Sold my POD HD300 this week and picked up my first ever real-life big-boy pedals!
MXR Smart Gate
Great noise gate, a lot of diversity and doesn't choke the tone at all from what I've tried.
Maxon OD9
Unfortunately it took me 12 years of guitar playing to realise that you could use an OD pedal as a clean boost.... This is a game changer for my JVM215C... completely tightens up the tone!
Earthquaker Devices Master Dispatch
This is a delay/reverb combo, you can have one or the other or both. It sounds amazing! goes all the way from subtle reverb all the way to spacey OTT ambient sound.
Comments
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1
Man, I wish my early ventures into 'pedalville' had been this wise !
Now, here's some Dad-like advice that you, and we all, may ignore... Later on, you will get GAS for seemingly bigger, shinier, more expensive tempting pedals. If you love those sounds, DO NOT sell them !
And never ever bin that EQD DM... Nothing out there comes close to it imho ! Enjoy.