Name 10 MUST have pedals

[aleclee]

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Since turning to the digital side, I don't actually use pedals anymore. Even so, I did hold on to a few keepers just in case.

• Hermida Zendrive
• Menatone Workingman's Blue
• Sniper Modded Boss GE-7

i've owned a buttload of pedals over the years but those were the only ones that really stood out for me. Of those, the EQ is probably the only thing that might have anything resembling universal appeal.

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Xotic EP Booster. Yeah, you can put 9 other pedals behind it, but that's the one to have if you're only having one.

I tend to agree with this ... A character boost/foundation pedal is the key to elevating the generic to something unique.

[Dr. Vegetable]

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Xotic EP Booster. Yeah, you can put 9 other pedals behind it, but that's the one to have if you're only having one.

[Tor]

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Neunaber Wet reverb
Boss DD-20
Sonic Resarch Turbo Tuner
Timmy
Fetto Himmelstrutz Standard
Catalinbread Semaphore tremolo
Strymon Timeline
Wampler Ego compressor

I have an Eventide H9 and a Keeley Katana finding their ways to my board, and I hope these will be the #9 and #10 on the list.

[crusty philtrum]

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I think most guitarists all use a red, yellow or orange one, although many prefer green. Blue, pink and purple ones are optional.

I use a yellow one, and sometimes an orange one. I don't have enough feet to use more than two.

[d1dsj]

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Fuzz face
Dunlop Wah
TU2
Keeley Comp
MXR Dist +
BOSS SD1
MXR Phaser
Ibanez Flanger
BOSS Dimension
BOSS DD3

[jon the art guy]

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I agree with the M5 comment earlier. My POD HD has the M effects on it and they're really nice sounding and deeply editable. If I get a short board, its all controllable at my feet.

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[hydro]

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A tuner
:-p

[Agileguy_101]

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In my mind, there is only one essential pedal: the Sonic Research Turbo Tuner. For $130, it's really a no brainer. It is absolutely $30-40 better than the competition.

The stuff beyond that depends on a quite a few things: are you doing original music or covers? Are you or are you not a minimalist or a person who doesn't like pedals with more than three or four knobs? And perhaps the most constraining option: what's your budget?

Here were my essentials when I was playing original music:

Big Muff
Fuzz Face
Mid to high gain Marshall in a box
Solo boost
Univibe clone
Phaser
Analog Delay
Tape Delay
Reverb

Now that I'm in a cover band, my needs have changed a bit:

Fuzz Face
Tone Bender
Centaur Klone
MIAB pedal
Solo boost
Univibe Clone
Phaser
Flanger
Chorus
Tremolo
Hammond emulation
Analog Delay
Tape Delay
Digital Delay
Reverse Delay
Wah
Reverb

So narrowing that all down into one set of ten pedals is pretty difficult. Here's my approach:

Turbo Tuner
Analogman Sunface Ge
Basic Audio Scarab Deluxe
Rawkworks Light OD
Weehbo JMP
Timmy
Drybell Vibe Machine
Strymon Mobius
Strymon Timeline
Strymon BlueSky or Hardwire Supernatural, haven't decided yet
Fulltone Clyde Deluxe

Hmm, that's eleven... I guess I could do without the Rawkworks. I use it mainly as a gain boost for the JMP Drive but the JMP is dynamic enough that I can just set the gain up higher on the pedal and roll back the guitar volume for cleans.

I truly believe that each of these pedals are the best in their individual classes. This setup will keep most anybody happy, especially with a midi controller for the Timeline to have instant looping control.

Honorable mention for Voodoo Labs stuff - powering all of this would be a nightmare without their pedal power series.

[Securb]

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its your chops that show if you are solid or not. You cant buy those.

Jimmy Page has more pedals that the downtown LA Guitar Center. Are you saying hs chop are not solid?

[Chickenwings]

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its your chops that show if you are solid or not. You cant buy those.

[everdrone]

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a good dirt box, but not totally necessary, the amp may be all that is needed

a noisegate if tons of distortion

a wah pedal if into heavy rock

some type of delay or reverb

thats it!

[Securb]

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MXR Distortion +
MXR Carbon Copy
Eventide H9
MOOG MF-108M Flange/Chorus
Systech Harmonic Energizer (or a clone)
BOSS DD6 (Love the Warp)
Ventilator

At this point I am just naming my board and it is stompbox masterbation, but those are all great stomps.

[thespricket]

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I'll see how many I can do. I sell a lot of pedals at GC so I have a good sense of meat and potatoes pedals, regardless of what I may own on my board.

DD3
Phase 90
Big Muff
OCD
Box of Rock
Boss SD1
Crybaby Classic
Carbon Copy
Ehx Holy Grail verb

Not exactly all pedals that I use, but all of these are super solid and trustworthy. I sell a lot of these and out and about you frequently see these pedals on club or stadium stages.

I will plug the Line 6 M5 for this application. I don't understand why more people don't have them. It's the size of two small pedals and it gives you access to pretty much any delay or modulation effect you could want, not to mention a ton of other filters and verbs. Ditch your tuner pedal and there's half the space you'll need, the tuner works great! It's true bypass and has stereo outs. And for only $130 or so it's worth owning for just the tuner and delays. Funny thing is it only functions as one effect at a time BUT in conjunction with a already functional and varied pedalboard that's often all I need. Ocaisonal whacked out delay or verb, chorus, synth, filter, octaver, harmonizer, tremolo. Those are mostly effects that can stand alone. That's a must have pedal to me.


Guitar->pedals->amp

[JeffB]

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Analog Phase
Echo
Goose

Optional:
Wah
Volume
Analog chorus