What effects do you prefer for your lead tones???

[5881]

Compressor and wah.

[lenduffy]

Touch of verb and delay. Ain't broke...won't fix

[TomTFS]

Dirty dirty fuzz, HOG, delay (obviously)

Anything that'll make it sound less like some crap classic rock guitar wankery.

[TornadoOfSouls]

Chuck Schuldiner inspired me to use a phaser for fast tapping parts.

It sounds {censored}ing amazing.

[Menthal]

A touch of delay.

[superflyinmonke]

The only effect pedal I own is a boost and I like the natural tone of my amp better, so I'll probably sell it.

My answer is: The effect of my Chimera smashing your face.

[stompboxfreak72]

I use an octave pedal and a voice decoder. That way you cannot tell how bad my leads really are.

[Sixtonoize]

Pickup selection and fingers.

[jimijam]

Depends on the tune.
But I always find myself using delay/verb and then occasional cocked wah to get more of a vocal quality to your tone...

[telephant]

Honestly, it depends on the song and my mood. I usually hit my OD808 for a slight volume and gain boost, and sometimes I'll add delay. i really like soloing with an Octavia with or without delay, and some times with a univibe on with all three, or just the Octavia.

Fuzz Face with or without delay is one I use a lot as well.

I also use a Whammy 1 for some solos, and again, sometimes with delay sometimes not.

Back in the day when I was using my Roger Mayer 9090A wah, I would select a really low sweep, turn the whammy and octave down, and with high gain, or a fuzz it sounded really {censored}ing awesome. Kinda synth like.

[rustyshed]

Chuck Schuldiner inspired me to use a phaser for fast tapping parts. It sounds {censored}ing amazing.

 

 

I always though Chuck used Flanger on those parts?

[JesusCrisp]

Wah, delay, reverb, a tiny bit of phaser, sound pretty nice.

For more extraordinary stuff a Whammy pedal.

Slap-back delay is also nice, kinda reminds me of the Kill Em All lead sound.

[Chrisjd]

I love just using my carbon copy delay. It has a built in modulation control.

[FastRedPonyCar]

Delay becuase I always run stereo and stereo delay in solos live makes my penis chubby

[Dolf]

delay no reverb.

[SnowStorm]

Depends but usually;

 

Phase or Delay. I've been getting into Vibrato though and that's cool. Someone said a touch of Flange and I think that's cool too.

[pioneerprogress]

I hate doing a ton of stomping, especially if I'm getting ready for a lead.

If I add anything, it's some delay. Honestly I prefer delay more for clean parts anyway, so most of the time nothing.

["sasquatch"]

usually just a neck pickup and maxon OD9. sometimes delay. sometime univibe. sometimes fuzz. sometimes all 3.

 

i used to gig with a peavey studio pro and i could go from clean to lead with my volume knob and that's what i'd do; i'd turn up my guitar. yeah, that solid state amp sounds ok, but cleans up incredibly. light and bullet-proof.

["sasquatch"]

I hate doing a ton of stomping, especially if I'm getting ready for a lead. If I add anything, it's some delay. Honestly I prefer delay more for clean parts anyway, so most of the time nothing.

 

 

i hate tap dancing too. i'd rather concentrate on my sex face.

[pioneerprogress]

i hate tap dancing too. i'd rather concentrate on my sex face.

 

[mikeyen]

Usually boost in front + boost after + delay + verb. Maybe phase/wah/chorus depending on the song.

["sasquatch"]

mine is moar like this

[Urban Ghandi]

I always have a touch of delay and reverb on at all time.

So, all I use is a Solo Boost to make me LOUDER!

[Jesse G]

Delay, modulation, compression-anything more than a touch of reverb is a band-aid to cover up for playing that could be better. If you need anything more than a volume boost, you're doing something wrong. Tone is in the fingers.

 

Kidding

[hcprimerib]

man, I don't use any pedals live. just guitar, cord, amp. raw power!