According to Bonamassa, none of us need pedals because these lil boxes are the devil.
According to Bonamassa, none of us need pedals because these lil boxes are the devil.
Oh, it’s never a matter of need, and always a matter of want with guitar gear, right?
Oh, it’s never a matter of need, and always a matter of want with guitar gear, right?
I dont know. I've decided that, in terms of guitars and accessories, I cant distinguish between NEED and WANT. Therefore, I really do need a new PRS guitar. I need it. I need a new pedal too. What can I say. I'm needy.
What is the best method of sharing images in the forums? I have a pic of my pedal board.
Repeat after me @bodia my name is ..... and I’ve been an “enabler” for .... years. It has been at least 30 seconds since my last enable!I definitely resemble that remark.
According to Bonamassa, none of us need pedals because these lil boxes are the devil.
Ok, so I’m gonna totally open myself up to all sorts of enabling from you guys. My last pedal board was in the late 80’s - early 90’s when we had a limited choice, mostly Boss. It’s such a minefield now and there’s such a choice.
I’d like to keep it simple.
I get a good overdrive sounds through the little Mesa I have.
Kind of thinking maybe fuzz/OD, boost, delay and chorus. Used to like wah too.
I have a small multi effects, non foot switchable, so fine if you don’t want to change during a song, however we all know that don’t cut it in the real world!
Be gentle please. This is the first advice I’ve asked for.
Yours
Aging dude with limited knowledge of the current pedals market.
PS
@bodia benhave!! Haha (like that’s ever gonna happen).
I know you’re gonna give it to me with both barrels.
Thanks @bodia I appreciate the reply, as you can imagine I feel a bit out of my depth, if I didn’t say that already.I'll be good, seriously, I will.
There is SO much available today it's almost ridiculous! Back in the day (80s) you had basically, 2 choices....Boss or DOD. My recommendation would be to decide on what type of pedals you want (OD, Fuzz, Chorus, etc) and focus on one search at a time. Find a couple of reviewers that you like, and watch a lot of videos from them. I like Pete Thorn and Brett Kingman. That Pedal Show is highly recommended as well. I'm not sure why, but I haven't watched much of them. I need to correct that. Brett is in Australia and seems to do a lot of boutique pedal reviews, which is part of what I like about him.
You can also get some great advice here. DTR turned me onto the Barber Gain Changer. Les got me hooked on the Suhr Koko Boost, JFB hooked me up with the Xotic Soul Driven, and the list goes on.
Fuzz/OD - Wampler just released the Tummus Deluxe. Pete Thorn posted a cool review last week. I just bought a Source Audio Nemesis delay and Strymon Blue Sky Reverb. I went the used route to save some coin. Both are incoming.
Have fun!
Well, you'll at least need to keep the tuner and looper.https://www.flickr.com/gp/138747712@N03/Z9068P
This is the board my kids and I use. With the Katana, it might change up.
Thanks @bodia I appreciate the reply, as you can imagine I feel a bit out of my depth, if I didn’t say that already.
I watch Andertons TV and they review about a zillion pedals, all sound great. Guess I need to watch some reviews and do some thinking.
They used a cool boost pedal, some time ago and even on a clean channel, it just seemed to lift the sound. Obvious I know, but if you didn’t hear the original amp signal, the boost pedal made it “10 top” sound.
I’m gonna look at your suggestions and I’ll report back.
I’m really liking channel 2 (lead) on my Mesa at the moment. If I could boost that for solo work and keep the same sound that would be cool.
@bodia 's advice is sound. But here is a quick tip: Boss still makes awesome pedals. You don't need to go all boutique to get the sound you want. I started out with a bunch of Boss pedals, because like you there was little choice in the 80s. I now have a bunch of non-Boss pedals, which are great! But the Boss ones are still quite capable - I tend to use Boss for basic tones/effects, and then go to other brands when I'm looking for something a little different. Or, in the case of my tiny board above, when I need to go for specific size requirements: an equivalent Boss board would be twice the size.Ok, so I’m gonna totally open myself up to all sorts of enabling from you guys. My last pedal board was in the late 80’s - early 90’s when we had a limited choice, mostly Boss. It’s such a minefield now and there’s such a choice.
I’d like to keep it simple.
I get a good overdrive sounds through the little Mesa I have.
Kind of thinking maybe fuzz/OD, boost, delay and chorus. Used to like wah too.
I have a small multi effects, non foot switchable, so fine if you don’t want to change during a song, however we all know that don’t cut it in the real world!
Be gentle please. This is the first advice I’ve asked for.
Yours
Aging dude with limited knowledge of the current pedals market.
PS
@bodia benhave!! Haha (like that’s ever gonna happen).
I know you’re gonna give it to me with both barrels.