#digitech digidelay

[pheadhones]

I love how one delay says “𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 & 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦!”

and the other says “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴!”

[sasquatch-nation-blog]

Adey from Fever Dream - wonky MIJ squire playing good guy

Cat from Fever Dream is one of my favourite drummers to watch. But drums are boring so we moved to the stage left of Cat and hit up Adey about how he makes those sweet washy sounds with guitars and stuff. It all went down right here on the internet. He's a funny guy, you should totally read this one.

<a href="http://feverdreamep.bandcamp.com/track/this-waste" data-mce-href="http://feverdreamep.bandcamp.com/track/this-waste">This Waste by Fever Dream</a>

SN: Firstly, what's your live setup these days?

Adey from Fever Dream: Imagine what a 16 year-old could afford to buy after saving their pocket money for 6 months, circa 1998. That’s my setup (sans Slipknot stickers). My one and only guitar is a black Squier Super-Sonic, which is like an upside-down Jagmaster that was made in Japan as part of the Vista series. For a Squier it’s really well made, and you don’t see many of them around (it looks a bit wonky, so I doubt they sold well). I bought it just after we started writing songs in Fever Dream, from a guy on the Drowned In Sound forum who’d broken the pickup selector switch and the bridge pickup - I spent about an hour and £20 repairing it and haven’t had any problems since.

I do have to say it's likely the fuckin' stupidest thing I've ever seen, but this thing kicks so much ass it's not funny. Why would that even be funny? Don't know man just roll with it, no one reads this thing anyway.   

Pedal-wise it’s: Boss TU-2 --> Marshall Drive Master --> Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay --> ProCo RAT II --> DigiTech DigiDelay X-Series. I don’t tend to touch any settings whilst playing as I have a hard enough time singing and playing and standing up at the same time, so I just use amps as speakers rather than relying on built-in distortion or reverb. That’s mainly because my own amp is shit, and only when I’m completely desperate will I drag it (a tranny Marshall G80RCD) to gigs. I’m always happy to use house amps or borrow the headliner’s (yes I’m that guy). The Drive Master is great as a tone pedal, and sets my base volume to just-above-clean. I’m falling out of love with the RAT, but that’s only because some amps seem to deny its very being.

SN: How's it working out for you, anything you'd like to change?

AfFD: I’d love to get one of the current Modern Player Jaguars, as they’ve got loads of pickup options for coil tapping and stuff. The pickups in my Super-Sonic aren’t the best and I only ever use the bridge as I prefer the bite you get in that position - I think I might be better off with a single coil. I’m not particularly precious about my gear, so I’d be reluctant to shell out that much - Squier has just released new Vintage Modified Jaguars which look pretty great though, so I might be tempted to get one as a backup. A Crowther Audio Hotcake is next on the list - not because I’ve tried one or know what they sound like, but because every band that I’ve ever liked has one. Same goes for a Marshall Shred Master - I’m pretty sure it would be better than the RAT, because it has Shred in its name. And better pedals write their own songs, right? I played through a Vox AC15VR recently and it sounded great, so I’d like one of those too. So yeah, I’d like to swap out everything except my delay pedals, please.

Adey hates all this shit, is what he's saying. 

SN: What was your latest gear purchase, and why?

AfFD: A pedal case! It sounds pathetic, but setting up pedals is the single most annoying thing when playing live, especially if you’re on a tight bill or at a festival. I’ve had a couple of occasions where my RAT wasn’t plugged in just so, and when I went to use it everything cut out - no fun.

SN: If I was to join Fever Dream, what would be the one piece of gear I need to fit in?

AfFD: A penis. To redress the balance. [Sometimes I think people don't take me seriously - Sasquatch]

SN: Whammy bar or no whammy bar?

AfFD: Whammy bar, definitely. That said, using the standard Strat-style trem on the Super-Sonic puts it out of tune straight away, so I use it sparingly (that’s another reason to get a Jaguar, thanks). It’s kinda hard to use distorted tremolo without sounding like Kevin Shields, and clean without sounding like Hank Marvin - it’s dangerous territory.

SN: What's your favourite piece? or something you couldn't live without, and why?

AfFD: I actually really love the Boss RV-3, as it has a perfect reverb and delay setting that I use all the time. It was an eBay steal - so much cheaper than buying two individual pedals - and it came highly recommended by some dude on YouTube playing Slowdive covers in his bedroom. I bought the DigiDelay recently to play around with reverse delay and looping, and it also has a nice chorus delay that I’m really trying to fit into a song without sounding too new wave.

SN: Are you a gear nerd?

AfFD: I geek out over the things that I know will make my existence worthwhile; that will make me whole. But I have no interest in Gibsons or wah pedals, and haven’t tried making my own effects or circuit bending - so, no?

SN: What are you on the lookout for at the moment, if anything?

AfFD: Right now, it’s a decent power supply (sexy). I went cheap with one from Sound Lab and it hisses like hell through certain amps - I’m pretty sure I’m gonna go for a Power Bank, it just limits me to the five pedals I have already.

SN: Any advice for other bands when it comes to gear? What have your years taught you?

AfFD: Measure once, buy twice. Oh, and file your saddles - broken strings are a boner kill.

Thanks for talking to Sasquatch Nation! And sorry for mostly talking about your drummer in the intro, I can be a real jerk like that.