Re: Lets see those pedal boards you are using right now.
I'm no stranger to excessive pedals, my largest board config last year had like 15 I think but they were hand selected goodies, only two buffers in play, no Boss or anything of the poppy lines just not my thing. Been there done all that I try to spend too much on a pedal but seems things keep going up. Used to be like $150, then $200, now a more top shelf puppy runs like $300 range. I do not do traditional rigs of the basic amp thing. I love pedals and many centuries of playing as taught me to use them not only sparingly but as an extension of the guitar tone. Some use pedals as a wash of noise where the pedal is doing all the sound like an ambiance thing like over processed delays and stuff. Effects should not be a crutch to cover not so great playing which is what many assume when they see a larger board. Usually on my rigs only a couple pedals may be on at one time. It always bugs me when I see a band where the same tones are coming from the guitarist song after song, gets boring to the audience, kick on a phaser or something that fits in with your playing and heads always turn. I like to vary gain structures and tones. I can see where some are down on pedals but really unless you are using a Les Paul the number of tones with just a guitar and amp are pretty few. Got to have a good drive at least.
