Hey there!

I’ve always liked the Small Clone one best, I’ve always thought it was super clever but at the same time it’s basically one step away from saying “Your Cobain.” If there was a slogan on the Polychorus, I can only imagine it would read “Your Radio Friendly Unit Shifter” or “Your Crimson King.” Actually those sound pretty neat, if you ever do up an XO Polychorus they may be worth tossing around the office.

I’ve always wondered the psychology behind saying ‘your’ on every slogan, though – is this a deliberate marketing attempt, made to stimulate a person’s sense of ownership and belonging? Or is it just something you started doing when you moved away from pine boxes so that your pedal packaging could retain some of that charm? I’ve always been curious, it makes it harder to part with pedals because I think “Wait a second… I’m about to trade in a little piece of my Pi!” or something similar. “I can’t ditch this box, it’s got my prescription in it!”

EDIT: Hold up. The Doctor Q is my favorite: “Your prescription enclosed.”

Let’s also add “stereotypical teenaged purist rants” to the list?

No it’s okay, I’m a joyless cynic and nothing really bothers me anymore.

Minor Administrative Babble: Aside from the possibility of an underdeveloped vocabulary, I can’t determine any real reason for the cursing in your list. I hate to sound a prude, and I’m not about to make a big deal over it, but I think I speak for everyone when I say ‘please try to keep needless obscenities to a minimum.’

Just a thought for the future.

Yes!

Beck, Ween and the Flaming Lips are my musical trinity (although my tastes extend far beyond them). Also, The Melvins and The Beatles need space in there too, but I can’t give a top three if I have five favorite acts right?

My Christmas this year was pretty exciting: new drum heads! Tops and bottoms for my snare and both toms (five of the thick Remo Emperor heads and a thinner resonant head for my snare drum, so my drums are super Ringo-Style). My only complaint is that these toms are super dead sounding and my snare is really dry, so the Flanger Hoax is only really noticeable on my cymbals. However, the trade off is that the drums sound way way better through distortion.

Sustain pedal as in a compressor? It will totally mess with your cymbals, I love it and if you’re in a noise band you probably will too. Mild compression sounds really nice, but heavy compression sounds really weird – it makes your drums sustain longer, but as soon as they decay below the compressor’s threshold it’s a sudden drop. It’s worth checking out, but make sure that you buy it from somewhere with a return policy. Just in case. The Soul Preacher is rock solid and sounds really cool, but the MXR Dynacomp has this weird tremolo effect at maximum compression (not intended) that may suit a noise band nicely. A tracking sustainer such as the Boss DF-2 doesn’t know what to with the signal; cool effects can be had but it’s super unpredictable and requires way more concentration than it’s worth. I haven’t tried the freeze modes on the HOG yet, that may be interesting…

Have you ever looked into ring modulation?

The Black Finger isn’t much of a compressor in the traditional sense, it’s more of a tonal augmentation. It smooths your playing out and warms it up without squashing it – even in squash mode. If I was stuck with one pedal for the rest of my life, it would be a toss up between this and a looper.

That having been said, don’t trade in all of your pedals until you’ve locked them up in a room for a month to see how you can fare without them. The Black Finger is NOT an effect, you are essentially going to be playing with nothing in your chain except for a subtle studio compressor. It’s a big step, what kind of amp are you using?

I just read 3 graphic novels by Alan Moore: The Watchmen, Killing Joke and From Hell. The Watchmen is absolutely fantastic but I wish I would have read it before the movie was announced.Regardless, the book boasts incredible prominence despite being published over 20 years ago. It’s funny how little things change…

The Killing Joke is neat but it needed to have been about three times as long; I’m all for succinctness but the story needs more development than what it was given. Mental anguish needs more than a half hour to cause insanity. However, since I was three I’ve been a huge junkie for any Joker plot so I still loved it from start to finish. Moore is the master of cliffhanger endings, so his novels stick with you long after you’ve finished them. That’s more than I can say about any traditional novels I’ve read recently.

From Hell is… well, it’s dark. I jumped the gun when I said I’ve read three,I’m actually still reading this one.

As for books without pictures, I still need some time off… this stupid English major has turned reading into a chore. I recently read Slouching Towards Nirvana by Charles Bukowski and loved it but that’s contemporary poetry so it doesn’t count.

I like this thread.