Effects or no Effects?

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Was watching an old Peter Frampton video on YouTube tonight and couldn't help but notice the number of times he stomped on his effects during the song "Do You Feel Like We Do". How many of you use effects and how many? I use none but my amp.

[charlie brown]

Depends on the situation, or even the song. I prefer to play just the guitar and an overdriven Tube amp,

that cleans up, with a turn of the volume knob, on my guitar. However, if you play a variety of genre's

and "cover" songs, too...pedals are invaluable, at times. So, I use what I need, when I need it, and only that.

I don't "rely" on them, for my basic tone, but just to color it, as needed for what we're doing.

 

Mostly, a Blues Driver, Compression/Sustainer (for my Ric-12 string), Rotary Speaker, Wah-Wah...and,

sometimes a "clean boost," Chorus, and/or Phase. But, those last three, are rare.

 

CB

[rafaelh]

Like Charlie says, depends on whom I'm playing with and the requirments. Haven't found the one amp that does it all...LOL, not yet anyways. I prefer balckface tube amps with no breakup, so I use pedals for dirt.

 

Anyhow, the pedals I use the most are EQ, Wha, OD, Delay and Reverb if the amp has none...like my Princeton.

 

However, and FWIW, but when at home I don't use any of my live rigs. So I just plug straight into a small Marshall SS practice amp.

[TWANG]

I don't do either all the time.

Very often I play straight into the amp. I modded it for my Blondy so to me that's the bee knees if I had to choose.

But I use some reverb and delay and chorus fairly often. I almost always start at .01, IOW very very light and stop as soon as I can hear it.

I can't play Dark Side Of The Moon without more stuff!

So didn't vote, but if I did, I think I'd choose one effect, because even when I run two or more it's usually way less than most.

 

tWANG

[m-theory]

My only "effects" currently are a homemade Klon, crunchbox, and fat booster, all housed in a single box. I run my amps hot enough to provide my overdriven tone, and only use the 3 pedal circuits for soloing.

 

One of these days, I'll finish building my pedal board back up, and I'll have my wah, chorus, phase, and delay, but I really don't "need" them. The only ones I "need" are the three that I'm currently using.

[RSDx]

Yes, but probably rarely more than 2 at a time.

[Dave]

It depends on the amp I'm using. With the Roland Cube 60 or Vox Valvetronix AD50VT, I use a tube screamer for a little more crunch when needed, along with a Fender pedal tuner. With my Peavey Vypyr Tube 60, I only need the effects in the amp, controlled by the Sampera II foot controller.

 

Most of the time I can get by with a little reverb, some delay here and there, and a little compression or overdrive when needed. I switch chorus in and out as needed. The thing that I like with the Vypyr is that I can program 12 foot switchable presets, 4 in each of 3 banks, and combine what I need in each.

[twanger]

It depends on the song. Most of the time it's just a straight guitar-->amp signal. When I do use effects it's usually a delay or a wah. I have a Boss metal zone that I use occasionally for the headbangin' tune.

[bro blue]

I usually use an OD and BBE Soul Vibe. I might add a wah from time to time. The most I use at one time is three.