G.A.S. - phase one
G.A.S. stands for Guitar Addiction Syndrome. And I've got a whopping bad case of it.
Let me start at the beginning. I recently switched main electric guitars -- from a Blue Ibanez Sabre to a Music Man Steve Morse model. The MM is simply a better sounding guitar, and as much as I loved my old Ibanez, it has developed serious neck problems and now has a terminal case of fret buzz.
But this made me retweak my pedalboard -- the one I use for Chaos Theory. It used to run like this:
Morley "Bad Horsie" Wah --> Boss CS-2 Compression/Sustainer --> Boss MT-2 Metal Zone --> T.C. Electronics Chorus+ --> Sovtek/Electroharmonix Big Muff pedal...
and then out to the amp. I loved this setup with the Ibanez -- I'd searched for exactly the right stomp boxes for quite some time before I came up with this combination. But with the new guitar, the Big Muff sounds kinda saggy and lame compared to the Metal Zone, and it always lets out a loud POP when I switch it on and off... TIME FOR A NEW FUZZ PEDAL!!!
With delusions of chunkier power chords buzzing in my brain, I headed to the friendly neighborhood Guitar Center. The dude there immediately turned me onto this new Wasabi Distortion pedal. This sucker is as fierce as it is syrupy sweet. I'm in love... pay for it quickly and head straight for the door. These sorts of places are dangerous for people with my condition!
Came home, kissed the Big Muff goodbye, and dropped in the Wasabi. I'm lost for hours in foot-stomping, knob-twiddling bliss.
But now the Metal Zone sounds kinda hazy and poor next to the Wasabi, and I've got to rethink the order of the pedals, and then they don't fit on the board very nicely... suddenly, I'm looking online for new chorus pedals, one that fits on the pedalboard better, and doesn't need it's own AC... and I'm beginning to consider an alternative for the Metal Zone, maybe something with a tube in it... eventually, I'm so overwhelmed with options that I lose steam. Determined to stick with what I've got, I go back to rethinking and retweaking the pedals, and now I think I've got something I'm happy with:
"Bad Horsie" Wah --> Boss CS-2 --> T.C. chorus --> Metal Zone --> Wasabi
Bottom line: I wasted the entire day, BUT I didn't buy anything else new.
They say this is the first step to G.A.S. recovery...
Let me start at the beginning. I recently switched main electric guitars -- from a Blue Ibanez Sabre to a Music Man Steve Morse model. The MM is simply a better sounding guitar, and as much as I loved my old Ibanez, it has developed serious neck problems and now has a terminal case of fret buzz.
But this made me retweak my pedalboard -- the one I use for Chaos Theory. It used to run like this:
Morley "Bad Horsie" Wah --> Boss CS-2 Compression/Sustainer --> Boss MT-2 Metal Zone --> T.C. Electronics Chorus+ --> Sovtek/Electroharmonix Big Muff pedal...
and then out to the amp. I loved this setup with the Ibanez -- I'd searched for exactly the right stomp boxes for quite some time before I came up with this combination. But with the new guitar, the Big Muff sounds kinda saggy and lame compared to the Metal Zone, and it always lets out a loud POP when I switch it on and off... TIME FOR A NEW FUZZ PEDAL!!!
With delusions of chunkier power chords buzzing in my brain, I headed to the friendly neighborhood Guitar Center. The dude there immediately turned me onto this new Wasabi Distortion pedal. This sucker is as fierce as it is syrupy sweet. I'm in love... pay for it quickly and head straight for the door. These sorts of places are dangerous for people with my condition!
Came home, kissed the Big Muff goodbye, and dropped in the Wasabi. I'm lost for hours in foot-stomping, knob-twiddling bliss.
But now the Metal Zone sounds kinda hazy and poor next to the Wasabi, and I've got to rethink the order of the pedals, and then they don't fit on the board very nicely... suddenly, I'm looking online for new chorus pedals, one that fits on the pedalboard better, and doesn't need it's own AC... and I'm beginning to consider an alternative for the Metal Zone, maybe something with a tube in it... eventually, I'm so overwhelmed with options that I lose steam. Determined to stick with what I've got, I go back to rethinking and retweaking the pedals, and now I think I've got something I'm happy with:
"Bad Horsie" Wah --> Boss CS-2 --> T.C. chorus --> Metal Zone --> Wasabi
Bottom line: I wasted the entire day, BUT I didn't buy anything else new.
They say this is the first step to G.A.S. recovery...
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