Best of the Best?

Vintage-T

I go through pedals like nobody's business. The last year has been stupid due to just being bored and trying new stuff.

I love a list though and wondered what everyone's thoughts were on the best of a certain type.

I know amps will make a massive difference as well as guitar and obviously style, but what would you say in your experience the best of these are:

Overdrive
Fuzz
Boost
Distortion
EQ
Chorus
Reverb
Phaser
Delay

I think they're probably the main areas I try and cover on a board. I shoot for a fairly rocky set up, but do love a bit of ambient noodling.

Mine would be:
Overdrive: EQD Palisades 
Fuzz: Reeves 2n2 Face
Boost: MXR Micro Amp
Distortion: Big Muff (although technically a fuzz) I use more as a distortion
EQ: Trusty Boss GE7
Chorus: Thorpy Deep Oggin
Reverb: Avalanche Run
Phaser: Walrus Lilian or EQD Grand Orbiter
Delay: Volante or Boss DD3

Be interested to see what everyone's thoughts are. 

hotpickups

Funnily enough I’ve simplified my board right down. 

I have a Mad Professor Fuzz32 which is great without all the annoying germanium problems etc. However, since getting the ThorpeFX Field Marshal I’m finding I’m having fun with that. Fuzz32 may have to go in the block  

Boost I use the ThorpeFX Heavy Water which I think I bought from you. Great pedal. 

Comp Cali76 Stacked 

Mods and delays Boss 200 units. 

Simples but yet to be used in anger of course  

downbytheriver

Overdrive: Marshall Blues Breaker
Fuzz: SM Fuzz
Boost: Klon Centaur 
Distortion: Not really my thing...
EQ: No opinion
Chorus: Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe (in chorus mode) 
Reverb: no opinion
Phaser: MXR Phase 95
Delay: Nocturne Mystery Brain

Sassafras

My bests change from day to day.

tone1

Overdrive ?
Fuzz Thorpyfx Germanium veteran 
Boost ?
Distortion Palmer Solid metal 
EQ ?
Chorus ?
Reverb Big box RHX holy grail 
Phaser ?
Delay Boss DD2

Boromedic

My current faves as follows!

Overdrive - Fredric Dan Buster

Fuzz - Skreddy Mayo

Boost - BMF GB Boost

Distortion - Amp

EQ - Source Audio Programmable

Chorus - Mr Black Vintage Chorus

Reverb - Neunaber Stereo Wet

Phaser ?

Delay - Timeline

DesVegas

Phaser - Small Stone
EQ- BBE Sonic Stomp
Fuzz - Tonebender mk1.5
OD - Dumble Type (DopeFX Black Lotus)
Reverb - Zoom Multistomp
Tremolo - TC Electronic Pipeline

jhumber

Opinions based on having owned (and regrettably in some cases, sold) the following and gotten well past the honeymoon phase with them all...

Overdrive: KoT v4
Fuzz: Skreddy Lunar Module
Boost: Analogman-modded Boss GE7
Distortion: Mad Professor Mighty Red
EQ: see Boost
Chorus: Analogman
Reverb: Flint
Phaser: never owned one (feels odd typing that, should fix...)
Delay: Mad Professor DBD for simplicity and sound, El Cap for more gigging flexibility.

GavRichList

Overdrive: Crowther Hotcake
Fuzz: Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise 
Boost: MXR Micro Amp
Distortion: Mr. Black Thunderclaw 
EQ: don’t use
Chorus: Boss CE-2
Reverb: Meris Mercury7 
Phaser: Moog MF-103
Delay: Moog MF104M 

Jonathanthomas83

GavRichList said:

Overdrive: Crowther Hotcake
Fuzz: Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise 
Boost: MXR Micro Amp
Distortion: Mr. Black Thunderclaw 
EQ: don’t use
Chorus: Boss CE-2
Reverb: Meris Mercury7 
Phaser: Moog MF-103
Delay: Moog MF104M 

What amp do you use, Gav?

GavRichList

Jonathanthomas83 said:

GavRichList said:

Overdrive: Crowther Hotcake
Fuzz: Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise 
Boost: MXR Micro Amp
Distortion: Mr. Black Thunderclaw 
EQ: don’t use
Chorus: Boss CE-2
Reverb: Meris Mercury7 
Phaser: Moog MF-103
Delay: Moog MF104M 

What amp do you use, Gav?

presently playing through a little Supro, but decisions made also with other amps in mind too. My usual gigging amp is a Twin, but mine is poorly and needs fixing. Also worth mentioning that I used an AC30 for a good while, and the Crowther in particular sounded very special through that. 

smudge_lad

Overdrive: Kingsley Jester
Fuzz: Paul Trombetta Mini Bone
Boost: Kingsley Page
Distortion: Dont’ use/Kingsley Page into Constable
EQ: Don’t use/HX Stomp
Chorus: Don’t use/HX Stomp
Reverb: Strymon Flint
Phaser: Don’t use/HX Stomp
Delay: Boss DD-500

Majorscale

Here's my take on it:

Overdrive: ThorpyFX The Dane
Fuzz: Fulltone Octafuzz
Boost: ARC Klone
Distortion: Hudson Sidecar
EQ: n/a
Chorus: Analogman Chorus
Reverb: Mr Black Supermoon
Phaser: Retro Sonic Phaser
Delay: Providence Chrono

ThePrettyDamned

Fuzz for me is the axis fuzz for fuzz face, and the juansolo doom muff (can't remember the name).

Overdrive - dunno, they're the most boring pedal going. Whatever I have that sounds okay.

Distortion - maybe the Digitech metal, or the boss adaptive distortion. Honorable mention to ds1x.

Chorus, I like dod fx-65 or the visual sound h2o.

Phaser boss ph1-r. Best phaser ever. Boss, you should waza it.

Delay - boss dd-2 is my fave. I also have a juansolo delay, but not sure what it is. It's super fun though. 

Beexter

Overdrive - Strymon Sunset/ Nobels ODR-1 mini/ Barber Gain Changer 
Fuzz- Mojo Hand Crosstown 
Boost - Xotic RC v2 / Wampler Tumnus 
Distortion - RAT
EQ- Empress ParaEQ 
Chorus- Boss CE5
Reverb- Strymon Flint
Phaser- MXR Phase 95
Delay- Boss DD-500 

Teetonetal

Overdrive - ehx soul food
Fuzz - boss fz2 or Luna module , very different fuzzes
Boost - tone burst
Distortion - gurus dd1959
EQ - meh
Chorus - mini moof
Reverb - Meris m7
Phaser - empress phaser
Delay - moogerfooger mf104m or Roland 501 (not a pedal but can be a part of the rig)

I would add

looper, pigtronix infinity
pitch, digitech whammy
wah, Dunlop cry baby
Leslie, H&k rotosphere
Uni vibe, jhs warbletron
tremolo, empress tremolo

26.2

Overdrive: Barber Gain Changer
Fuzz: some kind of Tonebender
Boost: Saturation side of the Deco
Distortion: RAT (USA)
EQ: no idea
Chorus: CE2
Reverb: Catalinbread Topanga
Phaser: MXR Phase 95
Delay: El Capistan or DMM

Fishboy7

Overdrive - I dislike way more ods than I like, .....
Fuzz - EQD Hoof (all day long) 
Boost - Clean side of a Hudson Broadcast 
Distortion - Boss HM2
EQ - Never used one
Chorus - Walrus Julia 
Reverb - Fender 6G15 outboard reverb unit 
Phaser - Moogerfooger phaser 
Delay - Ultimate delay would probably be a real echoplex but I'm really loving my jam llama xtreme at the moment  

Gassage

Overdrive: Tim
Fuzz: Original Sovtek Civil War
Boost: Kingsley Page
Distortion: Marshall Guv
EQ: EQ200
Chorus: Cornish Super Chorus
Reverb: 6G15 Fender
Phaser: Effectrode
Delay:Cornish TES

Flanging_Fred

From the stuff I’ve owned or used

Overdrive: Tim
Fuzz: Zoom Ultrafuzz
Boost: ?? I normally use an eq for this
Distortion: Marshall Guv Mk1
EQ: Source Audio programmable eq
Chorus: MXR Stereo chorus (only in stereo though), otherwise an Arion SCH1.
Reverb: Hardwire RV7 (not had many verbs admittedly)
Phaser: Boss PH1r
Delay: Boss DD500

Lebarque

Flanging_Fred said:

From the stuff I’ve owned or used

Overdrive: Tim
Fuzz: Zoom Ultrafuzz
Boost: ?? I normally use an eq for this
Distortion: Marshall Guv Mk1
EQ: Source Audio programmable eq
Chorus: MXR Stereo chorus (only in stereo though), otherwise an Arion SCH1.
Reverb: Hardwire RV7 (not had many verbs admittedly)
Phaser: Boss PH1r
Delay: Boss DD500

What no flanger?