JayinLA Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Pedals and "Stompboxes" have been a part of Rock Music ever since the '60's and just about all of my guitar hero's use em. Some hardly at all, and some have processors and pedal boards that would sink a large boat. I am a big fan of the "Angus Young Sound", a slightly compressed, lightly overdriven bottom-heavy thick tone for most numbers we do. But that sound is not appropriate for all the numbers we play, nor for many other styles of music. So my pedal board is simple, yet practical. Right Now I am using the Tone City Model M Dive Pedal. It is a true bypass, hand wired screamer, that I keep at about 4 o'clock running into my clean channel. It, and my Wah are the only efects that I have in front of my amp. In my effects loop, I keep an Analog Delay, a Compressor, Chorus, and a tuner. Very Basic. All my pedals are Tone City, great deal on Reverb...3 for 180. I am a Gibson into Marshall player and love that sound, but when I need to back it down and get some good drive boost, sustain and effects on blues numbers or compress the sound and slam the bottom, I can do it, and I just seem to always run a late, but slight delay. I don't like playing a dry guitar. This way it sounds great, and when I screw up, (which I do all the time. Belive me, when you hear me screw up that it's not jazz.) I can recover quicker. http://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/s--VoaFwmj1--/a_exif,c_limit,f_auto,fl_progressive,h_620,q_75,w_620/v1427424321/gnrxhp7jfidehrckfewc.jpg
sparquelito Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I must confess, I like to keep things simple when we play a live gig. Guitar into one of my amps, and all my amps have an A, B channel option with boost or distortion. Sometimes that is not enough though, and my band requires me to kick out some jams that necessitate something above and beyond. In this vein, I offer up my pedal board: * Guitar into the Line 6 G30 Wireless transmitter, clipped behind me on my belt. The Line 6 G30 Receiver gets hooked to, in order: * The MXR Talk Box, for a great variety of songs, including some Joe Walsh, Weezer, and Peter Frampton. * A local friend’s creation, the 3906 FUZZ. A germanium-circuit fuzz pedal that is a wall of Foghat, rolling in a wave of Bad Company. Patrick Gentile builds them locally. He is an electronics mad scientist, that guy. * Another friend’s pedal invention, the Steel Wool. A pure boost pedal that kicks things up a notch, and makes for some wicked CCR tones, or Grand Funk Railroad vibes. Patrick’s friend Danny makes the Steel Wool right here in town. * The Donner Pearl Tremor, an analogue phase shifter that is pure Jeff Lynne. Inexpensive, clean, and wonderful. I love it. That’s all, guys and girls. Keeping it simple. :)
cody78 Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I've never had a pedal board, not even when I used to gig regularly. The only effects pedals I own are a Dunlop Original Crybaby, a Marshall Jackhammer and two cheap Rocktek pedals (phaser and distortion). Last year I bought a little Fender Passport mini amp with lots of preset effects built in and I love the tremolo setting. Other than that and a few reverb settings, I don't really use the others. I always loved the sound of the guitar straight into amp and therefore I never really got into the whole effects thing. Some players use them very well though and I admire the way ex Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez used his on their albums and live shows.
quapman Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I'm happiest with the couple channels on my amp. Nice and simple. Was rehearsing with some guys a year back and one of the guitar players was adamant our guitars had to sound like the guitars on the recordings of the tunes we were covering I never really got that. Maybe if we were playing Crimson and Clover.
'Scales Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 TU-2 Tuner. Mainly so I can lend it to the bass player and he can get his thing into something approximating tune.
L5Larry Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I can live (and do) without all of them. I'm a guitar player, not a pedal pusher!
cody78 Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Jazz doesn't need effects. Jazz doesn't even need a 2 channel amp!
Jon S. Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Tuner is the only real pedal I "need", but am very fond of my RC Booster, DM-2 Delay, and VB-2 Vibrato as well.
merciful-evans Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 For Jazz - nothing Everything Else : a signal processor. Presently a Line 6 POD HD400 (formerly a Boss GT-5) But I never use FX other than some light reverb.
awel Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Here is the latest addition to my pedalboard I think this is a kind of King of Tone Clone, for the price this is unbelievable, I use the Engine B for Stevie Ray kind of tone. I still keep the BB Preamp for some more crunchy tone like ZZ Top, Gary Moore. Modulation effects are: mxr carbon copy and Tc electronic Vicious Vibe Wha: MXR Mc404 Tuner: Tc polytune Wireless: Line6 G30
PelhamBlueFire Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Ouch, I feel so bad! I usually take a medium to large pedalboard with me even for a small gig. I have to admit, setting up can be a little tedious. For some reason, knobs always seem to move during transportation. I have way too many drive pedals on my board, haha. You first have to get everything set at unity gain of slightly above, of course, so going straight into an amp might be better in the future. Although, I certainly can't live without a good delay pedal, Wah-Wah, UniVibe, Tuner, Fuzz, Chorus/Phaser. What makes me reluctant to ditch my drive pedals, is the fact they sound great and they give me different flavors of drive. I have a King of Tone (v4), Tubescreamer, Wampler Sovereign, a Fulltone OCD, and a Klon KTR (boost). What's your advise, guys?
sparquelito Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I'm happiest with the couple channels on my amp. Nice and simple. Was rehearsing with some guys a year back and one of the guitar players was adamant our guitars had to sound like the guitars on the recordings of the tunes we were covering I never really got that. Maybe if we were playing Crimson and Clover. My brother wants (and to some degree, I also) for all the covers we play to sound like the original records as much as possible. I must admit, it is a crowd pleaser when you capture that original sound in a live setting. Crimson and Clover is a really good example. Foghat's 'Slow Ride' is another. If you can replicate just the tone and fuzz of that main opening riff, you have the crowd going crazy! Another funny example, and nothing to do with pedals; We have found that only one guitar in our stable of guitars will give us that distinctive main riff for the song 'Shine', by Collective Soul. The Les Paul won't do it. The Telecaster won't do it. Nor will the Ibanez Jet King, or the Destroyer. For that one song, we HAVE to use the hollow-body Ibanez AF75 Artcore. Funny that we are that picky about it, but it is what it is. I once bought an MXR Super Badass, simply because it gave me the perfect tone and sound for the opening riff of ELO's Do Ya. I'm weird, I admit it.
the dog Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 We have found that only one guitar in our stable of guitars will give us that distinctive main riff for the song 'Shine', by Collective Soul. The Les Paul won't do it. The Telecaster won't do it. Nor will the Ibanez Jet King, or the Destroyer. For that one song, we HAVE to use the hollow-body Ibanez AF75 Artcore. Funny that we are that picky about it, but it is what it is. Are you tuned to drop D?
sparquelito Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Are you tuned to drop D? Yes sir, but only the top E string goes down to the low D for that song. All the other strings remain as standard tuning. This is the same tuning I use on Bon Jovi's 'Wanted Dead Or Alive'. One song we do that I need to tune down to the 'classic drop D' is Fleetwood Mac's 'Gold Dust Woman'. For that one, BOTH the top and bottom E are dropped to D. :)
Mr. C.O. Jones Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 No board here, and I will try to keep it as simple as possible. Only a EHX Cathedral right now because the TH30 has no built in reverb, the only thing I don't like about that head. But for a digital device it sounds very nice. Was looking at Strymon first but those are expansive, and I think more pro level. Very cool different reverb modes, and an echo that I absolutely love. Oh and that flerb thing...crazy stuff don't know yet where that could come handy, but well there it is. Pretty satisfied right now, the only thing that I may buy soon is a wah. There is that cry baby mini that smiles at me everytime I buy strings.
Versatile Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I like to be naughty...as Mrs V would gladly attest.... <_< Over the last few years I have come to love a processed acoustic sound... Courtesy of a Boss ME 70 multi with occasional add-ons like Big Muff and Looper With careful settings and a suitable guitar like a Taylor T5 or Crafter equivalent I can go from delicate acoustic finger picking to wailing Metal Mayhem with the press of a pedal... And a violin or mandolin can be routed the same( except for the Metal Mayhem)... :blink: V
kidblast Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I just try and stay away from the suck button
saturn Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I've never had a true pedal board. I've had some stomp boxes over the years and they change over time. Most recently I just have my Carvin Legacy with a Clean and Lead channel. I set the drive around 7 for a pretty high gain tone. I have a Crybaby wah and a Mojomojo overdrive into the front. I set the drive on the Mojomojo pretty low for that slightly broken-up, gritty tone. I have a cheap Danelectro Chorus that I like to put in the effects loop. but lately that's been producing some really annoying buzz in my amp, so I've been forced to run it in line with the other pedals going into the front end. I power them all with a One Spot. When I hook it all up, I have a rats nest of cables and cords under my feet.
kidblast Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I've never had a true pedal board. I've had some stomp boxes over the years and they change over time. Most recently I just have my Carvin Legacy with a Clean and Lead channel. I set the drive around 7 for a pretty high gain tone. I have a Crybaby wah and a Mojomojo overdrive into the front. I set the drive on the Mojomojo pretty low for that slightly broken-up, gritty tone. I have a cheap Danelectro Chorus that I like to put in the effects loop. but lately that's been producing some really annoying buzz in my amp, so I've been forced to run it in line with the other pedals going into the front end. I power them all with a One Spot. When I hook it all up, I have a rats nest of cables and cords under my feet. and this is why you need a pedal board my friend!!!
JayinLA Posted January 21, 2016 Author Posted January 21, 2016 TU-2 Tuner. Mainly so I can lend it to the bass player and he can get his thing into something approximating tune. That's awesome man. I don't want to offend any of my bass brothers out there, I, in fact play bass too, and my buds are always telling me to turn it down. haha
NHTom Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Only one I really "need" is a tuner pedal. The other one that I really enjoy the most is my TC Spark Boost. From clean boost to adding some grit, it is a great pedal. I have a chorus, delay, reverb, and a tube screamer mini, and a wah, but the tuner and spark are the only ones that get any real use. NHTom
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