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Although now I am in an acoustic band and would feel naked without me compressor!
What's the difference between a two-channel amp with reverb and tremolo, and using an overdrive pedal, reverb pedal and tremolo pedal into an amp with none of those?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
We did an outdoor gig this summer where the stage/marquee/power arrangements weren't quite as expected so I left the pedalboard in the car and used a clip tuner in case we needed to quickly tear down the gear in case of rain. I don't think the audience cared one bit if I was using amp drive instead of fuzz on some parts or if the delay or phaser was missing elsewhere.
The majority of effects we use are for our own satisfaction. Layman audiences neither know or care.
I don't use pedals either.
I generally use a Strat into either a Tweed Deluxe or SF Pro Reverb, although I do occasionally use other amps and guitars.
I've just got a Magnatone 213 which I'm aiming to gig at some stage.
Les Paul -> amp. Either my Gartone 5E3, Victoria 35210 or Marshall 1974X.
I run the tweeds on about 9, the Marshall is cranked to full. Control everything from the guitar volumes and tones.
I use a Planet Waves micro tuner on the headstock though.
I started doing this about 18 months ago and have not looked back.
Rob.
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Good God, fair play!
I SAID, FAIR PLAY!
I actually don't think I play loud, but it does sound FAT.
Rob.
I like My ES125 into a clean Matchless, that's lovely that it is. When I played in a classic rock covers band I rehearsed with a LP and a ZVex Nano on full. If you need one kind of sound no pedals will do that.
I'm currently trying to get a covers start up band going and I need a bunch of pedals to recreate the sounds (wah, pitchshifting etc) as well as cleans and dirt for the various genres.
It's dependent on what you want to achieve if you need to play a number of required covers for a band then you need pedals. IMHO.
i have a dejavibe which gets used on a few tracks but isnt a must, more of a luxury.
I do!
'91 RG550 (Evolution/stock/Distortion) > Klotz La Grange > Diezel Herbert TC Polytune runs from the amp's tuner out.
Channel switching courtesy of Diezel Columbus MIDI switcher.
I usually do:
0 = Mute
1 = Clean [channel 1]
2 = Rhythm ("chunk" metal tone) [channel 2 + mid-cut]
3 = Lead [channel 3 + vol. 2 so I can get a lead sound at a significantly higher level than my rhythm]
4 = Second rhythm sound, either louder or quieter than (2) above. Louder for featured rhythm parts (in a two guitar band). Quieter for ducking my rhythm tone under the other guitarist's levels when he plays lead/hiding how much I suck.
I get around that by making the cool noises with just the guitar and loads of gain. Oh, and of course, "This is my whammy bar!"
At my last show I actually took a bunch of plush animals with electronic voices to put through my pickups onstage, like Steve Stevens' raygun...