Pedals, do you not use any?

robgilmo

Reading the thread about the perfect guitar/amp thing I kind of thought well , what about any pedals you put between them, do you use them? I bought an overdrive pedal and it very rarely gets used, apart from that I dont have any others, are effects a ''must have'' or do you get what you need without them? I would be interested to hear from people who dont use them, the kind of music you play and the rig you use to play it. 

thegummy

Apart from tuner I only use one pedal and that's it - no amp!

It's the Atomic Amplifire.

When I play bass live it's no pedals, just straight in to the amp.

Wazmeister

Can believe Im saying this... NO !

Everything sorted through the Kemper.

usedtobe

Rarely if ever use any pedals. Even distortion.

meltedbuzzbox

Everything gets written unplugged usually then it goes to the board for finishing.
I do sometimes plug straight in, usually with the 345. 

Moe_Zambeek

Wazmeister said:

Can believe Im saying this... NO !

Everything sorted through the Kemper.

For now, Wazmeister, for now....

Sporky

I only use three; a Helix, a Reflex, and a FIGLA. 

prlgmnr

For heavier stuff I like the sound of a high-gain amp with nothing in front, or JCM with just a TS or SD-1, but for more thoughtful noodling I love the "palette" you get from stacking combinations of different drives into a high headroom amp (or 2, or 3).

I also like the Van Halen chain - phase 90, ep preamp, echo/delay, steaming cranked Marshall.

Neil

No pedals.

Have a Big Muff but rarely use it, seems to much of a faff to be honest.

Teetonetal

Pedals are pretty much the point for me. Guitar straight in has been done to death. Still fun from of course, but for me, the magic lies in the little boxes of fun.

richardhomer

I own a few pedals but rarely use them. I own no drive pedals whatsoever.

I recently did some studio work for a friend, which required a ‘big’, distorted guitar sound. I maxed the amp gain and cranked the master - it sounded great.

darthed1981

I kinda want the new Danish Pete pedal from ThorpyFX seems to be a perfect option for the TFB jams, one pedal to plug in to get extra boost or drive as appropriate!

JerkMoans

I go through phases but at the moment am all about nothing more than my Hudson Broadcast.

When I do start arsing about with pedals I find I spend so much time tweaking knobs and rearranging batting orders I forget to actually play much of anything. Fun to make weird squelchy sounds but I guess that’s true for several walks of life.

sawyer

Tuner pedal and that's it for me. Too many dials to mess about with. Had pedals but drive me mad constantly tweaking and fiddling on:(

Jackobean

Pedals are for the weak.

Kitsune

Generally yes, but it’s on a board so it’s easy to just not plug the board in.

dont need any tweaking, all the settings are done.

Kultschar

Cornish SS2 being neglected since ive chucked a Tube Driver back in the rack

guitargeek62

A drive/fuzz or two perhaps, and the occasional looper. I’ve never really found a reason to use mod, filter or delay pedals unless I’m doing covers, they’re just not something that I naturally want to use.

tone1

I’m down to 3 pedals. drive, Flint for Reverb/Trem and DD2 delay. I’ve been through lots of modulation pedals but found I rarely used them.....I would like another Lazyj cruiser but that’s about it. 

boogieman

I use lots of pedals. I have to cover up my complete lack of skill somehow you know. 

usedtobe

boogieman said:

I use lots of pedals. I have to cover up my complete lack of skill somehow you know. 

I tried that, but I found the more I used pedals, the worse I sounded.