Essential Pedals

[nahfuten]

This has probably been done before (many times), but what are THE classic pedals that most people should own in their lifetime? (excluding your boutique high end stuff that a college kid can't afford)

Right now I think the following are essential:
Some form of a Tubescreamer (vintage or otherwise)
Phase 90
One of the Crybabys

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

Re: Essential Pedals

Tubescreamer, some sort of wah, noisegate.


I swear by 1 and 3; swear at 2.

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: Essential Pedals

Tuner and tubescreamer of some kind.

 

[Kac]

Re: Essential Pedals

OD Pedal (that's up to you), Wah (I love my crybaby from hell), Noisegate (NS-2 is working well for me).

Rock on ~ kac

 

[Grandor]

Re: Essential Pedals

I don't understand the need for a noisegate... You shouldnt run that much gain to buzz THAT bad.

 

[Closed Eye]

Re: Essential Pedals

Boss TU-2 (bright lights + mute = beautiful silence!)
Boss DD-3 (workhorse, just perfect 800ms delay)
Phase 90 (I love that single knob)
Crybaby or Vox Wah (can anyone say filter?)
Tube Screamer-ish stomp (boost/dirt/etc)

...and that's pretty much all I use.

 

[Kac]

Re: Essential Pedals

I don't understand the need for a noisegate... You shouldnt run that much gain to buzz THAT bad.

Really, well I wish you could come to Illinois and let me know what I'm doin' wrong... oh well.

Rock on ~ Kac

 

[oldschoolrock]

Re: Essential Pedals

Essentials:

Tubescreamer
Delay
Tuner (if your guitar is not stable)

Nice to have:

Crybaby Wah

 

[bbking1021]

Re: Essential Pedals

some type of overdrive, tuner, phaser, wah, delay.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Essential Pedals

TS type pedal,Marshall type overdrive/distortion,delay...

 

[Kac]

Re: Essential Pedals

man, this thread is about to make me get a tube screamer...

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Essential Pedals

man, this thread is about to make me get a tube screamer...

Yep.....A Must have pedal for most of us!

 

[Kac]

Re: Essential Pedals

Yep.....A Must have pedal for most of us!

Yet, I don't need to end up with more pedals than I know what do do with.... Been there done that.

~kac

 

[seafoamer]

Re: Essential Pedals

zuzu's

 

[BluesGuyJ]

Re: Essential Pedals

I agree with all of the mentioned pedals, primarily the wah, TS, delay and noise gate or tuner.

But I'm gonna save myself a lot oh cash and get a nice multi FX unit, something TC.

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: Essential Pedals

noisegate.

only if you play high gain :6:

id say definitly wah. even if u dont use it, its fun as hell to play with.

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: Essential Pedals

WHY haven't anyone mentioned a EQ PEDAL?!

I have a Boss Bass EQ, and use it with both my bass and guitar. Can't live without it! I use it infront of the guitar amp to get a third channel (more gain, fatter), in the effects loop of the guitar amp to get a wonderful volume boost for solos (more volume, less ice-picky highs), and with my bass amp as a "slap switch", or just a solo boost.

I'm thinking of getting a Boss Guitar EQ, since it has the freq. bands at different freq's, and would work better for shaping high mids than the bass eq.

 

[nahfuten]

Re: Essential Pedals

well it looks like I'm ahead of the game because I've also got a TU-2 and NS-2, but I didnt mention those because they aren't "effects"

 

[Mincer]

Re: Essential Pedals

for me it is Delay, a long one. Lots of creativity there. Even just playing rhythms and soloing over them can help a player a bunch.

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

Re: Essential Pedals

I don't understand the need for a noisegate... You shouldnt run that much gain to buzz THAT bad.

It's not for buzz, it's so that when your strings are idle, you don't get feedback at high volumes or have any nasties slip through the pauses - it's a godsend onstage and when recording.

That said, I'm guessing in my genre we use a touch more gain than you .