GloopyJon
Distinguished Member
We have threads for learning to play and for equipment in general, but I thought it would be handy to have a thread for discussion of pedals. As you may know, I currently have a Line 6 HD500X and I think that it is great for use with the DT25 but it's probably best if you're gigging and you want to take the time to set up some different patches that you can easily switch between when playing live gigs (which I don't do). If you just want to play around with some different sounds at home, it's rather fiddly and so I'm fantasising about getting a more traditional pedal board and a set of effects pedals.
I've been watching YouTube videos on pedals, along with other gear, for some time and I decided to spec up a decent but not outrageous pedal board. This will consist of the pedal board itself, a power pack, tuner and five effects pedals: gain, delay, chorus, wah and a compressor. I might also want to add a volume pedal, but that's pretty simple (although they are surprisingly expensive).
So here's the kit list:
1) Pedalboard: Pedaltrain Junior with soft case (£79)
2) Power: Harley Benton Power Plant (£30)
3) Tuner: TC Electronic Polytune 2 (£69) - not the Mini, the full-sized one
4) Gain: Lovepedal Stax Master (£170) - the Lee Anderton special which looks pretty versatile
5) Delay: TC Electronic Flashback (£119) - again, not the Mini as this one has one extra control
6) Chorus: TC Electronic Corona (£100) - same again
7) Wah: Jim Dunlop Original GCB95 (£65) - or the basic Vox depending on preference
8) Compression: Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer (£65)
Total cost £697 (excluding cables)
I reckon that would be a pretty good setup. It's not cheap, and I'm certainly not going to buy all of that any time soon, but maybe as I get better and maybe start playing more outside Rocksmith, this would be a great setup.
I didn't put really expensive pedals in my selection because that would be a long way off. As I've already mentioned in the Equipment thread, I love the sound of the new Strymon Deco pedal, but I think you really need to know what you're looking for to buy a pedal like that (and with its price tag). Similar thoughts eliminated more advanced pedals such as the Flashback X4, together with the consideration that I wanted this to be a relatively compact pedal board.
It could be an interesting exercise to price up a budget version of the above using clones such as the Joyo pedals. I might have a look into that too.
Another interesting topic, of course, is the signal chain, and how one would order these pedals (and whether they would go before the amp or in the effects loop). I'll leave that till later, though!
Over to you for any thoughts, comments, praise, abuse, links to favourite porn sites etc....
I've been watching YouTube videos on pedals, along with other gear, for some time and I decided to spec up a decent but not outrageous pedal board. This will consist of the pedal board itself, a power pack, tuner and five effects pedals: gain, delay, chorus, wah and a compressor. I might also want to add a volume pedal, but that's pretty simple (although they are surprisingly expensive).
So here's the kit list:
1) Pedalboard: Pedaltrain Junior with soft case (£79)
2) Power: Harley Benton Power Plant (£30)
3) Tuner: TC Electronic Polytune 2 (£69) - not the Mini, the full-sized one
4) Gain: Lovepedal Stax Master (£170) - the Lee Anderton special which looks pretty versatile
5) Delay: TC Electronic Flashback (£119) - again, not the Mini as this one has one extra control
6) Chorus: TC Electronic Corona (£100) - same again
7) Wah: Jim Dunlop Original GCB95 (£65) - or the basic Vox depending on preference
8) Compression: Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer (£65)
Total cost £697 (excluding cables)
I reckon that would be a pretty good setup. It's not cheap, and I'm certainly not going to buy all of that any time soon, but maybe as I get better and maybe start playing more outside Rocksmith, this would be a great setup.
I didn't put really expensive pedals in my selection because that would be a long way off. As I've already mentioned in the Equipment thread, I love the sound of the new Strymon Deco pedal, but I think you really need to know what you're looking for to buy a pedal like that (and with its price tag). Similar thoughts eliminated more advanced pedals such as the Flashback X4, together with the consideration that I wanted this to be a relatively compact pedal board.
It could be an interesting exercise to price up a budget version of the above using clones such as the Joyo pedals. I might have a look into that too.
Another interesting topic, of course, is the signal chain, and how one would order these pedals (and whether they would go before the amp or in the effects loop). I'll leave that till later, though!
Over to you for any thoughts, comments, praise, abuse, links to favourite porn sites etc....
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