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4 Mar 2008
I just got this nifty little item in the mail today. Setup wasn't too much of a hassle, me being the dolt I can be forgot to get a y-adapter so it's not in my effects loop. Ones on the way now. It's a sturdy little unit metal, the three pedals are plastic, expression pedal metal.

Using the presets was as simple as could be, and there was a lot of them to go through. They aren't bad but I'd reccomend using X-Edit or using the unit to customize your own tones. One of the notable ones was the bass preset. The three bass strings EAD really did sound like a bass. G string was a little off but I'm sure you tweak the EQ[4 band] just right and get it sounding more like a bass, of course the best alternative is, well, a bass.

I had a brain fart while customizing via the unit itself, but the instructions were really clear, it just took too much effort. Instead I hooked it up to my computer and got started. Well, Vista disagreed with it and threw a blue screen at me but that was partly on me. Got it working after I restarted and played around in X-Edit. It's an incredibly simple and easy to use program.

Everything is laid out right infront of you on x-edit so you can jump from spot to spot tweaking as you go. At this point my computer is too far away from where my guitar, and amp are plugged in so I just tweaked from the program without really previewing anything. There is a great deal of variety available in that program. I tinkered a bit saved some new preset and hooked it back up.

It sounded great. My amp isn't too bad, Crate FW65, but the distortion sounded so much better off the RP350. Not to mention with a twitch of the foot you can flip between two amp models. One amp model I had with chunky distortion full of bass, the other one for more lead tones with a little more emphasis on the highs and the solo amp model. Convenient enough switch just right there. Wasn't just right so I tweaked a few things on the fly, effects level, gain, amp level, that kind of thing. Nailed it.

I only got to tinker with it for an hour or two but overall I was impressed with the sound. I didn't go for anything too complicated yet but I will update as my work with this unit progresses. So far though the effects are great, the Wah, Delay, Reverb, Flanger, all of it. With such an easy to use interface you should be up and running with only a few minutes of tinkering. For 200 dollars it's hard to beat this little piece of gear and I'd reccommend it to anyone looking for an inexpensive easy to use effects pedal jammed with features. As I said I'll update later once I've used it to record onto my computer, come up with more of my own presets, etc etc.

Any questions don't hesitate to ask, I'd love for more reasons to play with this thing.
17 Feb 2008
I've seen this brought up in a lot of debates, and once or twice in posts in your 'ask an instructor' forum. Alternate Picking vs Economy Picking. I'm not here to ask which is better or worse. In my opinion, both useful tools. I use a bit of both. I never APed before I joined this forum, but now that I've practiced it, I find a lot of songs easier to play. At the same time, I found myself using economy picking before I even knew what it was.

Now, I find myself switching between the two, for some reason just certain things feel more natural in either fashion. Even within the same lessons. I guess that isn't a surprise since there isn't really any significant differences. For instance, on your Alternate Picking-Thirds lesson [Good lesson] I find that for the first part you tabbed out, my hands naturally find themselves economy picking. Down/Up/Down/Down/Up so on and so forth. Then the second part you tabbed out, my hands go into AP mode. Don't know why this is, but it happens, but it feels fluid. Is this something I should really worry about? Should I try to strictly adhere to one or the other?

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7 Feb 2008
Although guitar feedback can be a nuisance, and it happens a lot in my small little quarters. Don't have the $$ to get anything to help prevent that at the moment. My question has to do with using it though. I hear some artists, not many, but some who seem to be able to control the feedback and make it a part of the song. Perhaps it's all just studio-ized but I'm not sure. Do you know if there is any technique behind this? If you do even a simple text response in this threat will help a great deal. Sure, it's not up on the level of sweep picking but I think it'd be a neat little technique to have in the arsenal.
27 Jan 2008
I'm not one for introductions. I'm a U.S. Marine stationed in Japan, fun fun. Been playing guitar for a couple of years now, but not really with any intensity until recently. I've been a member of this site for about 3 or 4 weeks and the information I've gained has helped me improve much more drastically than anything yet. I play an Epiphone Les Paul Custom Silverburst, and have a little Crate 65watt.

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