Your First Effects pedal ?

torchindy · Post by **torchindy** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 4:38 am

DS-1... sounded (to my ears at the time) way better than the horrible, horrible 'drive' setting on the Fender solid state head I was playing through. But I needed drive for the punkz rocz.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:23 am

^same for me, outdid the distortion channel on my Crate GX15 but once I got bigger amps I didn't realize the DS-1 was bringing the "slightly-better-than-before tiny solid state amp" sound with it.

Until I got a DS-2 Turbo Boogaloo

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:24 am

Mine was a Marshall Shredmaster and a Morley Wah. I got them both with my first amp.

Post by **Doog** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 1:36 pm

I bought it because I was a metal maniac

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:14 pm

Russian Big Muff. I still have it 14 years later even though I don't have an electric guitar anymore.

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:27 pm

Taylor704 · Post by **Taylor704** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 3:57 pm

Given to me by a friend for free when I started out playing bass and then switched to guitar. A truly awful pedal in hindsight, but beggars can't be choosers I guess. It did a passable job when used on bass with the tone turned right down, but not much else sadly.

I think I passed it on to someone while I was in 6th form - kind of glad I don't have it now.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:45 pm

Noirie. wrote:Boss DS-1. Which I later traded for cigarettes.

Mine too was a boss DS-1. At least you remember what you did with it.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:03 pm

Marshall Jackhammer, which I think is now in the possession of Doog.

Post by **Doog** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:18 pm

My main distortion is Arsecake's first distortion

#thuglyfe

alexryzhkov · Post by **alexryzhkov** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:33 am

Boss DS-1 and a year later a Small Clone and a Digitech grunge which i got for $10

Still have the small clone, but I sold the Grunge for $20 and the DS-1 broke, and now i can't find it

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:25 am

I had a Cruze Flanger, cant even find a picture of one. It was a budget brand around 1990, plastic case, lilac in colour.
Already had Distortion on my Amp and this pedal seemed exotic to me as I had just started playing.
I just set it so it made Jet sounds, obviously

Soggasaurus · Post by **Soggasaurus** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:29 pm

Boss Blues Driver, I've still got it and probably always will. No matter what other dirt pedals I get I always come back to it.

Rayjaysonic · Post by **Rayjaysonic** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:27 pm

Vesta Fire DST distortion. Not a bad pedal, I've still got it but it's a bit beat up now.

meltedbuzzbox · Post by **meltedbuzzbox** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:46 pm

Zoom 505.

Lots of noise.

Golden_Sonic · Post by **Golden_Sonic** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:35 pm

My first pedal was a Boss OS2 overdrive/distortion as a Christmas gift with my Squier CV Duo Sonic. THe first pedal that I bought with my money was a Behringer FX600 multiFX for 12â‚¬ from a school mate. I sold my OS2 because of the terrible hum it produced (then I bought a Boss BD2 Blues Driver, still with me); the FX600 passed away last year, very very very cheap pedal but I suggest it to all the noob guitarists because it's an useful device for knowing different kind of effects (all in one pedal): tremolo, flanger, chorus, phaser, delay and pitch shifter.

WayToHip · Post by **WayToHip** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:10 pm

My first pedal was a TR-2. I still have it.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:08 pm

Modded tube screamer or dd-20, can't remember