Monday, August 26, 2013

Is Christian Music really this "shallow" :)

I play (in an amateur way) guitar, banjo, and now dobro (really a "resonator" slide guitar... lapstyle) and am considering re-purchasing a chorus pedal for electric effect. Here's a review of one of the Boss chorus pedals (Boss is a standard in the business). Note the section I highlighted below.... are Christians *really* this "shallow" in their musical expectations?

WAIT! DON'T ANSWER THAT! :)

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First, let me start by saying this pedal has been part of my setup for nearly 7 years now and still looks/sounds as great as the day it came out of the box.

Its a Boss product, which means you are going to pay for what you get. You get the best bang for your buck with Boss products. Solid, rugged construction that is built to last (no chance of breaking one of these things) and an outstanding analog stomp box with a genuine sound. Good customer support as well and if you ever feel you need to sale your Boss pedal, resale prices are always good.

While this pedal is capable of hundreds of tones and sounds (chorus is one of the most useful and versatile effects in my opinion) Here are some of the best uses I have found.

1. Tweak the pedal just to thicken your sound and give that 2 guitar effect. Perfect if you want to fatten up that really heavy chorus in a song and make it sound really full.

2. Dime out the speed and depth for those crazy out of this world Korn type effects. This is a really handy pedal for imitating tones of other bands because it can do so much. There are a lot of bands tones I can come close to exactly matching, tones that took them 2 or 3 pedals to achieve.

3. Liquify your sound and give a beautiful tone to cleans and leads. This pedal will help simple parts that would normally go unoticed stand out. If you play any kind of Christian music you will soon learn it doesn't matter what you do as long as you put chorus on it. Walking in on Sunday morning and turn out some Slayer while using a chorus pedal and they will go nuts. Chorus is just one of those effects no matter what type of music you are playing, you will always find a use for it, so there is no excuse for not adding this pedal to your rig.

In addition you have some great features, easy access battery compartment, accepts a 9v power supply, works well with both guitar and bass, 2 out puts so you can run to 2 sources if desired, and all the controls you need to really be in complete control. You HAVE to get this pedal!

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