Blimey, two entries in one day…there must be a full moon or something…
Took delivery today of a new audio toy for my arsenal of boxes and gizmos that I plug my guitar into in an attempt to make it sound like less of a guitar. This time I have purchased a Boss SL-20 Slicer pedal. I’m not really sure what a Slicer pedal does, but I think I can explain it now I have used one for ten minutes. It seems to be part delay pedal, part tremelo pedal, a touch of auto-wah and some weird melodic filter thing. So it bounces whatever you put into the little green box all around the shop and creates a subtle rhythm to what you are playing. The harmonic slice feature adds extra harmonic tones to the proceedings. It is a total gimmick, but I see some potential here for an extra dollop of “wuh?” to my sound. For example, you can record a short loop and have it play back, but it only records the FX, so you end up with a rather strange sound to solo over.
The next track demonstrates the SL-20. I’ve gone for subtle rather than “over the top” and it’s only till the end that you hear the SL-20 doing its thing. Not sure how often I’ll use it, but it certainly adds something to the mix…not sure if it is good or bad though…the jury is out! The track is called “Seville” and it is a two-pass improv. The first pass was me and the drum machine laying down some synth loop using the RC-50 and the GR-33, then I started to improv over the of that with the Godin xtSA and the VG-99, put through the Boss SL-20. Then a second pass was made with some sloppy bass via my Fender Precision Deluxe Special (within internal GK-2A kit that I installed myself) through the V-Bass pedal. If you are wondering why I am listing my kit, it is so the GoogleBot brings interested musos this way. 😉
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I’ve added some pix courtesy of Flickr below…