Our young guitarists says to himself:
"I will buy a few drive pedals in an attempt to establish my perfect set-up. Once I have my ideal 2 pedals, I will permanently attach them to my board and sell the spares."
What then happens is that the 3 or 4 pedals get tried and tested in various combinations and stacking sequences. Many of these combinations have great merit.
Yet more pedals are released/reissued/rediscovered leading to unbearable curiosity on behalf of our young hero, who can't help picking up a new drive pedal or 2. The number of possible combinations and sequences of pedals rapidly approaches infinity.
Each time our guitarist feels that he may be ready to discard a pedal, he plugs it in for a final blast and finds one or 2 nice settings that he cannot do without.
Our guitarist's hoard of pedals always increases,his bank balance always decreases and he never gets any closer to his "perfect set-up".
Anyone else stuck in this trap?!?
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So when you try the one you rejected because it "was lacking that hint of sparkle this one has", you'll realise it sounds really great anyway and that it could be used for...
So it's normal.
Why? I have no idea what the problem with having a shedload of dirty boxes is?
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Now amps... yes... gone round the block with those!