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borsc · Post by **borsc** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:20 pm

what exactly is the purpose of a guitar pedal

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:24 pm

borsc wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:20 pm what exactly is the purpose of a guitar pedal

effects.

WatchTheGuitar · Post by **WatchTheGuitar** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 6:10 pm

vurt wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:24 pm
borsc wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:20 pm what exactly is the purpose of a guitar pedal
effects.

Or motion

excuse me please · Post by **excuse me please** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 6:24 pm

I assume it's all about giving things a sense of exclusivity.

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 6:35 pm

I learned here that they’re also about Pokémon.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:27 pm

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:07 pm

Pokemon? Naw, I can't see myself owning more than a few hundred pedals or so.
That's why I didn't care about finding the locking track type pedal boards after
buying the modular one, I fully expect to wind up with more than one pedal board.

You know, like I probably need a couple for the guitar, some for stereo synth/modular
rigs and whatnot. Some for Wednesdays, just the basic necessities of course.

And of course, I don't even play live. It's more about organization/insanity for me.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:11 pm

i like the fact you go on to describe pokémon exactly!

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:13 pm

im worse, i actually have some pokemon too

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:18 pm

vurt wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:13 pm im worse, i actually have some pokemon too

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:41 am

Ive got a Boss RC-500 looper and a Source Audio Collider delay+verb on the way, should kick things up a notch. Ive been using the looper of a crappy Mooer multi-fx unit, but the pedal degrades the sound just by sitting in the signal chain, and loops quickly turn into digital mush. No verb pedal, and just a Behringer Echo Machine for delay... super excited for the possibilities arriving next week!

Im also trying to choose an overdrive pedal, but there's just so many options... if you have tips on a Blues Driver-style, versatile, trasnparent-ish/gentler OD that plays nice and dynamic with PAFs and 22-watt tube amp, link away please

been looking at Boss/JHS Angry Driver and Earthquaker Devices Westwood for example.

jbraner · Post by **jbraner** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:34 am

You could do a lot worse than the MXR Timmy - it's a mini pedal, but it's still a Timmy, and sounds great

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:48 am

jbraner wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:34 am You could do a lot worse than the MXR Timmy - it's a mini pedal, but it's still a Timmy, and sounds great

Thanks! Will add that to the shortlist.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:00 pm

borsc wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:20 pm what exactly is the purpose of a guitar pedal

It's a foot fetishist thing, putting feet on a pedestal and all that.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:18 pm

.jon wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:41 am Im also trying to choose an overdrive pedal, but there's just so many options... if you have tips on a Blues Driver-style, versatile, trasnparent-ish/gentler OD that plays nice and dynamic with PAFs and 22-watt tube amp, link away please been looking at Boss/JHS Angry Driver and Earthquaker Devices Westwood for example.

- I like my Boss/JHS Angry Driver.
pro: routing options
con: concentric knobs; perhaps you prefer to pair your BD with another drive pedal than the JHS Angry Charlie

- there are bound to be extremely cheap Chinese imitations; custom fees etc. may ruin that for you depending on where you live

- If the BD is your thing, you may wanna duke out on luxury editions / extra features / perhaps even vintage models if those have something extra to bring to the party, I dunno.
Boss BD-2W is readily available (and prolly more reasonably priced than many boutique offerings).

- you mention "transparent", so naturally someone suggested a reputed version of the Timmy - perhaps people reading this could do with a general overview of what's on offer in OD-land:
viewtopic.php?p=7981915#p7981915

All things pedal related.