What pedal am I missing off my board?

PermanentWaves

Hi All,

I'm in a covers band. Mainly 70s and 80s rock.

I'm upgrading my Boss GT8 and going for individual pedals.

I'm pretty much sorted in terms of what I'm buying for Delay, Wah, Chorus as those tend to be my staple sounds.

However, what else should I think about putting on the board? I want stuff that will be useful for the era we play.

Cheers
Mike

not_the_dj

MXR phase 90 of course.

John_P

It also depends how many drive pedals you are using -  I suspect you need at least one more ;-)

TinLip

Technically it's what you're missing ON your board, but I'll let this slide to address the more important matter of an MXR phase 90 (as above yes I know). 

Teetonetal

Compressor, fuzz,100 different kinds of od?

meltedbuzzbox

fuzz and an OD, maybe an octavia too.

I happen to be selling a pedal that does all 3 in one ;-) opportunity knocks and all that

PermanentWaves

I should have said that from an OD point of view, I really like the dirty channel on my amp. I bought a Mooer Hustle pedal recently and it sounds almost exactly like my amp. Good advert for the Mooer pedal but a bit redundant on my board

tone1

Boss MT-2

Sassafras

Fuzz Face and a Wah.

hubobulous

Tuner

mike_l

Boss SD-1

MXR Phase 90 (as already mentioned)

Univibe

 

viz

Good choice, going the pedals route, imo

stickyfiddle

What songs are you playing?

PermanentWaves

Mainly rock from 70's and 80's, although some later stuff creeps in as you will see from the list below

Here's a few we play:

All Right Now - Free
Cant Get Enough - Bad Company
Hammer to Fall - Queen
Pictures of Home - Deep Purple
Rocking in the Free World - Neil Young
Bound for Glory - Blackstar Riders
Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

stickyfiddle said:

What songs are you playing?

mike_l

Maybe a Flanger for some of the Thin Lizzy stuff, but the songs mentioned by Free, Bad Compny, Neil Young and Lizzy I'd just use a nice crunchy Marshall type sound with out any embellishments.

 

I'm not sure about Queen/BSR so I'm not saying anything on them.

 

Teetonetal

If Queen then may be a trebble booster? Otherwise depending on amp, maybe a marshall in a box type?

Sassafras

Yes, treble booster even if not playing Queen stuff. They're amazing through a cooking amp.

PermanentWaves

Thanks everyone. Great feedback.

I forgot to mention I also have a Blackstar LT Boost so that could cover the treble boost although currently I'm using it as a pure volume boost and I have it in the fx loop for that reason.

Maybe I'll get another one and put that in front of the amp to drive the preamp.

Cheers
Mike

Going to the Guitar show tomorrow so I've no doubt temptation will win

PermanentWaves

hubobulous said:

Tuner

Good call. I have one on my shopping list. I've already got one of those tuners you attach to the head of the guitar but one on the board would be useful.

mike_l

PermanentWaves said:

Thanks everyone. Great feedback.

I forgot to mention I also have a Blackstar LT Boost so that could cover the treble boost although currently I'm using it as a pure volume boost and I have it in the fx loop for that reason.

Maybe I'll get another one and put that in front of the amp to drive the preamp.

Cheers
Mike

Going to the Guitar show tomorrow so I've no doubt temptation will win

Careful putting an overdrive pedal in the loop, you (potentially) could do serious damage to your amp and outside of the normal hearing range. Better to use a clean boost in the loop.

My own preference for a clean boost in the loop is the MXR Microamp. 

not_the_dj

The LT Boost is a clean boost. IIRC that one used to be mine.