what is the single most fun effect?

menamestom

Currently enjoying my boss DM-3 and BF-2. If you put them both on with a Rat going into them you don't even need to play, you can just listen to the noise being flanged, is sounds like the Iron Giant sleeping. I really fancy a WMD Geiger Counter. That looks seriously fun.

menamestom

Alnico said:

Same answer....

TC Electronic Mojo Mojo

I just bought the Spark Booster yesterday though and that is a very close second in terms of fun

A Spark Booster is fun? Now it's quiet, now it's loud, now it's quiet, now it's loud, now it's quiet, now it's loud. Oh yeah, I can see how that could be serious fun

stickyfiddle

Fuzz Factory is a lot of fun but without delay as well I wouldn't want it. Same for Whammy- the tricks you can do with whammy+delay are mind-bending. 

But if I had to pick just one effect, I'd have to go delay. One of the good digital timey-wimey ones like a Timefactor or Timeline, and not least so I can be The Edge in my living room..

Alnico

menamestom said:

Alnico said:

Same answer....

TC Electronic Mojo Mojo

I just bought the Spark Booster yesterday though and that is a very close second in terms of fun

A Spark Booster is fun? Now it's quiet, now it's loud, now it's quiet, now it's loud, now it's quiet, now it's loud. Oh yeah, I can see how that could be serious fun

Heh, ok I see your point.

I meant it's fun to leave it on for the sound it makes. That was all.

dogload

Delay pedals. The gateway to sonic excitement!

octatonic

For me it is a looper.

juansolo

Uglyface with LFO mods... Mad envelope fuzz thing and borderline analogue synth.

Flanging_Fred

I love my tuner. I can sit and watch the pretty little blinky lights for hours.

guitarfishbay

Octaver of some sort, to create a low octave for using in to a distorted amp.  I like both perfect tracking style and the glitchy kind that you're not sure are really listening to the notes you're playing.  I don't own one any more, I have never written a song that needed one either, but they're great fun.

fretmeister

Digitech Bass Synth Wah

Forge

Another vote for fuzz - I started with a bad one...or I thought it was bad at the time. and tried to use it like an OD. Now after years of buying and building a fair few I have a main board (wah / boost / od / dist / mods / delay) and a satellite board dedicated to fuzzes only.

I love the tone, simplicity and guitar interaction of a good fuzz face but I equally love the firepower of a Muff or hot rodded Tonebender.

Alongside the germanium boosters, Fuzz is the only type of effect I want to build.

ThorpyFX

Auto wah, just love that 70s porn music sound

Forge

thorpy6 said:

Auto wah, just love that 70s porn music sound

@thorpy6 you need to get yourself an 80's Thomas Organ Wah, they are not too expensive yet and sound just like the theme of "Shaft"

matt1973

I miss the synth sounds from Axe FX2 - hours of fun.

mark_jwedge

@Forge, you do realise that I hold you entirely responsible for my aforementioned fuzz obsession and therefore the whole concept of this thread!

PolarityMan

clearly it has to be distortion

Forge

mark_jwedge said:

@Forge, you do realise that I hold you entirely responsible for my aforementioned fuzz obsession and therefore the whole concept of this thread!

Fuzz really is a good addiction to have!

frankus

Either a Linn Adrenalinn III or the SMMH w Hazarai.

Elx

Digitech Whammy

imalone

Gassage said:

Easy- a wireless radio transmitter that shares the same frequency band as your other guitarist or bass player.

Hours of endless fun....

Or indeed shares a band with someone else altogether. I was at a concert at St Martin in the Fields once (think it was a carols one), where at some point they happened to clash with a nearby police or taxi band. Briefly sounded like the voice of God was sending cars across London.
Pedals? Wah. The novelty wears off fairly quickly, but that first few minutes of pretending to be Cream-era Clapton is always fun (particularly as Tales of Brave Ulysses is one of my favourites). Then it goes out of the loop for a little while till the novelty is re-acquired.