Most important effects

[reverend1]

Which effects do you guys feel are the most important to creating your sound? What can you absolutely not live without

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

If you asked me to take the 3 pedal clipboard challenge, I'd bring the Turbo Tuner, MXR Bass Distortion, and Catalinbread Echorec. On bass, remove the delay, and add the BOSS BC-1x before the MXR.

Everything else is gravy.

 

[Mark Wein]

Clean boost, overdrive, some sort of analog or tape delay. I like teh Phasor too.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Muff, Catalinbread 55, Carbon Copy. And I would bring the amp with the onboard reverb.


I could consider replacing the Catalinbread with my RAT clone, but I think the Catalinbread is so useful and has such great versatility with the volume knob, that it bumps the RAT clone even with all its various settings.

 

[Tig]

Reverb: Either the Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb or the TC Electronic Alter Ego V2 Vintage Echo Delay

Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive

Wampler Ego Compressor

 

[speakerjones]

Drive, boost, fuzz, tremolo or leslie effect, phaser, tap delay

 

[jelloman]

Overdrive-the OCD at the moment...

Phasor/flanger-using a TC Helix ATM, but I'm not married to it...

Delay...digital prefererred over analog...

 

[Chad]

for "my sound" I really only need some kind of reverb or delay and some kind of modulation.

 

[Psychotronic]

Phase 90, chorus, and DDL.

 

[telecaster911]

Dirt, more dirt, delay (very subtle mostly just to thicken not add ambience)

And a good tuner.

 

[Knox in Box]

Besides drives I tend towards envelope filter, phaser, delay and reverb (to make me feel like a rock star).

Never really got along with anything else, though I like tremolo, just don't hardly need one.

 

[Guitar Heel]

tuner, some version of the EP-3 boost, OD, fuzz, crazy-ass reverb, analog delay

 

[sleewell]

#alleffectsmatter

 

[bsman]

My default is guitar>cable>amp, but I do occasionally enjoy a bit of overdrive, delay, and/or wah. I do not currently have a separate reverb, but might enjoy that as well. The only thing I feel like I'm missing is tremolo, but the delay can take care of that.

In fact, other than the lack of a wah, my Tech 21 RK-5 pretty much contains everything I would be likely to want (overdrive, boost, reverb and a "hidden chorus") and takes up MUCH less space than any pedalboard.

 

[LeftyTom]

 

[Tig]

#alleffectsmatter

 

[micwalt]

I just need a mess o' dirt and a touch of verb, and I'm good to go.

 

[reverend1]

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I’ve got a Danelectro Fab-tone. I’ve never really messed around with it. I got it in a white elephant Christmas thing on the Reverend page. I’ll have to dig it out of the closet.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I’ve got a Danelectro Fab-tone. I’ve never really messed around with it. I got it in a white elephant Christmas thing on the Reverend page. I’ll have to dig it out of the closet.

I love the Fab Tone. It’s a Metal Zone with more gain.

 

[Chad]

It’s a Metal Zone with more gain.

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