What are you listening to?

Nice!

Exactly! I am even using an arch top Gretsch with dual filtertron!

What I've done so far...was just playing.

Gretsch>>>>Tom's Line Black Teeth>>>>Teton 15w acoustic Chorus amp

I set the guitar switch to the bridge pickup, pickup volume max, tone knob halfway; use the master volume to control it. The amp is set clean--right down the middle, with the master gain up for the low pedal volume in the chain andwith the exception of 3 for the high gain, chorus effect on but minimal. Pedal is set to 3 volume, turbo switch selected (extra overdrive), filter distortion effect at about 6 of 9. Makes the normally bright clean Gretsch sound like a beehive about to go to war with a tank regiment. If I turn up the filter any more is just fuzzes out with no guitar tone underneath. With the pedal toggle set on solo and the filter turned up, and the amp chorus off, it sounds kinda like Canned Heat, if you know what I mean. Still playing around, it's my first effect pedal other than a clean boost for the Gretsch.

With the J-Bass, this pedal is fun, because with the filter turned down, it provides about 20db of gain, and I can use the tube circuits and overdrive on my Fender amp to full effect without knocking the plaster off my walls. And, believe it or not, slight distortion on top of the overdriven Fender sound is kinda cool!

@AGHisBBS

Where is Les Claypool in your pantheon of slap players?

 

Wore this tape out my junior year of HS...back in the day, this was one of the rowdiest, yet fun, $5 hardcore shows the earth had ever known. Album is "Steady Diet of Nothing", by D.C. Hardcore legends, Fugazi. One of their best.

 

That is pretty cool!

 

If you liked that, you'll probably appreciate this as well.

 

Juxtaposed covers (my term) are the best and some of my faves! I am all over the map with genres in my rotation, from ambient trip hop to Metallica, rockabilly and C&W to modern R&B.

Take away the stacks and all the crunchy distortion, and Metallica is essentially classical music. Ever heard S&M? It's Metallica with the SF Philharmonic, and it's a beautiful record.

 

S&M is incredible. I like the term "juxtaposed covers". My listening tastes are all over the map as well. And constantly fluctuating. I tend to go through phases. I need to go and listen to some S&M now. I love me some symphonic metal.

 

Same song as above

 

Growing up, my best friend was a violinist, and he was crazy about Metallica. Played violin covers in HS for fun. He introduced me to them and I've admired their music for 30 years. It's quality writing, and has so many timeless riffs.

 

One is one of my all time favorite songs.

 

Elliot in the Morning

 

My favorite Soundgarden cover.

 

I'm a huge fan! Les gets a bad rap as a "punk" slap player, but I think that's mostly from the fusion guys.
Since there are a few covers, and a one man band on the page, I'm gonna put this one up. I saw this guy play live and it floored me.

 

I'll listen to anything with a big sharp brass section and raunchy trombones.

 

How about "Make America Rage Again"?

 

Dr Phil yammerin' in the living room.