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Colorless writings, part 15 – Fuzz vs. Overdrive vs. Distrtion

Posted on 13/09/20147/04/2015 by mirosol

I found myself in very weird situation. Today, i simply had nothing to say. But i can’t pass on a colorless writing, as that would mess up my OCD. I did start on one more demanding subject, but i realised i won’t be able to finish it without messing up my schedule. So i just needed…

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Colorless writings, part 14 – Overcoming the shortcomings

Posted on 17/08/2014 by mirosol

So what shortcomings are we talking about this time? Shortcomings of a classic fuzz circuits. Sure i could rave on about hundreds and hundreds of boosters, overdrives and distortions that simply can’t overcome the unity level of your guitar. In my books that’s a shortcoming. But maybe i’ll reserve those for another part of my…

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Colorless writings, part 13 – The Power

Posted on 19/07/2014 by mirosol

I just noticed something. It’s been exactly one year since i started the current reincarnation of this blog. Since 19th of july 2013, i’ve written 144 posts. Eleven and thirteen bi-monthly. This post marks 13th Colorless Writing, which also mens that i’ve written my reviews/analysis on 130 pedals so far. To be honest, i’m not…

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Colorless writings, part 12 – The Preference (aka Yet Another Gear Talk episode)

Posted on 24/06/201429/06/2014 by mirosol

Are you about to tell us what pedals you use and how you chain them? Sure. I could do that. In addition, i’m asking you readers to reveal your preferences. My comments are moderated due to vast amount of spam i’m getting even with most current protection, so don’t worry if it’ll take a day…

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Colorless writings, part 11 – The Expert

Posted on 28/05/2014 by mirosol

What now? I felt like i needed to write this off my chest. As the title suggests i’m going to rant about these so called “experts” that think they know it all and how i think we all should use caution when we assume we have an “expert” on our hands. First of all. I’m…

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Colorless writings, part 10 – The Pup

Posted on 30/04/201430/04/2014 by mirosol

This Colorless Writing episode marks one milestone for me. It is the tenth writing in the series, which also means that there are now exactly 100 (one hundred) pedal posts on this blog. Every ten pedal posts is followed with one of these. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you, my…

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Colorless writings, part 9 – The Switcheroo

Posted on 31/03/2014 by mirosol

Back on the subject of bypass switching are we? Partially yes. But i think i’d like to say thing or two more about switches in general. Actually. I was sitting on my desk that i use as work bench and killing myself with a build. That’s when the title of today’s Colorless Writings came to…

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Colorless writings, part 8 – Short but sweet

Posted on 5/03/2014 by mirosol

I’ve been wanting to write this piece for a long time. As a note to self (and to you, too)… These are just guitar effect pedals. They are not magic. Capacitance is capacitance and resistance is resistance. One component won’t sound any different from another with exactly the same value in capacitance or resistance. They…

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Colorless writings, part 7 – The Collector value

Posted on 3/02/2014 by mirosol

So you’re talking about the prices of used, collectible units? Yes i am. This is one subject that shows human nature at it’s finest. Let’s make up a person. We’ll call him Peter. Peter was playing a guitar actively in early to mid 90’s. He had all the right gear back then. The gear that…

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Colorless writings, part 6 – The Diode Breakdown

Posted on 9/01/2014 by mirosol

What on earth are you talking about this time? Doesn’t the title say it all? Ok, ok. I admit it’s somewhat ambiguous. I’ll start by talking about the diodes in general and you just try to hang on. Is that ok? Good. Most of you know the basic use of diodes in stompboxes. First one…

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