if you could only use one effects pedal.....

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:59 pm

don't know if this has been done before
like it says above. let me set the scene.
you have your guitar and amp of choice and you can only use one effects pedal to get most of your sounds/tones.
i say effects pedal, as i'm not counting a pedal tuner. mainly as that's pretty crucial, yet not an effects pedal. same with an amp footswitch, though not really crucial to your sound.

it would it also affect your choice of amp or guitar too? say if you select a delay pedal as your choice, would you choose a multi-channel amp to make up for not having a dirt pedal/od pedal/ boost etc. would you have a guitar with beefy pickups to help drive the amp a little more?

would you use a multi fx unit? whilst technically one pedal, would it give you everything you'd need?

post your pedal choice and why?

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:04 pm

Something with an buffer.

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:07 pm

if the amp has reverb i can deal with it there'll be no very short delay (which i prefer over reverb)...i guess i'd say tgd to just make it sound more interesting....BUT...the feedback knob on my behringer dd400 has become such a must ! lol
not enoguh feedback ? let's turn up this knob, easy trick.

dd400

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:08 pm

Jag-stang > Saltbooster > Epiphone Valve Junior > Marshall 412

This is basically my set up that I gig with. It's great. It allows me to switch between too different volumes. There are three volume knobs and one tone knob in this set up. I leave that tone knob alone.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:19 pm

OCD because I'd use a one channel amp which is gritty and I'd require a gain setting... This pedal is versatile enough for all the drive sounds I could possibly want. It doesn't colour your sound too much, or sound artificial !!

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:21 pm

rc-2

i would say the rc50 but i would use it as a weapon against myself because its ridiculously complicated

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:29 pm

To be honest I can and have got by with no pedals at all, when using my 6100 as it has a great Clean and a fantastic Crunch channel. Anything I use now is just for convienience/adding different sounds to songs; I use my Delay, Trem, Chorus, Boost and various drive pedals plenty, but I could do without, no worries. The only sounds I really need are a spanky clean and a great crunch sound.

So assuming that my amp is giving me the former, I'd use a Catalinbread DLS to give me the latter.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:46 pm

kinda in a same ballpark. if i had an amp that would give me my cleans and drive needs, i'd probably not use anything.

plus, like kim, i like to use the amps reverb. it's gets close to a short echo for my textured stuff.

as i my amp doesn't do much in the drive department, i do the same and use my DLS. that does everything i need, i've done gigs using just that and not found that i'm lacking or need more or anything.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:52 pm

Reverb

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:52 pm

if I'm playing the YBA-1, I would say the only pedal I could not do without is my analog delay box.
In the right setting, and with the right guitars, The amp will cover pretty much my entitre essensial gain palette by working the volume knob. It' wouldn't be practical but it would work.

blankfield · Post by **blankfield** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:09 pm

Today I'm going to say a Fulltone Supa-Trem. Tomorrow might be different.

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:13 pm

my main amp doesn't have reverb though, but i do think an amp with a feedback and noise generator knobs should be made, haha

Post by **Doog** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:12 pm

kim wrote:my main amp doesn't have reverb though, but i do think an amp with a feedback and noise generator knobs should be made, haha

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Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:14 pm

I hate that company so much.

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:45 pm

it's good for a laff but such a waste of tubes really, it's ridiculous, like breaking the world record with an undedible giant big mac or something.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:32 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:Jag-stang > Saltbooster > Epiphone Valve Junior > Marshall 412

This is basically my set up that I gig with. It's great. It allows me to switch between too different volumes. There are three volume knobs and one tone knob in this set up. I leave that tone knob alone.

What output is the valve junior 15w, how do you cope live?

chisa · Post by **chisa** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:36 pm

an overdrive of some kind with the twin.

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:43 pm

15w top into 4 12 ?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:45 pm

kim wrote:15w top into 4 12 ?

Will still only develop 15W

I've seen people pull off live, un mic'd shit with 20W trough a 12 inch speaker before. it's doable, provided you don't need cleans AT ALL.

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:45 pm

yeah i know, it's not what i meant, i just find it weird 15w to drive 4 12"s