also crackle. You think I should check out some cheap solid state amps? I wanna look for one with an fx loop but just don't have a clue of any cheaper amps like that. Heard that the fx loop function let pedals take over the tone or something.

I don't know if the HT5 is that loud or not, I've yet to try one. It's hard being a metalhead and a post rock fan, they're like 2 different worlds requiring 2 different setups.

You should check out Laney LC series, I read that they're really good for clean tones.

Did you point the amp away from you? I realize that when I point the amp away from me, it sounds significantly better, haha. Seems kinda silly cos it sounds better when it's not facing me, lol.

Really not familiar with amps... I guess you can go around testing amps and let us know what you think?

I have read some opinions about all these little tube amps and some says that they tend to break up easily with low wattage, therefore not clean enough for some pedals. Personally I prefer cleaner amps these days. Just cant get good enough cleans with the Marshall stacks in studios which is kind of frustrating. Another reason is I think I slowly further myself away from Metal also la.. the only heavy stuff I listen nowadays are Opeth and Amorphis, which aren't really Metal to most people anyways. Think Im getting old. hahaha

I think you have a ME70 before right? I did and sold it after I got poisoned by all these pedals..sold some stuff to get all the pedals but I'm not regretting.. It's really hard to get good blues tones out of a multieffects.


This post has been edited by quarantined: Nov 17 2010, 11:08 PM