custom22 Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Currently: Strat(s) - Tube Screamer - Fender Champ with Torres mods (bedroom use) Future: Strat(s) - Tube Screamer - Fender (Twin/Vibro/Super etc...) It's amazing how refreshing it is to keep things simple and actually listen to, and appreciate, your own playing style uncluttered by effects. Not to say I don't like a few pedals, but I'm moving towards a more natural/raw sound - my sound! Cheers wwood Amen to that. I love in up my deville with the tube screamer, mixing the overdrive on the amp with the tube sreamer. Sometimes i throw a little chorus in there. If i want effects, i go to a solid state amp. People these days it seems are looking for so much more than a guitar sound. To me it takes a large chunk of the actual playing out of guitar playing. For me, I'd rather start out with a set arrangement of tones in the guitar (PRS is the only way to go) with clean power boosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 (PRS is the only way to go) Only if you can't afford a Gibson Sorry, couldn't resist...my Les Paul wants to kill yer PRS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 The only effects I use live / practice is my EQ pedal. Not too much use for anything else as a bassist in an alternative band. My line up of pedals used to consist of: Snarling Dogs Blue Bawls Wah Death Metal Distortion Digital Reverb / Delay Boss Bass EQ I do plan on getting a GNX 3/4 for solo work, as I have seen some phenomenal work done on extended range basses with the use of that pedal workstation. Using this pedal would get rid of everything I would need except my EQ pedal. Gotta have that for a quick switch between Finger / Slap / Tap tone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_the_damned Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 The only effects I use live / practice is my EQ pedal. Not too much use for anything else as a bassist in an alternative band. My line up of pedals used to consist of: Snarling Dogs Blue Bawls Wah Death Metal Distortion Digital Reverb / Delay Boss Bass EQ I do plan on getting a GNX 3/4 for solo work, as I have seen some phenomenal work done on extended range basses with the use of that pedal workstation. Using this pedal would get rid of everything I would need except my EQ pedal. Gotta have that for a quick switch between Finger / Slap / Tap tone! How highly do you rate the Snarling Dogs Wah? Seems like its a love or hate pedal for a few people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 My buddy just got Blue Bawls ( ) for the jams and light duty gigs where a pedal board is just too much crap. It sounds ok, a little more bottom end than most I've heard, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 The Only pedal I use anymore is my Peterson StroboStomp Tuner. anything else just gets in the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Only things I use are: a wah (very, very rarely), and a Lexicon cheapie rackmount reverb unit in the effects loop, because a little verb and delay can be a good thing, and the verb on my amp is quite dire. Everything else is up to the guitar, the pickups, the amp, and my fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom22 Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 (PRS is the only way to go) Only if you can't afford a Gibson Sorry, couldn't resist...my Les Paul wants to kill yer PRS Bring it on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotgoalie11565 Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 My must-haves will probably sound pretty boring but here goes anyway. -Dunlop Cry Baby, maybe even two of them to really nail the tone Stevie Ray got on "Say What". -Tube Screamer. I'm not really into the heavy metal type distortion pedals. There's just something about those little green stomp boxes. - A fuzztone to play out my little Clapton/Hendrix fantasies. - Chorus pedal; meh. I'm not too picky on those. - An octave divider and a delay would be nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical Frank Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Must have? There's only one box in my rig I really need which is my Keeley modded Rat II. Every guitarist needs a high-end distortion of some sort unless you have a really great sounding high-gain amp... I play through an old Bassman 100 so I am squarely in needs-a-pedal land. The great thing about the Keeley Rat is that it has this three-way switch and the "Mighty Mouse" mode covers the Tube Scream/OD territory pretty well, better than most Tube Screamers if I say so myself. I generally use the "Phat Rat" mode which is a beefed up version of the standard RAT sound--fuller and less raspy. Great pedal. Other than that, I get a lot of use of out of my Memory Man. I've had some flangers, phasers and other things in there too but those to me are sort of special effects that I can easily get by w/o w/ no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Currently have - Ibanez WD7 weeping demon wah (bloody amazing wah) Will soon have - Digitech Whammy4, Fuzz Factory. maby a boss od1. probbibly not tho. I liek to keep it simply but i like making weird noises hence the fizz factory and whammy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J366 Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 My all time favorite pedal, is the Boss metalzone MT-2. Simply amazing. I have the bass and distortion cranked up all the way, and the bass up on my amp all the way. Hell, sometimes i play through a trace elliot bass amp, i guess i just love bass. It has a pretty good range of tones, from low end crunch, to a trebly kind of lead distortion. Great for metal, also, its build very tough. My only knock against it is it can be a little hard to find a great sound, or it was for me anyway, it takes some messing with. I have a digitech rp80, which is okay for the price, nothing great, i use it primarily for wah. And i also have a danelectro overdrive, which is surprisingly good for the price ($20) US. It gives me a nice bluesy sound and its my main pedal for blues, and classic rock. my current rig: Epi LP custom Boss Metalzone MT-2 distortion Digitech rp80 multifx (which i generally bypass, or take out all together) Fender Stage Lead II (i dunno if they discontinued these or something, i havent heard anything on them) or Trace Elliot Boxer 30 Bass amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 The only effects I use live / practice is my EQ pedal. Not too much use for anything else as a bassist in an alternative band. My line up of pedals used to consist of: Snarling Dogs Blue Bawls Wah Death Metal Distortion Digital Reverb / Delay Boss Bass EQ I do plan on getting a GNX 3/4 for solo work, as I have seen some phenomenal work done on extended range basses with the use of that pedal workstation. Using this pedal would get rid of everything I would need except my EQ pedal. Gotta have that for a quick switch between Finger / Slap / Tap tone! How highly do you rate the Snarling Dogs Wah? Seems like its a love or hate pedal for a few people. Sorry for coming back to you so late. I have mixed feelings about it. It sounds half-decent when I keep it on one setting, nothing UNIQUE. But when I change settings I get this horrible ear piercing pop. I only play at extremely loud volumes at practice, so that type of pop would make your ears ring for days. So I just keep it off my current set up. The main reason I purchased this pedal is because I tried all the Morley's (sp?) out there I could find (8+) and they just didn't sound that great to me. So I figured the Snarling Dog pedal had to have something better than them. Wrong. I'll be happy to get a GNX 3/4 so I can tweak all settings to my preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Metal Zone!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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