What are the/your 3 most important pedals?

Clockworkmike said:
Surprised no one had mentioned a Wah until now!
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Not my go-to pedal -ever- except on Hendrix covers....

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Clockworkmike said:
There's a Metal Zone in there!!! Legend has it if you stack two of them, you open a portal to the 9th circle of Hell
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How did Detroit get into this conversation?
 
Session 5 said:
How do you like the Joyo band controller? it has very good reviews..is it built tough?
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Like @LiveeviL2000 said about the heavy built metal housing; I'm kinda liking some of what JOYO has to offer honestly. I got one of their Ultimate Drives, which is essentially a Fulltone OCD V1.2 clone, but it's heavy structured as well. The only issue I've seen, is what little wiring they do use around the circuit boards, could certainly be better and more rigid. But, I've not heard any complaints on the pedals failing either, so I guess it does it's job.

Ultimately, they ARE clone/ripoffs, so whether or not one prefers the real thing could be the deal breaker. But, if that isn't an issue, they are certainly hard to pass over especially if you're looking for something that could potentially last you a while and get you REALLY close to the original.
 
Clockworkmike said:
Kind of a poll here for general discussion but also using it as recommendations for myself; what are the 3 most important/must have pedals or at least, what are YOUR 3 most important/must have pedals?

Not exactly searching for specific brands or models but hey, throw them in there if you want! Mostly, I'm kinda inquiring on what is considered a necessity? In the past, I used zero pedals: straight into the amp. But then I went way over the cliff and got big into processors using tons of effects in the signal chain.

Now, I've stripped it all down to just two: an Overdrive/Distortion and a Stereo Chorus. Ironically, this didn't change my sound hardly at because to me, I still sound the same which is a great thing. It just simplified stuff really. But the question is: is there something else I should toss in that's a must have or just leave well enough alone?
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Forget pedals.
If the amp doesn't sound good without pedals...
Buy another amp that does sound good.

Don't build a whole sound dependent on pedals.

Build a sound depending on talent playing the guitar ---without the gimmicks ---instead.
 
Clockworkmike said:
Like @LiveeviL2000 said about the heavy built metal housing; I'm kinda liking some of what JOYO has to offer honestly. I got one of their Ultimate Drives, which is essentially a Fulltone OCD V1.2 clone, but it's heavy structured as well. The only issue I've seen, is what little wiring they do use around the circuit boards, could certainly be better and more rigid. But, I've not heard any complaints on the pedals failing either, so I guess it does it's job.

Ultimately, they ARE clone/ripoffs, so whether or not one prefers the real thing could be the deal breaker. But, if that isn't an issue, they are certainly hard to pass over especially if you're looking for something that could potentially last you a while and get you REALLY close to the original.
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I did a few videos a while back on budget pedals.
I wanted to build a budget board for a rig I set up at my son’s place.
I used brands like Donner, Joyo, Behringer.
My goal was to spend an average of under $50 a pedal and still have something that sounded as good as the expensive “name brand” pedals I have on my main board.

The Joyo EQ was originally going to be on that rig. It was so good, I put it on my main rig.
The econo rig ended up with a Behringer EQ and for $25 that is a steal.

Joyo also makes a vintage OD which is super close to my TS-9 for a fraction of the cost.

Donner makes noise gate called the Noise Killer. That little green monster is awesome. It’s one of the best noise gates I’ve tried, budget or not.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Forget pedals.
If the amp doesn't sound good without pedals...
Buy another amp that does sound good.

Don't build a whole sound dependent on pedals.

Build a sound depending on talent playing the guitar ---without the gimmicks ---instead.
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But then how will we learn how to tap dance or do the soft shoe?
What would we all do without all the pretty little LED lights and colorfully decorated boxes with the cool names??
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Forget pedals.
If the amp doesn't sound good without pedals...
Buy another amp that does sound good.

Don't build a whole sound dependent on pedals.

Build a sound depending on talent playing the guitar ---without the gimmicks ---instead.
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Well, I did mention that for a long while, I just plugged straight into the amplifiers. That would have been about a good 11-13 years or so? I would get pedals or processors and then strip back to just the amp. I still do that actually, like with the Marshall SLX.

But I do still like having the option to change and shape something if I want, such as making something clean far cleaner and haunting by merely adding something simple as chorus or inversely, making something heavy heavier by adding some overdrive.

Just tweaks
 
LiveeviL2000 said:
I did a few videos a while back on budget pedals.
I wanted to build a budget board for a rig I set up at my son’s place.
I used brands like Donner, Joyo, Behringer.
My goal was to spend an average of under $50 a pedal and still have something that sounded as good as the expensive “name brand” pedals I have on my main board.

The Joyo EQ was originally going to be on that rig. It was so good, I put it on my main rig.
The econo rig ended up with a Behringer EQ and for $25 that is a steal.

Joyo also makes a vintage OD which is super close to my TS-9 for a fraction of the cost.

Donner makes noise gate called the Noise Killer. That little green monster is awesome. It’s one of the best noise gates I’ve tried, budget or not.
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There is a bundle on Sweetwater for like $84 that gets you the Behringer EQ plus their Compressor and Noise Gate. That's a hard deal to pass up really
 
Clockworkmike said:
There is a bundle on Sweetwater for like $84 that gets you the Behringer EQ plus their Compressor and Noise Gate. That's a hard deal to pass up really
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You still have to be careful. I learned not all budget pedals are worth it.
Behringer’s Super Fuzz, and EQ punch way above their price tag.
Joyo has many products that are affordable and really good.
Donner I found to be hit or miss. But their mini noise gate and mini tuner are great for the money.
 
99% of the time straight guitar to amps sort of input Friedman buffer bay to Hilton Pro guitar optical volume pedal Vortex
Axis wah, Sabbadius Funky Vibe 1969 version, Dry Bell The Engine, Nordvang Wingman, Ibanez BI- stage phaser, Yamaha Chorus,
Eventide micropitch, Radial JX-2 Pro amp switcher, Two Dumble ODS style amps with foot switches clean channel preamp boost and overdrive.
If I wish can run 7 amps.

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LiveeviL2000 said:
You still have to be careful. I learned not all budget pedals are worth it.
Behringer’s Super Fuzz, and EQ punch way above their price tag.
Joyo has many products that are affordable and really good.
Donner I found to be hit or miss. But their mini noise gate and mini tuner are great for the money.
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I've heard things like that on Donner, NUX and Caline. It's a crapshoot on whether you get a good one or not. I guess one angle is: it's cheap so nothing lost but then if you bought a few and got burned, probably should've got one good pedal lol
 
Pedals are fun...
And some are important.

For electric guitars:

Boss stomp tuner
Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9 or Boss Blues Driver
TC Electronics Hall of Fame Reverb
also:
Boss 7 band EQ
TC Electronics Chorus
MXR Dyna Comp

For Acoustic guitars:
Boss Stomp Tuner
and this:
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This little Fishman amp is very useful. It's got a fine chorus and a fine reverb which I like to run
at low levels. I used to use more pedals but this works well for me. This is fine for small venues
and it has an XLR out so its signal can be sent to the P.A. at larger venues.

For Bass:
I just plug straight in to my Roland CB-60 Cube amp.
It's got a number of models I'll never use, but I like the Flip Top model for tone
and it's got a tuner, reverb, chorus, delay and compression which I also like to run at
low levels. I'm used to pedals so I can turn effects on and off easily, but running
just a smidge into my bass signal seems to give me what I want for accompanying
guitarists.
In a band situation I'd start by playing clean, and listen to how the mix is.
 
Since my rig is mostly virtual, i.e., is a processor, I have to think both about the expression pedals and the pedal models.

Perhaps, the most important pedal for me is a volume pedal. This is handled via a physical external expression pedal. I normally configure it in my patches to appear post-amplifier. I configure any modulation or time-based effects (chorus, delay, reverb, etc.) to appear post-amplifier, as well. They always come in after the volume pedal.

Perhaps the next most important pedal is one l leave enabled nearly all the time. That is a reverb pedal. This is handled by a reverb pedal model. The degree of reverb will vary based on the patch - some are more wet, others are more dry. But, I almost always have a touch of reverb for bit of depth, even if you can’t really hear it.

The third most important pedal is tricky. It would probably be delay. I do use chorus and wah, as well. But, the delay is probably a bit more important.
 
smitty_p said:
Since my rig is mostly virtual, i.e., is a processor, I have to think both about the expression pedals and the pedal models.

Perhaps, the most important pedal for me is a volume pedal. This is handled via a physical external expression pedal. I normally configure it in my patches to appear post-amplifier. I configure any modulation or time-based effects (chorus, delay, reverb, etc.) to appear post-amplifier, as well. They always come in after the volume pedal.

Perhaps the next most important pedal is one l leave enabled nearly all the time. That is a reverb pedal. This is handled by a reverb pedal model. The degree of reverb will vary based on the patch - some are more wet, others are more dry. But, I almost always have a touch of reverb for bit of depth, even if you can’t really hear it.

The third most important pedal is tricky. It would probably be delay. I do use chorus and wah, as well. But, the delay is probably a bit more important.
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A volume pedal is an often overlooked great weapon to have! Obviously it's perfect to free up your hands when playing and cutting down volume, but also it can act as an expression pedal for some effects. But one of the coolest tricks that a lot of people don't use it for, is acting as a preamp attenuator in the FX loop.
 
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