Members Bbreaker Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Do you use more than one overdrive or fuzz pedal on your board?It there a limit to how many (total) pedals are on your board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I use an Ibanez TS9 for my main crunch/drive sound, followed by a Boss Super Overdrive for leads and when I need a boos here and there.I keep it around 8 pedals total on the board, any more is too crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 You can see my board in my sig. I use two drive pedals plus what is on my amp. I often stack them for even more options. The OCD and Hyper Pak are awesome for stacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ieso Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 2-4 at a time, depends -- I pick between these: Hermida Zendrive 2 LovePedal Les Lius LovePedal Kanji Eternity Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet Fulltone OCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 my board holds 10...I'm limited to 9 power plugs on my 1 spot......at the moment there are 1 boost, 2 OD, 1 distortion and 1 fuzz, along with a tuner, volume, chorus and delay...I have several others to choose from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gas Hed Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 2-4 at a time, depends -- I pick between these:Hermida Zendrive 2 LovePedal Les Lius LovePedal Kanji Eternity Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet Fulltone OCD I've got the Les Luis and love it - you does the Kanji compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh S Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I have very specific needs, so I'm not sure if this is relevant to normal people, but I use: 5 Distortions4 Overdrives3 Compressorsa Fuzza Boosta Flangera Phasera Vibea Chorusa Delaya Reverb...and then numerous odds and ends like amp switchers and channel switches, two volume pedals, input switches, a tuner, tap tempos, etc. To be honest, in any other band everything would likely be served by a fuzz, a boost, and overdrive, and a delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ieso Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I've got the Les Luis and love it - you does the Kanji compare?The Kanji is really different than the LL. Where the LL will give you some of that small Fender amp grind the Kanji is kinda in the Tube Screamer area. I used to have a vintage 808 and this thing is somewhat of a more refined version of that. In other words, there's a reason to have both. Isn't there always? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ieso Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 The deal with multiple OD pedals is this: instead of one cranked up you run two or even three on at the same time with low drive levels on each. Experiment with which order they are in for really different sounds and feels.Sometimes one pedal at a time does the trick, sometimes two, sometimes three. You can gain stage them such that they don't get muddy or ill-defined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted March 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Whenever I hook up 5 or more pedals, it sounds like eggs frying when a pedal gets turned on before I play a note. Do you guys use any buffers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 My pedalboard currently has an SIB Varidrive (which I will probably soon trade out for a Fulldrive 2), a Big Muff Pi, an MXR Distortion +, and an MXR Micro-amp. I own a lot of effects and have a pretty large board, but I don't typically have more than 10-12 pedals on there at any given time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dougie.Douglas Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 my board holds 10... I'm limited to 9 power plugs on my 1 spot... ...at the moment there are 1 boost, 2 OD, 1 distortion and 1 fuzz, along with a tuner, volume, chorus and delay... I have several others to choose from... Hey Jelloman! How do you like your #1 Echo?? I have one on order right now My pedal board is as follows -Boss TU-3 >> ProCo Rat II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I like to get my dirt from my amps, BUT,i do have a few fuzz boxes on my board, because no amp can do the fuzz, like a pedal can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Whenever I hook up 5 or more pedals, it sounds like eggs frying when a pedal gets turned on before I play a note.Do you guys use any buffers? I use a true bypass loop to get around that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hey Jelloman! How do you like your #1 Echo?? I have one on order right now My pedal board is as follows - Boss TU-3 >> ProCo Rat II I like it alot...it's like a noiseless version of an analog delay...it doesn't do the real freaky delay stuff a digital usually does, but as I use it for a clean, mild slapback it's perfect...like an echoplex without the problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 This is actually an interesting question because I've always thought that going with one pedal of each flavor would be the way to go, but somehow I've ended up with multiple pedals with similar functions. I'm only running one fuzz pedal, but I've got 2 straight up OD types and one distortion pedal that's been modded to be more of an OD as well. All 3 have tones that I dig and I can't seem to part with any of them right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 For playing out, I rarely use pedals. If I do, I'm usually good with one drive pedal and one clean boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ieso Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Whenever I hook up 5 or more pedals, it sounds like eggs frying when a pedal gets turned on before I play a note.Do you guys use any buffers? The most important thing is to place pedal types in the right order and, if you're going to use a bunch, especially multiple drive pedals, to use the highest quality stuff you can. If you string together a bunch of DOD stuff then you're more likely to run into trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted March 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 The most important thing is to place pedal types in the right order and, if you're going to use a bunch, especially multiple drive pedals, to use the highest quality stuff you can. If you string together a bunch of DOD stuff then you're more likely to run into trouble. OK. In what order would you place these pedals: Fulltone OCD; MI Crunch Box; Visual Sounds H2O; ADA Flanger; Fulltone '69; Fulltone '70; Demeter Tremulator; Highes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere & Dean Markley PT-13 Tuner. I usually just use...OCD; H20 & Dean Markley Tuner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I usually have about 5-7 pedals at one time. I use one overdrive pedal and one fuzz pedal. Right now I have:MXR Phase 90Big MuffEHX Worm XO (it has a phaser which sounds more like a cool univibe, and also tremolo, auto-wah and vibrato)Boss BluesDriverDigitech Digidelay The BluesDriver is on all the time because I like how it sounds, but I use it to boost my amp, with its gain level at 0. So it gives me light overdrive and cleans. Then I'd stomp on a fuzz pedal for leads. Currently I'm using a Big Muff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ieso Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 OK. In what order would you place these pedals: Fulltone OCD; MI Crunch Box; Visual Sounds H2O; ADA Flanger; Fulltone '69; Fulltone '70; Demeter Tremulator; Highes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere & Dean Markley PT-13 Tuner. I usually just use...OCD; H20 & Dean Markley Tuner. I'll give you my standard category order preference:compressorsoverdrives/distortionsdelaysmodulatorsI would put my tuner on the B side of an A/B switch or the C side of an A/B/C switch. Reverb: I only use the amp 'verb or later in mixing. I never use a reverb pedal.The fun is in trying one OD in front of another in various combinations and orders but keep all the OD between a compressor and the delay and mod units. Of course, rules were meant to be broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I'll give you my standard category order preference: compressors overdrives/distortions delays modulators I would put my tuner on the B side of an A/B switch or the C side of an A/B/C switch. Reverb: I only use the amp 'verb or later in mixing. I never use a reverb pedal. The fun is in trying one OD in front of another in various combinations and orders but keep all the OD between a compressor and the delay and mod units. Of course, rules were meant to be broken Well said! I agree with this order and the comments about trying ODs in different orders. My chain starts with a volume pedal that has a separate tuner out otherwise I would just put my tuner pedal first in the chain--also makes a great "mute" switch that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallica_00 Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I'll give you my standard category order preference: compressors overdrives/distortions delays modulators I think this is good general guide.I've never had much luck stacking overdrives. It always seems to get too compressed. Overdrive + clean boost pedal can be nice. But the 2 ODs is always really noisy and compressed, even with two good ones (at one point was trying to stack a Barber Direct Drive and an OCD - not much success).I have a moderately compact board - tuner, wah, boost, overdrive, delay. Much bigger and I think it would start to get messy and necessitate some tap dancing. In a live situation, IMO having 3-4 pedals with different levels of gain is really unnecessary. I'd rather use the volume knob and keep it simple. However, I would definitely like to build up a wider collection of ODs to swap in and out for different tones for home/recording use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I like having multiple dirt pedals on my board. I use a variety of guitars and have found that certain drive pedals favor specific guitars. Quality dirt pedals are my favorite type of pedal. I do play without pedals sometimes, so I appreciate pure amp overdrive as well. My Board: Analogman Bicomp > gain & tru bypass modified Crybaby wah > Strobostomp Tuner > AM King Of Tone dual OD > Damage Control Liquid Blues OD > BK Butler Real Tube OD > AM Sunface fuzz > SweetSound Mojo vibe > AM Mini chorus > Radial Bigshot A/B/Y > (amp 1) Van Amps Roommatte real spring reverb > Vox Time Machine digital delay (amp 2) Digitech Digiverb > Ibanez DE7 digital delay/echo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Right now I have a Will Sledge Fuzz and a Visual Sound Open Road pedal on my board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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