Gear Fasting
by Rhoy Pamparo on Dec.18, 2009, under Personal Thoughts
Well, I went for a 1-year “gear fasting” and I am proud to say that it is almost done! I have promised myself in the beginning of year (that is, 2009) that I will not buy any equipment/gear that is related to guitars. There was one misstep, when my wife gave me a Barber 1/2 Gainer Overdrive for my birthday. Although, technically, I didn’t buy it. So really, it’s not cheating. Isn’t it?! 
So as a reward for being such a good boy, I am starting to look at these 2 products:
- Tascam DR-07 Hand-held Recorder
- TC Electronic Nova Repeater
Both are priced similarly, but obviously, would provide different sort of enjoyment to me. So far it’s a 50-50 proposition for both. Okay, maybe a slight edge to the Nova Repeater. C’mon, who can say “No” to a delay pedal!
Anyhow, let me know what you think!
December 18th, 2009 on 6:46 pm
hahaha! so you’re into something again…
which one is more useful for you right now, and which one can wait till later?
December 20th, 2009 on 8:13 pm
I’m going to vote for the recorder. One of the guys that I play with has a Tascam recorder (not sure which model) that he uses to record our band practice. My other friend has a Zoom one and has gotten good results.
Your pedalboard looks pretty complete. What would you be using the Nova Repeater for?
December 21st, 2009 on 11:57 am
@my dear – nothing can wait!
@Dan – thanks for the vote. i really don’t have immediate need for any. But as far as usage goes, it would be:
- Recorder: so that i don’t have to setup & use logic if i have an idea while noodling around.
- Repeater: i don’t want to mod my Diamond to have the dotted 8ths that I sometimes need (and also like to have the capability to do triplets). so i was really looking for a cheaper 2nd delay specifically for that purpose.
January 4th, 2010 on 11:30 am
these 2 just got bumped off the list by my new Onkyo home theather