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But when it comes to gigging, as a guitarist and vocalist, I find using a multi FX with amp channel switching to be much more practical. Often I'm concentrating more on singing/frontman duties and knowing what sound you have with any given stomp is much more useful than fiddling with volume controls.
but yes - I also agree that plugging straight in and getting on with it is a joy. Especially if you’re just rocking out, or playing clean. I’ll often practice and write using an acoustic anyway, which negates the whole issue.
BUT...I've known many a player who are guitar - amp only. It really depends on what you play, how you play, and what you like to hear when you play.
Still undecided.
Theres something about the interaction that I just don’t get with pedals, it just feels better without them.
pedals getting removed from board and put on eBay tonight!
Or maybe... it doesn't matter as long as it sounds good?
Tone enhancers: OD, EQ, boost, maybe compressor.
Special effects: phaser, wah, flanger, chorus, pitch shift, delay, tremolo, univibe, ring mod, reverb ...
Tone enhancers are really an extension of the instrument (meaning the end-to-end chain from instrument to amp). Aspects of them already naturally occur in amp design, intentionally or unintentionally and altering the settings on your OD or compressor is a bit like tweaking the capacitances or resistances at various points in your pickups, cable or amp. Even though they alter the tone they sound (or should sound) transparent and natural. Many of them will qualify as ‘always on’ effects.
Whereas special effects add something but they also take something away. It’s a bit like putting sunglasses on. They can seem interesting but you can get weary of them and sometimes it’s nice to take them off again and see the world as it really is.
Some of the special effects are more natural than others - analogue delay and reverb for example let the original sound through as well as an affected sound.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
The point is there's more than one way to skin a cat, and the "how" isn't important as long as the end result is good. People get far too hung up on this stuff.
That's not to say I don't have a healthy obsession with dirt pedals, but that's because they're fun, not because I'm under any illusions that they makes the music inherently better by themselves.