The Preons Get Crazy
Last night’s Preons practice was something of an avant-garde extravaganza. It was the debut of the Warr Guitar, the MIDI trigger pedals, the digitech Whammy pedal, and the Boss Slicer. I busied myself all night trying to consistently find the right strings and frets on the Warr Guitar, switching back to bass for a bit. Bass feels much more natural and effortless to me but I’m sure I’ll get there with the Warr as well. Brad and Josh had a twitterfest with the Slicer and they each took a few laps with the Whammy pedal. We accomplished the mission of expanding our sonic palette and I’m sure some of this sonic mayhem will find a place in our live set.
My immediate thoughts on the Warr is that I need to spend time dialing in some effects tuned to its enormous sonic range. All of my current effect patches are either set up for guitar or bass, but not both simultaneously. Clearly I need something specialized for this instrument and I’ll make time this weekend to do some programming. The Preons are proving to be an excellent laboratory for sound and music. I’m really enjoying the creativity of the band.