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7/8/2000 2:56 PM
Alex	Green Ringer Is the green ringer a decent effect? I play in a band and I'm trying to expand into new sounds. It looks fairly easy for a beginner like myself.

7/8/2000 6:02 PM
aron	It's a subtle effect. It can give you anything from clangorous sounds - almost like a steel drum kind of vibe to octave up if you roll your treble down. If you play 2 notes at once, you will get the most effect.

7/9/2000 1:45 AM
Alex	I'm just wondering if it will expand my sound. I'm constantly looking for new ways. Some have said it's a crappy pedal. I'm assuming it's a pedal that boosts the higher frequencies of a signal. Correct?

7/9/2000 3:15 AM

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"I'm assuming it's a pedal that boosts the higher frequencies of a signal. Correct?"

While there is probably some sense of more treble, it gets that way because the Green Ringer is an octave-up generator, not principally a treble booster. So, no, it's not a treble booster.

7/9/2000 4:10 AM
aron	It is not a crappy pedal. It's one of my favorites and if it means anything some of the green ringer is used by NIN. I lent it to one of their sound designers before.

7/9/2000 5:56 AM

Cool because as it seems, It will probably be my first crack at this whole DIY this. It sounds like the sound I'm looking for; not necessarily a treble booster, but I want something to bring out the higher harmonics of my guitar. Does it produce a lot of distortion, or is it a clean effect? I heard a sound sample, but all the people who post samples play it in a metal/hard rock style whereas I play more jazz, Jam-band type music.

7/9/2000 11:09 AM

Alex,

You don't have to play metal to enjoy a Green Ringer. Jeff Beck used a RM sort of sound to produce some very tasty non-metal stuff..."Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"...now that's some JAZZ...great chord changes...extremely challenging to improvise a good sounding solo over those changes! It is an effect that you have to work with quite a bit to squeeze the good stuff out of it. I've found that right hand position and picking technique make a huge impact on this thing. IMHO, a lot of people who say it's junk, never really gave it a good chance.

JD

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