Members porsch8 Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 Is it because you dont want them in your chain, or your sound just doesnt require them?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnalogJunkie Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 mustgetmorepedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rid Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 I use 4 most of the time, comp, drive, modulation, delay. 5 sometimes if I use a pedal in my delaypedals loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members murch33 Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 Not everyone needs a ton of variety. I'm not huge on modulation. I could get by just fine with an OD, a fuzz, an analog delay, and a looper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inscho Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 I don't use a lot of pedals because I spend more time twiddlin' knobs than writing songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members utsapp89 Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 I use a homebrew fuzz and a Visual Sound Route 66. I'm thinking about picking up an old Small Stone and maybe a used DE-7 at my shop, but probably just one or the other. I just never really need much else than a few dirt boxes and an channel switcher to get sounds I like. The comp on the 66 is nice to have, too, but I use it mostly as a clean boost. I've got other pedals, I just never really use them. 3-4 pedals tops does it for me.I'm a cheap date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 Originally posted by inscho I don't use a lot of pedals because I spend more time twiddlin' knobs than writing songs. yeah, inscho definitely needs to cut down on the knob-twiddling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 I have 5 pedals, 7 if you include the 3 in the CC2, and other than a good wah and maybe a tremelo at some point I'm getting what I need out of my pedals and see no point int adding a bunch of stuff that I use rarely. I used to be horrible with knob tweakin' but lately I've settled on a few standard settings for my stuff and leave them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teahead Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 I seem to become less effective at using pedals when I have too many to play with. Likewise if I find the stuff at my feet is too complex. I'll float between six and ten effects most of the time, including worry free 'effects' such as a tuner, always switched on comp or buffer pedal. Even with ten pedals on board, only two would ever be tweaked live, it's all I can do to strum and stomp sometimes. Even though I'm most comfortable with five or six effects, the lure of new sounds and trying out different pedals makes it impossible to resist adding stuff as my whims dictate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 The only pedal I really tweak around anymore is the DMM, setting it for various types of delay as I need them. My E1 is usually set up for looping, and once I find good settings for my drive pedals I tend to keep them set, as I hate finding a great setting, then tweaking it and never quite getting it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Poopsicle Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 For the love of God!, don't you realize what this place does to modest setups!......................................................................................................................................................................................FEAR HCFX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teahead Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 Originally posted by Wilbo26 The only pedal I really tweak around anymore is the DMM, setting it for various types of delay as I need them. My E1 is usually set up for looping, and once I find good settings for my drive pedals I tend to keep them set, as I hate finding a great setting, then tweaking it and never quite getting it back. 90% of my tweaking is delay too, the rest would be Octron. I try to use my foot for as much of the manipulation as I can possibly manage. I remember the few weeks I spent with the Lovetone ? Flanger very well. If it was switched on, then I was hunched over it without a clue how to control what was happening. Torture in a box that bugger. Wilbo, your pms are full by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zhivago Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 playing in a band quickly showed me I needed little more than a double booster (super duper) and occasionaly delay. I'd rather focus on my playing than on what pedal I should switch on next. I had a long time off playing with bands and the first time I got back into it I showed up with a super duper, a fuzz factory, a machine, a DM3 and an RV2 I only used the super duper. after a few more times that happened, I just stopped bothering with the extra clutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inscho Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 Originally posted by GuyaGuy yeah, inscho definitely needs to cut down on the knob-twiddling. there is always one shmuck but its troo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattCrane Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 Id rather through on a great live show. I have ADD. I can't sit there and use pedals gracefuly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members endo23 Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 I have no problem using lots of pedals gracefully live. I'm probably not much fun to watch, but that's the front man's job, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 4Kenoath Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 Plug'n'play mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members surfcat Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 Most of mine usually stay home-they're fun to use but I like it pretty straightforward when I play out. Od, wah and tremolo are all I really need. I could see not even bringing any if I was happy enough with my amp. For some songs-cover songs especially, people expect to hear it a certain way, so effects are needed for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blungo Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 I don't know what they all do or i'd get more. If i get more pedals and turn them all up all the way, will it make me write great songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YourHerodDGC Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 one overdrive, one distortion, one (sometimes two) fuzzes, and a delay on my board right now. My amp has tremolo which i use sometimes. I want to eventually get a flanger, probably an electric mistress. so 5 pedals give or take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 Originally posted by inscho I don't use a lot of pedals because I spend more time twiddlin' knobs than writing songs. a huge +1 i was hanging out with my girfriends kid brother today. He's a great guitar player and he's starting to get into effects. I told him that i've gone through alot of {censored} trying to find the specific sounds I like and that I use my little palette of colors to decorate songs I've written. I told him to avoid spending money on stuff he's not going to use as part of the song writing process. I'm sure he'll buy a bunch of stuff and learn the hard way anyway but he'll have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9-Pin-Phoenix Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 I never really spent my money on pedals. I only use an FD2 and a wah. Occaisonaly I will use the trem and reverb on my amp, but that has been it. With that out of the way, my new band tends to do a lot of music that is out of my traditional comfort zone, so I am thinking of adding some effects to make the songs seem a little more full since I will be the only guitar player and be playing mostly clean. I have always had a simpler set up so it will be intertesting to see what happens when I get my pedals up and running. My other bands didn't need as much from me sound wise. I just had to play loud and rock out! 9-Pin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 and you know what else... don't get me wrong, I love ambient stuff....delay, reverb, cleverly placed harmonizers. great. but nothing can ruin a song faster than an ill-placed 'effect' ramming it's way in without any lube. I cringe every time I hear a big old flanger sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members endo23 Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 No doubt. Tasteless use of effects is painful (see markom). But I can't imagine playing in a band without delay and a looper, at least. I'd be bored to tears. Maybe if you're in a blues-rock bar band or something, but.. Almost all the bands I love use effects and use them well, from yesterday (Jimi, Floyd,) 'til tomorrow (Radiohead, Wilco). It's all about context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The*Ataris Posted July 10, 2006 Members Share Posted July 10, 2006 I've kind of cut back because I don't really need a whole lot to get my point across. Volume, Fuzz, OD, Delay...done. That covers a lot of ground if I want it to though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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