Pedals other than Overdrive

[ztikmaen]

I have only a Dunlop Crybaby and a Crother Studio Hotcake. (I do so love the Hotcake :D)
I don't use the Wah much at all, I've found it too be a little gimmicky and not versatile. I run through a Fender Hotrod Deluxe.
I've been thinking about getting a fuzz pedal, although my Hotcake gives off fuzz tones whenthe gain is cranked past 3 o'clock. This fuzz is a creamy thick type, not very splatty. Quite bluesy like the Black Keys. Maybe a dirtier fuzz pedal could be fun...
I'm not much of a fan of Choruses, I find them to take away from the natural tone a bit too much. The reverb in my amp is quite fine. Phasers and tremolos aren't my cuppa tea
What else is there? Maybe I could get a compressor? Or maybe even a distortion pedal for my solo stuff...
So guys, what pedals do you use most? I would like something to go with a smooth and natural overdrive pedal that does a bit of fuzz and I'm not into gimmicks

[Frank]

I never leave the house without a compressor.

Actually that's a lie. but I do use compression a lot.

[schenr]

How about a delay?
Not really sure what music you play, but when I used to have a HRDx, I used a wah > chorus > distortion > phaser > delay into the clean channel. In the end I only kept the wah, distortion and delay (and sold the amp actually, but I was after a heavier sound).
Point of the story: you've already got a distortion and wah, so go for a delay :)
Also, I find when I use distortion and neck pickup and roll the tone knob to zero, I get a pretty cool fuzz going on, which may cancel out your need for a fuzz pedal?

[juansolo]

How anyone copes without a MuRF or an Uglyface is quite beyond me... Oh yeah, Shobert, made another. Refined into almost pure awesomeness. Say the word man and I'll knock together the dual pedal of MADNESS. I'm itching to do it...

[HTH AMPS]

How anyone copes without a MuRF or an Uglyface is quite beyond me... Oh yeah, Shobert, made another. Refined into almost pure awesomeness. Say the word man and I'll knock together the dual pedal of MADNESS. I'm itching to do it...

MuRF ?????  :?

I'd vote you get a Phase 45 - I know you don't like Phasers, but this is much more subtle than a Phase 90 or Small Stone and THAT is why I like it, it doesn't trod all over your tone, it just adds to it.  On a faster setting it sounds nice and shimmery for clean tones, love it to bits.

[juansolo]

You had to be there man, you had to be there.  8)

[Kiichi]

I have two pedals I absolutly love: MXR 10band EQ and the BBE Sonic Stomp (which I know I usually get a lot of hate for).

The EQ can be used beautifulle to shape your sound, be it making it metally, sparkly or a mid boost for solos, all just one stomp away. Every band is +-12db and there is also a level and gain controll. So you can for example use a mid boost for solos, plus a boost to drive your amp extra for the solo. True bypass and all, I like it a hole lot.

Now the second thing, the sonic stomp gets a lot of hate in a lot of places. I do not know exactly how it works, it´s a phase correction thing where normally there is phasecancelation which makes the sound muddy, but the bottom line is that I still always have this thing on. What it effectivly does? It makes your sound clearer, more defined. Takes muddynes out and gives it that certain something.
If your sound sucks, it will not make it great (you only polish the turd), but it can make a great sound be amazing. It is often described as taking a blanket of your speaker, which gets you at least the right idea. It is very noticeble in clean sounds, not as much in distorted, but as you play a fender amp you´ll probably be rather clean most of the times (even if you weren´t this thing is great). A lot of people say it is just a gloryfied EQ, but I and most who tried it feel there is something more there (and most profesional reviews agree).
It is also available in rack form, called Sonic Maximizer, which is to be prefered if possible, I just don´t have a rack / space for one.

These two things are nothing gimmiky, they just improve your sound. The Sonic Stomp will just give your tone that extra "thing" and improve your tone. The EQ will give you the possibility to improve your tone and shape it in many, many ways, making it very versatile.

Just two kinda basic things I can just recommend.


I also have a Fuzz pedal on the way that should arrive in the next few days. When it does I can tell you something bout that too, might be the dirt you want out of one (I hope so ;)

[Transcend]

From looking up the sonic stomp it does just seem to be a tone shaping device and nothing that you couldn't do with your current EQ.

However from listening clips it also seems to add a sort of solidstateish sort of sound into the signal which is puzzling me. maybe it has some mild clipping going on in there too.

As for non gimicky pedals how about a nice lush chorus?

[doc_erp]

Maybe Electro-Harmonix POG2?
You mentioned you are not a fan of wah but I had  a Guyatone WR-3 for some time and loved the thing. Dirty or clean it was nice.

[MrBump]

I've found that I can't survive without my treble boosters - either my HPE Germania or my Devi Ever Punch Love.

In terms of modulation mostly I'm using my Red Witch Moon Phaser - that one pedal covers LOTS of sonic terratory!

Mark.

[gwEm]

I've found that I can't survive without my treble boosters - either my HPE Germania or my Devi Ever Punch Love.

yeah, they do something pretty special don't they

[shobet]

How anyone copes without a MuRF or an Uglyface is quite beyond me... Oh yeah, Shobert, made another. Refined into almost pure awesomeness. Say the word man and I'll knock together the dual pedal of MADNESS. I'm itching to do it...

Word and how much?

[JacksonRR]

From looking up the sonic stomp it does just seem to be a tone shaping device and nothing that you couldn't do with your current EQ.

However from listening clips it also seems to add a sort of solidstateish sort of sound into the signal which is puzzling me. maybe it has some mild clipping going on in there too.

I really don't like any of the BBE products and I did try to get along with a few. The top end becomes sharp and nasty and the bottom end becomes mud.

I wholly recommend the Aphex Xciter/Big Bottom products. I was shy about trying Aphex after giving the finger to BBE, but I've had either an Aphex pedal or a rackmount unit in my chain always for 6 years now. A little goes a long way, it's not an everything on ten kind of product. The Big Bottom is insanely great for getting small cabinets to sound much larger and the Xciter does what you wished the BBE products would do. A little extra 3D sparkle and life to the top end and to the part of the top end that you choose.

[juansolo]

How anyone copes without a MuRF or an Uglyface is quite beyond me... Oh yeah, Shobert, made another. Refined into almost pure awesomeness. Say the word man and I'll knock together the dual pedal of MADNESS. I'm itching to do it...

Word and how much?

Gonna be an UF+LFO+ an other effect (still haven't decided what works best, leaning towards the trem as that's really quite funky). Probably about £120ish as it's gonna have a lot of hardware in it (probably 10 knobs, a few switches, etc).

[shobet]

Shall we go mental? PM sent.