What are you curious to try that you've never tried?

[twabelljr]

I would like to try a looper ie: Boss RC-20XL or similar. I am not in a band and usually play by myself at home. (Wife has no interest in playing my other guitar, but she can sing.) I would like to be able to record a rythm track of my own with a drum machine track and play it back and noodle over top of it. If it works out then I would like some type of recorder/mixer or the software equivalent. Who knows, I might come up with a great song! As for the Digitech Whammy, watch and listen how David Gilmour uses it in "Marooned" to smoothly bend notes a whole octave. Very cool sounding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3W6hBI1SAL4

[StereoKills]

Ring modulator.
I can't think of one time I've heard one sound good.

If I remember, Mike Einziger uses one to very nice effect on the Incubus album S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

I really have been wanting to mess around with a wah for a while.  I got one as a gift years ago and never really used it before it was stolen, now I wish I had.

[ItZaLLgOOd]

Some sort of vibe pedal has been on my to-do list for a while.  Been looking at the EasyVibe recently.

[DougH]

I would love to play with a looper but I don't think I'd want to build one.

I've been getting curious about synth modules. My son has been getting interested in synthy things and that bug has been infecting me too. I've been perusing that site someone posted where the guy sells PCBs of synth stuff. He has a very nice sounding ring mod we may tackle after the first of the year (yeah, my son's getting interested in building too, I think...). He also has a nice "pseudo" guitar synth (a la EHX microsynth) and some sequencers that look tempting as well.

EHX Ring Thing looks tempting as a strictly "buy" decision too. Some overlap with HOG functions but they sound a little different than the HOG, according to the demo vids anyway.

[Mark Hammer]

I've been perusing that site someone posted where the guy sells PCBs of synth stuff. He has a very nice sounding ring mod we may tackle after the first of the year (yeah, my son's getting interested in building too, I think...). He also has a nice "pseudo" guitar synth (a la EHX microsynth) and some sequencers that look tempting as well.

That would be Ray Wilson's "Music From Outer Space" site.  Decent guy who responds quickly and thoroughly to requests for assistance.

The majority of his layouts presume double-sided PCBs, so you're best off buying the boards from him, even though he provides toner-transfer masks on his site.

Definitely not for meat-and-potatoes players, but then once in a while you want a watercress sandwich, goat rotis, and a big glass of lacie, just for something different.

My own kids are not especially musical, but last night, while my older son was trying his best to get my video-card working properly, I demoed the MIDI guitar and synth units to him....in stereo, with one side being phase shifted and the other chorused, to maximize the effect....and he was pretty damn impressed.  That Korg module (05r/w) has some absolutely nutbar patches that only require you to pluck one note to uleash a lengthy torrent of sounds and events that sweep back and forth.  He has NEVER shown any interest in guitar and indicated wanting to spend today tinkering with that setup.

[DougH]

That would be Ray Wilson's "Music From Outer Space" site.  Decent guy who responds quickly and thoroughly to requests for assistance.

That's it. Great site!

The majority of his layouts presume double-sided PCBs, so you're best off buying the boards from him, even though he provides toner-transfer masks on his site.

Definitely not for meat-and-potatoes players, but then once in a while you want a watercress sandwich, goat rotis, and a big glass of lacie, just for something different.

My own kids are not especially musical, but last night, while my older son was trying his best to get my video-card working properly, I demoed the MIDI guitar and synth units to him....in stereo, with one side being phase shifted and the other chorused, to maximize the effect....and he was pretty damn impressed.  That Korg module (05r/w) has some absolutely nutbar patches that only require you to pluck one note to uleash a lengthy torrent of sounds and events that sweep back and forth.  He has NEVER shown any interest in guitar and indicated wanting to spend today tinkering with that setup.

Yes, I have no intention of making my own PCB's, just looking for essentially a kit build experience here. I built my tone pad phase 90 the same way and it was a lot of fun. We have been messing around with recording so opening up new sounds for that is what is pushing our interest into synths.

Sounds great about your son, Mark. It's great when you see that sparkle in their eye when they first discover something they didn't know they were interested in.

Now you are making me damn jealous about that casio guitar of yours... 

[earthtonesaudio]

hex pickup + multieffects-per-string

[phector2004]

I would like to try a looper ie: Boss RC-20XL or similar. I am not in a band and usually play by myself at home. (Wife has no interest in playing my other guitar, but she can sing.) I would like to be able to record a rythm track of my own with a drum machine track and play it back and noodle over top of it. If it works out then I would like some type of recorder/mixer or the software equivalent. Who knows, I might come up with a great song! As for the Digitech Whammy, watch and listen how David Gilmour uses it in "Marooned" to smoothly bend notes a whole octave. Very cool sounding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3W6hBI1SAL4

Nice! I'm getting closer and closer to actually buying one every day. 

Have you given the RC-2 a try? I didn't impulse-shop it (as usual!), but rather did a lot of research and it had almost all the features of the larger ones for 200$ less. It doesn't have stereo though, but you can hook up a boss foot switch and it becomes as easy to use as the RC-20. Tried it in the store on its own and it wasn't too hard to use. After about a week of using it, it becomes a breeze.

[Mark Hammer]

The Digitech JamMan has me intrigued.  The idea of being able to edit loops on a PC and then stick a memory stick into a pedal for use is a very nice idea.

[Scruffie]

The Digitech JamMan has me intrigued.  The idea of being able to edit loops on a PC and then stick a memory stick into a pedal for use is a very nice idea.

Speaking of Digitech, the Harmony Man has me intrigued, but at that price... doubt i'll be playing one soon.

[arma61]

i would like to try that sheet of steel or iron you put on your leg and you can play with the violin's arch, sorry don't know the name, I think it's from Australia (!?), I've seen it many years ago on tv, but never been able to see it again!

[markeebee]

You mean a musical saw?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9PVM-Yg0k


I'd like to try a Slicer.

And a Les Paul through a 100W stack at full tilt. No effects.

[arma61]

You mean a musical saw?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9PVM-Yg0k

close, may be I mixed up what I recall in my mind!, could be that sheet was played, and so making sound, just bending it back and forth (or up and down AFAIK), over the player's leg, or somehing like that..., you kow just like when you make the thunder storm sound with some aluminium foil!

[vendettav]

The UGLYFACE!

I've wanted to build that for years but haven't done it yet. I even bought the Vactrols four years ago.

Someone here sells PCBs but not to Europe . Anyway, I'm just lazy and have no real use for it. If I want I can build it on perfboard in an afternoon.

Writing this I hear that one demo that still blows me away even thinking about it. Hmm, the holidays are comming. Just need a LM386 and a NE555. The rest I have in stock .

BINGO!! i myself wanted to build this and bouht everything other than the vactrol/LDR ... couldnt get anything like that in my country

[Philippe]

Re: What are you curious to try that you've never tried?

*Hmmm* I've been asked that question before...usually by previous dates & once by a hooker in a Vegas lounge while attending a conference.

As far as guitar effects go, I'd be curious about trying-out an Octavia. Never built or used one but I suspect that it has limited uses other than in trying to re-create early Hendrix.

[FUZZZZzzzz]

skip to 3 minutes.. think of another song.. composed by yourself..  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdPCX29wlE

[FUZZZZzzzz]

ive always wanted to make a cat organ.. with different voices to play cat chords.. sounds, not real life cats obviously

edit: never mind, damn you welsh people!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSYenalqm5o

[Morocotopo]

Me, combinations of the usual suspects.
Let me explain: most people have one distortion, one chorus, one phaser, one sequenced something, etc. But what happens when you combine more than one of those? For example, two or more delays, so as to get rhythmic delays (a 16th, an eight and two quarters, let´s say). The other day I tried two vibes in series, and what a nice sound! the phasing was much nicer, and the possibilities of the two LFO´s speeds gave quite a variety of sounds. A ts9 and a fuzz in series give a really smooth sound, not at all like any one single pedal.

Get the idea?

Also, any modulation FX with different LFO shapes: step, two LFO´s in series or one modulating the other, etc etc.

A ring mod.

A Dumble amp.

A Gibson L5.

A really expensive Lexicon reverb.

[caress]

as far as effects go, DSP.

otherwise:
an actual mellotron
a really nice steinway in a great sounding room
playing/recording in a silo
riding a horse
being in a deep sea submersible
the beers at the beer store that are more than $20
foods that i haven't actually tried

[Jazznoise]

A good tremolo (on to do list to try and build over the summer)

A tasty auto filter - I've only ever had this and the trem as amp effects. Not exactly alot of control..or a tap tempo!

The old shoegaze Reverb>Distortion>Amp trick

A ring modulator

A POG or HOG

Operate a Tape Machine - hopefull gonna get the college one up and running next year. We've a few old reels lying around too!

Use a good Organ - again, I think I'm involved in repairing one or 2 of these next year. Noisey lesley imitation speaker, broken footpedals, sound levels wobble. Will make a thread if it prooves frustrating/interesting. 

But considering I got to record a jam a few weeks ago with a Moog Little Phatty, I'm hardly going to whinge.