Name 10 MUST have pedals
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Funkfingers
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Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
Dunno about ten. I want some guitar signal to reach my amplifier.
BOSS Dimension C
Morley Bad Horsie II
BOSS Slicer
Catalinbread Echorec
Most of the time, I just crank the amp and the only gimmick that I use is the guitar's volume pot.
EDIT - Red Witch Moon Phaser
Dunno about ten. I want some guitar signal to reach my amplifier.
BOSS Dimension C
Morley Bad Horsie II
BOSS Slicer
Catalinbread Echorec
Most of the time, I just crank the amp and the only gimmick that I use is the guitar's volume pot.
EDIT - Red Witch Moon Phaser
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hermetico
New member
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
#01 Peterson Strobo Stomp 2
#02 Real McCoy RMC4 Picture Wah
#03 Wampler EGO Compressor
#04 Dry Bell Vibe Machine v1
#05 Jetter Gear Jetdrive
#06 Jetter Gear Gold 45/100
#07 Weehbo Bastard
#08 Strymon Mobius
#09 Strymon El Capistan
#10 Wampler Decibel+
Solid?. Nah. Just personal taste.
This will end is just that.
#01 Peterson Strobo Stomp 2
#02 Real McCoy RMC4 Picture Wah
#03 Wampler EGO Compressor
#04 Dry Bell Vibe Machine v1
#05 Jetter Gear Jetdrive
#06 Jetter Gear Gold 45/100
#07 Weehbo Bastard
#08 Strymon Mobius
#09 Strymon El Capistan
#10 Wampler Decibel+
Solid?. Nah. Just personal taste.
This will end is just that.
Big Flannel
New member
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
Boss ce-2
Boss dd-3
Chicago Iron parachute wah (Tychobrahe)
MXR Micro Amp
Boss BF-2 (or HF-2 if you're feeling froggy)
MJM Foxey Fuzz
Roland RE-201 (not technically a pedal)
EHX Cathedral
MXR Phase 45
EBS OctaBass
Boss ce-2
Boss dd-3
Chicago Iron parachute wah (Tychobrahe)
MXR Micro Amp
Boss BF-2 (or HF-2 if you're feeling froggy)
MJM Foxey Fuzz
Roland RE-201 (not technically a pedal)
EHX Cathedral
MXR Phase 45
EBS OctaBass
LReese
Sausage Gravy
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
Yeah - 5 is enough...
1. Fulldrive II
2. Dyna Comp
3. Boss CE-2
4 Eventide H9
5. Eventide H9
Yep - 2 H9s.. You can dispose of the CE-2 if you don't like doing the chorus/detune thing . There's lots of other pedals I like, but this covers a lot of ground.
Yeah - 5 is enough...
1. Fulldrive II
2. Dyna Comp
3. Boss CE-2
4 Eventide H9
5. Eventide H9
Yep - 2 H9s.. You can dispose of the CE-2 if you don't like doing the chorus/detune thing . There's lots of other pedals I like, but this covers a lot of ground.
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jon the art guy
Nerdy Nerd
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
I'm going to have to stretch for it.
Keeley 4 knob compressor
Black Arts Pharoah
Boss FZ2 (for the EQ-Boost)
Boss HM2 (can get suprisingly clean)
Strymon Big Sky
Tremulus Lune with tap tempo or preferably a Zvex Seek Trem
Whatever Strymon Delay pedal is the shoot-the-moon awesome one
I guess I'd want 3 rotary pedals stuck together in one box, so that will count as one. I imagine Strymon has some sort of rotary stacking device.
The Zvex Seek Wah and Seek Ringtone are friggin awesome too. I wouldn't mind those.
I'm going to have to stretch for it.
Keeley 4 knob compressor
Black Arts Pharoah
Boss FZ2 (for the EQ-Boost)
Boss HM2 (can get suprisingly clean)
Strymon Big Sky
Tremulus Lune with tap tempo or preferably a Zvex Seek Trem
Whatever Strymon Delay pedal is the shoot-the-moon awesome one
I guess I'd want 3 rotary pedals stuck together in one box, so that will count as one. I imagine Strymon has some sort of rotary stacking device.
The Zvex Seek Wah and Seek Ringtone are friggin awesome too. I wouldn't mind those.
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thespricket
New member
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
I'll see how many I can do. I sell a lot of pedals at GC so I have a good sense of meat and potatoes pedals, regardless of what I may own on my board.
DD3
Phase 90
Big Muff
OCD
Box of Rock
Boss SD1
Crybaby Classic
Carbon Copy
Ehx Holy Grail verb
Not exactly all pedals that I use, but all of these are super solid and trustworthy. I sell a lot of these and out and about you frequently see these pedals on club or stadium stages.
I will plug the Line 6 M5 for this application. I don't understand why more people don't have them. It's the size of two small pedals and it gives you access to pretty much any delay or modulation effect you could want, not to mention a ton of other filters and verbs. Ditch your tuner pedal and there's half the space you'll need, the tuner works great! It's true bypass and has stereo outs. And for only $130 or so it's worth owning for just the tuner and delays. Funny thing is it only functions as one effect at a time BUT in conjunction with a already functional and varied pedalboard that's often all I need. Ocaisonal whacked out delay or verb, chorus, synth, filter, octaver, harmonizer, tremolo. Those are mostly effects that can stand alone. That's a must have pedal to me.
Guitar->pedals->amp
I'll see how many I can do. I sell a lot of pedals at GC so I have a good sense of meat and potatoes pedals, regardless of what I may own on my board.
DD3
Phase 90
Big Muff
OCD
Box of Rock
Boss SD1
Crybaby Classic
Carbon Copy
Ehx Holy Grail verb
Not exactly all pedals that I use, but all of these are super solid and trustworthy. I sell a lot of these and out and about you frequently see these pedals on club or stadium stages.
I will plug the Line 6 M5 for this application. I don't understand why more people don't have them. It's the size of two small pedals and it gives you access to pretty much any delay or modulation effect you could want, not to mention a ton of other filters and verbs. Ditch your tuner pedal and there's half the space you'll need, the tuner works great! It's true bypass and has stereo outs. And for only $130 or so it's worth owning for just the tuner and delays. Funny thing is it only functions as one effect at a time BUT in conjunction with a already functional and varied pedalboard that's often all I need. Ocaisonal whacked out delay or verb, chorus, synth, filter, octaver, harmonizer, tremolo. Those are mostly effects that can stand alone. That's a must have pedal to me.
Guitar->pedals->amp
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
MXR Distortion +
MXR Carbon Copy
Eventide H9
MOOG MF-108M Flange/Chorus
Systech Harmonic Energizer (or a clone)
BOSS DD6 (Love the Warp)
Ventilator
At this point I am just naming my board and it is stompbox masterbation, but those are all great stomps.
MXR Distortion +
MXR Carbon Copy
Eventide H9
MOOG MF-108M Flange/Chorus
Systech Harmonic Energizer (or a clone)
BOSS DD6 (Love the Warp)
Ventilator
At this point I am just naming my board and it is stompbox masterbation, but those are all great stomps.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
its your chops that show if you are solid or not. You cant buy those.
its your chops that show if you are solid or not. You cant buy those.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
Jimmy Page has more pedals that the downtown LA Guitar Center. Are you saying hs chop are not solid?
Jimmy Page has more pedals that the downtown LA Guitar Center. Are you saying hs chop are not solid?
Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
In my mind, there is only one essential pedal: the Sonic Research Turbo Tuner. For $130, it's really a no brainer. It is absolutely $30-40 better than the competition.
The stuff beyond that depends on a quite a few things: are you doing original music or covers? Are you or are you not a minimalist or a person who doesn't like pedals with more than three or four knobs? And perhaps the most constraining option: what's your budget?
Here were my essentials when I was playing original music:
Big Muff
Fuzz Face
Mid to high gain Marshall in a box
Solo boost
Univibe clone
Phaser
Analog Delay
Tape Delay
Reverb
Now that I'm in a cover band, my needs have changed a bit:
Fuzz Face
Tone Bender
Centaur Klone
MIAB pedal
Solo boost
Univibe Clone
Phaser
Flanger
Chorus
Tremolo
Hammond emulation
Analog Delay
Tape Delay
Digital Delay
Reverse Delay
Wah
Reverb
So narrowing that all down into one set of ten pedals is pretty difficult. Here's my approach:
Turbo Tuner
Analogman Sunface Ge
Basic Audio Scarab Deluxe
Rawkworks Light OD
Weehbo JMP
Timmy
Drybell Vibe Machine
Strymon Mobius
Strymon Timeline
Strymon BlueSky or Hardwire Supernatural, haven't decided yet
Fulltone Clyde Deluxe
Hmm, that's eleven... I guess I could do without the Rawkworks. I use it mainly as a gain boost for the JMP Drive but the JMP is dynamic enough that I can just set the gain up higher on the pedal and roll back the guitar volume for cleans.
I truly believe that each of these pedals are the best in their individual classes. This setup will keep most anybody happy, especially with a midi controller for the Timeline to have instant looping control.
Honorable mention for Voodoo Labs stuff - powering all of this would be a nightmare without their pedal power series.
In my mind, there is only one essential pedal: the Sonic Research Turbo Tuner. For $130, it's really a no brainer. It is absolutely $30-40 better than the competition.
The stuff beyond that depends on a quite a few things: are you doing original music or covers? Are you or are you not a minimalist or a person who doesn't like pedals with more than three or four knobs? And perhaps the most constraining option: what's your budget?
Here were my essentials when I was playing original music:
Big Muff
Fuzz Face
Mid to high gain Marshall in a box
Solo boost
Univibe clone
Phaser
Analog Delay
Tape Delay
Reverb
Now that I'm in a cover band, my needs have changed a bit:
Fuzz Face
Tone Bender
Centaur Klone
MIAB pedal
Solo boost
Univibe Clone
Phaser
Flanger
Chorus
Tremolo
Hammond emulation
Analog Delay
Tape Delay
Digital Delay
Reverse Delay
Wah
Reverb
So narrowing that all down into one set of ten pedals is pretty difficult. Here's my approach:
Turbo Tuner
Analogman Sunface Ge
Basic Audio Scarab Deluxe
Rawkworks Light OD
Weehbo JMP
Timmy
Drybell Vibe Machine
Strymon Mobius
Strymon Timeline
Strymon BlueSky or Hardwire Supernatural, haven't decided yet
Fulltone Clyde Deluxe
Hmm, that's eleven... I guess I could do without the Rawkworks. I use it mainly as a gain boost for the JMP Drive but the JMP is dynamic enough that I can just set the gain up higher on the pedal and roll back the guitar volume for cleans.
I truly believe that each of these pedals are the best in their individual classes. This setup will keep most anybody happy, especially with a midi controller for the Timeline to have instant looping control.
Honorable mention for Voodoo Labs stuff - powering all of this would be a nightmare without their pedal power series.
jon the art guy
Nerdy Nerd
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
I agree with the M5 comment earlier. My POD HD has the M effects on it and they're really nice sounding and deeply editable. If I get a short board, its all controllable at my feet.
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I agree with the M5 comment earlier. My POD HD has the M effects on it and they're really nice sounding and deeply editable. If I get a short board, its all controllable at my feet.
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crusty philtrum
Vintageologist
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
I think most guitarists all use a red, yellow or orange one, although many prefer green. Blue, pink and purple ones are optional.
I use a yellow one, and sometimes an orange one. I don't have enough feet to use more than two.
I think most guitarists all use a red, yellow or orange one, although many prefer green. Blue, pink and purple ones are optional.
I use a yellow one, and sometimes an orange one. I don't have enough feet to use more than two.
Tor
Riffologist Extraordinaire
Re: Name 10 MUST have pedals
Neunaber Wet reverb
Boss DD-20
Sonic Resarch Turbo Tuner
Timmy
Fetto Himmelstrutz Standard
Catalinbread Semaphore tremolo
Strymon Timeline
Wampler Ego compressor
I have an Eventide H9 and a Keeley Katana finding their ways to my board, and I hope these will be the #9 and #10 on the list.
Neunaber Wet reverb
Boss DD-20
Sonic Resarch Turbo Tuner
Timmy
Fetto Himmelstrutz Standard
Catalinbread Semaphore tremolo
Strymon Timeline
Wampler Ego compressor
I have an Eventide H9 and a Keeley Katana finding their ways to my board, and I hope these will be the #9 and #10 on the list.
