Essential Pedals?

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  • keepVHSalive
    keepVHSalive Posts: 30
    all the old danelectro stomp boxes
  • chris01
    chris01 Posts: 559
    Ive seen what the Boss DD6 can do (on youtube) and fallen in love with it, lol.
    Ive changed my mind on the bif muff (for now) and im gonna get the Boss DS-1 first, along with the DD-6 and Mojo Vibe.
  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    Pedals are like pringles... once you pop, you don't stop. I just spent $200 i barely had on a phase shifter and distortion and now I'm about to spend another $100 I REALLY don't have on a wah. I'd be better off with a gambling problem.
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  • ledhed43
    ledhed43 Posts: 114
    chris01 wrote:
    Ok thanks, any particular ones i should look out for?.... or more importantly, ones to avoid, lol.


    the boss compression/sustainer is the only one i have tried, but it worked for me. there might be better ones out there, i just dont know.
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  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    The BOSS DD6 is good but it's pricey. The Digitech X-series delay is a bang for the buck. Another bang for the buck is the Rotovibe-you can control the speed easily with a foot pedal and you get chorus and vibrato.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    The BOSS DD6 is good but it's pricey. The Digitech X-series delay is a bang for the buck. Another bang for the buck is the Rotovibe-you can control the speed easily with a foot pedal and you get chorus and vibrato.
    I LOVE my Rotovibe.
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  • chris01
    chris01 Posts: 559
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    The BOSS DD6 is good but it's pricey. The Digitech X-series delay is a bang for the buck. Another bang for the buck is the Rotovibe-you can control the speed easily with a foot pedal and you get chorus and vibrato.

    Yeah i know its pretty pricey, but too late to go back now that i've heard it, lol. Just have to see if i can find a good deal somewhere. :D
  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    eBay or pawn shops :)
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  • chris01
    chris01 Posts: 559
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    eBay or pawn shops :)

    No pawn shops around where i live, and they probably wouldnt have any of the pedals i was looking for anyway, lol.
    I tried ebay and they were pretty much the same price as a website that had them so i just got them from another website. DD-6 and DS-1 winging there way to me right now.
    :)
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    what about essential rack gear.

    one could make an argument for rack delays and or reverbs that are midi switchable.

    Rack tuners etc.
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  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    After being discouraged from buying a multi-effects pedal (thanks!), i went out and bought some stuff. I got a new TS9 and a new Phase 90. In the last week, I got a Rotovibe for $80 and a Budwah for $100... $180 that would have been $320 new. Besides a delay, I can't even figure out what else I need.
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    After being discouraged from buying a multi-effects pedal (thanks!), i went out and bought some stuff. I got a new TS9 and a new Phase 90. In the last week, I got a Rotovibe for $80 and a Budwah for $100... $180 that would have been $320 new. Besides a delay, I can't even figure out what else I need.

    SEriously, check out the sound clips on the ZVEX web-site.
    I'm defintely looking at a Fuzz FActory, but teh Box of Rock nailed teh MArshall sound perfectly.
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  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    lucylespian wrote:
    SEriously, check out the sound clips on the ZVEX web-site.
    I'm defintely looking at a Fuzz FActory, but teh Box of Rock nailed teh MArshall sound perfectly.

    That's something I could definitely use, considering my amp is more of a Fender-like amp. How much do they go for? I'm trying not to spend a lot, yet I want to find another distortion/od pedal that will give me an alternative from my ts9. How do you think a big muff like your would complement the TS9?
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    That's something I could definitely use, considering my amp is more of a Fender-like amp. How much do they go for? I'm trying not to spend a lot, yet I want to find another distortion/od pedal that will give me an alternative from my ts9. How do you think a big muff like your would complement the TS9?

    I don't have a Big Muff. I was considering one, but I have swung in favour of the ZVEX. The Vexter Box of Rock is US$199 on ebay, and teh Fuzz is $179. They run a standard 9V centre neg power supply, or off battery forever, which is great. Peculiar power supplies are a major expense. Theya re small enough,that I am considering mounting it on my guitars strap so I can adjust stuff on the fly.

    They are quite different. I think the Box of Rock would give you an authentic Marshall sound through your amp. The fuzz, like all of them is just overwhelming, so it doesn't matter what your base rig is, it's gonna sound the same.

    Frusciante uses one, and Stadium Arcadium is a bit of a showcase of what the Fuzz Factory does.
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  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    I've also come to like the Box of Rox, I agree it does the cranked-wall-of-Marshalls sound excellent. I'd get one if money weren't an object, but there's other stuff that needs paying for (including vacation in September) so it will just have to wait.
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