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Mo Rocca wrote:umm...
i play rock, metalz, clean stuff, etc. im just looking to expand what i have now, seeing as how i have 11 guitars and such. my amp is a peavey valveking 112. basically: what is the best pedal i can get for this type of setup for ~250?

I've decided to overhaul my gear somewhat. Selling pretty much all of it prior to moving to Dublin was a conscious first stage of this, and now I'm living in England, earning decent money again and wearing the appropriate socks; I've decided it's 'business time'.

At some point previously I must have had around £2k worth of stuff (taking the new prices at least) but not really anything I wanted to keep. I sold or gave away almost all of it and i'm left with a few pedals and a near useless amp. After a bit of thought, the £2k figure seems a decent amount to get a 'complete' setup and not really over spend. It does mean that some decisions will be pretty tough (an amp is the toughest so far) and I'll have to be fairly patient for the ebay bargains.

To cut to the point of this thread, the pedal budget is around £300. What I've planned leaves an extra £100 that can either go on an amp or pedals or whatever requires it the most. I already own a Korg DT10 tuner which is definitely staying put, I paid about £40 for it so that leaves £260 for other pedals, £360 if needs be.

Your task is to construct a pedal board within that budget and by sticking to the following rules and guidelines.

Rules and Guidelines
- You have £260-£360 (or $400 - $500) to buy all of the pedals
- Approximate second hand values preffered. New values can be used if necessary.

Guideliens
- I'm not really a fan of chorus or anything tube screamer related.
- I do like tremololols, loopers and delays
- I'd prefer to avoid gypsy companies like Behringer, but i'm willing to make the odd allowance here and there.
- I currently own a ProCo Rat2, Zoom Ultra Fuzz and a Zoom Power Drive, all of which cost me £40. You can include them at that price as you wish. If it's a close call between one of those and something similar, you may as well go with what I already have.
- It is important that when choosing your pedals you keep in mind the maxim 'Classic rock can git tae fuck.'
- Lastly, although I've spoken about this in a 'pick my pedals' tone and there are guidelines that follow my taste in pedals, this is really to see what you guys would do with this. Obviously I'll be taking note and checking out suggestions where possible, but I'm more interested in what you see as important to yourselves than what you think I should buy.