Category: Effect Pedals

I’ve been an Ebow user for quite some time. I’ve been through a few. Even had one of the old school originals with the automatic shut-off feature. Ahhh…

I put the device down for a while, but have been spending more time with it in recent months, looking to improve my ebowing skills. Many players I have heard don’t use it for very complex melodies because it is cumbersome to switch strings, but with a little practice it can be done. I hope to post more examples in the future as I work on and hopefully improve on my string switching capabilities.

This piece is a simple guitar loop with delay, followed by a layer of Ebow.

Equipment used:
Carvin Holdsworth signature model HF2
Morley Steve Vai Little Alligator Volume Pedal
Avid Eleven Rack
Heet Sound Products Ebow
Strymon Timeline
tc electronic Ditto

Signal path — Carvin to Eleven Rack to Effect send to Volume Pedal to Ditto looper to Strymon Timeline to Effects return back to Eleven Rack.

Last week saw multiple days of snowfall where I live. Unusual. Headed out for a walk down by the river. So quiet. So peaceful. And yet melancholy. As I walked, the motif from “Carol of the Bells” began to run through my mind in tempo with my footfalls. I got out the iPhone and began to record video. When I got back, I headed for the studio and recorded a wintry soundscape loosely based on the song. Hope you enjoy it!

Equipment used:
Carvin Holdsworth signature model HF2
Morley Steve Vai Little Alligator Volume Pedal
Avid Eleven Rack
Strymon Timeline
tc electronic Ditto

Signal path — Carvin to Eleven Rack to Effect send to Volume Pedal to Ditto looper to Strymon Timeline to Effects return back to Eleven Rack.

https://soundcloud.com/chordsoforion/wintersoundscape

In the continuing pursuit of the “album.next” project, I’ve put together another video (and audio-only) of a song-in-progress. Sometimes song ideas arise from the use of effects pedals, and this was one. I was playing around with some of the default settings of the Strymon timeline and chanced upon a preset called “Dry Ice”. It worked reall well with the musical idea I was working on. We’ll where this one goes…

Equipment used:

Carvin Holdsworth signature model HF2
Morley Steve Vai Little Alligator Volume Pedal
Avid Eleven Rack
Strymon Timeline

Signal path – Carvin to Eleven Rack to Effect send to Volume Pedal to Strymon Timeline to Effects return back to Eleven Rack.

http://soundcloud.com/chordsoforion/ambientsong5

Does the world need more people doing effect pedal demos on YouTube? I dunno, but I did one. I will probably do a few more. Hope you will forgive me.

Anyway, Electro-Harmonix recently introduced the OD Glove overdrive/distortion pedal. I decided to try it out as the price was very very affordable. By the way, if you don’t play guitar, and are not familiar with overdrive pedals, just know that they are designed to introduce harmonic distortion into the amplified guitar signal. The cool thing is that distortion can have a very musical sound if the electronics are designed properly and the guitar player knows how to utilize it.

Anyway, the OD Glove is a more modern sounding distortion pedal with a “Marshally” thing going. I could write a bunch of text about it, but I think it is better to let you see and hear it. Hop you enjoy…