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What pedals are you using...

Oddly enough, I'm using none. I've tried a lot of different stuff. I've gone from analog to digital, and even the multi-effects units. I've added delay, chorus, phase, flange, and I discovered that I really don't need any pedals. I found that pedals are most useful, and best heard during guitar solos, but during the rhythm parts, you don't really hear the effects as much. I play mostly rhythm, so I got rid of all mine. All I use is the on board reverb on my amp.
 
How true that is Nobo! Sometimes simplified is the best way to go. I have to say though... the right amp and effects can sure do wonders in certain situations for pounding out some great rhythm lines :-) Then again maybe I just like having a great excuse for my stuff....lol Don't tell the wife I don't need this stuff XXXX.
 
I don't use any either. Used to have a ton of pedals but now I just use my volume knob on the guitar. The Dr.Z Mazerati is a great amp for this kind of playing. I don't even miss having reverb at all. The amp just sorta seems to breath more openly without anything between the guitar and the amp.
 
nobozos said:
Oddly enough, I'm using none. I've tried a lot of different stuff. I've gone from analog to digital, and even the multi-effects units. I've added delay, chorus, phase, flange, and I discovered that I really don't need any pedals. I found that pedals are most useful, and best heard during guitar solos, but during the rhythm parts, you don't really hear the effects as much. I play mostly rhythm, so I got rid of all mine. All I use is the on board reverb on my amp.
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I agree with you but. In my case, i feel my JCM800 needs a little help to get to where i feel comfortable playing rhythm.
Since i like to play anything from old ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy all the way to Metallica passing threw Van Halen. I need versatillity.
depending on the guitar i use, i will use either the Keeley, comp, Blue driver or SD-1 for rythm. and then i kick in the TS9 for solos.

Here is a recent pic.
(notice the "may" in the file. may be different in June lol)
 
The one I use most often is the Fulltone Fulldrive 2. I also have a Boss Chorus and Delay that I use every now and then to fatten up the sound. I also have an MXR Phase 90 to break out for that early Van Halen thing.

fred
 
fsmith said:
The one I use most often is the Fulltone Fulldrive 2.
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I'm actually using two Fulldrives, now... Perhaps surprisingly, the two Full-Drives sound quite different, and between the two of them I can work up a generous palette of overdrive and distortion tones. My pedal chain is now a Marshall ED-1 Compressor, Silverbox Full-Drive 2 (#112), Budda Wah, Ltd. Ed. Yellow Full-Drive 2, H2O Chorus/Delay, Whirlwind Selector (to Boss TU-12 tuner or amp). Everything's powered by a Pearl power brick, and wired with George L's. Running this many pedals does very slightly load my tone, but it lets me cover just about anything from SRV to Hendrix to Queen to Santana, even Metallica... :cool:
 
Jimi D said:
I'm actually using two Fulldrives, now... Perhaps surprisingly, the two Full-Drives sound quite different, and between the two of them I can work up a generous palette of overdrive and distortion tones. My pedal chain is now a Marshall ED-1 Compressor, Silverbox Full-Drive 2 (#112), Budda Wah, Ltd. Ed. Yellow Full-Drive 2, H2O Chorus/Delay, Whirlwind Selector (to Boss TU-12 tuner or amp). Everything's powered by a Pearl power brick, and wired with George L's. Running this many pedals does very slightly load my tone, but it lets me cover just about anything from SRV to Hendrix to Queen to Santana, even Metallica... :cool:
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Do you (or anyone else who uses the FD2) run the FD2 at 18 volts? That's what the Fulltone site recommends. I find that it is a much clearer tone.
 
hey Bing, I run both my pedals off a seperate Dunlop 18V adapter... I find the 18V gives the FD2 a little more dynamic range, and a breathy, less compressed, "clearer" tone (if overdrive can be said to be "clearer") - there's greater note seperation, and they respond better to variations in pick attack and manipulation of the volume pedal... That being said, while some say the difference is "stunning", I think it's pretty subtle - you can distinctly hear it in an A/B comparison, but in a band situation at stage volumes, this is not the kind of difference that's gonna be noticed from the bar ;)

That said, given the choice, I go through the added trouble of running mine off the 18V adapter, even though it means $20 out of pocket and an extra thing to plug/unplug at setup/teardown, so you can take that for what it's worth :D
 
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I use an ADL Juicebox to power my pedals. It has an switchable isolated output that can run at either 9V or 18V, so I use this output to drive the FD2 at 18V.
 
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