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What are your "must have" guitar pedals?

GuitarEnthusiastGuitarEnthusiast Posts: 627
edited March 2010 in Musicians and Gearheads
I am sure this has been asked before, but I am curious what your "must have" guitar effects pedals are?

Mine are...
-Keeley Compressor
-Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer
-Boss RV5 Digital Reverb

I am in the market for a good distortion pedal as well as a delay.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    A wah and a decent overdrive. Everything else is gravy (but I do love my Rotovibe and Chorus).
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,171
    my mxr carbon copy delay is a must.
    also my zvex box of rock gives my amp distortion a boost and i use the volume boost for my solos.
    i have others that are kind of icing on the cake but those are my workhorses and are the essentials for my tone..
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  • PappasPappas Posts: 809
    TS9 Tubescreamer

    Dunlop Crybaby

    DUnlop Rotovibe!
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  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    Mine are my Excalibur ToneScreamer, which is essentially a TS 808 clone of course, and My Boss TU-2 tuner. A decent tuner can save you a LOT of nerves! There are a lot more, but these are my favourites.
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    I'd say Tubescreamer and A/B/Y for my amp's head. And I have to agree with ScrapeMySky, my Tuner is pretty key. Everything else is just for color/flavor. I could easily play most of the stuff I play with only overdrive (and even that isn't needed for every song). And, depending on my mood, I may not need the A/B/Y. So, the Tuner is first, the Tubescreamer is second, and the A/B/Y is third.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    I'd say Tubescreamer and A/B/Y for my amp's head. And I have to agree with ScrapeMySky, my Tuner is pretty key. Everything else is just for color/flavor. I could easily play most of the stuff I play with only overdrive (and even that isn't needed for every song). And, depending on my mood, I may not need the A/B/Y. So, the Tuner is first, the Tubescreamer is second, and the A/B/Y is third.

    Yeah.. I have a decent board, but 90% of the time its just TS-9 (or BD-2 depending on what I'm playing), and tuner...
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,171
    yeah i forgot my boss tuner. THAT is the most essential pedal in my rig. i have a very heavy pick hand so i am tuning after every other song. my amp has a lot of headroom so the lighter i pick and strum the cleaner my tone, the harder i go the more it breaks up and some of our stuff is pretty hard so i get knocked out of tune easily.
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    All this 'Pedal' Talk is foreign to ME lol...ANYWAY do BASS Players like "ME" use Pedals? :)
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,425
    delay
  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    i_lov_it wrote:
    All this 'Pedal' Talk is foreign to ME lol...ANYWAY do BASS Players like "ME" use Pedals? :)

    Sure! When I play bass (which I do more often than I play guitar these days) I can't go without my tuner (again, of course) and my Big Muff /Bassballs combo.
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    My DE1 Dan-Echo

    just love it
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  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    My boss tuner.
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    ScrapeMySky wrote:
    i_lov_it wrote:
    All this 'Pedal' Talk is foreign to ME lol...ANYWAY do BASS Players like "ME" use Pedals? :)

    Sure! When I play bass (which I do more often than I play guitar these days) I can't go without my tuner (again, of course) and my Big Muff /Bassballs combo.

    Cool!...Never really thought about Buying a 'Pedal'...Might look INTO one...:)
  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    i_lov_it wrote:
    ScrapeMySky wrote:
    i_lov_it wrote:
    All this 'Pedal' Talk is foreign to ME lol...ANYWAY do BASS Players like "ME" use Pedals? :)

    Sure! When I play bass (which I do more often than I play guitar these days) I can't go without my tuner (again, of course) and my Big Muff /Bassballs combo.

    Cool!...Never really thought about Buying a 'Pedal'...Might look INTO one...:)

    You should really do that. There's a lot of different pedals for bass out there. Especially distortion and fuzz pedals. You should look into that! It's fun! :)
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    I'm sure some of you on this board know me. You know my board. You laugh at me....

    This was sent to me and I choose to share it now.


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  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    I'm sure some of you on this board know me. You know my board. You laugh at me....

    This was sent to me and I choose to share it now.


    http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/0309 ... l-play.gif

    :D

    I've been wondering for a while now. How many pedals do you have anyway?
  • reaching handsreaching hands Posts: 370
    Maxon OD9 for boosting my drive channel , MXR carbon Copy, and colorsound swell pedal

    oh and Mike...i'm stealing that picture for facebook! ;)
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    On my practice board, at home: 4. Ibanez AD9 Analog delay (trying to sell), BOSS DS1 Distortion (modded), BOSS DS1 Distortion (stock), Fender Blender (also an amp switch)

    When I go to practice, I usually have a BOSS TU2 Tuner, Soul Vibe, Crybaby, Tube Screamer, and delay.

    On my full board for shows and all that I have.... let's see here.... Ibanez FL9 Flanger, Digitech X-Series Digital Delay, MXR Phase 90, MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay, DOD FX64 Ice Box Chorus, Ernie Ball VPjr Volume, Marshall Guv'nor GV2 Overdrive, Ibanez TS5 Tube Screamer (moded switch), Pre 1989 Crybaby Wah, Dunlop JD4s Rotovibe (moded), BBE Soul Vibe, and a BOSS TU2 Tuner. So I guess that's about 12. Thing is, I only use some of those pedals on one song but, in a live setting, ya never know if you'll play it. And, I've slimmed down my board because it used to be those 12, plus the 4 pedals I have in my home set up, plus a Denelectro Milkshake Chorus, BOSS OC2 Octave, BOSS TR2 Tremolo, BOSS BD2 Blues Driver, BOSS SD1 super overdrive (moded), BOSS DD6 Delay, and a Behringer Acoustic Modeler (sucked ass). Oh, and I have the footswitch on my board.

    I guess the must have pedal I need is a tuner. I think that's the most important pedal. Other than that, I just like to tap on stomp boxes and see what happens. Sometimes nothing, if the pedal is broken.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    reaching hands wrote:
    Maxon OD9 for boosting my drive channel , MXR carbon Copy, and colorsound swell pedal

    oh and Mike...i'm stealing that picture for facebook! ;)
    PJ_Gurl sent that to me a while ago. I've saved it ever since
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    There are some great pedals in that selection. But I can relate to the situation. Once you get into pedals, things tend to get out of hand pretty quickly. I would be great if I had the funds for some more. My bandmates wouldn't necessarily agree, of course... :D
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    I should start a thread asking which one of my pedals do people prefer, and out of my pedals, make your own pedal chain...I think I might!!
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  • Snoopy Died For Our SinsSnoopy Died For Our Sins Posts: 2,608
    DTR-1000.jpg

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    DOD_680AnalogDelay_l.jpg

    That is all I have between me and my amp, period.....
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... =512465746

    This is my board. A little much, I think I might get a Fulldrive to replace the TS-9 and BD-2.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    http://thejoustingdinosaurs.com/gear_mikey.htm#mkygtr

    there's my most recent pic of my board but the Flender is off it and I'm taking even more off.
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    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • GuitarEnthusiastGuitarEnthusiast Posts: 627
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    my mxr carbon copy delay is a must.

    The MXR Carbon Copy delay is on my pedal wishlist.
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  • 12 weeks of immortality12 weeks of immortality Posts: 67
    i_lov_it wrote:
    ScrapeMySky wrote:
    i_lov_it wrote:
    All this 'Pedal' Talk is foreign to ME lol...ANYWAY do BASS Players like "ME" use Pedals? :)

    Sure! When I play bass (which I do more often than I play guitar these days) I can't go without my tuner (again, of course) and my Big Muff /Bassballs combo.

    Cool!...Never really thought about Buying a 'Pedal'...Might look INTO one...:)

    hey
    check out ZVEX wolly mammoth! a fuzzpedal specialy designed for bass, I have one. Really nasty stuff. :shock: although it's not an overall pedal, it's great for solos, FX etc.
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  • thecountthecount Posts: 5
    I guess mine would be my Keeley compressor, Brown Sound in a Box, and my boss RV-3. I couln't imagine my sound without them.
    "What a geographical anamoly, two weeks from everything"
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Blackstone Mosfet Overdrive
    Akai Head-Rush digital delay/looper
    Ernie Ball Volume
    Electroharmonix Holy Grail Reverb
    Pigtronix Attack/Sustain
    Keeley Java Boost
    MoogerFooger Low Pass Filter
    Boss DD-5 Digital Delay
    Hot Hand (Wireless) Phaser

    I use others in my loop, but those are my core pedals.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,171
    i want to get 4 more pedals but i am not sure what to get next...

    1. morpheus drop tune...allows you to keep your guitar in standard tuning and drop down by half steps all the way down to one octave. it also has an effect on it that nails that jack white icky thump sound...imo it is worth $199 to keep from dragging 2 extra guitars to a gig..

    2. vintage holy grail reverb, not the little one thats out now....

    3. i saw a pharroh jubilee pedal the other day, its basically a silver jubilee in a pedal, sounds pretty nice...

    4. poly tune tuner....allows you strum all strings and it tells you which string is out so you dont have to go through all of them individually...

    there are more i want but its so hard to prioritize these 4 lol... probably the drop tune and reverb are the next two...
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,425
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i want to get 4 more pedals but i am not sure what to get next...

    1. morpheus drop tune...allows you to keep your guitar in standard tuning and drop down by half steps all the way down to one octave. it also has an effect on it that nails that jack white icky thump sound...imo it is worth $199 to keep from dragging 2 extra guitars to a gig..

    2. vintage holy grail reverb, not the little one thats out now....

    3. i saw a pharroh jubilee pedal the other day, its basically a silver jubilee in a pedal, sounds pretty nice...

    4. poly tune tuner....allows you strum all strings and it tells you which string is out so you dont have to go through all of them individually...

    there are more i want but its so hard to prioritize these 4 lol... probably the drop tune and reverb are the next two...

    The drop tune and poly tune seem cool.

    I think there is somethin about the feel of the strings and the way your guitar vibrates, that you get from actually tuning down.

    Wish the poly tune could do alternate tunings.
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