Gearing Up for Guitar
So I’ve got loads more gear recently. Excited? Thought so. Of course, by loads I actually mean two different items but nonetheless, my wallet’s still been relieved of a good £300 plus, leaving me with literally jack all money, Jack. Still, such is the lot of the pedal obsessed, talent-barren guitarist.
First off we have the stylish Electo Harmonix POG. A sexy little silver number that promises to create more octaves through it’s sheer polyphonic generating ability than a predictable punchline at the end of a sentence. (I’m not sure what that means, I wrote some of this post really late at night). That’s right. Look above, there’s a picture. I haven’t really got to grips with this so far to be honest. There’s a fine line between crystal clear chimes and oninous bass heavy octaves to stepping firmly into the I-sound-someone’s-leaning-on-a-cheap-Casio-by-accident area, so I need a bit of time tweaking it.
Second on tonight’s gearograpahy rundown is my new, swanky pedal board. Unlike this beast here, it’s made by Diago (possibly the best manufacturers of guitar accessories ever) and is a called a ‘Showman’. It’s great. Really well made, light, robust, all of that… except it’s well heavy when full. Carrtable but heavy. Majorly heavy. But brilliant. And heavy. Did I mention it was heavy? Although it’s the lightest board I’m going to get for it’s quality and it’s only my lack of car and huge pedals (look at that Russian Big Muff, it’s 99% lead) that’s the issue, not the equipment. And it’s still 4000 times lighter than my Fender twin. Still, definately investing in one of these in the near future.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Trolley seems a good idea to get the twin around. I’m definately after one of those Diago power supplies- they work with 18 and 24 amp Electro Harmonix pedals too, don’t they? Or are you using the power supply that came with the POG?
Also- if you have the POG that way round you will step-on and break the little white knobs off the sliders. They aint that sturdy- I’ve lost a couple.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
18 and 24 volt, obviously
March 7th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Dude, the trolly is for my pedal board. The amp would snap that fucker.
Anyway, Diago power pack amazing - Almost zero hum even from the Big Muff and it’s tiny and light. I’m using the power leads that came with the Akai Headrush and the POG but it seems to work fine with the Diago powerpack too. AND it powers the Big Muff through the battery socket.
Told you, best guitar accessories EVER
March 8th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Ah yeah I might get a power pack soon, and those cool custom patch leads- watch the video that shows how easy they are to use. The power pack doesn’t power the POG, Electric Mistress or Hum Debugger though unfortunately.