#guitar jam

[cyberloops]

So I bought a decent multi-effects pedal after I got the new bass. Basically the bass version of the one I had for my guitar.

But then I kinda went down the rabbit hole of cheap, affordable pedals and decided to waste a few bucks on the cheapest of cheap multi-effects pedals that I could find. I narrowed it down to three options, and decided to go with the Donner Multi-Pad100. Partly because the reviewers I saw were all pleasantly surprised. Mostly because it's shaped like an SNES controller, and I'm easily influenced.

This is what it looks like compared to an 8bitdo SNES gamepad replica. It's a little wider, and it's a chunky boi. It has to be to fit a 9 volt battery inside for when you don't have access to an outlet or a USB charger.

I started it out with a tremelo effect, mixed with some heavy reverb and light delay. Then I switched from tremelo to a heavy chorus effect at the end. It's pretty easy to use. The dials on the right control the basic effects, the dials on the left control an amp emulator to try and make it sound like you're running your guitar through one of several classic amps that would probably cost more than my monthly paychecks to buy in real life.

The build quality is kinda crap, I could barely get my headphones to plug into it. But the sound quality is... not bad? Maybe even slightly good? This is me playing a sub-200 dollar electric guitar through a 50 dollar multi-effects pedal and recording it directly into my computer. After only poking around with this pedal for a few minutes. Just long enough to figure out how to make the built-in drum machine work for backing.

It also has a clip on the back, so if I wanted to literally clip it to my belt or my guitar strap while I'm playing, I totally could.

As for the guitar I used, my guitar is a Dean EVO XM that I've had for... twelve? Maybe thirteen years now. I'm pretty sure that's literally their cheapest model. And I bought it right when they dropped the price, whenever that was. (I suppose I could look up when the price dropped to figure out exactly when I bought it.) There are knockoff no-name-brand guitars out there that are more expensive.

So yeah. For this thanksgiving, I think I'm thankful that we live in a world where a cheapskate like me can still get my hands on musical instruments and equipment to keep making music, even I've only got a part-time job.

If anyone is curious, the other two that I was debating getting were the Mooer PE100, which usually costs around 90 bucks but was on sale for 60 bucks while I was looking. It has more features and is definitely worth more, but the way it worked was basically the same as my nicer Zoom G1X pedal that I already have, so I decided there was no point in just getting a cheaper, crappier version of something that I already have. And the other alternative was the Cube Baby. Which apparently isn't sold under the name of the company that makes it, they basically just license it out to other companies who can brand it themselves, so there's like 5 different branded versions of it on Amazon. And it seemed nifty, and maybe even a little better in some ways than the one I got. But I looked at a whole bunch of reviews while things were slow at work, and eventually made my decision. For better or for worse.

[chusssmusic]

New volume with new styles and keys. Backing tracks for musicians.

Listen/purchase: Only Backing Tracks Vol. 3​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​-​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​23 by Only Backing Tracks

[stone-secrets]

(Blackstone Music)

[sittidav]

This is clip 4 of our series Jam-min', approximately one minute of jamming. This is our version of 8 Counts for Rita by the great organist Jimmy Smith from the album Dot Com Blues.

It was recorded live, mixed, edited and filmed in my home studio with my Nikon D750 camera using Logic Pro and Final Cut. I hope you like it.

[southern--downpour]

giving jay one of the highest blorbo badges of honor i can offer (giving him my joint issues)

[rexscanonwife]

Yo I was thinking about something and-

Their shred-off would be LEGENDARY 😩😩😩

[jimmorrisonfants]

(1986) Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Live in Seattle Binge & Purge 1989

[viejospellejos]

Wait for it…

Aporte: @dreapardextroes [IG]

[chelseajackarmy]

[zenniefox]

JAM

[cyberloops]

Another quick jam session, this time I recorded two separate tracks with the cheap multi-effects pedal that I got recently. One with heavy distortion, one with a cleaner tone. Literally just got a tone I liked, turned on the drum machine, hit record. Then fiddled around for another tone, hit record again, and tried to remember what I did the first time well enough to do counterpoint. Then I took about two minutes to balance the audio in Acid and uploaded it.

Didn't even bother to correct the one note that was a little flat (I didn't bother tuning the guitar ahead of time, and that was an open string so I couldn't adjust the pitch when I hit it.)

[skybridge-sound]

𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙔 𝙁𝙊𝘾𝙐𝙎𝙀𝘿

Little live segment of “WARP FACTOR” -out now on @spotify and bandcamp!

[blmpff]

JAM RACHATA 17.04.24

[pianokantzart]

If you wanna see Mario and litterally everyone in the Mario universe pissed off, the Mario Strikers Charged cutscenes are your tickets. Every single one of them is a chefs kiss of cinema, they are all characterised so well. And peach and Daisy are bad b's.

Ooh! Glad you brought that game up because, funnily enough, that was one of the first Mario games I ever played (my cousins had a gamecube, so I played a lot of Super Mario Strikers and Smash Bros Melee whenever I visited)

That game has the BEST interpretation of Princess Daisy imo; her sassy butt sizzle, the way she falls backwards and punches the air when she scores, the terror she strikes into her teammates whenever she glares at them... But Peach was also yelling at her teammates! And DK! Bowser was throwing tantrums and setting his teammates on fire. Petey Piranha straight up eats one of his fellow players out of rage. Wario tries to explode himself. Everyone is way too into it. It's fantastic. There's also the rare appearance of Firebrand and Thunderhand

And perhaps the most BANGER Luigi theme ever written

[autthesnot]

Did a drawing of me and @cupowhale's Inklings--Both sporting a little green for Team GUITAR!!! Happy splatfest everyone!!