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Martin, you continue to rule - thanks for coaching a gear and guitar n00b.
The problem with overdrive is that there are just tons and tons of good pedals out there, and you probably won't find the one that suits your style and preference best until you've played through a decent number of them.
So I have come to understand in an astonishingly short time!
What kinda amp you got? Cause you may be able to coax some nice natural OD out of it by investing in a decent boost pedal too.
After checking out everything from the Epiphone Valve Special to the Blues Jr to the Bad Cat Mini Cat (phroar - and internet chatter claims that the Star Nova tops it), I snagged myself a Reverend Goblin. It's 5-15 switchable, so running it at 5W puts some nice crunch within reach. Just not at late-night volumes.
I'm still honeymooning, so who knows, but it's fantastically versatile (gain/EQ/reverb/selectable wattage), which is a real plus for someone who's still learning the electric guitar vocabulary.
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 4 February 2006 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link
jordan just about any pedal will work with any keyboard. i started with a beat up boss eq and phaser and never came back. you might want to pick up one of those cheapo zoom 505 multi efx pedals to get a decent feel of how reverb/tremolo/delay/whatever sounds like. it even has save slots so you can keep certain settings.
my entire sound is based on playing cheapo keyboards through a couple pedals and a small gtr practice am.
― no bones, Saturday, 4 February 2006 00:17 (eighteen years ago) link
I use distortion and a delay pedal, and every time I try a different pedal in a store or whatever I just end up thinking it's dumb and that I don't really need anything else. So get a delay pedal.
― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 4 February 2006 02:37 (eighteen years ago) link
I feel like most people already got this out of the way in high school.Dude, I'm in my 30s. This is what keeps me young.
36 and rockin' in the free - in my blood, i'll give it up when they prise the six string from my cold dead fingers
RAWWW!!!!
― john clarkson, Saturday, 4 February 2006 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, I'm starting to get it. No one can really recommend me My First Ice Cream. I might like chocolate, or vanilla, or both, or one on some days...
So I've been spending a lot of time on ebay and a couple of other places buying used pedals. Figure some'll eventually get resold and some won't.
First batch:
Subdecay Liquid Sunshine
Zoom PD-01
Boss DS-1 (Boss, musical dyslexics everywhere thank you for humorously labeling your Distortion "DS-1" and your Overdrive "SD-1". Whoops. But hey, distortion.)
Next up: Compressor? Fuzz? Chorus? I suddenly understand the thing with girls and shoes. Seriously.
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link
fifteen years pass...
hi I'm pedal hunting for the first time! what are some pedals that make wacky ass sounds? particularly interested in pitch shifting and sustain type stuff, more than distortion
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Friday, 12 February 2021 23:08 (three years ago) link