Effects you've bought but never taken to

Drew_TNBD

Definition is for librarians, I like teh mushies.

ThePrettyDamned

Drew_fx said:

Definition is for librarians, I like teh mushies.

I found an old post of yours about having delay in front of the amp, so I thought I'd try it today.  

Now I'm trying to work out whether I should sell my TC Repeater and get 2 cheaper ones, one for loop for my usual stuff, one in front.  MUSHY SOUNDED AWESOME. 

Or maybe I should just rework my sounds to have it in front.  It was a lot more fun, that's for sure...

EdGrip

What occurs with the reverb thing is that the no-reverb/all-the-definition<----------------------------------------------->all-the-reverb/no-definition thing is simply another dynamic range for you to play with. 

If you go off on a slooshy reverb trip, you have gone to a faraway place that you can return from to shout an inch away from the listener's face with your defined-to-the-max no-reverb guitar, to punctuate whatever. 

This applies to all effects. 

Shark_Eyes

Chorus - I just can't get on with it, it makes me sound super 80's. 

Although I've got a soft spot for my Small Stone phaser, so not all modulation is bad.

ICBM

EdGrip said:

What occurs with the reverb thing is that the no-reverb/all-the-definition<----------------------------------------------->all-the-reverb/no-definition thing is simply another dynamic range for you to play with. 

If you go off on a slooshy reverb trip, you have gone to a faraway place that you can return from to shout an inch away from the listener's face with your defined-to-the-max no-reverb guitar, to punctuate whatever. 

This applies to all effects. 

Absolutely. Turning off the effect can be as powerful an "effect" as turning it on.

I also like turning on and off effects at non-completely-predictable places in the song, ie not always at verse/chorus/middle/solo changes, but somewhere in the middle to accent what's about to happen or vice versa. I initially did it as a work-around to avoid having to tap-dance on several pedals at the same time, but I came to much prefer the way you can change the dynamic and flow of the song by making changes in places you wouldn't necessarily expect.

JDE

I keep buying modulation and I don't really like any of them. I end up thinking they all sound gimmicky apart from tremolo. I quite like the sound of phasers but they make me play in rhythm with the cycle all the time, which is not always ideal. I used a wah for donkey's years, took a break from them and now I think they sound shit when I use them.
Have gone through an embarrassing amount of reverb pedals - I am ultimately putting off buying a spring unit but lack both the funds and the balls. And they're somewhat impractical.
Never bonded with the TC Flashback.

Fusionista

Bought and sold at least half-a-dozen compressors, in an effort to get some clean sustain, but in a two-guitar band I find delay is how to achieve this. And it kills attack, which is I've discovered a major component of my 'personal tone'.

Fuzzes - as above

Distortion - as above

Lovepedal Believe - so pleased with my Lovepedal Eternity OD I allowed brand values to persuade me into buying a Ring Mod tuned as an Octaver while going through a KWS phase. It might well work for some people, but I'm such a tone purist I cannot seem to find a place for it. 

Whammy Pedal - long gone: even with a bypass fitted it still killed tone when off, so I never put the work in to make it sing for me

Phaser - got the best, (Moonphaser) and never use it

On the other hand, I use a lot of (subtle) chorus effects and delay, OD on my single-channel amps, own three wahs and still tempted to try some more!  Sold my Hernida Reverb and looking to replace it with a Hof or Flint.

Drew_TNBD

ThePrettyDamned said:

Drew_fx said:

Definition is for librarians, I like teh mushies.

I found an old post of yours about having delay in front of the amp, so I thought I'd try it today.  

Now I'm trying to work out whether I should sell my TC Repeater and get 2 cheaper ones, one for loop for my usual stuff, one in front.  MUSHY SOUNDED AWESOME. 

Or maybe I should just rework my sounds to have it in front.  It was a lot more fun, that's for sure...

Nearly all of my favourite guitarists just go straight into the front of the amp, and they dial the mix on their delays back a fair amount so that it doesn't get too swampy with the high-gain sounds. So I've just always done it that way.

Bucket

I usually prefer delay in the loop but the crazy, head-trip sounds you can get from putting it in front with high-gain sounds do have their place... as for effects I can't get on with... can't really think of any. I have a phaser, and while it sounds good I don't get much use from it...

d8m

Im not against reverb but this pedal just didn't work for me at all.

I sold it and put the cash toward a H.O.F mini

guitarfishbay

I thought I disliked all modulation for my own music until I worked out that I quite like modulated delays.  I find it a bit overkill to modulate the whole signal, but running a delay in the loop with the modulation on it seems to work for me.

Besides that my pedal board is pretty boring.

Tuner -> Gate -> Boost -> Volume Pedal -> Amp -> Delay 

meltedbuzzbox

I had a digitech Synth Wah.

I loved the sounds, it kept me entertained for hours but there was one big issue with it

It couldnt be used in a band context at all. It was like a foghorn blast through a tannoy...

Ianpdq

The one I have advertised

ICBM

meltedbuzzbox said:

I had a digitech Synth Wah.

I loved the sounds, it kept me entertained for hours but there was one big issue with it

It couldnt be used in a band context at all. It was like a foghorn blast through a tannoy…

I found that too - for guitar. Horribly harsh and overpowering.

It was fantastic for bass though!

Maxi

Pitchshifter (shitpifter)

Phaser

flanger

envolope filter

reversed delay / reverb (quite like for noodling around but never found a use for) .

longi

I couldn't get on with the Jim Dunlop Wah's. The lack of treadle travel did my head in as did which made the sweep seem light switch on/off. The Morley's were a tad too modern sounding but I absolutely love the Weeping Demons. I also couldn't get on with the HD500 and all compressor pedals.

Fusionista

ICBM said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

I had a digitech Synth Wah.

I loved the sounds, it kept me entertained for hours but there was one big issue with it

It couldnt be used in a band context at all. It was like a foghorn blast through a tannoy…

I found that too - for guitar. Horribly harsh and overpowering.

It was fantastic for bass though!

Off topic,but 'harsh and overpowering' is the way I am finding my EMG-equipped guitar at the moment.  It is fine if you are the only guitar in a band, but as soon as there are two, there is a problem (which if anyone has any suggestions I am all ears).

Axe_meister

New got on with tremelo. Love the sounds other people produce. However I love my univibe

Bidley

longi said:

I couldn't get on with the Jim Dunlop Wah's. The lack of treadle travel did my head in as did which made the sweep the sweep seem light switch on/off.

This! I also can't get on with the switches on these. I've only really bonded with Morelys and the Weeping Demon.

Pyroman

  I convinced myself that I needed an MXR 10 band eq, to use with both bass and guitar.  That was more than a year ago- it still sits in the box, unopened.  F'in GAS...

Dynacomp.  Never really worked out what it was supposed to do, or how to use it.  Now collects dust.   My main amp, a Mustang III has two comps on it, one of which is an idiot proof one knob job.  Much easier to fiddle around with that.

Noise suppressor.  I get what they're used for, but even my single coils- at as high a gain as I use them- don't make enough noise to bother.  Again, the MIII has a noise gate built in that works well.

  Any others are just currently of of favor, but I'm sure my fickle arse will try them again at some point.