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Post by Sgt Rock on Nov 30, 2020 1:51:56 GMT
I started a thread like this many years ago on squier-talk. it's been a successful thread. so, why shouldn't we have a similar thread here on this forum.
since my old Gibson amps came with Reverb and Tremolo, I never needed any pedals. plus, back when I learned to play(1966) there were no effect pedals to plug into. if you wanted distortion, you simply turned up the volume on your guitar and your amp. I, also, learned that if you turned it up with reverb switched on, oh what a sound.
nowadays, I only own a few pedals. the first pedal I bought was a Crybaby wah wah pedal. years later, I bought a Boss Chorus pedal and a Boss Phase Shifter pedal. well, the next pedal was a Korg Pitch Black tuner pedal. the last one that I bought was a Boss Digital Delay DD7. that's it for pedals. the main effect I use these days is a little bit of reverb just for taste.
so, what pedals do you have ?
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Post by Bill h on Nov 30, 2020 2:08:56 GMT
My pedal board is in rebuild mode so I’m not using much right now as I am getting most of what I need from the amp. Right now it looks like this.... Slash model crybaby wah, ernie ball volume, mxr delay, boss super chorus, korg tuner, and I’m experimenting with a couple of mxr overdrive pedals, that’s it.
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Post by johnreardon on Nov 30, 2020 9:41:21 GMT
Sorry only pedals I have on the floor are my feet. Apart from not being able to see them on the floor, they are way too complicated for me. Our other guitarist uses them. He seems to have a large black thing that's all in one.
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Post by infant on Dec 1, 2020 0:33:46 GMT
I don’t have any boutique pedals on my board. Just standard Boss, Ibanez and Vox units. My setup is Line 6 G30 wireless receiver >Vox 845 wah > Boss Super Overdrive SD-1> Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer clone with Keely mods > Ibanez analog delay AD9 > Boss Super Chorus CH-1. I built the Tube Screamer myself from a kit I bought from General Guitar Gadgets. Great little pedal.
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Post by Bill h on Dec 1, 2020 3:02:32 GMT
I don’t have any boutique pedals on my board. Just standard Boss, Ibanez and Vox units. My setup is Line 6 G30 wireless receiver >Vox 845 wah > Boss Super Overdrive SD-1> Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer clone with Keely mods > Ibanez analog delay AD9 > Boss Super Chorus CH-1. I built the Tube Screamer myself from a kit I bought from General Guitar Gadgets. Great little pedal. Is the tube screamer you built from the first generation?
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Post by infant on Dec 1, 2020 4:48:18 GMT
I don’t have any boutique pedals on my board. Just standard Boss, Ibanez and Vox units. My setup is Line 6 G30 wireless receiver >Vox 845 wah > Boss Super Overdrive SD-1> Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer clone with Keely mods > Ibanez analog delay AD9 > Boss Super Chorus CH-1. I built the Tube Screamer myself from a kit I bought from General Guitar Gadgets. Great little pedal. Is the tube screamer you built from the first generation? It's based on the original TS808 circuit and uses the same JRC4558 op-amp chip as the TS808
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Post by Sinster on Dec 1, 2020 15:19:17 GMT
Too many Like winding my own pickups, I build my own pedals for the most part. ZVex box of rocks clone Zvex Fuzz Factory Clone EHX Big Muff Pi OpAmp Fuzz Clone EQD Life Pedal Clone PAL 800 JCM Emulator clone Love Pedal Les Lius Clone Twin Face has dual Trans Germanium and Silicon Multi- Effect Clone Mu-Tron Phaser II Clone Tube Screamer Clone Klone Clone - my favorite JHS Charlie Brown clone DSM OmiCabSim Fortin Zuul Clone (x2) Ones I didn't build BBE Benchpress compressor EHX Hot Tubes Joyo vintage overdrive EHX silencer Donner analog delay (x2) Deadbeat Void Reverb Behringer Vintage Delay Boss Reverb RV-5 Strobe Tuner EHX Switchblade+ Probably missing a few and I have a few "buffers" thrown in there.
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Post by zontar on Dec 2, 2020 2:23:31 GMT
My bass pedal board has 5 pedals I put together a separate bass board as I potentially use more with guitar, and so I could have a smaller bass board (I sometimes play bass at church-so the smaller board works better as well) I go from bass> Mooer Octaver > Dunlop High Gain Volume Pedal > Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah ( AutoWah) > Danelectro Fab Chorus > Danelectro Fish & Chips EQ > amp. the board is a Hannah Guitars Bugboard. For my guitar board, the plan is I will have three different distortions, Auto Wah, Volume Pedal, TC Electronics Sub N Up Octave pedal, TC Electronics Corona Chorus (Nice name guys), a delay/echo, a DOD EQ, and a cheap reverb pedal. and I need to get a bigger board. (You're going to need a bigger board) (For spell & dB - yes, some of those & the board I bought after AxeTalk ended.)
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Post by Bill h on Dec 3, 2020 1:16:50 GMT
Pedal boards....... never enough room🤨
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Post by zontar on Dec 5, 2020 8:53:59 GMT
Pedal boards....... never enough room🤨 Well there is on my bass board above, but I need a different one for guitar. I got one for free, butter switching out a couple of pedals it's too small--so once I get one more pedal (Honestly) and figure out what board I want, I'll be giving away the one I got for free to a good home--also for free. But locally most likely.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 6:33:57 GMT
I've really gotten away from the whole idea of pedals. I'm becoming something of a purest, really digging the way it sounds to plug straight in to my amp. The only pedal that's seduced me in a long time is the Digitech Mosaic. And, I have to confess, I was really dubious about buying anything by Digitech, which I always associated with cheap gear. But, I have to confess, it really sounds quite authentic as a twelve-string simulator. It does some other cool stuff too.....I've used it between my bass and my amp, and it totally works as an octave up pedal for bass. For songs like Van Morrison's "Wild Nights" where the bass and lead guitar are basically twinned and playing the same notes, it's a terrific way to fill in that missing guitar in a band with only a single guitar player. About the only thing I'd like to have seen is a switch that would invert the octaves for guitar, so playing your Strat through it, as well as sounding like a conventional 12 string, could sound like a Rickenbacker, where the regular and octave strings were reversed. Overall though, it's an interesting effect. And, if you want to do stuff like old Beatles, or maybe Byrds, it gives you a way to sound more correct without having to pack an extra guitar to gigs and fight with strings that seem too close together.
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Post by infant on Dec 8, 2020 16:48:59 GMT
I've really gotten away from the whole idea of pedals. I'm becoming something of a purest, really digging the way it sounds to plug straight in to my amp. The only pedal that's seduced me in a long time is the Digitech Mosaic. And, I have to confess, I was really dubious about buying anything by Digitech, which I always associated with cheap gear. But, I have to confess, it really sounds quite authentic as a twelve-string simulator. It does some other cool stuff too.....I've used it between my bass and my amp, and it totally works as an octave up pedal for bass. For songs like Van Morrison's "Wild Nights" where the bass and lead guitar are basically twinned and playing the same notes, it's a terrific way to fill in that missing guitar in a band with only a single guitar player. About the only thing I'd like to have seen is a switch that would invert the octaves for guitar, so playing your Strat through it, as well as sounding like a conventional 12 string, could sound like a Rickenbacker, where the regular and octave strings were reversed. Overall though, it's an interesting effect. And, if you want to do stuff like old Beatles, or maybe Byrds, it gives you a way to sound more correct without having to pack an extra guitar to gigs and fight with strings that seem too close together. I’ve had some Digitech and DOD pedals in the past. DOD became Digitech at some point. I found the old DOD Chorus and Classic Tube pedals to be okay, maybe a little muddy but they were usable. I still have an old Digitech RP6 multi effects pedal that I plug into the PA for when we do some light dinner music or if I go play at retirement/nursing homes. The reverb, chorus and delay are beautiful on that unit, overdrive is just “meh”. Then again, with the old people, you just wanted nice clean sound. There is a 12 string setting on there that doubles the sound an octave higher and there is another setting that can out put the guitar note an octave lower although there seems to be a split second bit of latency with this setting.
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Post by zontar on Dec 9, 2020 10:04:01 GMT
I've really gotten away from the whole idea of pedals. I'm becoming something of a purest, really digging the way it sounds to plug straight in to my amp. The only pedal that's seduced me in a long time is the Digitech Mosaic. And, I have to confess, I was really dubious about buying anything by Digitech, which I always associated with cheap gear. But, I have to confess, it really sounds quite authentic as a twelve-string simulator. It does some other cool stuff too.....I've used it between my bass and my amp, and it totally works as an octave up pedal for bass. For songs like Van Morrison's "Wild Nights" where the bass and lead guitar are basically twinned and playing the same notes, it's a terrific way to fill in that missing guitar in a band with only a single guitar player. About the only thing I'd like to have seen is a switch that would invert the octaves for guitar, so playing your Strat through it, as well as sounding like a conventional 12 string, could sound like a Rickenbacker, where the regular and octave strings were reversed. Overall though, it's an interesting effect. And, if you want to do stuff like old Beatles, or maybe Byrds, it gives you a way to sound more correct without having to pack an extra guitar to gigs and fight with strings that seem too close together. I’ve had some Digitech and DOD pedals in the past. DOD became Digitech at some point. I found the old DOD Chorus and Classic Tube pedals to be okay, maybe a little muddy but they were usable. I still have an old Digitech RP6 multi effects pedal that I plug into the PA for when we do some light dinner music or if I go play at retirement/nursing homes. The reverb, chorus and delay are beautiful on that unit, overdrive is just “meh”. Then again, with the old people, you just wanted nice clean sound. There is a 12 string setting on there that doubles the sound an octave higher and there is another setting that can out put the guitar note an octave lower although there seems to be a split second bit of latency with this setting. I have the Classic Tube pedal--it required some experimenting & time, but I like it. Altho normally if I am using it I am using it with another Distortion. It pairs well with the Boss DS-1, at least in my books--they affect different areas of the spectrum of sound. & complement each other well.
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Post by sunshine on Jan 26, 2021 20:52:24 GMT
I have been multi-effects user for years. And I really like Ultimate Guitar's ToneBridge. I have it on my Mac and PC. Those cover's most of the bands and artists. For years I tried to search decent sound for Finnish "Rautalanka" or similar sound than Esa Pulliainen has - and I couldn't find it. By the way, "Rautalanka" is same genre than Surf music, guitar instrumentals. So about a year ago I decided to start built my first pedalboard. Based on Esa's pedalboard. When I started to plan and build the board, I didn't know that Esa is releasing 100 copy of his famous custom Fuzz pedal on January 2021. Fuzz pedal is made in Sweden on 1979. On last Sunday I got my pedal, it's number 6. I think my pedalboard is "Finnished" now - if you know what I mean... ;-) If you wonder why the compressor pedal is the last in the sound chain, I learned in this journey that a lot of "Rautalanka" players put compressor pedal to last, because "it lift the end of the sound". Also I learn, that a lot of "Rautalanka" players use only bridge pickup. I also read a comment, "I don't know where you can use the other Stratocaster pickups". To me that tells the pickup switch stay in the bridge position. I hope you enjoy my writing as much as I enjoyed this journey. Here is a picture of my pedalboard.
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Post by Sgt Rock on Jan 26, 2021 22:50:27 GMT
I have been multi-effects user for years. And I really like Ultimate Guitar's ToneBridge. I have it on my Mac and PC. Those cover's most of the bands and artists. For years I tried to search decent sound for Finnish "Rautalanka" or similar sound than Esa Pulliainen has - and I couldn't find it. By the way, "Rautalanka" is same genre than Surf music, guitar instrumentals. So about a year ago I decided to start built my first pedalboard. Based on Esa's pedalboard. When I started to plan and build the board, I didn't know that Esa is releasing 100 copy of his famous custom Fuzz pedal on January 2021. Fuzz pedal is made in Sweden on 1979. On last Sunday I got my pedal, it's number 6. I think my pedalboard is "Finnished" now - if you know what I mean... ;-) If you wonder why the compressor pedal is the last in the sound chain, I learned in this journey that a lot of "Rautalanka" players put compressor pedal to last, because "it lift the end of the sound". Also I learn, that a lot of "Rautalanka" players use only bridge pickup. I also read a comment, "I don't know where you can use the other Stratocaster pickups". To me that tells the pickup switch stay in the bridge position. I hope you enjoy my writing as much as I enjoyed this journey. Here is a picture of my pedalboard. thanks for posting your review, Petri. yes, I would say that your pedalboard is "Finnished" now. ha ha ha
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Post by infant on Jan 27, 2021 4:05:51 GMT
this is the latest iteration of my pedalboard. I just added the Joyo American Sound (Tech 21 Blonde clone). I like it with my Katana as I can dial in a perfect blackface sound with it. If I use it with my Deluxe Reverb, I can dial in a nice tweed sound. Pretty versatile pedal. I’ve removed my Vox V845 wah.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 1:09:53 GMT
I'm not really a pedal enthusiast, but when I first got back seriously into music in 2005, I put together a pedal board. It rarely gets used anymore, but I know you guys like pictures. It's an older picture, but at the moment, it's loaded with a BOSS '59 Fender Bassman pedal, a Danelectro Octave pedal, a BOSS DD-3 Digital delay pedal, a BOSS DS-1 Distortion pedal, a DOD direct-out box with cabinet emulation, and a Daphon Chorus pedal. It's set up so that the DOD direct-box is the last thing wired in line, so if I was plugged into a PA system, all the effects would still be available. The Daphon Chorus is very intermittent, so I'm going to replace it with my Digitech Mosiac 12-string simulator. About the only other thing I've got is a vintage Big Muff Pi that's way too big to fit. I used an old portable typewriter case to house the pedal board, so the hinged lid can be detached when it's in use, but it packs up nicely with a handle when it's being moved. The input and output jacks are on the side housed in Electrosockets, and there's a coaxial 2.5 mm power jack to plug in my One-Spot power supply, plus an illuminated rocker switch to turn the power to the board on and off.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 28, 2021 1:44:19 GMT
I'm not really a pedal enthusiast, but when I first got back seriously into music in 2005, I put together a pedal board. It rarely gets used anymore, but I know you guys like pictures. It's an older picture, but at the moment, it's loaded with a BOSS '59 Fender Bassman pedal, a Danelectro Octave pedal, a BOSS DD-3 Digital delay pedal, a BOSS DS-1 Distortion pedal, a DOD direct-out box with cabinet emulation, and a Daphon Chorus pedal. It's set up so that the DOD direct-box is the last thing wired in line, so if I was plugged into a PA system, all the effects would still be available. The Daphon Chorus is very intermittent, so I'm going to replace it with my Digitech Mosiac 12-string simulator. About the only other thing I've got is a vintage Big Muff Pi that's way too big to fit. I used an old portable typewriter case to house the pedal board, so the hinged lid can be detached when it's in use, but it packs up nicely with a handle when it's being moved. The input and output jacks are on the side housed in Electrosockets, and there's a coaxial 2.5 mm power jack to plug in my One-Spot power supply, plus an illuminated rocker switch to turn the power to the board on and off. That typewriter case is STYLIN'
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 2:33:15 GMT
I didn't realize until recently that the '59 Bassman pedals have a following. One of the forums I visited, there were people speaking highly of them, and prices are higher than they used to be. I have to say, although I'm not a fan of distortion, overdrive, or fuzz, if I want something to put a little hair on the ultra-clean Twin Reverb, it does the most credible job. I think I could say goodbye to the BOSS DS-1 with no regrets...Maybe I should try to swap it for another Chorus pedal to replace that failing Daphon. I do like the chorus effect occasionally.
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Post by infant on Jan 28, 2021 3:41:16 GMT
Is that a ‘59 Bassman pedal or a Deluxe Reverb pedal?
I’m really impressed by my $50 Joyo American Sound pedal. It’s perfect for adding some hair to a clean amp or making your amp sound like an overdriven tweed Deluxe. I’m thinking of removing my Boss SD-1 and putting my TS808 clone back on. The SD-1 just sounds a bit too muddy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 6:23:31 GMT
Is that a ‘59 Bassman pedal or a Deluxe Reverb pedal? I’m really impressed by my $50 Joyo American Sound pedal. It’s perfect for adding some hair to a clean amp or making your amp sound like an overdriven tweed Deluxe. I’m thinking of removing my Boss SD-1 and putting my TS808 clone back on. The SD-1 just sounds a bit too muddy. When that picture was taken, I had both the '59 Bassman pedal and the 65 Reverb pedal on the board. I got rid of the Deluxe Reverb pedal very quickly.....I thought it was tacky - very poor reverb that sounded like a tin can, and the tremolo function was really awkward to set up. Frankly, it didn't sound much like a Fender amp at all, which was disappointing because I think the 59 Bassman pedal just nails it.
I ended up doing what I was conjecturing about earlier.....Listed on both Facebook Marketplace and Used Cowichan that I want to trade my DS-1 for a chorus pedal. We'll see if I get any interest.
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Post by zontar on Jan 31, 2021 2:53:00 GMT
I remember that case.
I know my parents and an old typewrite with a similar case--I don't think they have it anymore.
But it would also be too small for my use. for guitar--maybe for my bass board.
Still cool
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Post by Bill h on Feb 21, 2021 18:57:12 GMT
Took a quick pic of my pedal board as it sits now, as you can see the mxr delay is still there, going to replace that with the boss delay, the board is still in transition, once I finally come up with the permanent lineup I’ll take another pic. Attachments:
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Post by zontar on Feb 22, 2021 7:05:48 GMT
In some ways there's always a reason to get a new pedal--although hopefully after I find a good autowah that won't break the bank I may be done for a while.
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Post by Sinster on Feb 22, 2021 15:51:15 GMT
I need a separate breaker box for all my pedals. I finished another one (post pics later) it's a Optical Compressor based on EQD The Warden.
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Post by Sinster on Mar 1, 2021 19:08:26 GMT
Here's the latest. Used the wrong color on the graphics so it doesn't look as good as it does on a white background. Also I messed up the waterslide by the 9v and there's a bunch of dust particles on it, but since it's only lives in my man cave and it's mine I don't care all that much.
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Post by zontar on Mar 2, 2021 6:58:05 GMT
Gives it a cool look.
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Post by bzrkrage on Jul 5, 2021 14:34:45 GMT
Edit:(apparently you can't take small quotes) Spellcaster said he liked basically going straight to amp... Blasphemy! And in the pedal section too! Welcome to the first GT "PEDALAHOLICS" meeting. Hi, my names bzrkrage, and I am a pedalaholic. Todays rendition of a pedalboard will incorporate a new MXR Sugar Drive. I went to Value Village, saw a newish Gibraltar drum throne for $6.99. Took it to local L&M, got $79.20 in trade. So, new pedal! Yes, it's "another Klon" style pedal, to go with the other 8+ Klonlikes. We will see what all the fuss is about.
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Post by zontar on Jul 8, 2021 5:51:28 GMT
Edit:(apparently you can't take small quotes) Spellcaster said he liked basically going straight to amp... Blasphemy! And in the pedal section too! Welcome to the first GT "PEDALAHOLICS" meeting. Hi, my names bzrkrage, and I am a pedalaholic. Todays rendition of a pedalboard will incorporate a new MXR Sugar Drive. I went to Value Village, saw a newish Gibraltar drum throne for $6.99. Took it to local L&M, got $79.20 in trade. So, new pedal! Yes, it's "another Klon" style pedal, to go with the other 8+ Klonlikes. We will see what all the fuss is about. I never find any cool stuff at Value Village or any thrift stores when I stop by Are they looking for you & then put the stuff out thinking you'll buy it (& thinking--what a sucker!)--meanwhile you're excited.
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Post by george on Jul 19, 2021 20:44:30 GMT
I have a couple of tweed amps that I like so short cable straight in no board sounds better. But have these pedals that I use sometimes. They are set up on a one loop switcher so I can go in and out through the tuner then straight through the switcher to avoid the pedal buffers. I use the Ikon the most and sometimes leave it on all the time adds a bit of snarl. I like the bigass Peterson tuner really easy to see. Don't use the OCD as much as I thought I would; prefer the TS on top of the Archer. The blue pedal is reverb. I had a Pigtronix Philosopher's Pig or whatever it was called - way too noisy so ditched it.
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