Author Topic: what's your favourite pedals and why? (Read 13726 times)

JJretroTONEGOD · « **on:** June 10, 2007, 02:18:33 AM »

I'll start with my favourite pedals.

Teese RMC3 Custom wha, Keeley Fuzz Head, Keeley Java Boost, Boss DD3 MIJ blue label, line 6 liqua flange and the MJM Roctavios. These are the only pedals I've not sold out of my collection and I'll always keep them, none of them have ever stopped working or let me down. I should have never sold my Marshall supervibe pedal though!

What's your favourtie pedals and why do you like them?

Ben.

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:54:07 AM »

Hmmm, not that I have any of these... :p

Krank Distortus Maximus
Morley Bad Horsie
RMC Wah pedal.
Boss DS-1
Digitech Whammy
All Mooger Fooger pedals.

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2007, 03:36:31 AM »

My favourite pedal is the Twilight Drive, made for me by HBE:

It's a clean boost/overdrive/buffer all in one pedal. I only use it for rehearsals, and I worked on the design of the pedal with Joel Weaver so that I would have a Swiss Army knife of pedals -- something that I would be able to use into any amp and get a decent high gain tone out of.

My second favourite pedal right now is the Thundertomate Phil Hilborne treble booster. Plugged into a Marshall you can get the most heavenly tones imaginable.

Pyro · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2007, 04:53:41 AM »

Fulltone OCD, it has a variable circuit, so if you pick hard, it increases the distortion, which it claims is unique(I kinda doubt it)

Still one of my better pedal though....

horsehead · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2007, 07:28:52 AM »

My maxon 808...I've tried tons of overdrive pedals, but they all sound so...forced! (Ironic eh) The 808 just sounds soooo warm

DeanS · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:04:49 AM »

Xotic BB pre-amp not used anything else since as an overdrive. Works with any amp, super quiet, masses of gain and very warm.

Tellboy · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:39:21 AM »

Quote from: DeanS

Xotic BB pre-amp not used anything else since as an overdrive. Works with any amp, super quiet, masses of gain and very warm.

+1 - Completely agree. Fantastic pedal.

jordan · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:51:18 AM »

At the moment my favourite two pedals are:

1. Xotic AC Booster (Ltd Edition Chrome) - works brilliantly in pretty much every situation, either as a clean boost, or to push a dirty amp into a great lead tone.

2. Peterson Strobostomp 2 - odd choice, but an amazingly accurate tuner, and I've just given my strat a setup using it, and am very pleased with the results.

I'm expecting delivery of an Analogman Bi-Chorus pedal any day now, and I expect that could make it's way into my top 3 quite quickly :)

Antag · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:06:27 AM »

Nothing particularly posh or exotic here:

Morley "Bad Horsie" wah - best designed & easiest to use wah ever :-)

MXR M134 Chorus - warmest, lushest, fullest chorus I've ever heard

Lehle 3@1 switcher - not exactly an effect, but a really useful pedal to have - less messing around when changing guitars, really good for A/B comparison tests too & doesn't colour the sound.

WezV · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:40:47 AM »

I have just built a big muff and phase 90 clone from these guys

http://www.buildyourownclone.com

i have to say they both turned out great - quite authentic to the originals but with true bypass switching and a power adapter socket

indysmith · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:43:10 AM »

my favourites are the two i own -
Fulltone FatBoost
Analogman SD1/808

PhilKing · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:14:04 PM »

My favourites are the Klon Centaur overdrive, my old Jem Cry Baby, an original MXR Phase 100, my newest, which is the HBE Twilight Drive (only mine is white not black!), and my all time favourite, the Boss DF-2 Super Distortion & Feedbacker.

The Klon has the least impact on tone I ever heard in a pedal, but it still drives the amp as if you cranked it. The old Cry Baby has a tone that seems to be missing from the newer pedals, it seems to have more lower mids. The Phase 100 has the phase 90 sound with 3 other settings, none of which I ever use!!

TO already gave you the description of the Twilight Drive.

The DF-2 is basically a DS-1 with a feedback circuit. You can set when the harmonic comes in on the feedback and the balance of feedback to distortion. The name was changed (at DiMarzio's request), to Super Feedbacker & Distortion, but the pedal is the same. You hold down the switch for the feedback feature.

Mind you with the Klon and Twilight drive, I can get feedback at pretty low volumes anyway!

38thBeatle · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:41:06 PM »

I miss my old crybaby which I gave to my nephew with a warning to look after it at all costs. I like my DHA Purist pedal as I can set it in such a way that I get this great fat boosted tone that is great with a clean amp.Having said that, I don't have a lot of pedals and so choosing a favourite is a bit irrelevant.

Woogie · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2007, 03:11:29 PM »

My Boss BF-2 which is an original 80's one with the black label. Really warm and sweet sounding.

Boss OD-1 which is also an original black label 80's one.

MXR Zakk OD smooth overdrive, nice pedal.

Usually I just run my GT8 though!!

hunter · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2007, 04:03:03 PM »

+RMC3 Wah - there are so many awesome sounds in it, I like to dial in new presets and play them for a week or two ...
+MI Audio Crunch Box - just rips and is cheap
+Fulltone SoulBender - great, full bodied fuzz
+ZVEX Octane3 - great octavia-wah, very grainy and extreme
+Little lehle - looks great, works great, sounds great (no sound impact)D+Diamond Drive - good I didn't sell it - it's a great overdrive
+Marshall Guv'nor (original series) - did someone boost a Soldano with this?

Author Topic: what's your favourite pedals and why? (Read 13726 times)

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