Re: Effects was Re: [Harp-L] Jason's organ

[Russ Bradley <wbradley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Let me first qualify my remarks by saying the only effect I use is a Ron 
Holmes modified DanEcho.

That being said, I've played with many a guitar player and 2 of my sons 
play guitar.
I just don't see how you can characterize any Digitech product as wimpy 
or say a Boss pedal is superior.  Some folks make like the particular 
sound of a particular Boss pedal, but EVERYONE I know thinks Digitech 
makes superior electronics and my own ears tell me Digitech is much 
cleaner and Boss pedals are a lot noisier.  The people I know who use 
Boss pedals put up with the noise because they like the tone/feel of the 
particular effect and even they will tell you that Digitech produces 
much cleaner effects.
If you like the "demonic death sound" of your HOG, fine.  That's your 
preference.  That has nothing to do with the quality of the pedal.
Granted, I am talking about a guitar signal into the effect/pedal, not a 
miked harmonica, but if you said that to ANY of the guitar players I 
know, they would laugh you out of the room.

Just my $0.02,
Russ

Buddha wrote:

> no offense to Richard who I think is a marvelous and amazing
> musician/person but the sounds of his unit was wimpy compared to mine.
> There is a place for such units but there is no way it can stand it's
> ground vs a set up like mine or Jason's etc...
>
> by "real" pedals I mean dedicated pedals.  The RP unit have sounds
> that are trying to emulate other pedals and they are a watered down
> version of the real deal ie; Boss DM-2  The RP octave patch was
> nothing compared to the demonic death sound of my HOG.  If you're
> going to lug around gear then a pedal board is no big deal.  To me,
> the RP units are best suited to really small venues.
>
> BTW- I deny the power of a real amp and minimal pedals... MORE is MORE
> in this case. Bigger and better is the way to go for this stuff.
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Rick Davis<bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > buddha sez "nobody can deny the power of using real pedals"
> >
> > Real Pedals?  As opposed to what?
> >
> > Effects processing is effects processing, whether its a single pedal or a
> > multi pedal.  What makes one circuit real and the other not?  Many people
> > might argue both are synthetic.
> >
> > I do admire the tone Jason Ricci gets with his elaborate pedal board, and
> > also Richard Hunter's with his Digitech devices.  I also lust after the tone
> > others get with only a tube amp and a delay pedal.  To me, that is the tone
> > with the most power, by far.
> >
> > Nobody can deny the power of using a real amp and minimal pedals.  But you
> > also cannot deny the conveniece and flexibility of the Digitech RP
> > processors, to say nothing of the weight you don't have to lug around!
> >
> >
> > -Rick Davis
> > The Blues Harp Amps Blog
> > http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Buddha <groovygypsy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > After owning a couple of RPXXX units and hearing Richard demonstrate
> > > his, I am still not convinced its the way to go. Gimme my pedal board
> > > any day, nobody can deny the power of using real pedals.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
>
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