Pedal Acquisition Syndrome PAS group

[switchback]

Originally Posted by cooljuk

You can beat this!

I once was pedal obsessed as well. Bought, built, traded, modded, re-built, restored, etc. Now I want as few as possible in my way.

Welcome cool, Hmmmm .....once WAS obsessed ? me thinks you might be taking a sabatical..... once a PAS'er always a PAS'er....

[Marshall & Moonshine]

Originally Posted by cooljuk

You can beat this!

I once was pedal obsessed as well. Bought, built, traded, modded, re-built, restored, etc. Now I want as few as possible in my way.

Me too.
The hard part is defining "few as possible". I got it down to 5, but I still may get the analogman chorus someday.
I could probably quit if I wanted. Dunno, though.....
I've never wanted.

[lexluthier]

I started buying pedals back in the early '80's when everybody was unloading them for rack stuff. I figured what the heck, maybe someday they will be worth something - LOL! Man, back then most used pedals were $10-20 and they just sat in the showcases unwanted. I still buy 'em, there's a lot of good sounding stuff out there these days!

[Guitar Freak]

Originally Posted by switchback

once a PAS'er always a PAS'er....

[gibsonguitar1988]

I'm back!

I decided not to let a couple @ssholes ruin the whole forum for me. It's been a month from hell personally and it hit me at the wrong time.

Your fellow Chairman of the Dirtbox Division of the PAS is back!

Pedal plans for now is to get my TS-9 modded to Analogman Silver mod and pick up a Keeley modified Blues Driver. That's my next plans, FWIW.

[CheopisIV]

TS-9, TS-808, Green Rhino this, JRC4558D that...

I've been spending way to much time looking at 'Tube Screamer' threads lately. I'm thinkng my compressor build may have to wait a bit...

Welcome back gibs88! Good to see you've gotten through whatever was bothering you! You also seem partially to blame for my latest musings. Did you get your new power supply yet?

[GrouchyDog]

Welcome back dude - PAS never sleeps, so I knew it was temporary.

FWIW, I let the Backstage get to me at a bad time personally & took a full year away from MLP. I just don't go there any more. You ain't alone!

[gibsonguitar1988]

Thanks everyone!!

And no I have not gotten my replacement PS yet.... I'm starting to get a little impatient. But it was a free replacement, so I guess I can't say too much. I may end up just buying one from Musician's Friend and then having 2 of the damn things. Lately I've been just using pedals one at a time.

[Guitar Freak]

Originally Posted by gibsonguitar1988

I'm back!

I decided not to let a couple @ssholes ruin the whole forum for me. It's been a month from hell personally and it hit me at the wrong time.

Your fellow Chairman of the Dirtbox Division of the PAS is back!

Pedal plans for now is to get my TS-9 modded to Analogman Silver mod and pick up a Keeley modified Blues Driver. That's my next plans, FWIW.

Again... I told ya!

You'll run into plenty of (insert profanity here) on the internet, everywhere. Ignore them, block them, whatever. Glad to see you're back!

Who needs the backstage? Half those people don't even visit the other forum sections. I'd be surprised to see a few of them actually play guitar.

[CheopisIV]

My own PAS is getting the best of me. I've got a Joyo Ultimate drive incoming this week and now a Green Rhino hopefully for next week!

I've also struck a trade deal giving one of my White Rabbit pedals for a Marshall Reverb (assuming I can solder it up today!)

[OptimalG33]

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[2009LPGT]

Cool video!

"We have the Robin Trower pedal just in case...just in case he shows up!"

[switchback]

Originally Posted by gibsonguitar1988

I'm back!

I decided not to let a couple @ssholes ruin the whole forum for me. It's been a month from hell personally and it hit me at the wrong time.

Your fellow Chairman of the Dirtbox Division of the PAS is back!

Pedal plans for now is to get my TS-9 modded to Analogman Silver mod and pick up a Keeley modified Blues Driver. That's my next plans, FWIW.

Welcome back broski, that was a short sabatical and always remember you have a great support group here. "What said or done in PAS, stays in PAS" .... now back to spending and playing

[switchback]

Originally Posted by CheopisIV

My own PAS is getting the best of me. I've got a Joyo Ultimate drive incoming this week and now a Green Rhino hopefully for next week!

I've also struck a trade deal giving one of my White Rabbit pedals for a Marshall Reverb (assuming I can solder it up today!)

hey cheo please do a thorough review of the Rhino I am seriously looking at one too. Would like to know your thoughts....er ...I think

[CheopisIV]

Sure thing, but I'm blind going in as I've never touched a Tube Screamer before. Apparently it's the most copied circuit by builders so I may have to jump onboard and build one up, but it's not an overly intriguing idea as I'd prefer to come up with something less...typical?

I have all the parts according to the schematics I've seen, but I'd like to A/B against the Rhino as it apparently uses a different opamp and diodes as well as adds the 100Hz dial.

The good news, I got my own White Rabbit done along with the one going to Hector Arcadius so now I have Fuzz on my board!!!

I also got the Joyo Ultimate Drive in last night! For those interested, I actually prefer the Joyo to the Alpha Drive! It has a nice distortion that sounds pretty lively and less muffled in contrast to the Alpha.

I really need to stop accumulating pedals, but it's 'research' ...you have to understand.

[gibsonguitar1988]

Thanks again everyone!

CheopisIV - I think you will love the Green Rhino. It's a killer pedal and the best TS type pedal I've heard. It really is great. Very flexible.

[CheopisIV]

Originally Posted by gibsonguitar1988

Thanks again everyone!

CheopisIV - I think you will love the Green Rhino. It's a killer pedal and the best TS type pedal I've heard. It really is great. Very flexible.

I'm not going to mince words here, nor am I going to pretend it isn't true, but this purchase is entirely based on your talking about the Rhino in another thread on this forum I've never been interested in the Rhino until I saw your posts talking it up. (Link)

I won't hold you accountable if it soundsl ike poo, but I do have high expectations

[gibsonguitar1988]

Originally Posted by CheopisIV

I'm not going to mince words here, nor am I going to pretend it isn't true, but this purchase is entirely based on your talking about the Rhino in another thread on this forum I've never been interested in the Rhino until I saw your posts talking it up. (Link)

I won't hold you accountable if it soundsl ike poo, but I do have high expectations

It really is a great pedal! I think short of buying an original or a high end boutique, it's the best Tubescreamer circuit pedal money can buy. That said, I'm sending my TS-9 off to Analogman this week for his highest level mod and we'll see what comes back. I also want to try a Keeley modded one sometime. But I've tried all of the stock TS and pretty much all of the popular clones and this one by far takes the cake.

[CheopisIV]

Originally Posted by gibsonguitar1988

It really is a great pedal! I think short of buying an original or a high end boutique, it's the best Tubescreamer circuit pedal money can buy. That said, I'm sending my TS-9 off to Analogman this week for his highest level mod and we'll see what comes back. I also want to try a Keeley modded one sometime. But I've tried all of the stock TS and pretty much all of the popular clones and this one by far takes the cake.

If i do go the tube screamer route on a future build, you're the guy I'm gonna call to put it through the paces!

[gibsonguitar1988]

Originally Posted by CheopisIV

If i do go the tube screamer route on a future build, you're the guy I'm gonna call to put it through the paces!

Definitely man! I'd be happy to! I definitely know my Tubescreamers and they are the favorite overdrive circuit of mine.

I'd love to see someone take the TS circuit and really expand it even further or make it even more flexible. Retaining the good things about the Tubescreamer, and "fixing" the others (lack of bass, mid contour, etc). There have been many attempts at this and the Green Rhino is one of them. My favorite overdrive of all time is the Wampler Paisley Drive and it was designed on a heavily tweaked TS style circuit but with more mods and tweaks than any other. In fact I'd say it really is the best TS-inspired pedal out there. The Green Rhino is the best true clone but the Paisley takes it and pushes it to a whole new level to where it only has a couple things in common with the original circuit. It's the one pedal I'll never part with. I have turned so many guys onto it. It's honestly the one pedal I'd use if god forbid if I could only have one overdrive at a gig - this is it. Because with it's knobs and switches you can do just about everything from clean boost to chunky rock power chords and everything in between. It's so versatile and sounds great with ALL guitars. So often you get a pedal that only sounds good with a certain kind of guitar be it single coil/humbucker or even model specific like Tele/Strat/etc. I even have some pedals like that on my board right now (I won't mention any names! ). But for a pedal to sound good with everything, be versatile and cover all bases, and for it to be very much old school in tone (vintage type medium gain) is my dream overdrive. I've yet to find it but the Paisley is as close to it that I've heard. But still not quite there.

[Hector Arcadius]

Originally Posted by CheopisIV

If i do go the tube screamer route on a future build, you're the guy I'm gonna call to put it through the paces!

Good call there!


Not to turn the PAS-Group thread into (another) TS-kinda-thread, but I would love to play a Green Rhino next to a BB Preamp, an OCD and a Signa Drive. The other 3 are not considered typical TS-clones, but are rather TS-based-highly tweaked & evolved designs. Each one with a different approach, but really top pedals, IMO.

If you go down that road David, keep those in your radar.

[gibsonguitar1988]

Originally Posted by Hector Arcadius

Good call there!


Not to turn the PAS-Group thread into (another) TS-kinda-thread, but I would love to play a Green Rhino next to a BB Preamp, an OCD and a Signa Drive. The other 3 are not considered typical TS-clones, but are rather TS-based-highly tweaked & evolved designs. Each one with a different approach, but really top pedals, IMO.

If you go down that road David, keep those in your radar.

Hehe I have all of those except the Signa Drive.

Once my new power supply for my pedalboard gets here (STILL WAITING btw!) I am going to do a video of my whole pedalboard and the tones I get.

[2009LPGT]

Originally Posted by Hector Arcadius

Good call there!


Not to turn the PAS-Group thread into (another) TS-kinda-thread, but I would love to play a Green Rhino next to a BB Preamp, an OCD and a Signa Drive. The other 3 are not considered typical TS-clones, but are rather TS-based-highly tweaked & evolved designs. Each one with a different approach, but really top pedals, IMO.

If you go down that road David, keep those in your radar.

Ooo signa drive is a winner too!! Does not sound like a tube screamer to me but rather sits in the bluesbreaker camp. Really fun one. Speaking of the signa, I really miss my black plague! That was one sweet RAT!!

[Hector Arcadius]

Originally Posted by gibsonguitar1988

Hehe I have all of those except the Signa Drive.

Once my new power supply for my pedalboard gets here (STILL WAITING btw!) I am going to do a video of my whole pedalboard and the tones I get.

Yes, please do so Austin! That would be the perfect thing to do for this kind of thread... Or not...?

Originally Posted by 2009LPGT

Ooo signa drive is a winner too!! Does not sound like a tube screamer to me but rather sits in the bluesbreaker camp. Really fun one. Speaking of the signa, I really miss my black plague! That was one sweet RAT!!

Ken, you ******! You had both of those?! I've been wanting to try Chad's stuff for ever! Along with the Barber, he has most probably the most reasonably-priced hand-made effects pedals in the market! And they all sound killer! It's only a matter of time before I succumb... Damn it! (and I GOT to finally re-wire the Les Paul but this PAS thing gets the best of me... and my money... )

[GrouchyDog]

Originally Posted by gibsonguitar1988

...

Once my new power supply for my pedalboard gets here (STILL WAITING btw!) I am going to do a video of my whole pedalboard and the tones I get.

I don't think YouTube will let you post a 3-hour video...

Seriously, do this - there are some pedals you have that I'd love to hear side-by-side...

[Hector Arcadius]

Originally Posted by GrouchyDog

I don't think YouTube will let you post a 3-hour video...

Seriously, do this - there are some pedals you have that I'd love to hear side-by-side...

+1


It will be a ...ROCK-UMENTARY!

[switchback]

Just to bring us to focus, let me quote our motto: "Buy them ALL and let God sort it out" ! ...... love to see you guys suffer from PAS ...just love it ! oooops I mean, common guys try to have control and be patient... ( NO, I didn't mean it ...put me down ...wait HELP !)

[snaredrum]

nice historical reference there, Switch

[switchback]

Originally Posted by snaredrum

nice historical reference there, Switch

Oh No did I date myself .....

[snaredrum]

Originally Posted by switchback

Oh No did I date myself .....

yes, you are old enough to remember the albigensian crusade...