3 pedal challenge!

[beaubrummels]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

Two channel amp gives me clean and distortion, and these days I can use a clip-on tuner, so I don't lose a pedal to a tuner - though one of my choices solves this anyway.

Pigtronix Echolution (can do vintage and modern delays or sound kinda like a reverb and has presets so it's like having multiple delay pedals)

Eventide H9 Max (45 effects, 99 presets, has a tuner)

Zoom MS100BT (more multi-effects, adds in a second sound while the H9 is busy doing something)

 

[EDX]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

well i take my v wich is a tonefull bastard, the marshall and the pedals well... i take my cheap but accurate clip on tuner so i have:

Boss GE-7
Boss OD-3
Digitech Bad Monkey

the amp reverb well setted with the dimebucker in parallel through the clean channel will set a good base for jazz, the GE-7 will finetune my tone and the OD-3 will go setted for a warm and soft overdrive to push things a little or leads (wich i pretty much suck at)

blues gig will go similar to this, the OD-3 is a very good blues pedal, so the gain will go a little craked through the clean channel and i will play dynamics with the tone and volume knobs, the GE-7 will got mid boost for the leads

rock gig will go with the od 1 channel of the marshall, the channel will be set to get AC/DC tones out of it and then the OD-3 will push for leads, the bad monkey for tubescreamed rythms and the GE-7 will go to shape to a warmer rythm tone, depending on the leads the amp reverb will also go

metal gig, well, this is easier, it's pretty much my actual setup but with a marshall, OD 2 channel will get dialed to sabbath level of gain and with the EQ B5 M4 T10 or something similar, the Bad Monkey will got setted for the tubescreamer boosted thrash, the OD-3 will push for leads again (it just does that stupidly well), the GE-7 will just go as i had it right now, with a sawtoth shape EQ pattern and the out at max to nail Dimebag rythms.

i'm much of a rythm player and with my budget i had learn to squeeze every little tone out of my gear

 

[always SD]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

A metal gig : metal muff or tube pedal like a tube king (red ibanez)
a rock gig : just a jackhammer Marshall
a blues gig : just a jackhammer Marshall
and a jazz gig with which guitar? an ibanez js ?lol

 

[Empty Pockets]

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those amps will handle those genres just fine on their own.

 

[Archer250]

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I'll use exactly what I have right now ninus the tuner.

 

[chadd]

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The point of the game is that the Marshall or the Fender are your only options. I'm with you on the fact that I would bring in a Mesa any day over those amps, but I played fairly and chose what I'd rather go with out of the two.

Agreed, I rarely use pedals with my roadster.

 

[ErikH]

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IMO, pedal tuners don't count. They are a necessity, not an effect.

I'll take the HRD, a Fulltone OCD, Fulltone Deja Vibe Mini, and Boss DM-2w. As much as I love Marshalls, the DSL401 isn't one of them.

The HRD has a really good clean and a decent overdrive channel, perfect for covering all the genre's mentioned. The OD-1x will give it enough of a kick for metal. The DM-2w with the built-in reverb would create some nice ambient effects. The CS-3 would help on the clean channel when needed.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

That's easy. Both of those amps are overkill. Just give me a good sounding non-channel-switching amp with built-in reverb and tremolo, a tuner, an e.q., and a clean boost. I'd probably use a Super Reverb or a Deluxe Reverb.

 

[El Supremo]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

Proco Rat for sounds from od to fuzz to distortion, Mooer Eleclady Flanger for Flanging (duh) and faux chorusy sounds, Empress Tape Delay as it has tap and presets.
I'd take the Marshall as I'm not that familiar with Fender amps.

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

The point of the game is that the Marshall or the Fender are your only options. I'm with you on the fact that I would bring in a Mesa any day over those amps, but I played fairly and chose what I'd rather go with out of the two.

Ah well,...if I have to play FAIR, I'll just take my toys and go home, LOL!

Not having the Mesa makes it a really tough choice, because I DO NOT LIKE transistor boxes for my distortion. And having to bring a dirt box means one of the other pedals has to go bye-bye.

I would probably opt for the Fender, and then the Tech 21 Fly Rig; with my wah and chorus.

My little Mesa DC-3 just kills that Marshall. And I sold my last Fender amps in 2000--a 1965 Deluxe Reverb (a REAL one!), a 1964 BF Tremolux and 210 cab in blonde tolex, a Super Champ with the EV 10", and Fender 75 head and 112 EV Force cab.

The Mesas just fit my style better than the vintage amps did, and the vintage amps are far superior to the new Fender stuff.

Bill

 

[Chickenwings]

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those amps will handle those genres just fine on their own.

+1. Ill just use the deville.
but if i have to have a pedal or two ill bring along a tubescreamer, a fuzz and maybe a wah and then leave them all in my gig bag.

 

[LReese]

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I'd have a hard time pairing down to 3, but if I had to this would definitely be one of them...

 

[guitfiddle]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

The DeVille, a Metal Muff, Wah and Tuner. Sorted.

 

[Demanic]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

Keeley Compressor, Keeley modded MT-2 and Keeley Katana. With a two channel amp, I would have plenty of different flavors of boost ranging from subtle to completely over the top.

 

[jimijames]

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Straight into the Marshall.

While I want to say /thread here, I will refrain.

I thought jazz was essentially a clean tone kind of thing? I'm not aware of any "jazz" pedals...

For me, I would go with

Guitar: My special sauce HS telecaster deluxe, but with a supervee maverick tremolo and a tusq XL nut (JD bridge, custom wound tapped A3 humbucker neck). On second thought I might have to go with a more vintage wind on the bridge - something below 7k and with A5. Those vintage telecaster bridge pickups can do metal with enough gain though.

Pedals:
(1) Tuner
(2) EP Booster
(3) 1776 effects multiplex (specifically a build just like this one - courtesy of this thread at the MadBean fall buildoff contest) (edit: you might have to be a member to see it, I have no idea - it's a sweet build of a multi-echo unit with modulation and light up controls)

Amp:
Marshall DSL 401 (you said 2-channel, right? So I would boost both channels with the EP and use the guitar volume to get different shades of dirt)

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: 3 pedal challenge!

1. OCD
2. Rat 2
3. Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive. (Or a TS808.)

I think you know how this goes.

 

[Falloffthebonetone]

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Wait I take it back. Three of these.

 

[Aceman]

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Pedals = Crybaby 535Q, Keeley DS1 Ultra, Duncan Deja Vu Delay. In that order.

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[LLL]

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Pedals = Crybaby 535Q, Keeley DS1 Ultra, Duncan Deja Vu Delay. In that order.

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[Hank-]

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I'd take the DSL401 for the amp.

Would need something chorusy for jazz, rock & metal gigs, so a modulated delay thrown in the loop of the amp(considering it has one) for me. Here i'd take the visual sound v3 dual or single tap delay or a dmm/memory boy.

A wah or a phaser for the rock/metal gigs. Any Mxr stuff mostly for either type.

A tubescreamer for blues. Ehx Soul food or bad monkey.