Hi everyone - so I have recently treaded lightly into the waters of tube amplification. I have been a solid state guy with digital FX for a long time. I have a Mustang III that I really like - and it has the advantage of simply turning a knob and getting me "Aussie Rock" or "Puppet Master" tones... but I am testing out a tube head and getting into speaker cabs (I'm slightly crazy with cabs right now) and speaker changes... which leads me to the fact that I don't want to use a multi-fx with the tube amp. I'd like to build out a small, but usable pedalboard. The amp head I'm testing out right now is a Egnater Tweaker, which is 1 channel so no footswitch for gain/clean.
There are literally a zillion pedals available (I'm selling a few actually that I got in a trade - they are all way over my head in terms of use), and price points that vary from $25 Joyo to $400+ boutique.
My first question is about the KINDS of pedals that a decent board should have. I see like 5 different kinds of overdrive/gain pedals alone! How many gain/OD pedals do people usually have on their board?!?! Is it normal to have 3 or 4?
I'm thinking of the following (not in this order):
Wah
Overdrive/Boost
Distortion/Metal?
Fuzz
Reverb
Chorus
Phaser
I don't know that I NEED phaser. I think Reverb is a must and possibly chorus. It sounds like people like to have multiple OD/distortion pedals.
What do you all do??
We can talk about prices and brands later - I've been researching and have lots of ideas - but like to nail getting a solid basic understanding of what is a "required" set of pedals first. (ie,m should I look to have multiple OD over a phaser?)
Thanks!
There are literally a zillion pedals available (I'm selling a few actually that I got in a trade - they are all way over my head in terms of use), and price points that vary from $25 Joyo to $400+ boutique.
My first question is about the KINDS of pedals that a decent board should have. I see like 5 different kinds of overdrive/gain pedals alone! How many gain/OD pedals do people usually have on their board?!?! Is it normal to have 3 or 4?
I'm thinking of the following (not in this order):
Wah
Overdrive/Boost
Distortion/Metal?
Fuzz
Reverb
Chorus
Phaser
I don't know that I NEED phaser. I think Reverb is a must and possibly chorus. It sounds like people like to have multiple OD/distortion pedals.
What do you all do??
We can talk about prices and brands later - I've been researching and have lots of ideas - but like to nail getting a solid basic understanding of what is a "required" set of pedals first. (ie,m should I look to have multiple OD over a phaser?)
Thanks!
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