How Do You Use Your Effects?

[millagurnzie]

Forgive the slight thread ressurection, but just back from hols...but thought this was interesting...so...
I guess for me it depends on what the band I have been in.
For years I had just a Wah and a Zoom 707 which was mostly off apart for some Phaser and Chorus on one song.
Then I got into pedals a whole lot more and in my last band I had a decent sized board where the other guitarist hardly had any so there was something always on on mine.
Couple of incarnations:



Now I have reverted to a much simplified set up, and to be honest like it much more - suits me better. So now I play through a clean amp with a couple of dirt pedals and a boost. I could have this as my set up really, but have got a Phaser and Delay too which make a brief appearance in one or two songs. Usually stick a Wah on the end too to help cover up my soloing errors lol.

Right idea man, great simplification job. I find you should always base your setup around the overdrives/distortions

[kyleNC]

Finally downsized my pedal board recently. went from about 12 effects to 4. There may be one or 2 that I add back on, but for now I'm completely happy with it. Since I'm playing through a single channel JCM 900, 2 of the 4 pedals are overdrives.

Korg Blackout -> Keeley Phat Mod BD-2 (with high cut switch) -> Madbean OCD Klone (madbean built this himself) -> Boss DD-20

I went from playing in a pop/punk band to playing in a heavier circa survive sounding band. My amp is set up with the tiniest bit of gain already, almost like a vox clean sound. I use the BD-2 to thicken it up just a hair for palm muted stuff and the delay parts that I need to really cut through. I use OCD for more gainy sounding parts. A lot of our choruses are slow and epic sounding so I actually use the BD-2 and OCD together at the sound time. Almost gives it a fuzz-like effect.

As far as my DD-20 goes, it has 4 different memory banks.
1. Dotted eighth note delay. My main delay. I'm very percussive with it. Straight edge sound.
2. Almost a slap back echo. Mainly used for simple lead parts and on a couple of heavier choruses.
3. Quarter-note reverse delay. Really eerie sounding on some of my lead parts.
4. Warp delay. Don't have to bend over and twist knobs to get the sound. Mainly used in between songs.

I plan on getting another tremolo pedal at some point. Probably end up building my own at some point soon.

[IroniaSudby]

Distortion/Overdrive and Wah

I cant be bothered with anything else, seeing as it
sounds like shit when i use it. I still want to try Flanger.

[vincel]

TU-2 -> Diamond Compressor -> CMAT Mods Chorus -> Crowther Double Hotcake -> Outlaw Supply Little White Box (Zvex SHO clone) -> Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay

All powered from a Rothwell Stompjuice.

[jumbledupthinking]

At the moment I am running:

Fender Reissue Volume Pedal > Tuner out into TC Polytune > Main out into > Boss SD1 > EHX Holy Grail Plus > Cheap-ass Belcat Tremolo > EHX Memory Boy > Akai Headrush E2

I play mostly post-rock type stuff (more Do Make Say Think / Tortoise in terms of sounds than Explosions / Sigur Ros etc. for those who care)

Volume Pedal is for both adjustments and swells (in conjunction with a load of delay & reverb).
Overdrive is fairly meh (Russian Big Muff died not so long ago & funds were lacking)...I'm normally more into cleans anyway, but I can't help but feel that I'd go for an overdriven sound more if I had a better overdrive at my disposal (am currently considering an OCD or Hotcake for this spot).
Reverb is normally a set & forget thing for me. I use this alot (generally on the hall setting but dialed in pretty low). If I'm using it as a more dramatic effect (for swells etc)..I'll just max everything out & couple it with a delay just at the point where it's threatening to self-oscillate.
Trem - not used much, but depending on the song it'll either be everything at around noon for a surf-y type sound or with the depth maxed for that How Soon Is Now type experience.
Analogue delay - used a lot, but more to thicken the sound. Feedback control gets pushed to about 3-o-clock for volume swells etc.
Digital Delay / Looper - used either when Tap Tempo is necessary (I set the repeats to be as analogue-sounding as the Headrush will allow) or to loop up atmospherics to play over.

[dezb1]

I can't help but feel that I'd go for an overdriven sound more if I had a better overdrive at my disposal (am currently considering an OCD or Hotcake for this spot).

get a secondhand danelectro cool cat drive from teh eBays, its an OCD on the cheap...
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[Gabriel]

I can't help but feel that I'd go for an overdriven sound more if I had a better overdrive at my disposal (am currently considering an OCD or Hotcake for this spot).

get a secondhand danelectro cool cat drive from teh eBays, its an OCD on the cheap...

The V1 is a great pedal, if you can get it for cheap I wouldn't hesitate.

[jumbledupthinking]

Thanks for the Cool Cat suggestions...will investigate this pedal.