Initial pedals to start with

[Andrew Riggs 0]

What pedals should I start to buy first? I play in a worship band on Wednesdays and like to play light crunchy blues on the side. What should be some initial pedals I should start with. I prefer boutique but if ya'll prefer stock I'd still like to know your opinion

[bonzoboy 356]

A chorus pedal would be a good start as you can really get a wide variation of tonal properties from just that one pedal.The Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus is a really good pedal and only costs around $60,as a matter of fact the whole range of Cool Cat Pedals are great bang for the buck.If your amp doesn't have an on-board reverb or delay,the pedal form of one of those would be a great addition.Electro Harmonix makes a very large range of reverb/delay/echo pedals that are very sturdy,reasonably priced and reliable.The E-H Cathedral is an excellent and versatile pedal and only costs about $150,which makes it one of the cheaper ones on the market yet it is one of the best.A good overdrive is a good thing to have in your pedal lineup and the Way-Huge Green Rhino is an excellent choice there ,as it can offer just about any kind of boost from very clean to almost bordering on fuzz.A tremolo or vibrato pedal also can add to your tonal pallet if you don't opt for a chorus.Tremolo is a variation of volume whereas vibrato causes modulation of the note or chord as with the chorus pedals the Cool Cat Vibe and Tremolo pedals are among the cheapest yet they are surprisingly good. As a first pedal I'd stay clear of a wah wah pedal,although it's a cool effect it can become boring and annoying if used too much.That's a few ideas for pedals,roughly in order of usefulness,I hope that it's been of some help to you.

[Izzy 215]

Depends on the church.

Church of Satan go with distortion \m/>.<\m/

Catholic church, "electric guitars are FORBIDEN, only organists wellcome."

Baptist Church, "ES and a tube amp, you ought to be set. Let Jesus be your pedal."

[Ryan H 129]

Delays can be a helluvah lot of fun, and add some nice airy complexity to your playing. Reverb probably won't be necessary since churches tend to be large and empty (see what I did there?).

 

And of course a good drive pedal is always useful.

[Versatile 465]

A good quality Multi fx like the Boss ME 70 works for me...

 

Based around the well established stomp boxes...

 

Boost, Chorus, Flange, Phase, OD's various, Delay, Noise Reduction, Reverb, Volume Pedal...

 

For about the price of 2-3 single pedals...

 

I like some single pedals too...EHX Delay etc

 

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[daveinspain 387]

Thumbs up on the Boss multi FX, I use a ME 50. You will have all the basics and good quality sound. I recently added a Mad Professor Golden Cello. It's a distortion/drive pedal wit a built in delay, sounds amazing...

[ChanMan 289]

I'd say a nice tube driver.

 

These rock.

 

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