DaveA wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:40 pmAlso, I have no idea what “djent” is. Current trends in music often feel beside the point. Can't be bothered much.

The term djent has been around for like 20 years, dad

Amps: vox ac15 and orange tiny terror. My fav ods are

* the hot cake (I have the modern model from Crowther and a clon of the classic circuit made by Bad Resistor Electronics, from Spain, named The Bat)

* a superb overdrive named Kye Tianzi, made by DJG Audio (Spain). The builder doesn't tell anything about the circuit (i think it could be based on the boss od). He builds different variations of this pedal. This model (tianzi) is made with old parts. I have another variant (old face), which is pretty cool too.

More:

For marshall tones, I use a Marshall guvnor clon (the OD800 made by Thundertomate, also from Spain) which sounds better than the original ones I've tried (guvnor and drivemaster).

I made a rangemaster with an old germanium transistor. It sounds rad.

Ah, and The Surveyor for playing The Grateful Dead with my TB500, of course.

losthighway wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:05 am Why do all of the new Keeleys look like part of post Y2k X-Men uniforms?

yeah its pretty uninspired

It reminds me of some of the colors and fonts on modern college football uniforms.

ChudFusk wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:55 pm

DaveA wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:40 pmAlso, I have no idea what “djent” is. Current trends in music often feel beside the point. Can't be bothered much.

The term djent has been around for like 20 years, dad

Dave, you know how, in the 90s, when a metal or hardcore band slowed down, it sounded like chug ch-chug chug, chug ch-chug chug?

These days, now it sounds like djent dj- djent djent, djent dj- djent djent.”

Basically start with late '90s and onward Meshuggah and bands influenced by that and there's your djent.

Okay. That's all worth noting. This style--"djent"--is sort of like "UK garage" and "grime," then. It's been around a while, is still apparently trendy, and I don't have any recollection of having heard it.

Looked at a list of djent bands on Wiki (maybe not a good point of departure) and Meshuggah was the only name I recognized. Don't think I've heard them though.

Another band name stood out: The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. Since I've been tarred and feathered as a "dad" here, and own an Alpha Omega, on first blush this group might be the most suitable to my interests. Who's the boss? My killer bass tone, that's who!

For the Djent-curious, I really enjoyed this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GavKy5l1Bpw

if the music's not your thing (it's only a little bit mine) turn the sound off and just watch the light show, it's incredible.

DaveA wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:14 pm Okay. That's all worth noting. This style--"djent"--is sort of like "UK garage" and "grime," then. It's been around a while, is still apparently trendy, and I don't have any recollection of having heard it.

Looked at a list of djent bands on Wiki (maybe not a good point of departure) and Meshuggah was the only name I recognized. Don't think I've heard them though.

Another band name stood out: The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. Since I've been tarred and feathered as a "dad" here, and own an Alpha Omega, on first blush this group might be the most suitable to my interests. Who's the boss? My killer bass tone, that's who!

yeah, great pedal. there's nothing compressed or scooped about that sound.
too bad it ruined djent though.....

Honestly, every time I see the word "djent" it reads like a made-up genre, like when Longmont Potion Castle talked about "the Montoyan-Artesian connection."

The blend knob is key on that thing. Into a amp head that also has a blend for a differently voiced overdrive, a good number of possibilities are at hand.