***Essential Pedals. What's yours?***

[Bull Rock]

 

[matttornado]

I'm not much of a pedal guy but when playing live, All I need is a tuner, a boost (MXR mini Boost) for leads and a delay. I'm currently looking for a new analog delay. Modulation sometimes if I'm in the mood - maybe an MXR Phase 90 or Boss Chorus.

 

[Rokinroller]

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Now thats a pedal even the ladies in the crowd would really enjoy

 

[Richie612]

Straight into the Dsl, no pedals just the footswitch.

 

[anitoli]

This into an 87X is the thickest, fattest, most aggressive tone i ever heard out of a Plexi. Now it gets even better when you drop your tuning six frets......

 

[Neptical]

This into an 87X is the thickest, fattest, most aggressive tone i ever heard out of a Plexi. Now it gets even better when you drop your tuning six frets......

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Yes! Funny you posted this cuz it's basically the ONLY pedal I want these days. Ha ha.

 

[anitoli]

Yes! Funny you posted this cuz it's basically the ONLY pedal I want these days. Ha ha.

Get one, you won't be disappointed. It just wants a clean amp to drive into. Wata Fuzz.

 

[saxon68]

Digitech drop.

Edit: I’m surprised nobody else listed this. I used to have to bring 3-4 guitars to a gig to cover the songs we did, now I take 2, tuned the same. One with and one without floyd, and really just in case I break a string. Only happened once on stage, but I’ll never chance that again.

 

[1234_thumbwar]

Honestly the only pedal I regularly use is just a strobostomp hd. I used to use the buffer in it to keep the highs on my guitars but now I use it in true bypass to knock the highs off. A strat and tele can sound bright through an SV20

All the gain I need comes from the amp. Sometimes I’ll also use a ditto x2 looper to try and come up with chord progressions to play over and make myself play in time better but typically I’ve only got the strobostomp for tuning and losing a bit of high end.

I used to use an MXR 10 band EQ and I think I’ll have a purpose for it again if I ever want to scoop mids for a more “metal” sound but I originally used it for a mid boost and to add a bit of sparkle above 2k or so

 

[Delete!!]

Mini Ego
Fulldrive 2 v2
Dispatch Master

Those are my 3 desert island pedals, the “core” of my board.

 

[axe4me]

This into an 87X is the thickest, fattest, most aggressive tone i ever heard out of a Plexi. Now it gets even better when you drop your tuning six frets......

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[Cal Nevari]

Great questions! Ask 100 guitarists and you'll get 100 answers. In studio or home settings, there are endless combinations of effects. In live or even loud practice situations, though, many nuances get lost, so at some point it dawned on me that with pedals, there are many variations on three basic themes: distortion (including fuzz, drive, overdrive, and such), time- and pitch-modulation devices (chorus, phaser, flanger, octavers, shifters, and harmonizers), and time-delay devices (such as echo, delay, and reverb). Unless you're being mixed by a professional sound engineer, most subtle effects will simply get lost in the mix. Never been a big fan of dynamic or filter effect pedals, such as volume, wah, compressor, or EQ, so don't use these. A good, reliable tuner is, of course a must. All that said, and please feel free to disagree, my pedals are all Boss Waza analog ones: delay and chorus run through the effects loop of a DSL40CR and an Blues Driver run straight into the amp. Tuner can go anywhere and works as a great mute pedal. What think, gearheads?

 

[Marshall4Metal]

Friedman BE-OD
Maxon OD-9
Boss RV-6 Delay setting
Boss SD-1
Rocktron Guitar Silencer

 

[Mr. Natural]

I like the EH Holy Grail nano for reverb. I like the fuzz from the ZVEX Woolly Mammoth 7. I've got a few OD pedals, but my favorite is the Blackstone Appliances Mosfet OD.

OK, now I have "a few OD pedals" PLUS one new one. I just got a Mythos Pedals Mjolnir OD. I'm really liking it. It's different than the Blackstone, but I like them both.

 

[smallaxe]

Boss TU3
Teese RMC3
Boss DD3
Analogman siver ts9 x 2
Peppermint Fuzz

 

[Scallywag77]

Update to my earlier post. These are now my go to


. The JHS Screamer is great. With the switch down its TS9/808 but up the clipping is asymmetrical like a SD1. A two in one pedal.