The pedals you need.....and those you think you need

[Mincer]

Sometimes the pedals are as important to me as the guitar and amp. It depends on the music I am playing.

 

[Lewguitar]

I can gig with just a Deluxe Reverb and a headstock tuner.

I tend to leave my pedal board at home because the blues gigs I usually play just don't require it and setting up for the gig is easier.

But this is my pedal board and everything on it is kind of essential for getting the sound I really like.

Oddly enough, my pedal board gets used more often when I play at church than at clubs, although I never use my Klon or Dover Drive in church settings.

Overdriven tones are a bit too aggressive for a church setting, even though the churches I tend to play at are pretty hip, inclusive, Unity and New Thought type churches.

 

[Mr. 80's]

I might as well play the game since I didn't mention anything in my 1st post. I definitely need reverb, chorus, flanger, delay, Rat, TS9. I also use harmonizer, octaver, synths and compressors regularly. I don't need a wah, EQ, noise gate or tuner pedals. I also enjoy using nothing at all. I love playing nothing but 70's-80's rock and metal so not so much and also lots going on in those 2 decades. So my board is very simple and minimalist with only 6 pedals and amp footswitch.

 

[Gold star]

I don’t know if you are looking for advice on how to achieve that tone from Bread or if you are looking for discussion, but....

Mine is a flanger. I always think I need it, literally never use it. Unfortunately UniVibe is a close second, but I actually do use it sometimes. Do I really need a Vibe AND a Phase shifter? Of course! But in all honesty, only one is really needed live.

yes it wold be interesting to know how they got that sound. My searches keep coming up with guitar tuition ! i don't think it was a guitar soind as such sounds like a mix of tremolo, and phaser

 

[dzdandcunfsd]

Acoustic I usually just maybe want a chorus, electric I feel naked without at least an analog delay a reverb and a fuzz, not always a bad thing .........those I think I need? a little bit of everything.

 

[Mincer]

For my live acoustic sound, I need a good reverb, and absolutely some compression. Delay and EQ are a bonus. I also love loopers, for more ambient non-rhythmic loops.

 

[beaubrummels]

.. One effect I would like to replicate is that on the intro to the song "If" by Bread sung by David Gates. This is going back to the early seventies and was done in the studio. not sure there is a pedal that can do that...?

From the liner notes of the Greatest Hits album:

"When “If” was recorded, the track was enhanced by a mysteriously quavering sound that gave the song a distinctive sheen. “That was created by two Moog synthesizers,” Gates reports. “Paul Beaver came in and set them up – I played a plain old Fender Telecaster guitar through a voltage-controlled amplifier, and he put that into these two oscillators that triggered each other in random fashion. When we were all done he said, ‘I hope you liked that and got it on tape, ‘cause I could never do that the same way again.’”

So, might take a couple pedals, or a multi-effect like a Zoom where you can stack audio triggered oscilators set to different rates.

 

[UnderTheFlame83]

For me the pedal I need is an Ibanez Tubescreamer. Reverb and chorus I have on my amp.

 

[Gold star]

Sometimes the pedals are as important to me as the guitar and amp. It depends on the music I am playing.

the guitarist in U2 has built his whole playing style around pedals..studied those more than things like scales and theory

 

[Gold star]

From the liner notes of the Greatest Hits album:

"When “If” was recorded, the track was enhanced by a mysteriously quavering sound that gave the song a distinctive sheen. “That was created by two Moog synthesizers,” Gates reports. “Paul Beaver came in and set them up – I played a plain old Fender Telecaster guitar through a voltage-controlled amplifier, and he put that into these two oscillators that triggered each other in random fashion. When we were all done he said, ‘I hope you liked that and got it on tape, ‘cause I could never do that the same way again.’”

So, might take a couple pedals, or a multi-effect like a Zoom where you can stack audio triggered oscilators set to different rates.

that's interesting..

 

[Gold star]

For 80s music you will need a chorus

flange or phase shifter for VH style stuff

Fuzz for Hendrix or Corrigan

talk box for Frampton

Acoustic simulation for most nineties pop

In that respect, unless you have a preference for tube amps, a modelling amp or sampler like kemper can replace a good many pedals

 

[Mincer]

These days, actual pedals seem to be getting super-specific, while more amps have the basic pedals covered.

 

[Demanic]

All I need is a cord and my Marshall.

If I'm doing that, then I'll be using this:

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[Securb]

For my live acoustic sound, I need a good reverb, and absolutely some compression. Delay and EQ are a bonus. I also love loopers, for more ambient non-rhythmic loops.

Sorry Dave but your post reminded me of this. I don't need anything, all I need is ...

 

[ErikH]

^^^^^^^ LMAO!!!! YES!

 

[Mincer]

Sorry Dave but your post reminded me of this. I don't need anything, all I need is ...

Totally. I love effects on the acoustic...or maybe I just don't like the way most amplified acoustics sound, so I have to do something to the sound. I am more basic with electric.

 

[chrisplaysmusic]

JHS Bonsai is great if you want something quality and with some versatility for dirt/distortion.

 

[Hsb]

If I'm doing that, then I'll be using this:

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Does the potting soil add extra dirt to your sound?

 

[Demanic]

It's for growing a new crop of Metalzones.

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[dave74]

JHS Bonsai is great if you want something quality and with some versatility for dirt/distortion.

Why does your list say most of these pedals are digital?