so, as most of you have read my thread "and that's it?" you know I want to buy myself a present in order to attempt to cheer myself up... I have around $150 right now, though I plan on selling my old multi-effects (korg ax10g) and I expect to get about $100 for it, so that's $250, and payday is on thursday and I'll be getting around $160, of which $100 is spending money... so! I've got a budget of around $350 to play with. I want to know what I should get. I just got a new gibson guitar, which I love and feel no need to get a new guitar right now (especially not in the $350 price range!) and I just got a new amp, a line 6 spider II, which is ok, I love putting on the crunch channel and turning the gain up high, it's a nice sound, but I don't really like the metal channel, and the insane channel is a good lead sound but I don't like playing power chords with it. the clean is pretty good though. but anyways! so, no guitar, and no amp. I was thinking effects, should I get a pedalboard (or build one rather, they are way to overpriced for what they are!) and started filling up with single effects? or go the multi-effects route again with something like a GT-6... if I could afford all the effects that I wanted to with the $350, then I wouldn't even consider the multi-effects, but for $350 I could get maybe 3 or 4 effects at most (once I buy all the patch cables and the materials for the pedalboard) so what do you guys think? (I'm open to other suggestions other then just effects too you know!)
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# 1
Hmmm...decisions, decisions.
Depends on what you want. Sounds like you miss certain distortion tones, so a dedicated pedal that delivers crunch could be in order. Otherwise you just gotta decide what you're looking for effect-wise.
Some of the most useful ones being: distortion (of course), chorus, eq, delay, reverb, and noise gate.
Alot of the other effects, phaser, tremelo, auto-wah, flanger, pitch-shifter, panner, rotary, and volume envelope, while fun to play around with, see a more limited use.
But try all of them out, you'll like some more than others, and some not at all. The bigger variety you like, the more a multi looks like the way. But it's not worth it if you're just gonna mainly use 2-3 settings.
Depends on what you want. Sounds like you miss certain distortion tones, so a dedicated pedal that delivers crunch could be in order. Otherwise you just gotta decide what you're looking for effect-wise.
Some of the most useful ones being: distortion (of course), chorus, eq, delay, reverb, and noise gate.
Alot of the other effects, phaser, tremelo, auto-wah, flanger, pitch-shifter, panner, rotary, and volume envelope, while fun to play around with, see a more limited use.
But try all of them out, you'll like some more than others, and some not at all. The bigger variety you like, the more a multi looks like the way. But it's not worth it if you're just gonna mainly use 2-3 settings.
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# 2
the pedals I want to own and can actually see myself using are
chorus (i use this alot! but the line 6 spider II has a built in chorus, so a chorus pedal isn't an immediate need)
distortion (yes, I play alot of hard rock and metal so this is mandatory, and yes I feel as though my amps distortion is not sufficient, and I don't like most of the distorted amp models on my korg pedal)
overdrive (for use as a booster and a stand-alone pedal, I didn't know the difference between distortion and overdrive until recently, then I actually decided to listen to some sound clips of some overdrive pedals and I love the tone! so an overdrive is a must!)
wah (can't see myself using it often, but my korg pedal has a built in wah, it sounds terrible, but it's so much fun to use when goofing off at home, so, not too high on the prioritys list)
delay (I love putting a short echo onto a solo so it sounds almost like you have 2 guitars playing the same thing at the same time, I love it. my amp has a "tape echo" which I don't like, and a "sweep echo" which I don't like either. preferably a pedal that can do both reverbs and delays or echos)
compressor (mainly for recording, and I rarely record, so it's not high on the prioritys either)
and that's pretty much it... so, to recap that's chorus, distortion, overdrive, wah, compressor, and a delay/reverb (though it's more important that it has delay then reverb)
chorus (i use this alot! but the line 6 spider II has a built in chorus, so a chorus pedal isn't an immediate need)
distortion (yes, I play alot of hard rock and metal so this is mandatory, and yes I feel as though my amps distortion is not sufficient, and I don't like most of the distorted amp models on my korg pedal)
overdrive (for use as a booster and a stand-alone pedal, I didn't know the difference between distortion and overdrive until recently, then I actually decided to listen to some sound clips of some overdrive pedals and I love the tone! so an overdrive is a must!)
wah (can't see myself using it often, but my korg pedal has a built in wah, it sounds terrible, but it's so much fun to use when goofing off at home, so, not too high on the prioritys list)
delay (I love putting a short echo onto a solo so it sounds almost like you have 2 guitars playing the same thing at the same time, I love it. my amp has a "tape echo" which I don't like, and a "sweep echo" which I don't like either. preferably a pedal that can do both reverbs and delays or echos)
compressor (mainly for recording, and I rarely record, so it's not high on the prioritys either)
and that's pretty much it... so, to recap that's chorus, distortion, overdrive, wah, compressor, and a delay/reverb (though it's more important that it has delay then reverb)
# 3
ok, I've narrowed it down to getting an OD-20 and a pedalboard maybe a delay too if there is enough money left over, an acoustic guitar, a bass guitar, or an inexpensive 8-track digital recorder (like that red $250 fostex one)
# 4
ok, so I built a pedalboard and placed an order on music123.com (it was $30 cheaper then musicians friend!) for the OD20, so, should have it sometime next week. I might spring for a wah on my next paycheck.
# 5
