My EGDM saga -- and how NOT to ship a BJF pedal -- sigh....

[Eskimo_Joe]

I always take it for granted that people will pack items well, but sometimes they don't, that's for sure. I bought a Victoria Reverberato and the guy just slipped it inside a card board box and sent it. Literally no cushion / support what so ever. I was shocked when I opened it up. Luckily the unit didn't suffer any damage at all.

[Bobby D]

yeah --- i have seen some badly packaged items before.

But this one SCARED me, because the pots were stuck up to the top of the box, so I am lucky all the pots didn't get destroyed.

But the seller was apologetic, and I am pretty sure he will pack better in the future.

[Bobby D]

tone report with EGDM --

it's really quite cool. the previous owner had set the internal trimmer quite a bit "down" from wgere i thought it should be. i tweaked it up almost entirely ccw, and it sounded more trebley and bitey than before.

i can hear the AC-30ish content here, but not as strongly as I suspect I will when I get to do a gig at full stage volume.

I like it a LOT, more than I thought I would.

Then the LGW will be here, and I will have to decide on that one as well, with my rig.

Then there's a BBOD that I am eyeing, depending on whether the EGDM or LGW does not bond with my ears.

Honestly, I would like ALL THREE -- but I do not need such extravagance on my pedalboard. I am trying to keep it to 7-8 pedals, and I have MP SWAF, MP TOP, and MP DBD on my list to be on my working board.

So that leaves five spots for BJF -- and those are CAF, DRD for sure -- and then either EGDM, LGW, BBOD, or RRB.

and then i will have the pedalboard to make my next record with -- which is going to be produced by "Kramer" -- (who has produced hundreds of successful records by LOW, GALAXIE 500, DOT ALLISON, ROBERT WYATT, DANIELSON FAMILIE & BROTHER DANIELSON, HARPER SIMON, JEFFREY LEWIS, DANIEL JOHNSTON, DAMON & NAOMI, PUSSY GALORE, BONGWATER, B.A.L.L., LUNA, LINDA DRAPER, WEEN, UNCLE WIGGLY, THE WAITRESSES, THE FUGS, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, HALF JAPANESE, JAD FAIR, ROPE INC., WHITE ZOMBIE, SAETA, MIKE DOUGHTY, LIDA HUSIK, PALEFACE, KING MISSILE, DOGBOWL, DEAN WAREHAM, TULI KUPFERBERG, JOHN S. HALL, THE MABUSES, THE CAPTAIN HOWDY (w/PENN JILLETTE), PENN & TELLER, TRAINS & BOATS & PLANES, Senor CHINNARO, BEEF, BRAINVILLE, ALLEN GINSBERG, PUSSYWILLOWS, GWAR, JOHN ZORN, DAEVID ALLEN, HUGH HOPPER, PIP PYLE, JELLYFISH KISS, A.C.TEMPLE, SHOCKABILLY, WALKINGSEEDS, DAS DAMEN, SYD STRAW, MARC RIBOT)


he's got a really cool "skewed" sort of producer's vision that i really dig, and since i'm gonna be doing a "bluesrock guy with a strat" album, there has to be SOMETHING different about it, y'know? Hopefully some good songs will help that

But I am liking the EGDM. It is a lot cooler than I remember it being when I first had one briefly years ago.


And thank you to the forum for your patience in my endless posting about the pedals and how they work and interact.

[Bobby D]

a quick pic of the three during initial sound testing -- shot with natural light from florida sun creeping in my window.


i was going to experiment with doing some video clips today, but i am so depressed over the death of Bob Sweet, as well as another close family member of mine yesterday, and MORE imminent mortality all within one week.....and it is testing my abilities to function well

hopefully I can get into better spirits by the time the tourbox arrives over in Sarasota, and I go for a nice drive across Alligator Alley to hear many NEW pedals