Xploration • Curation • Recommendation
Mixed blessings for my Chase Bliss Mystery Box! But still entirely worth it - and it's not over yet - with the ensuing Swapsies period to come!
Key Points
Opened a Chase Bliss Mystery Box — mostly got a second Onward, but was among around 8% who received a bonus: a limited colourway AC Noises Ricorda Stereo Granular Reverb + Freeze/Loop, a $399 value.
Ricorda controls — REVERB: Mix, Decay, Size (Duration & Density), Tone; GRAINS: Mix, Number, Size, Time; SWITCHES: Freeze/Loop, Mono/Stereo, Root/Octave; Footswitches: Freeze/Loop, Bypass.
Still hunting a CXM 1978 and a Clean; offering a swap in London for an Onward. Thanks to Joel Korte and team. No Golden Pin winners reported yet.
Topics: Ambient Effects; Bitcrushing and Lo-Fi; Digital Reverb; Modulation; Multi-FX; Sampler/Sustainer; Guitar Synth/Sequencer.
"While knowing my luck I will probably end up with one of the 18 Chase Bliss pedals I already own."
And that was mostly the case per predictions - as I staged a second Onward pedal. However - my luck was still in - as I was one of the only around 8%-percenters which received a bonus pedal too - and it’s actually something I was quite keen on already - a limited colourway of the AC Noises Ricorda Stereo Granular Reverb + Freeze / Loop - which is another $399 value pedal!
Ricorda Controls - REVERB } Mix, Decay, Size (Duration & Density), Tone; GRAINS } Mix, Number, Size, Time; SWITCHES } Freeze / Loop, Mono / Stereo, Root / Octave; FOOTSWITCHES } Freeze / Loop, Bypass.
So I definitely got near enough top value here - the only higher pedal stakes would have been if I had secured a CXM 1978 - which is still on the wishlist - alongside the Clean I was hoping to get on this occasion - as you can see from the following referencer visual :
Hopefully someone has a Clean in London - that they're willing to swap for an Onward - speak up now - if you wish to do a swap - and we can arrange a clandestine handover spot!
This exercise has been a lot of fun in any case, and well worth it for me.
I still haven't heard of anyone winning a Golden Pin yet - will be interesting to find out the worldwide distribution of those!
Hope you all got something you wanted - or at least something you can arrange Swapsies with!
Many thank to Joel Korte and team for arranging this festive season fun!
My Mystery Box contents were nicely colour-coordinated!
AC Noices Ricorda Demo
