Re: distortion, overdrive,fuzz,crunch,special sauce, secret goo

["Rainer Straschill" <moinsound@googlemail.com>]

Rick said:
> and a wah wah pedal, which I"ve never owned

Seriously, Rick - you're telling us you've actually never owned a wah
pedal? I can't believe it...

Again (like I always said), changing the effects order is key for
tonal variance. To just sum it up, placing the wah after the
distortion-type effect gives you by far more control over what
happens, so you'd obviously place the wah before the distortion. Or
even use two wahs before and after.

Having the wah before the distortion is especially loads of fun if you
use some kind of distortion which creates those octave-up effects like
the Tycobrahe, because with one of those at full blast and a wah in
front of it, you can sometimes create wild, nonlinear sweeps of the
pronounced frequency of this system by just playing a note (or a fifth
or something) and gently moving the wah.

On a note regarding the secret goo: if it's not that over-the-top
crunch you're looking for, rather some gentle yet punchy distortion
you can apply also to e.g. a drum machine or synth chord with high
spectral density, my secret weapon had been the Electrix filter
factory.

         Rainer