my pedal g.a.s.

[Hoss]

here's my list of pedals i'm g.a.ssing for...suggest your faves in these categories too and why you dig em!? i'm also trying to keep costs down as usual and wanting used where i can?! the old RP-1 is ok for the moment but there's only a couple sounds on it that i can tolerate at all...i really only use it for the chorus & delay type stuff...all the other stuff is pretty sterile.

these pedals are really all i would ever use (i play mostly pop/rock)...being something chunky/heavy, something smooth, something dirty, a bit of chorus/delay, a wah, a compressor, every once and again a flange (probably the least)?!

Distortion - i'm still digging my Tech 21 Tri-od's "calif" amp modeler setting for my distortion, and the "tweed" for the slightly dirty stuff...suggest something else i might like...maybe a Mesa V-twin (although it's huge)?

OD - i'm hearing awesome things about the Barber Small Fry and the elusive Tim pedal

Chorus/delay - i think the VS H2O would be good here (prolly my next purchase actually)

Comp - MXR dyna

Flange - MXR

Wah - Vox 848

Tuner - strobostomp

 

[Hoss]

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also, i don't know diddly squat about the powered boards and how to set this stuff up (as in the chain) or any of that really, so advice would be appreciated! i mean i have a general idea but i'm a complete novice when it comes to pedals!

all i know is certain sounds i like and that an "all-in-one" box doesn't cut the mustard to my ears so i'm gonna put the stuff i want together piece by agonizing piece....lol!

thank,
mike

 

[LesStrat]

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The DynaComp is a really :cool3: pedal, Mike. I don't think you would be disappointed. Scott Bernard talked me OUT of buying a distortion pedal and into buying that one. I've never regretted it. I still use it IN FRONT of my POD.

I once built an effects board/box, and powered it with a Radio Shack ac adapter and Ibanez Y cables. It was kind of heavy, though.

 

[Gearjoneser]

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I've found that I can be fairly happy with most modulation FX, regardless of price, but not with OD's.......they've gotta be great, or I just sell'em.
I'm very satisfied with the L6 green and blue modelers, and think that the blue modulation box is a good 'go to' FX pedal that does everything. Just get a wah, expensive high quality OD like the Barber, Tim, OCD, etc, a good tuner, and then something like the Line 6 modulator.

The easy part is figuring out what you want. The hard part is shelling out the big bucks for this stuff. It adds up quick.

 

[Hoss]

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that's kinda what i was thinking...hence the barber and tim...:fingersx: of course i'm not real sure what the H20 and the MXR run used, but i was thinking they weren't to bad...now the strobo is kinda high, but everyone says it's the bomb diggity! i saw a small fry on tgp for like $125...that seems crazy, but i know they go for more new...and the tim...well its up there too, but really when you look at the price of some pedals...that's not all that bad.

i think the H20 will be my first buy...it should go good with my tri-od...and then i'll probably pick up a dynacomp...depending on how all that sounds i'll probably go with either a barber or the wah...:fingersx: ...a little at a time, that's all i can do anyways.

i also hear good things about that "tubulator" and it's waaay cheap, and i also hear about the "bad monkey"...the tubulator is almost tooo cheap not to at least try...but like i said, i really dig the tri-od too, so i'll probably go with another od down the road?

 

[Usurper666]

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For power, Voodoo Lab Pedal Power II, that's all you need to know, it's worth every penny. Don't hesitate to shell out the cash for the Strobostomp, I have one and it's fantastic. You can't go wrong with Barber, I would strongly suggest looking into the Barber Tone Press Compressor, I have it and I love it. As for the board itself, Pedaltrain all the way.

Cheers,

CJ

 

[wildstar]

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You can't go wrong with Barber, I would strongly suggest looking into the Barber Tone Press Compressor, I have it and I love it. As for the board itself, Pedaltrain all the way.

Cheers,

CJ

+10000000000000000000000000000

What he said.

 

[gproud]

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Hey there. First poster here. With regards to the Wah. I would highly recommend you get the Vox V-847 and mod it for True Bypass. That's what I've used for a long time, and I went and tried the 848 because it was already true bypass, and had the special inductor, etc. However, I found it didn't sound nearly as good as the 847. The 847 just seemed a lot more vocally. Now, with that being said, I've heard that the Budda Bud Wah is sensational, and around the same price as the 848.

 

[PUCKBOY99]

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The only pedal I have GAS for is the H&K Rotosphere

....but they're big & pricey, new or used, so.....:dunno:

 

[ParaGuitarMedic]

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Man, I want a Fulltone OCD

 

[HolyDirt]

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A Zendrive... *lust*

 

[kmcguitars]

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I had a Tri-OD when they 1st came out. I can't remember Exactly what about it i didn't like? I'm thinking it was a pain to toggle between the channels? I hear many good things about the Bad Monkey (probably my next GAS Acquisition):27:

 

[Hoss]

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yeah the toggle is my ONLY complaint about it...i use the tweed and california setting on the pedal and i turn off the british setting...however when i switch from the california back to the tweed (regardless of the british being turned off) i have to toggle twice to get there :smack: ...but i absolutely love both settings...the tweed setting just makes my cleans so FAT and full and the calif setting has the thick od that i really like the best! the great thing about the pedal is that each channel has it's own little volume and drive knob, so when i switch from my full clean sounds to my overdrive it's an automatic boost as i have the volume and drive up just a couple notches from the tweed channel...if they made a pedal with those two channels exclusively and a toggle for each of them and a eq for each one...it would be the perfect pedal!

 

[Hoss]

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OMG THEY DO HAVE ONE LIKE THAT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here's my next pedal for sure!

http://www.tech21nyc.com/triac.html

 

[James Rock]

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cut out the MESA and replace it with the TWIN TUBE CLASSIC
from what i've heard it is MUCH beta

 

[Hoss]

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has anyone played the Tri-Ac? from what i've read, it supposedly isn't that great "in front" of an amp...of course i've read that about the Tri-Od too :smack: :fingersx: , but i was curious how good it did sound? if it's tweed and calif settings sound like the tri-od then i'm sold for sure!?

 

[FretFire]

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Pedaltrains are killer, though I'd personally recommend a OneSpot adapter and a daisy chain cable over one of the DC brick type units. Same effect, smaller price tag, and if you happen to have a Boss TU-2 tuner you're all set (assuming you keep your board under I think 8 pedals total?) As far as ODs, I swear by the Hermida Zendrive and Mosferatu, I WILL own those pedals again someday when money isn't quite so tight.

 

[Robbiedbee]

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cut out the MESA and replace it with the TWIN TUBE CLASSIC
from what i've heard it is MUCH beta

I agree. I have heard such good things about it. I wanna try one.

I am GASing for a 535Q Dunlop Wah too.

 

[SpeedDemon]

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Enter my pedal GAS:
Homebrew Electronics Psilocybe Phaser
Homebrew Electronics Medicine Bawl Wah(Normal Wah sounds)
Diamond Pedals Halo Chorus
Diamond Pedals J-Drive-TR Drive/Clean Boost/Treble Booster
Chicago Iron Octavian Octave fuzz
Chicago Iron Parachute Wah.

 

[StrangeSound]

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Tube Zone!