Pedals

[Shag101]

But long island is a bit to far, she's going to texas..

HAHAHA, sorry about that.  I thought I saw NYC some place.  
I had a long day at work :fouet:  Thank god its the weekend!!!!

I had a roland micro cube.  I recently gave it to my little cousin since she is trying to learn how to play guitar.
From what I remember, pedals did not really work that well for me with that amp.  
I would buy another combo with at least a 10" instead of a pedal, but if you really like the micro cube, the best way for me was to leave it on the JC clean setting with the pedal in front of it.  The modded MT-2 was the best sounding through it for me.  
You really cant get a floor rumbling palm mute with that little amp.  
But like I said, if you really dont want another amp, the closets your gonna get for what you want in a modded mt-2.  

thanks
chris

[samoth2]

But long island is a bit to far, she's going to texas..

HAHAHA, sorry about that.  I thought I saw NYC some place.  
I had a long day at work :fouet:  Thank god its the weekend!!!!

I had a roland micro cube.  I recently gave it to my little cousin since she is trying to learn how to play guitar.
From what I remember, pedals did not really work that well for me with that amp.  
I would buy another combo with at least a 10" instead of a pedal, but if you really like the micro cube, the best way for me was to leave it on the JC clean setting with the pedal in front of it.  The modded MT-2 was the best sounding through it for me.  
You really cant get a floor rumbling palm mute with that little amp.  
But like I said, if you really dont want another amp, the closets your gonna get for what you want in a modded mt-2.  

thanks
chris

Well, I can't get her to buy me a new amp :P

So I'll settle for a pedal, and if it doesn't sound good I can just wait till I get a new amp before I use it.

[RorySRV]

Yep, suppose so...

So you decided on a pedal yet???

RorySRV,

[Dakine]

My Microcube is still at my house in Texas lol.

I bought a Boss GT-8 to mess with with the amp (but thats probably more than mum wants to spend).
On the GT-8, the best pedal (effects) that I found to go with the M'cube was the Rat and the Guvnor.
Just don't expect miracles from the lil guy, aint no way ya gonna get chest thumping palm mute riffage from it, but it sure can be fun trying  :lol:

[samoth2]

I used my money on the guitar :)

And I won't start working till April. But when I save up some money I was thinking about a Peavey JSX 212 combo..  8)

[dave_mc]

The MT-2 has its uses; I wouldn't say it's useless. It is used to great effect on a section of Change of Seasons by Dream Theater. That's just ONE SECTION, however. The rest of the tune is a wall of whatever amps he was using at the time.

If you're looking for a good distortion pedal and want to take advantage of the exchange rate, you might wanna look at distortion pedals by:

EH (as mentioned above)
Fulltone
HBE
Damage Control

wow, i didn't know that about dream theater. I'd have figured if you had a wall of mesas behind you you'd use the mesas, but what do I know, lol. EDIT: i guess the tr00ch wanted a different tone or something.

Seconded on the pedals, in particular both the HBE big d (distortion, but can get into overdrive territory) and power screamer (overdrive but has quite a bit of gain so I suspect it'd work quite well even with a solid state amp).

But you have to ask yourself, do you want to run a £125-£150 (maybe a little less in the states) pedal into a £70 amp?

On the plus side, though, if you do get a pedal that good, you wouldn't be needing to change it once you got a new amp (unless by some unlikely coincidence it just plain didn't get along with your new amp).

I dunno, I suppose, you could make cases for either side of the argument.

[samoth2]

Yeah the plan is to get a pedal I can keep..

I don't need a new amp at the moment, but when I will begin playing in a band and such I will of course have to get a new amp..

And if I don't tell my mom to buy me a pedal she will buy me something useless ;)

[dave_mc]

I used my money on the guitar :)

And I won't start working till April. But when I save up some money I was thinking about a Peavey JSX 212 combo..  8)

you're in the UK, right?

In that case, I'd think very carefully before buying a peavey. they're basically good value decent/budget USA-built amps in the United States, but once they come over here, by the sole reason that they're made in the USA, they seem to get elevated to "boutique" status, with price tags to match.

I'm not saying don't get a Peavey, if you try them (and everything else in a similar price range) and fall in love, by all means buy one. (Just make sure you try all the rivals, though)

But I know that in my opinion (and a few of the other guys around here) for virtually every amp in the Peavey line-up, there's a much better value, better sounding rival made in the UK or Europe. Cheaper and better, in other words. In my opinion, obviously.

:drink:

[dave_mc]

Yeah the plan is to get a pedal I can keep..

I don't need a new amp at the moment, but when I will begin playing in a band and such I will of course have to get a new amp..

And if I don't tell my mom to buy me a pedal she will buy me something useless ;)

aye, then buy a good pedal now.

:drink:

[samoth2]

I used my money on the guitar :)

And I won't start working till April. But when I save up some money I was thinking about a Peavey JSX 212 combo..  8)

you're in the UK, right?

In that case, I'd think very carefully before buying a peavey. they're basically good value decent/budget USA-built amps in the United States, but once they come over here, by the sole reason that they're made in the USA, they seem to get elevated to "boutique" status, with price tags to match.

I'm not saying don't get a Peavey, if you try them (and everything else in a similar price range) and fall in love, by all means buy one. (Just make sure you try all the rivals, though)

But I know that in my opinion (and a few of the other guys around here) for virtually every amp in the Peavey line-up, there's a much better value, better sounding rival made in the UK or Europe. Cheaper and better, in other words. In my opinion, obviously.

:drink:

Nope, good old Denmark :)

I haven't tried any amps or compared prices..

But when I come closer to amp-changing time I will consider every single amp I can find..

Minus MGs..  :lol:

[Shag101]

Um, you say she is going to texas.
U might want to try one of these
http://www.protonepedals.com/pedal_bodyrotii.html

He is located in texas.  the body rot II is a really heavy distortion pedal.   :twisted:

[dave_mc]

Nope, good old Denmark :)

I haven't tried any amps or compared prices..

But when I come closer to amp-changing time I will consider every single amp I can find..

Minus MGs..  :lol:

:lol:

I'm guessing it'll be a similar thing in denmark to here as to the price of peaveys, but you never know...

I seem to remember (from other forums) that amp prices are a lot cheaper in germany than denmark, so if you're anywhere near the border you might want to consider shopping there (or maybe shop online at one of the big german shops, assuming you can get to try the amps near where you are first).

:drink:

[samoth2]

Yeah, Peaveys are expensive over here to..

But you could always order it from USA and get it send as a "gift" by someone you know over there  :P

[dave_mc]

^ you'd need to get a transformer though, the USA is 110V, we're 230 odd over here...

[samoth2]

No no, it the americans who are odd :P