What's your favorite "always on" pedal?

[Nacho8807]

Re: What's your favorite "always on" pedal?

Emerson EM-Drive

I want to like those Emerson Custom pedals so badly, but something about them just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe I've just seen a bunch of bad reviews. Do you know of a particular EM-Drive video that portrays it's tone fairly accurately?

[zenmindbeginner]

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I have four pedals on all of the time.

Badgerplex AC
Empress ParaEQ
BOSS DM-3
Young Pedals DM600

The DM-3 and DM600 are set so that the echoes blend in with the amp's tube driven spring reverb... no audible echo that I can actually pick out from the reverb.

[Hoss]

I want to like those Emerson Custom pedals so badly, but something about them just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe I've just seen a bunch of bad reviews. Do you know of a particular EM-Drive video that portrays it's tone fairly accurately?

I think having "drive" in the name of the pedal is what throws people off. It's more of an overall "tone enhancer"...more like a boost or presence in your chain that makes everything stand out a little more and add some harmonic richness.

People who buy it, expecting it to drastically alter their tone, are going to be disappointed.

[El Dunco]

Re: What's your favorite "always on" pedal?

My bicycle pedals.

[TimmyPage]

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I played a gig recently where we played almost exclusively Police covers. Just like Andy Summers would do live, I left a flanger on the whole gig.

...and I kind of liked it.

As a long time chorus hater, I feel dirty.

[Nacho8807]

Re: What's your favorite "always on" pedal?

I played a gig recently where we played almost exclusively Police covers. Just like Andy Summers would do live, I left a flanger on the whole gig.

...and I kind of liked it.

As a long time chorus hater, I feel dirty.

Haha you know it's wrong but it felt so right!

[zenmindbeginner]

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I played a gig recently where we played almost exclusively Police covers. Just like Andy Summers would do live, I left a flanger on the whole gig.

...and I kind of liked it.

As a long time chorus hater, I feel dirty.

If you hate chorus... you should abhor flanger.

I don't hate chorus... I find it problematic and it usually ruins good tone.

But flanger? I usually throw up in my mouth a little when it's used in most applications... phaser is usually a much better way of achieving modulation that doesn't turn the tone into metallic sounding garbage.

Just sayin'.

[TimmyPage]

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If you hate chorus... you should abhor flanger.

I don't hate chorus... I find it problematic and it usually ruins good tone.

I really should, I've always thought it was a cheesy, terrible effect, but on the other hands I've always been an Andy summers fan, and playing those tunes, with his flanger-based tone, just felt so right. So right actually, that I'm considering buying a flanger of my own (I borrowed a friend's pedalboard) to add to my own original stuff. Example of it being used well (not by me):



I also think I'm a little tired of the Phaser thing. I've used one for years, even when I was going through my effect-less archtop and solid state only jazz phase. I'm down for a little more woosh and a little less wobble.

[Nacho8807]

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I also think I'm a little tired of the Phaser thing. I've used one for years, even when I was going through my effect-less archtop and solid state only jazz phase. I'm down for a little more woosh and a little less wobble.

I went through the same thing. I liked my phaser but couldn't find any practical use for it in any of our songs. I picked up an MXR Micro Flanger a few weeks ago, and I've already found two songs that we play that it fits into perfectly. I recommend that one if you do get one, or the TC Electronic Vortex Mini.

[FretFire]

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If I need some pedal to always be on, I'm using the wrong amp

[zenmindbeginner]

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I really should, I've always thought it was a cheesy, terrible effect, but on the other hands I've always been an Andy summers fan, and playing those tunes, with his flanger-based tone, just felt so right. So right actually, that I'm considering buying a flanger of my own (I borrowed a friend's pedalboard) to add to my own original stuff. Example of it being used well (not by me):



I also think I'm a little tired of the Phaser thing. I've used one for years, even when I was going through my effect-less archtop and solid state only jazz phase. I'm down for a little more woosh and a little less wobble.

Are Flanger pedals cheaper than chorus pedals or something? Never understood someone using a flanger as a chorus... my Clone Theory can do that sound pretty easy.

Definitely schooled me on whether or not Andy used a flanger or chorus... I didn't know about the Electric Mistress.

I think the only thing I knew about Andy's tone was from the endless promotion he did for Roland around the Synchronicity album's success.

Those little books used to have him hook up a CS-2 to CE-2 to BF-2 to DM-2... I used to drool over those when I was 10 years old.

[Kais]

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Boss NS-2, "boring" pedal

Digitech Hardwire Reverb, for that subtlety goodness

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: What's your favorite "always on" pedal?

Not always on.....but I like my delays and vibe, sometimes my old old Maxon chorus, and a DC Drive set for a slight drive on the cleaner channel of my Super Sonic.
Now and then I stick in my old Guyatone flanger, have a Mini POG that I use sparingly.
I like effects in a measured way...
Sometimes it is just dry as a bone!

[thespricket]

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I try to always play with a bit of reverb, hopefully from the amp. If not, I'll use my TC delay or M5. But I always have on a compressor. Mine is the Malekko Red Comp. Great tiny little pedal, modeled after the Ross. It's subtle enough that and it's sounds great with all of my guitars and pedals. I don't need it, I can totally do a show with out one. I often do when I only bring one or two drive pedals to a gig.

My Tim is really useful and it stays on a lot. Perfect for a light chimney crunch and so clean.


Guitar->pedals->amp

[bacosta1972]

Re: What's your favorite "always on" pedal?

My only two, TS-9 & Carbon Copy