Ok. Like a few of you I play in rehearsal rooms where you don't know what amp you will get from week to week.
With this in mind all I realistically expect is enough clean headroom to compete with drums and use pedals for everything.
The problem is I'm a lazy fucker and can't be arsed with a massive pedal board.
So what would you use to achieve these basics:
Overdriven rhythm
Lead boost
Solo boost
There's two guitars so I'm dropping in and out of rhythm and lead depending on the song so I have to try and keep volumes consistent.
Stick a Wah and a tuner in and I'm done. Maybe a delay...
Currently using an ME-50 with another OD pedal but open to suggestions.
Simpler the better!
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It's a fully 'preamp' style pedal, full 3-band eq, clean-to-heavy distiotion. Has switchable speaker emulation for direct-to-desk use as well. It's really good at edge of break-up and low gain settings (cleans up well on the guitar's volume pot) and can be driven by other boosts/overdrives.
I have one on my board set just starting to break up, with clean boost, overdrive and distortion set up in front for varied levels and flavours of dirt in different combinations.
For rehearsing if you're more concerned with arrangements and a quick setup then I think a cheap multi might serve you better than pedals or something like the tech21 tri-ac.
Plus with two guitars it's important to me to get the vols just right or someone is drowned out in the mix.
Am I the only one who finds it difficult?!
most guitarists arent that considerate.
Surely its better to get used to your rig inside and out in case you need to fault find plus you know your tone better when its time to gig it ?
We just play for fun now - and dragging a full setup out every week wouldn't be much fun!
Distortion for crunch, overdrive for lead, both for solo.
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I've got a TS9 and Amazon have Digitech pedals for £22 - would you recommend their Grunge or Screaming Blues pedal at all?
Bearing in mind I'm not too fussy!
Cheers
Nothing I would class as heavy.
Another thought crossed my mind though:
http://www.hotroxuk.com/tech-21-sansamp-fly-rig-5-mini-multi-effects.html?utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=organic&gclid=CNTTpIqenb8CFSLmwgodi7YAzg
It's got the simplicity I'm looking for...
It's a shred master on one channel which will get you a chunky rock rhythm and a ts on the other which will do blues lead on its own and shred meltdown when stacked
They usually cost beans on eBay etc and they are well made.
If you want to do it with two pedals you can't go wrong with a riot or distortron being goosed by a badass od