Members Raskolnikovs axe Posted September 13, 2007 Members Share Posted September 13, 2007 i used to barely us any effects at all - i was mostly just a straight into the amp kinda guy - played in a lot of punk rock bands then i started drawing on some of my more interesting influences - the beatles, radiohead, the pumpkins, pink floyd, etc - and needed effects. i got into a rack setup that did most of my work for me (mesa Mark III with a GT-Pro) then i started hanging out here and decided I needed individual pedals. having very little experience with pedals, I decided to buy as many as I could, sell what i didn't like and build my board out of the rest. i got almost all of them used, so i didn't really lose money with this approach. Here's what I ended up with: the tubescreamer and sd-1 are both keeley modded. the bad stone is modded to be true-bypass and has a volume control on the side to correct the volume drop. everything's powered by a pedal power 2 under the top tier. and here's what I tried but didn't keep: Line 6 verbzilla - cool and diverse, just not as 'real' sounding to me as the grail Boss PH-2 - too generic and cold compared to the EHX phasers i tried little big muff - awesome, i'm actually keeping this, it just doesn't suit my band's music so it's not staying on the board vexter fuzz factory - awesome and fun pedal, just not something i'd use enough to justify the cost ibanez fl9 - i liked it, but it was too subtle and not versatile enough for me keeley rat - great pedal, but compared to the keeley ts9 and sd-1 i have it sounded more like a pedal, whereas the other two sound more amp-like. i would like to get another someday though. keeley ds-1 - much better than the stock, but i guess i just don't like the ds-1 sound line 6 mm4 - tried the stock and keeley versions - both just didn't seem 'real' to my ears. guyatone sv2 slow volume - kinda fun but didn't get used enough. i'm just gonna use my volume knob. ehx frequency analyzer - fun but too big for my board and i rarely use ring mod. visual sound jekyll & hyde - liked the tubescreamer side of it, although my keeley ts9 is much better. didn't care for the heavy distortion side danelectro fab tone - waaaay too much gain so what do you guys think? am I lacking anything super important? i'm thinking about squeezing one more dano mini right above the chicken salad...maybe a tuna melt or a french toast, but i really feel like my needs are met now. i'm trying to fight the urge to just keep adding and adding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bloo Posted September 13, 2007 Members Share Posted September 13, 2007 yeah, that happens from time to time. the board looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SUPER VELCROBOY Posted September 13, 2007 Members Share Posted September 13, 2007 yet another victim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tenoken Posted September 13, 2007 Members Share Posted September 13, 2007 You've got just about everything covered, IMO. A trem could round it out a bit more. The Tuna Melt is really nice, esp for the price. Or for a bit more $, the EHX Stereo Pulsar is pretty diverse. (More chop-chop sounds...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raskolnikovs axe Posted September 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 trem and fuzz are definitely the two things i'd kinda like to have on there. i did some reading and now i want a skreddy mayo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 trem and fuzz are definitely the two things i'd kinda like to have on there. i did some reading and now i want a skreddy mayo i doubt it needs to be stated, but have you ever used the big muff? vintage or otherwise. I used to use mine as more of a distortion than a fuzz, but now i've had the sustain down a lot more with the tone higher up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justintee Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 another one bites the dust nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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