drunkenguitarist
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I bought all these pedals. I don't know whats gotten into me lately. Its a whole other form of G.A.S. that I'd like to call "P.A.S" (pedal acquisition syndrome). :wink:
Klaatu Barada Nikto!danerectal said:GORT!!!
BluesDan said:Hey drunkG, let me know what you think of that helitrope pedal after you had a chance to mess around with it for a while. I demo'd one and the best I could do with a strat was get sounds that sounded something like a cross between an F-18 passing overhead real low and a dying cow. :shock:
Might be more interesting with a bass though. Have fun either way, nuthin' beats playin' around with a new stomp box. :wink:
Guildmark said:Klaatu Barada Nikto!danerectal said:GORT!!!
Gort was the robot in the original film, "The Day The Earth Stood Still". He was an interplanetary policeman whose job it was to destroy planets who disrupted galactic peace. No mercy and no appeal. Klaatu (played by Michael Rennie) was the representative of the other planets who brought Gort to Earth to warn us what could happen if we didn't reign in our new-found nuclear weapons. (This movie was made in 1951.) When Klaatu was shot by a frightened, misunderstanding, overzealous miltary, he passed along the phrase which was the order to stop Gort from destroying Earth, and to rescue Klaatu. "Gort! Klaatu Barada Nikto!" Klaatu entrusted this order to Patricia Neal's character. Her ability to overcome her fear of the terrifying robot and deliver Klaatu's message is a high point of the film.drunkenguitarist said:Guildmark said:Klaatu Barada Nikto!danerectal said:GORT!!!
Is this some sort of Star Trek reference? :roll: :lol:
drunkenguitarist said:BluesDan said:Hey drunkG, let me know what you think of that helitrope pedal after you had a chance to mess around with it for a while. I demo'd one and the best I could do with a strat was get sounds that sounded something like a cross between an F-18 passing overhead real low and a dying cow. :shock:
Might be more interesting with a bass though. Have fun either way, nuthin' beats playin' around with a new stomp box. :wink:
An F-18 and a dying cow? :lol: That's one way of putting it. Personally it reminded me of some effects that the band "Portishead" uses. I haven't gotten a chance to play any of them as they're all in the mail waiting to be delivered. I think the Heliotrope itself has a two week build wait time. Anyhow, I'll let you guys know how these pedals sound once I get them in. I might even post a sound clip. :mrgreen:
Guildmark said:Gort was the robot in the original film, "The Day The Earth Stood Still". He was an interplanetary policeman whose job it was to destroy planets who disrupted galactic peace. No mercy and no appeal. Klaatu (played by Michael Rennie) was the representative of the other planets who brought Gort to Earth to warn us what could happen if we didn't reign in our new-found nuclear weapons. (This movie was made in 1951.) When Klaatu was shot by a frightened, misunderstanding, overzealous miltary, he passed along the phrase which was the order to stop Gort from destroying Earth, and to rescue Klaatu. "Gort! Klaatu Barada Nikto!" Klaatu entrusted this order to Patricia Neal's character. Her ability to overcome her fear of the terrifying robot and deliver Klaatu's message is a high point of the film.
Guildmark said:No worries, Coastie.
Next, I'm thinking of writing a review of the zither music in The Third Man.
drunkenguitarist said:drunkenguitarist said:BluesDan said:Hey drunkG, let me know what you think of that helitrope pedal after you had a chance to mess around with it for a while. I demo'd one and the best I could do with a strat was get sounds that sounded something like a cross between an F-18 passing overhead real low and a dying cow. :shock:
Might be more interesting with a bass though. Have fun either way, nuthin' beats playin' around with a new stomp box. :wink:
An F-18 and a dying cow? :lol: That's one way of putting it. Personally it reminded me of some effects that the band "Portishead" uses. I haven't gotten a chance to play any of them as they're all in the mail waiting to be delivered. I think the Heliotrope itself has a two week build wait time. Anyhow, I'll let you guys know how these pedals sound once I get them in. I might even post a sound clip. :mrgreen:
Wow, I had forgotten about this posting of mine.
Anyhow, BluesDan, It seems that every time I fire up the Heliotrope I find new sounds.
From low fi early nintendo type bleeps and bloops all the way to some crazy sonic madness that just cannot simply be described using words.
Its one of them pedals that you either have to play or hear in person to see what I'm talking about.
Here's a couple of youtube links.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TXxYv-5hhs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yUrVUF1OTo