WTB - A pedal that makes my electric sound like a sitar!

lento

Was that Buzz Feiten by any chance ?

FelineGuitars

Beatles - Norwegian Wood

koss59

Sorry I'm mistaken it wasn't the same guitarist but it was the same studio/ label so could be the same instrument.

Panama_Jack666

Nope! There needs to be a prize for the winning guess after this epic thread!

On topic - Burford have confirmed they're still making pedals!

wayneirie

its band of gold

Panama_Jack666

wayneirie said:

its band of gold

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Veganic

Panama_Jack666 said:

wayneirie said:

its band of gold

Winner winner chicken dinner!

I knew that I just didn't want to give it away.  Now I discover the spoiler tag

Panama_Jack666

Veganic said:

Panama_Jack666 said:

wayneirie said:

its band of gold

Winner winner chicken dinner!

I knew that I just didn't want to give it away.  Now I discover the spoiler tag

Mind. Blown.

How did you do that witchcraft?

EricTheWeary

You have to click on the icon that looks like backwards P I and choose spoiler. 

Panama_Jack666

I'm bumping this. Didn't get the Burford on ebay. I'm skeptical as I haven't heard one!

lento

As has been said, Ravish is the one.

Panama_Jack666

Yeah, seen one at 150 notes which is a bargain for one of them... But pricey nonetheless!

Trude

Panama_Jack666 said:

I'm bumping this. Didn't get the Burford on ebay. I'm skeptical as I haven't heard one!

I emailed them, asking for some demo clips.  They said they'd send me something, but I've not seen anything yet...

Trude

lento said:

As has been said, Ravish is the one.

I tried one in a shop for an hour or so, but couldn't get anything anywhere near as authentic sounding as my Variax.  I found it always had this artificial-sounding pitch shift sound, a bit like a steel drum.  It's something I hear in most of the wackier EHX pedals 

Panama_Jack666

Trude said:

lento said:

As has been said, Ravish is the one.

I tried one in a shop for an hour or so, but couldn't get anything anywhere near as authentic sounding as my Variax.  I found it always had this artificial-sounding pitch shift sound, a bit like a steel drum.  It's something I hear in most of the wackier EHX pedals 

Hmmmm - that is interesting... 

It might be the best of all my options at the moment. Managed to convince Ravish guy to do 140 posted. 

lento

Trude said:

lento said:

As has been said, Ravish is the one.

I tried one in a shop for an hour or so, but couldn't get anything anywhere near as authentic sounding as my Variax.  I found it always had this artificial-sounding pitch shift sound, a bit like a steel drum.  It's something I hear in most of the wackier EHX pedals 

Agreed this sound is the definitive but not on the basis of the sample set I heard when I tried a a jtv59 goldtop variax I was thinking of buying.
To my ears the quality varied dramatically from string to string and made me think the particular guitar that had been chosen was not the best - either that or the sample editing should have been better ... imho.

Trude

@Panama_Jack666 - let me know how you get on with it.  I pretty much use my Variax sitar sound just for two songs in a Stones tribute act (Paint it Black and Street Fighting Man).  It sounds absolutely bang on the money for those songs.

If I could get a passable sound out of a pedal, it'd give me more freedom in terms of which guitar to use.  My Variax is a Tele transplant so it looks the part, but I'm always worried that it might let me down one day.

FelineGuitars

Panama_Jack666 said:

wayneirie said:

its band of gold

Winner winner chicken dinner!

as in Freda Payne - band of Gold
Don't recall any sitar on that

Panama_Jack666

FelineGuitars said:

Panama_Jack666 said:

wayneirie said:

its band of gold

Winner winner chicken dinner!

as in Freda Payne - band of Gold
Don't recall any sitar on that

It's 90%* sitar! 

*Maybe not 90% but the main riff is sitar and some bits behind the verses are.

Panama_Jack666

Trude said:

@Panama_Jack666 - let me know how you get on with it.  I pretty much use my Variax sitar sound just for two songs in a Stones tribute act (Paint it Black and Street Fighting Man).  It sounds absolutely bang on the money for those songs.

If I could get a passable sound out of a pedal, it'd give me more freedom in terms of which guitar to use.  My Variax is a Tele transplant so it looks the part, but I'm always worried that it might let me down one day.

Yeah, I will do mate!