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I very recently had the occasion (at last !) to try out some effects on the Neolin.

I quickly discovered one thing: It's much easier to put effects on the plucked sound than on the bowed sound. That's logical: Firstly, the vibration pattern (saw-tooth) of the bowed tone is much more complex than the sinus-vibration of the plucked sting. Moreover, the bowed tone contains lots of parasite noises, nearly impossible to analyse by the electronics of an octave pedal, for example.

That's where you say: Thanks for the frets ! Playing plucked with the frets, you can do virtually anything you could do with an electric guitar without having to bother about strange silences, feedback and other nasty stuff.

Played with the bow, I rather recommend distortion than saturation - saturation quickly makes the sound go weird ! Dela is no problem, but I doubt that it's necessary, as you can make last the tone as long as you want when you paly with a bow !

The octave pedal (simple or double) is REALLY interesting, because the pizzicato of the Neolin (without other effects), especially if you paly the 5 tring version, is just fantastic - round, warm, full, even less dry than that of a double bass. The Neolin as bass ? ABSOLUTELY, yeah !

With all the possibilities the Neolin offers, it quickly becomes evident who will be the king of the pedals:

The LOOP ! A bass line, a riff, some tap-tones on the resonance body, and then the melody or improvisation with the bow or plectrum and you neighbours will believe you've got a whole band in you 2 room flat !