Eventide Eclipse V4

Alan Chaput demonstrates the features of the Eventide Eclipse V4 rack unit in this exclusive video created just for Guitar World viewers!

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• Guitar World
• Alan Chaput
• Eventide Eclipse
• V4

[orbithesun1]

Eventide has the best algorithms, nothing compares. It even does a great guitar amp simulation, which is amazing, because it's a studio effects processor.

[rocknrollguru23]

All the effects to make even the crappiest guitar players sound awesome.

[seanchyunmusic]

Good Lord, if you say "uh" "um" "aaaand"or "like" one more time I'm going to explode, this couldn't be a more annoying demo.

[MrDavemiley]

Too many wacky crap demo'ed and not enough real world useable Delay, Verb and picth demo. Yes , this guy is not doing the unit much justice.

[NikMusolino]

This guy sucks. Eventides really sell themselves...

[musicPMA]

Can the effects be customized and saved?

[Plasmus007]

Hello,iam from Argentina, I was impressed of your physical resemblance to mine, and also play guitar, look at me on youtube, my band is Smocking Flamingo, and you will realize who I am. regards

[invictorium]

shut the fuck up and just play

[rocknrollguru23]

@JimboMansonMB1 (stupid character limit) but yeah, when I play the same thing without it I sometimes notice a small error. Sometimes that gives it character with distortion, but if i'm out of practice it can sound pretty terrible (in my opinion) when on clean.

Like I said, effects can be good when used right. But too many people only learn sometime small, and then just dick around with effects to make the same chords/notes sound different.

[rocknrollguru23]

@JimboMansonMB1 It's a short one sentence comment on youtube mate. Enough people got it not to be offended over it. I didn't imply anything, it's just true from what i've seen that some players way overuse effects to cover up the fact that they're not that good. Some of my favorite players use them. A Mexican duo, Rodrigo y Gabriela use a "wah" effect every once in awhile, but it's sparingly. Enough to make it interesting.

Just the one that came with my amp.

[JimboMansonMB1]

@rocknrollguru23 "All the effects to make even the crappiest guitar players sound awesome" definitely implies a hostility towards those who use a lot of effects. Fewer people than you think use effects to cover up their mistakes, they're generally used by people to create sounds and textures in music that you can't make with distortion.

What distortion do you use? A nice overdriven amp won't cover up your mistakes, it will accentuate them because of an increased level of both volume and gain.

[rocknrollguru23]

@JimboMansonMB1 So just because someone uses effects that automatically makes them a terrible guitar player? Show me where I wrote that. Seriously. Do it.

Don't put words in my mouth. I use some effects sometimes, but there's a time and place for them. Some guitar players use them too much and use them to cover up mistakes. Distortion? I love it. But it does hide mistakes, even ones I make.