Extra pedals?

lincolnblue

I love pedals and often but and sell to change what I have. However I almost always only have one of each type. If I want a new reverb, I sell the one I have and buy another rather than just getting a second. I now have 2 ODs and a boost and 2 tremolos and can't decide if I should sell or just keep to change if I get board.

Am I alone? Is seems lots of people have a big stash of pedals to choose from when they fancy a change.

Dopesick

Yeah I always tend to have one of each as I'm too stupid with money to own more than one type of pedal. If I see a delay or reverb I really like for example, then I have to sell the one I already have to budget for it.

meltedbuzzbox

I keep a few things that are truly unique and are great studio tools but generally for playing I just use the best I have and sell the rest. 
I've been down the excessive pedal hoardage path and it just leads to dusty pedals in a cupboard

JezWynd

I used to have several examples of each effect, which was useful as I liked to swap things around. Recently though I had a Damascus moment and sold over 50 pedals. Now I have one of each of the main flavours, two delays and three comps.  The change was bought about in part by a change in instruments - Tele to 125T and Rick 4001 to fretless bass. Neither of the current choices seem to work with lots of pedals and I like hearing the sound of the uneffected instrument.

I'm feeling quite virtuous at the minute but time will tell.

DrJazzTap

Same here. Although I could do with a mini delay pedal set up with short slapback. 

Fuengi

I elrecently went from around a dozen pedals, with two or three dealy and reverbs to four pedals in total. The sound of my amp has seriously improved! 

Got the Strymon Dig which is a really versatile delay with two separaye delays on it though. That and a Flint seems to be quite enough for some wonder. 

Greatape

DrJazzTap said:

Same here. Although I could do with a mini delay pedal set up with short slapback. 

Kokko Timer is a good choice for that. £27

stickyfiddle

I just keep what I like. 

Once a year (or so) I review what I have and get rid of anything I don’t like any more. 

I try not to analyse it beyond that

Matt_McG

I have been seeking out various tones, so I have a few things of the same basic type. Although normally I punt them on fairly soon if they aren't quite right. Currently I have 2 reverbs, but only until I sell the other one. 

Where I did get a bit out of control is building them from kits or PCBs. I have about 6 drive pedals that I am unlikely to use, but their resale value is basically zero. I expect I'll just strip them down and use them to build other types of pedals (i.e. use the cases, switches, jacks, etc.)

lincolnblue

Aside from the financial issue in buying pedals, I find it a chore to change my pedalboard around...most of the time a new pedal is a slightly different size to the previous so it means remaking patch cables etx

joetele

I tend to try and basically stick to the space I have on the board - which can prove difficult but is quite good for discipline. And often, as others have done, I tend to be replacing something else with a better version so the original is sold. Also helps financially too. But like the above post, I find changing it around a chore too. The ultimate goal is to have the right pedals and stick to them but as we know, that never happens.

I'm hoping to soon add a small wah and a Digitech Drop to the board, so my DOD Carcosa is up for sale as it's not getting much use, and possibly my Blues Driver too. That'll clear enough space for those two and leave a bit of wiggle room if I eventually find a Data Corrupter and/or Enzo for the right prices.