Essential Pedals
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cellomangler
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Re: Essential Pedals
Still searchin' after 30 years... Love to have my Kittyhawk Quattro in a pedal -hoping that the SD SFX-03 I have backordered will come close. Dig the Tech21 American Woman and the H&K Warp. Probably use my Yamaha DG and AG Stomp the most. Note: If you can find a good deal on the venerable Yamaha UD Stomp, snatch it up -extremely lush chorusing and delay.
Still searchin' after 30 years... Love to have my Kittyhawk Quattro in a pedal -hoping that the SD SFX-03 I have backordered will come close. Dig the Tech21 American Woman and the H&K Warp. Probably use my Yamaha DG and AG Stomp the most. Note: If you can find a good deal on the venerable Yamaha UD Stomp, snatch it up -extremely lush chorusing and delay.
J Moose
New member
Re: Essential Pedals
I went through a whole pedal & rack w/ 2x12 combo phase myself. Now I'm back to a single amp with 3-4 boxes on average.
One of my friends built a CRAZY rig. Two amps, one of 'em with channel & FX switching and all that stuff...and an old Fender combo with what seemed like a bajillion pedals. All kinds of loopers & boosts & blah blah & blee blee. He even had one of those Digitech foot pedals that makes things go backwards!
Now he plugs into the amp with nothing but a tube screamer in the path.
There's a fine line between having some options & total tone suckage.
Every one of those goez inta's and goez outta's adds noise & sucks tone. I try to cap it...but sometimes it's a WHOLE lotta fun to hook up like 25 pedals and see what happens!
Sometimes some notes come out. But it's mostly noise.
Scary scary noise. :laugh2:
ErikH said:
I went through a whole pedal & rack w/ 2x12 combo phase myself. Now I'm back to a single amp with 3-4 boxes on average.
One of my friends built a CRAZY rig. Two amps, one of 'em with channel & FX switching and all that stuff...and an old Fender combo with what seemed like a bajillion pedals. All kinds of loopers & boosts & blah blah & blee blee. He even had one of those Digitech foot pedals that makes things go backwards!
Now he plugs into the amp with nothing but a tube screamer in the path.
There's a fine line between having some options & total tone suckage.
Every one of those goez inta's and goez outta's adds noise & sucks tone. I try to cap it...but sometimes it's a WHOLE lotta fun to hook up like 25 pedals and see what happens!
Sometimes some notes come out. But it's mostly noise.
Scary scary noise. :laugh2:
Loserchief
SwingingIdiot
Re: Essential Pedals
distortion/overdrive
a wah
a tuner
distortion/overdrive
a wah
a tuner
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: Essential Pedals
There are IMO no essential pedals, that´s the only explanation that I have for not ever needing any and only owning a n old Luxor Wah that I rarely use.
My opinion of the most common recommendations:
Tuner: learn to tune by ear, though onstage it´s admittedly a nice thing to have. But admittedly, onstage any semi decent rack tuner will rule away any pedal because of the larger, easier to read display
EQ: Buy an amp with an EQ that works instead, or with another channel if you´re using the EQ for a lead boost.
Tubescreamer: Buy an amp with enough gain instead, or another channel if you´re using it for a lead boost
Wah: that point I´ll let stand.
Don´t even get me started on effects.... there are no essential effects unless your particular tone depends on a specific combination ... I can understand Tubescreamers for their clean output increase... but for that I prefer a miniswitch on the particular guitars that need the boost.
There are IMO no essential pedals, that´s the only explanation that I have for not ever needing any and only owning a n old Luxor Wah that I rarely use.
My opinion of the most common recommendations:
Tuner: learn to tune by ear, though onstage it´s admittedly a nice thing to have. But admittedly, onstage any semi decent rack tuner will rule away any pedal because of the larger, easier to read display
EQ: Buy an amp with an EQ that works instead, or with another channel if you´re using the EQ for a lead boost.
Tubescreamer: Buy an amp with enough gain instead, or another channel if you´re using it for a lead boost
Wah: that point I´ll let stand.
Don´t even get me started on effects.... there are no essential effects unless your particular tone depends on a specific combination ... I can understand Tubescreamers for their clean output increase... but for that I prefer a miniswitch on the particular guitars that need the boost.
Stratman
Guitaris Maximus
Re: Essential Pedals
Come-on Seymour Duncan! Us forum members need the SFX-03.
This post was my cheap high-jack attempt to expedite the delivery of this product, to all of us deserving players.
I actually use a tonebone (Trimode) product, pending that late, overdue delivery of the SFX-03 to my local distributor.
Stratman said:
Come-on Seymour Duncan! Us forum members need the SFX-03.
This post was my cheap high-jack attempt to expedite the delivery of this product, to all of us deserving players.
I actually use a tonebone (Trimode) product, pending that late, overdue delivery of the SFX-03 to my local distributor.
Gr8Scott
Wookieologist
Re: Essential Pedals
I'd count the tubescreamer as a must have. It's a rock and blues staple, though it is a little trashy.
SFX-03 is also right there too. I'd rate it as equallly important. I'm very glad I bought mine. Haven't tried it with the Edana yet, but it seems like it will be a great fit. Almost like it was made for the Edana. Those big cleans the Edana has should translate into some seriously god-like tube distortion.
Rangemaster treble booster - A blues staple for years.
Demonizer - A new metal staple that is capable of the classics as well.
I'd count the tubescreamer as a must have. It's a rock and blues staple, though it is a little trashy.
SFX-03 is also right there too. I'd rate it as equallly important. I'm very glad I bought mine. Haven't tried it with the Edana yet, but it seems like it will be a great fit. Almost like it was made for the Edana. Those big cleans the Edana has should translate into some seriously god-like tube distortion.
Rangemaster treble booster - A blues staple for years.
Demonizer - A new metal staple that is capable of the classics as well.
