Noise Pedals
 

not sure if this is the right place on the board, but guitarists/people in bands what are some good pedals for making noise

i use a holy grail at the minute, with lots of gain and the pedals maxed out you can make some horrible noises but im looking for something for complete chaos, totally un-practical un listenable noise and i figure someone here will know the best way to do this

Any pedal could be a "noise pedal" if you want it to be, I just started circuit bending a shitty pitchshifting "fat daddy" pedal and now it makes loud explosions or tiny fart sounds; amplified enough and it's completely effective.

Just open your pedal up, put some alligator clamps on the circuits and you should be good to go...

Yeah, I too need some advice on how to re-create the cathedral of sound atmosphere. Any tips?

Why, a cathedral reverb pedal, of course!

Get Maureen Tucker to record her drummers using Phil "Wall of Murder" Spector, and add Robin "Wall Of I Could Murder A Pint" Guthrie for added kudos. At the same time, call down the vibes of Joe Meek via a medium.

Alternately, you could do a Neubauten and record inside a bridge (cf. "Stahlversion").

please never EVER "do a neubauten"

atsonicpark - I'm "doing a Neubauten" right now! *bashes on metal and yells in off-key German*

Me too.

*Grabs a razor blade and scratches a mirror with it*

The first isn't a pedal, but try these:

I like ring modulators.

bit crushers like the Co Pilot FX Antenna are cool too, but I like ring mods better.

remember that guy on HC who had a gig with his holy stain and the guy who ran the bar told him that it sounded like they were playing in a church?

Holy grail can get you that cathedral sound, but most of yr dry signal is lost and theres a slight volume drop on the hall mode, which is quite annoying.


anyways, I love my Alesis Nanoverb. Its fucking weird, sometimes the reverb effects delay sometimes they oscilate, but I loose my dry signal and it sounds like fucking seawaves and seawaves full of noise.

I dont believe in 'Noise' pedals though, just crank the amp up and use whatever you have...

try, for starters, doing unconventional things with a guitar to do noise.

^Yep, i hate it when people just sit there and 'play' their pedals instead of their instruments. its kinda shit,.

i mean, don't get me wrong, playing with pedals is cool and all but people tend to rely on them too much. if you can find other ways to make noise without pedals not only it is more creative and less lazy but it also can enhance your playing with pedals.

uh yeah... derek bailey only used a volume pedal (or 2 when he did stereo sound) and amplification and relied mostly only his technique to create the most obtuse sounds possible from the instrument, however in the 70's he did use a something called the 19 string guitar, and modified 12 string epiphone acoustic with additional strings and detuned ones and some noise generating device called a Crackle Box created by Michel Wascicz.

oh i agree, i have one of those big Dunlop capos and it doesnt really work aswell as my shubb as a capo but i found if i use to back end as a slide, but past the neck so its over the pick ups with the holy grail on you can get some disgusting sounds

yeah the holy grail has some ear piercing feedback skills, when used with other shit ofcourse.

what other stuff do you have?

MXR Blue Box.