Author Topic: Pedals? What's it all about? (Read 8380 times)

donovan.x · « **on:** February 15, 2006, 10:43:21 AM »

I don't use pedals. The closest I have come is my V-Twin but I use that more as another channel. When I did use pedals I had a shitety Valvestate and everything just made it sound worse but yet I see these guys with really cool stand alone amps but yet tons of pedals aswell? I am not slating this at all ,it's just that I feel that I am missing out on something. Is there anyone here who can take me by the hand and make me understand? :(

willo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2006, 11:04:52 AM »

more tonal options, more varieties, etc.

Some people like that, some people don't - I mean, a great picture is a great picture regardless of whether it's in black or white, or colour. And that's all these pedals are really, different colours.

Of course, some people use wah-wah excessively (for instance) to cover up bad playing, but that's another story. Not all players who have lots of pedals are bad players.

For what it's worth, I prefer my fuzz-tone for soloing than I do the distortion from my amp. :)

Miskatonic · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2006, 11:27:15 AM »

+1 For the avatar donovanx. 8)

donovan.x · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2006, 11:36:26 AM »

Quote from: Miskatonic

+1 For the avatar donovanx. 8)

Cheers dude. For me it's a constant battle between Lost Boys and Halloween 1 for all time best horror. :P :twisted:

Kilby · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2006, 11:44:27 AM »

+1 for Lost Boys (+2 for Nosferatu though)

As for pedals, a lot of it is musical styles, if you are playing a lot of cover versions you can have a lot of ground to cover tonally, wether it's chorus, fuzz, differint overdrive / distortion tones.

If you are playing your own stuff you may not need anything other than reverb or a little delay (if even that).

Even on my pandora (I have no amp in London) it's a AC 30TB model, with a little compression and reverb and thats it.

If I'm arsing about sometimes a marshal model with a very long delay (two seconds plus) and just accompany myself.

Rob...

Miskatonic · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2006, 12:20:36 PM »

Quote

Cheers dude. For me it's a constant battle between Lost Boys and Halloween 1 for all time best horror.

I'm partial to Fright Night. :twisted:

tewboss · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2006, 12:57:48 PM »

Distortion/Overdrive pedals can sound terrible with solid state amps. I must admit that I hated the sound I got with pedals with my valvestate until I got my JCM800. Pedals won't make a bad amp sound better (nothing against the Valvestate but a proper valve amp will sound much better). Also the cheaper pedals do not generally sound very good.

My personal favourites are my chorus and my phaser.

carlaz · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:16:18 PM »

Quote from: willo

Of course, some people use wah-wah excessively (for instance) to cover up bad playing

Then again, I would use wah-wah excessively even if I wasn't a bad player! :)

willo · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:31:23 PM »

Quote from: carlaz

Quote from: willo
Of course, some people use wah-wah excessively (for instance) to cover up bad playing

Then again, I would use wah-wah excessively even if I wasn't a bad player! :)

Interestingly, I used to use wah wah all the time (what does that say about me, ha!), I was stuck in a John Frusciante/Dave Navarro type thing. Anway, the battery recently went (and I'm on a strict battery-diet), so I've had to sacrifice it and really, even though I can run it again now, I'm choosing not to. I've even considered the unthinkable - dropping wah from the board!

And I'm not anti-FX either, my next purchase is probably going to be a Moog Ring Mod. Curious... :? :D

carlaz · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:42:09 PM »

OK, actually, come to think of it, I haven't used a lot of wah recently -- perhaps mostly because I've been playing by plugging straight into the laptop and am usually too lazy (or, as I prefer to think of it, pressed for time :)) to put any pedals in the chain.

Though I do love my wah. I gotta save up the money to get Stuart Castledine from http://www.wah-wah.co.uk/ to fix up my vintage Thomas Organ Crybaby (which will kinda take away it's vintageness, but will make it an awesome wah), and then maybe mod my stock Dunlop JH-1. (I've occasionally been tempted to save for a Teese Wizard Wah, but I've heard Castledine 's work is comparable -- and he's here in the UK :).)

Muttley · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:42:17 PM »

Quote from: willo

Of course, some people use wah-wah excessively (for instance) to cover up bad playing, but that's another story.

Bugger, I've been found out. :lol: ;)

Muttley

Dakine · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:51:52 PM »

Muttley
could always blame the cat (avatar) LOL

Kilby · « **Reply #12 on:** February 15, 2006, 04:12:53 PM »

Quote from: willo

And I'm not anti-FX either, my next purchase is probably going to be a Moog Ring Mod. Curious... :? :D

Hmmm I really would like the moog phaser.

Hmmm what else, an old Binson Echorec and a nice univibe or rotary speaker.

Possibly I should buy a wah to hide behind ;)

Rob...

willo · « **Reply #13 on:** February 15, 2006, 04:43:15 PM »

I wouldn't mind a few of these:

http://www.angelfire.com/yt3/redtele/redtelectronix.html

:lol:

Neemo · « **Reply #14 on:** February 15, 2006, 04:50:00 PM »

Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde is the only od/ds pedal I've ever owned that actually makes a bad amp sound better. Nowadays I'm using rack setup and prefer all the distortion coming from the preamp (yes, I play metal), so our rhythm guitarist uses it with his Ibanez Toneblaster and the amp's own distortion is horrible but J&H makes it sound so much better.