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Ep. 73 - It's A Dongle! It's a Dingus!


Ep. Seventy fob - It's A Dongle! It's A Dingus! 

  • Xvive U2 Wireless Guitar System (stab: OBNE Procession)

    • Small transmitter and receiver set for easy wireless guitar setups

    • Swivel connector accommodates all kinds of guitar jack styles (strat, inset tele, LP, etc)

    • 5 hour battery charged over USB (Y-cable included)

    • 4 channels, super easy set up.

    • 100 foot range, <6ms latenecy,

    • Works with all stringed instruments with passive pickups. Still works well with fuzz, wah, other weird pedals.

    • http://www.xviveaudio.com/productInfo.asp?id=298

  • EarthQuaker Devices Transmisser Resonant Reverb (stab:JHS Twin Twelve)

    • Extra-long decay reverb fed to a highly resonant filter

    • Decay for reverb trails, Darkness for tone shaping, Mix for blending signal

    • Freq controls resonant filter that processes the reverberated signal (exp controlled too!)

    • Warp changes the resonant tone of the reverb. Sounds like the afterneath a little. “Slew control” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slew_rate

    • Rate for changing the modulation rate. Depth is hardwired.

    • $225

    • http://www.earthquakerdevices.com/shop/Transmisser/cat/13093

    • Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTSw4oN_GxA

  • Pedal Genie

    • Farfield Circuitry The Accountant

      • http://fairfieldcircuitry.com/collections/effect-pedals/products/the-accountant

  • Brainworx Rockrack V3 (stab: Caroline Olympia)

    • New version of the amps and effects models including 2 new stomp boxes (RAT, MT-2)

    • Free version features 26 non-adjustable presets.

    • https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_rockrack_v3_player.html

  • Fender Offset Series (stab: Walrus Audio Jupiter Fuzz)

    • Reintroducing the old 50s-60s “student guitars” in their own line

    • Scale length: strat has a 25.5” scale, LP is 24.75”

    • Duo-Sonic

      • 24” scale, modern C neck, 9.5” radius

      • Two single coil duo-sonic pickups (strong in “upper harmonics, articulate midrange”)

      • Hardtail string through strat style bridge

    • Duo-Sonic HS

      • Same as above with a humbucker in the bridge

      • HB can be split

    • Mustang

      • Slightly different body shape than the Duo-Sonic, don’t be fooled

      • Mustang pickups (i bet they’re the same as the DS)

      • Pretty much a Duo-Sonic.

    • Mustang 90

      • Mustang with 2 P-90s!

      • Same specs as the rest

    • Mustang Bass PJ

      • 30” scale length, 9.5” radius, 19 frets(?)

      • Jazz bass pickup at the bridge, P-bass pickup at the neck

      • Vol/Tone and a 3-way selector, weird!

    • http://shop.fender.com/en-US/duo-sonic-mustang


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 October 10, 2016  1h15m