How many foot pedals do you own?
 

Just curious, if you're an electric guitar player:

How many foot pedals do you own, and on average, how much have you spent on pedals?

i only have two effects pedals

having too many effects just hides what a lousy player you are

i have a Dunlop Wah-Wah and a Metal Master distortion

BOSS GT-10.

I also have a BOSS OD-2, just in case I need MORE DISTORTION

I have 3 - a Boss compressor, a Danelectro FAB distortion pedal, and a Vox wah.

A a turbo rat and a spring king reverb pedal

Well, I'll be that guy with the enormous pedal board. I run through a Vox wah, then a Boss GE-7, an MXR dyna comp, a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, then an MXR distortion +, then an MXR 78 Badass Custom Distortion, then a real classic, the DS-1, then a Digitech Hot Rod Distortion, to a Boss PH-3 phaser, an EHX Electric Mistress Chorus-Flanger and finally (drum roll), an MXR carbon copy delay. I think thats 11 total, almost have are distortion.

I don't use much at once though. Each distortion is set differently so they all sound different. Eg. the 78 is more vintage rock with a mid boost while the DS-1 sounds more contemporary. Sometimes I use the MXR Dist. + for rythm playing because its output is a bit lower which is actually convenient with a second guitarist who plays a few leads here and there. The compressor is good for letting cleans ring out and sounds great with dead notes and a wah, it brings the funk in with a neck pickup. The GE-7 is seldom used except to cut the highs back on a solo and boost the signal a bit, but usually it sits there, its probably the most unnecessary pedal. The last three are great for cool effects on clean channels, although the delay sounds good with distortion too. As an example, I can create effects and textures like the Police's Walking on the Moon with the Electric Mistress and the delay pedal. Phaser is used in all sorts of thing like The Rooster from Alice and Chains and all over Floyd's The Wall. Delay is used in a bunch of places: Happiest Day's of our Lives (Floyd), Welcome to the Jungle, Come Together, etc. Wah is just common. Really, those are just fun to play with, jam with, and run drone riffs.

Oh, and running through pedals doesn't hide mistakes or what a lousy player you are except for distortion; if you miss picking a note, it will still sound fine as a hammer. You can easily play whole stings without picking a damn thing and it still sounds great. In most cases, using effects incorrectly or to "hide mistakes" makes it even worse. Delay makes the mistake ring out several times, compression makes mistakes like a missed note very prominent, and phasers, chorus, and flange just sound horrible if they're not used right. All they do is make things sound cool which can be a good way to add a different textures. Bad Brains uses Phasers on a lot of their reggae, especially on CBGB '82 and it brings it to a different level. If your really caught up with not hiding mistakes and playing cleanly, practice and learn songs on a dry clean channel. Anything you play should come out cleanly on a clean signal, if it only sounds good with distortion, then your hiding mistakes.

I have 11 pedals, and two of them are taken apart at the moment because they aren't working the way I want them to. The more pedals I acquire, the less I want to list them (crippling laziness). Alright, here's my list.

Devi Ever Punch Love
Devi Ever Disaster Fuzz
ProCo Rat 2 (currently disassembled)
Big Muff Pi (NYC)
MXR 10 Band EQ
Hardwire RV-7
Ibanez DE-7
Catalinbread Montavillian
EHX Pulsar
Dunlop 535Q Wah
Piece of **** Rocktron compressor I hate which has been taken apart and is boxed somewhere.

I don't normally plug in my guitars and only have one electric guitar and so I only own one pedal which is a digital delay. It's quite fun to play around with actually, but I don't do it often.

As for the pedals masking bad playing argument, it will make wrong notes stand out real bad so it's not much help in that respect.

i'm not talking about bum notes, i'm talking about limited guitar technique

unless you're really good at manipulating pedals (i.e. Kevin Shields), i'd say brush up on the basic playing first without adding any seasoning

One of the things that bugs me about fuzz, delay, and reverse reverb + droning chords with open strings is that everything tends to mesh together, and I can barely just make out the changes between open chords. It's weird though, when my droney, strangey, open chordy stuff on my acoustic it stands out a lot more. Some effects can really drown out subtle changes in chords I guess.

I don't think shoddy guitar playing can be covered up by a million effects, but it can really fill in your style/sound if you don't have as much technical knowledge as Vai... or something.

I have a few different boards for different artists, but my basic board has a Wampler Ego compressor, a GE-7 EQ, a creation audio 4.23 clean boost, a modded sparkle drive, a dd-3 delay, a pitch black tuner, and a gooderich volume pedal

I have enough to fill a small suitcase (the kind with little wheels on the bottom and a handle that slides out the top). It's BY FAR the best carrying case I've found, though a friend's old school Doctor's bag was a pretty close second.

It's been a while but I normally ran a stereo setup, but rather than go with the wet/dry method I go with light / dark. First thing my guitar plugged into was a beat up old DOD stereo flanger that has a bit of a short in the battery cable (made wicked laser sounds if you kick it by accident). Then the signal is split with the light side getting a DOD distortion / VOX wah / DOD delay / Ibanez Flanger. The dark side gets a Russian Big Muff / Danelectro Delay / EH Holy Grail Reverb / BOSS Flanger / Crybaby bass wah / BOSS Octaver.

Both lines get capped with no-name volume pedals as well so I can maintain full control on the sonic spectrum.

I need a reverb and cant decide between EHX Holy Grail or the Boss Fender 65 RI pedal. Which do you like?




At OP, foot pedal is a bit redundant is it not??

The only reverb pedal I've ever owned is that Holy Grail. It's pretty awesome BUT it does add a fair amount of noise/hiss to your sound when you open it up more than halfway. But if you crank it all the way you can totally nail that Jimmy Page sound from the very end of Over The Hills and Far Away. Last time I checked they were selling for around $100 (and they come with their own adapter so no batteries to worry about - YAY!) and there most definitely crappier pedals you could spend that same money on.

Iv also been thinking about the Danelectro Roast Beef. Also I have the FAB Overdrive pedal and its the biggest piece of crap I have ever heard.

For a good overdrive, Fulltone OCD maybe? 135 bones for a boutique pedal that is one of the most praised overdrives on the market doesn't seem bad at all.

Thnks for the thoguht but I have a great overdrive. I was asking about reverbs. I only brought up the FAB because its also a Daneelctro and is crap. Fulltones are wonderful though, but my Barber Direct drive is heaps better imo.

i've always wanted a Tremolo pedal

and slightly off-topic but i always wanted an E-bow as well

I have an ebow. They're really sweet.

Did yours come with a cassette tape demo too? :D


As for Danelectro pedals they have two VERY distinct levels of quality. If you get one of the mini pedals in plastic then you're getting what you pay for - cheap plastic junk. Their pedals built into steel cases are usually worth it, quite happy with my Dan-echo and whatever they called their Reverse Delay (though I never actually owned that one).

Some great reads here. For those of you who have 2 or more, which ones do you frequently use at the same time? And for those with more than 5 (which by the way, awesome), how many do you actually carry around with you?

The Wasabi Forward-Reverse Delay. i have one of those too. That's probably my favorite pedal that I've ever played.

Actually the one my friend had was the Back Talk

NoiseGuide - Danelectro Back Talk Reverse Delay DR-1

it was their first attempt at a reverse delay unit. I think it was only manufactured for 2 years or so before being discontinued / replaced.

i use my distortion more

i link my wah before my distortion and put it on bass mode for fat tones

i put my wah before distortion if i want to sound like i'm playing a wah in a room

i put my wah after distortion if i want to sound like i'm playing a room with my wah

Can you explain those last 2 better I dont understand what you mean?

it's just the sound I get

it's like the whole distortion sound is flying around when the wah is after the distortion

My live setup is composed of:

Damage Control Demonizer tube pedal - 500$ (back in the days)
Boss SD1 overdrive - 80$
Boss DD7 - 250$
Korg Tuning pedal - 100$


Home setup:

Pod X3 Pro - 900$
Boss GT6 (old) - 400$
Boss NF-1 Noise Gate - 100$
Boss DD7 - 250$

I have a Digitech Whammy, Big Muff Pi distortion/sustainer, MXR Micro Amp and MXR Noise Clamp. Also have a Digitech RP 155 I use for practice and when I'm writing. Sometimes I'll throw it in for the use of a crappy equalizer and effects, but not very often. It was my very first pedal. :)

I really need a Reverb, but IDK which to get. I used the spring reverb once on my uncle's amp (think it was a '76 twin reverb) and became really picky about which one I used.

to tell you the truth, i usually just plug it straight into the amp and overdrive the amp and put high gain

it makes me sound like flipper

seeing as this is a hardcore pedal head thread, does anyone have any experiences with Modtone, specifically the Extreme Metal pedal?

I know I did not start this thread but I love what he said. Is their any way a mod can change the title to The Hardcore Pedal Thread?? Perhaps with permission from sarosh (that is if he ever posts again) We need a everlasting profession pedal thread here.

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Oh lawd, I think I'm gettin' tha vapahs.

Wuha Big Muff Pie! There is NO better pedal for playing any doom or sludgy metal/rock.

How does that disaster fuzz sound? Also if you crank up the RAT its pretty much a fuzz. I have a Boss Ds-1 thats the same way. Especially if the battery isnt new, hi gain actually means gain + fuzz.

Haha, sorry for my lack of presence, been pretty busy working lately. The name change seems appropriate, I was surprised there wasn't a dedicated pedal thread.

You are forgiven. And hopefully a mod sees it because I dont want to spam up their inbox with thread title requests.

You've never noticed / experimented with wah placement?

Dude.... :bonkhead:

Get on that next time you're just noodling, the position of the wah within your effect chain will have a distinct effect on your overall tone. I wouldn't quite describe it the same way as Il Duce does but there's definitely a change in tone depending on whether or not it's before or after the fuzz.

And if you plug in your wah entirely backwards it sounds like that ambient middle bit in Echoes! Seriously though turn down your guitar volume to 0 and slowly bring it up if you try this method of getting controlled feedback / seagull sounds. It's very high pitched and very loud but it works.

Iv experimented plenty. I just didnt understand what he typed. The words made no sense. Playing wah in room vs with room. Still dont understand what you mean.

And personally I always put it first in my effects chain, sounds clearer to me that way, and keep my original tone in place more

I personally have none...but I was chilling at a guitar store, playing with guitars and stuff, and the guy let me check out a few pedals as well.

Eventide Space is the mother****ing man. I am not about to drop $400 on a pedal, because I simply can't afford that right now, but it is fantastic. Great reverb pedal, awesome effects.

no, just have two pedals - wah and distortion - place it after distortion

or place it backwards as mr. dave suggested

I have one. A Boss MG.