Number of pedals/effects at home, vs playing live

[AlstottMVP2]

How many of your pedals do you take to gigs with you? All? A few? None?

If you bring them all, how do you compete for stage space?

If you bring some, do you rip apart your masterboard at home every week?

If you bring none, is it weird playing live with stripped sound?

[TheMutt]

All of my pedals fit neatly on a pedalboard, so it's not really a big deal for me to bring all of them with me everywhere. I only use certain pedals at certain places (I use everything on Saturdays, while I use mainly my volume, comp, chorus, and flanger at church on Sundays) but it'd be a huge hassle to disassemble and re-assemble everything every week. Stage space is never a problem for me, as there is ample room to spare in both of the places that I play at. (Saturdays it's with a 9-piece praise band playing contemporary, and Sundays it's with a 6-piece praise band playing the Sunday usual)

For me it's usually weird when I practice, as I just run through a headphone amp (so as to reduce noise) and I don't use my effects, which sounds stripped down to me.

[SpankyPants]

I used to bring 'em all.

One of the bands I was in had a TON of gear, so half of us generally set up off the stage on smaller gigs.

Otherwise, we just had a cramped stage.

[The BurgerMeister]

i use three pedals for my main gig (pitchblack, Attack Goat, Barber LTD SR), and a tuner (strobostomp) for the other.

i don't think i could justify taking ALL of these to a Rock&Roll gig:



1. 3Xfx FatMan Distortion/Oscillator
2. Alien Hate Fuzz
3. Ampeg Sub-Blaster Octaver
4. Analogman Chorus (w/ “deep” switch)
5. Anaplex Delay
6. Aphex Bass Xciter
7. Aramat Effects Tubular Tremolo
8. Aria DMX10 Flanger/Chorus
9. Barber LTD Special Recipe Overdrive
10. BargeConcepts VFB2 Blender/Feedback Looper
11. BargeConcepts RC2 Compressor
12. Bent-It Synthbox/noisemaker
13. BJFE Blueberry Bass Overdrive
14. Boss TR2 Tremolo
15. Boss TU2 Tuner
16. Boss HM2 Heavy Metal
17. Boss DD3 Digital Delay
18. Boss DD6 Digital Delay
19. Boss BF2 Flanger
20. Boss PQ3B Bass Parametric EQ
21. Boss PH1r Phaser
22. Boss LM2B Bass Limiter
23. Boss OD2 Turbo Overdrive
24. Boss OS2 Overdrive/Distortion
25. Boss BF2B Bass Flanger
26. Boss CE2B Chorus
27. Boss PW2 Power Driver
28. Boulevard BFL-10 Flanger
29. Catalinbread Hyperpak
30. Chunk Systems Agent 00Funk (mk. I)
31. CoPilotFX Android
32. Danelectro Dan-Echo Delay
33. Demeter Opto Compulator
34. Demeter Fuzzulator
35. DOD 250 Overdrive
36. DOD 201 Phasor
37. DOD FX60 Chorus
38. DOD FX25 Envelope Filter
39. DOD FX90 Analog Delay
40. DOD DFX9 Digital Delay
41. Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar Tremolo
42. Electro-Harmonix Small Stone (Russian) Phaser
43. Electro-Harmonix Double Muff Overdrive/Distortion
44. Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (Russian) Fuzz
45. Electro-Harmonix Bass Microsynth Synthesizer
46. Electro-Harmonix Qtron+ Envelope Filter
47. Electro-Harmonix BassBalls Dual Envelope Follower
48. Electro-Harmonix Nano BassBalls Dual Envelope Follower
49. Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phaser
50. Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff Fuzz
51. the SYLE Red O.D.
52. ElectroniX Submarine
53. Fulltone OCD Overdrive
54. SUPERCOLLIDER
55. George Dennis Phaser
56. Guyatone MC-3 Micro Chorus
57. HAO Rust Ride Overdrive
58. H.B.E. Hematoma Bass Overdrive
59. Ibanez PM7 Phaser
60. KMD Flanger
61. KMD Analog Delay
62. Locobox AD-01 Analog Delay (80s)
63. Locobox Mysto-Dysto Distortion
64. LR Baggs Para Acoustic DI
65. Malekko B:Assmaster
66. Maxon FL-301 Flanger
67. Maxon AD999 Analog Delay
68. Maxon AF9 Envelope Filter
69. Maxon CS9-Pro Chorus
70. Maxon PT999 Phasetone Phaser
71. Wounded Paw Attack Goat
72. MaxxPlay Single Bypass Loop
73. MI Audio Neo Fuzz
74. Monotonic Labs Type U-73 Synthesizer
75. Morley PWF Power Wah Fuzz
76. MXR Smart Gate
77. MXR Phase 90 (vodka-modded)
78. MXR Dynacomp Compressor
79. MXR Distortion + (1981)
80. Peterson StroboStomp
81. Radial BigShot I/O Instrument Switcher
82. Roger Mayer Voodoo-Bass
83. SIB Varidrive
84. Subdecay Noise Box
85. Tech21 CompTortion
86. Korg Pitchblack Tuner
87. Tech21 XXLB
88. Tech21 Sansamp RBI Preamp
89. Tech21 Double Drive
90. Walco Sound-Go-Round Stutter Tremolo
91. Whirlwind Selector A/B/Y Box
92. Yamaha CH-10MII chorus
93. Yamaha FL-10MII flanger
94. Toadworks MEAT Jr.
95. Frantone Lo-Tone
96. Sanford & Sonny Bluebeard Fuzz
97. Korg G5
98. Blackbox Ultraviolet Fuzz
99. Aramat Effects Green Machine
100. Aramat Effects Green Machine (bass version)
101. Wren & Cuff Pickle Pie Fuzz
102. Guyatone Bass Gear Distortion
103. Maxon PDS1 Programmable Distortion
104. Zinky True Grit Overdrive
105. Boss DM2
106. TC Electronic Nova Delay
107. TC Electronic Nova Reverb
108. Electro-Harmonix Micro POG
109. Rick Gram Woman Tone

[René_Julien]

Originally Posted by The BurgerMeister

i use three pedals for my main gig (pitchblack, Attack Goat, Barber LTD SR), and a tuner (strobostomp) for the other.

i don't think i could justify taking ALL of these to a Rock&Roll gig:



1.
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108.

There goes my hero.


Hmm... how about a pic of your "home setup"?

[SpankyPants]

They're scattered around his living room. Sometimes you'll see one in a shoe, in the fridge, in the toilet's water tank, boxes of cereal, and under his mattress.

[The BurgerMeister]

strictly speaking, they're scattered around my bedroom, living room, and practice spaces. and i think a few are in the studios of a couple o' friends of mine....

i'll see if i can get some pics of the whole happy family soon.

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by SpankyPants

They're scattered around his living room. Sometimes you'll see one in a shoe, in the fridge, in the toilet's water tank, boxes of cereal, and under his mattress.

Ah, the upper decker for the ultimate dirty tone.

[The BurgerMeister]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

Ah, the upper decker for the ultimate dirty tone.

a tone you remember for months!

[René_Julien]

Originally Posted by The BurgerMeister

strictly speaking, they're scattered around my bedroom, living room, and practice spaces. and i think a few are in the studios of a couple o' friends of mine....

i'll see if i can get some pics of the whole happy family soon.

I was going to take pictures of my pedals before and after I joined TB 4months ago. I gave in to my pedal GAS. It about tripled.

But your collection would make mine humble.


And the sad part is that I only really use a EQ-pedal and a delay.

[CicadaSilence]

I use everything live. I'm in a pop/funk band, and I've got around fifteen pedals on my board. Use 'em all, every night.

[icarussmicarus]

I used to just hoarde my pedals until I realised I could afford new pedals by selling the old ones. So now I'm down to just keeping the pedals I use live/in the band, though any pedals I can't get any money for get to lie around.

[JimmyM]

Got about 12 pedals plus a multi, 8 of the pedals still work, and I use 3 on my gigs.

[nad]

7 pedals on the board
7 used in the band
7 brought to all the gigs
7 to rule the land

[theunknowndude]

Originally Posted by nad

7 pedals on the board
7 used in the band
7 brought to all the gigs
7 to rule the land

dang,... I have 9,... well 11 if you include my zoom B2 and my really old Korg AX1000G that I never use anymore,... but thats ok with me, cos 11 is my lucky number

realistically, there is only ONE pedal to rule them all, and thats,... my weeping demon

I take 3 pedals if all I need is distortion, wah and tuner and im in a hurry ,... else ill take the board with everything but the wah on it,... the B2 is just a headphones scenario

[phatbass]

I only ever bring one or two pedals, if any, to a gig. I HATE having a ton of crap at my feet during a gig. And I'm lazy and hate having to pack up the same ton of crap after the gig.

When I do bring any effects it's usually just an envelope filter or wah. Sometimes for a classic rock gig just the Russian Big Muff Pi.

Unless you count the Boss TU-2; that comes to every gig.

[basste]

Five pedals on the board, for all situations:

Looper from kit musikding
dunlop wha 105Q
Ebs multicomp
Ebs octabass
Coxx PT tuner

And:
an old PS-2 from boss that i use only for deep FLoyding evenings with some dark friends

a jamman that i use at home to work, and at rehearsals to record easily.

an old cry baby guitar; which is close to death...

[scotch]

How many of your pedals do you take to gigs with you? All? A few? None?
Usually my main board consisting of 8 pedals, a loop strip & tuner. If it's the 1st time I've played with an artist, I will only bring about 2 or 3 - you don't want to scare a new employer too much on the first gig! I have almost 20 pedals to choose from, but there are 8 "primary" pedals that live on my main board. I find them to be the most useful to me, so they go to almost every gig.

If you bring them all, how do you compete for stage space?
I'm lucky enough to play 99% large stages, but there's always room for a reasonable pedalboard - unless you dance around a lot!

If you bring some, do you rip apart your masterboard at home every week?
Almost, I do rip apart my board pretty often to assemble a "flight board" for when I have to check my pedals. Although, my main board travels well, airline baggage restrictions ($$$) are making me travel lighter....

If you bring none, is it weird playing live with stripped sound?
No, but I usually find that I could have used something here or there... but it's good to go "au naturale" sometimes!

[Sven Olaffson]

How many of your pedals do you take to gigs with you? All? A few? None?

The concept is "all my pedals are in a pedalboard and I bring the pedalboard". But in the near future I'll have to decide whether or not I start a new pedalboard, because I need some more pedal for one band (and not the other), and there's no room left in the main board.
So I'll probably end up with the current pedalboard, slightly modified and an additionnal board for weirds sounds and effects.

If you bring them all, how do you compete for stage space?

I play in relatively small bands (3 or 4 members and only one guitarist) so no problem here. Plus I won't let anyone bother me with stage space: I need space, I take it, period.

If you bring some, do you rip apart your masterboard at home every week?

I never ripp appart my board, except for major rearrangement, every year or two ...

If you bring none, is it weird playing live with stripped sound?

Sometime I jam with naked sound but I always feel like I miss something. There's always a moment where I wish I could add some overdrive, a bit of wha or a little chorus ...

[5stringwonder]

Originally Posted by The BurgerMeister

i use three pedals for my main gig (pitchblack, Attack Goat, Barber LTD SR), and a tuner (strobostomp) for the other.

i don't think i could justify taking ALL of these to a Rock&Roll gig:



1. 3Xfx FatMan Distortion/Oscillator
2. Alien Hate Fuzz
3. Ampeg Sub-Blaster Octaver
4. Analogman Chorus (w/ “deep” switch)
5. Anaplex Delay
6. Aphex Bass Xciter
7. Aramat Effects Tubular Tremolo
8. Aria DMX10 Flanger/Chorus
9. Barber LTD Special Recipe Overdrive
10. BargeConcepts VFB2 Blender/Feedback Looper
11. BargeConcepts RC2 Compressor
12. Bent-It Synthbox/noisemaker
13. BJFE Blueberry Bass Overdrive
14. Boss TR2 Tremolo
15. Boss TU2 Tuner
16. Boss HM2 Heavy Metal
17. Boss DD3 Digital Delay
18. Boss DD6 Digital Delay
19. Boss BF2 Flanger
20. Boss PQ3B Bass Parametric EQ
21. Boss PH1r Phaser
22. Boss LM2B Bass Limiter
23. Boss OD2 Turbo Overdrive
24. Boss OS2 Overdrive/Distortion
25. Boss BF2B Bass Flanger
26. Boss CE2B Chorus
27. Boss PW2 Power Driver
28. Boulevard BFL-10 Flanger
29. Catalinbread Hyperpak
30. Chunk Systems Agent 00Funk (mk. I)
31. CoPilotFX Android
32. Danelectro Dan-Echo Delay
33. Demeter Opto Compulator
34. Demeter Fuzzulator
35. DOD 250 Overdrive
36. DOD 201 Phasor
37. DOD FX60 Chorus
38. DOD FX25 Envelope Filter
39. DOD FX90 Analog Delay
40. DOD DFX9 Digital Delay
41. Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar Tremolo
42. Electro-Harmonix Small Stone (Russian) Phaser
43. Electro-Harmonix Double Muff Overdrive/Distortion
44. Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (Russian) Fuzz
45. Electro-Harmonix Bass Microsynth Synthesizer
46. Electro-Harmonix Qtron+ Envelope Filter
47. Electro-Harmonix BassBalls Dual Envelope Follower
48. Electro-Harmonix Nano BassBalls Dual Envelope Follower
49. Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phaser
50. Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff Fuzz
51. the SYLE Red O.D.
52. ElectroniX Submarine
53. Fulltone OCD Overdrive
54. SUPERCOLLIDER
55. George Dennis Phaser
56. Guyatone MC-3 Micro Chorus
57. HAO Rust Ride Overdrive
58. H.B.E. Hematoma Bass Overdrive
59. Ibanez PM7 Phaser
60. KMD Flanger
61. KMD Analog Delay
62. Locobox AD-01 Analog Delay (80s)
63. Locobox Mysto-Dysto Distortion
64. LR Baggs Para Acoustic DI
65. Malekko B:Assmaster
66. Maxon FL-301 Flanger
67. Maxon AD999 Analog Delay
68. Maxon AF9 Envelope Filter
69. Maxon CS9-Pro Chorus
70. Maxon PT999 Phasetone Phaser
71. Wounded Paw Attack Goat
72. MaxxPlay Single Bypass Loop
73. MI Audio Neo Fuzz
74. Monotonic Labs Type U-73 Synthesizer
75. Morley PWF Power Wah Fuzz
76. MXR Smart Gate
77. MXR Phase 90 (vodka-modded)
78. MXR Dynacomp Compressor
79. MXR Distortion + (1981)
80. Peterson StroboStomp
81. Radial BigShot I/O Instrument Switcher
82. Roger Mayer Voodoo-Bass
83. SIB Varidrive
84. Subdecay Noise Box
85. Tech21 CompTortion
86. Korg Pitchblack Tuner
87. Tech21 XXLB
88. Tech21 Sansamp RBI Preamp
89. Tech21 Double Drive
90. Walco Sound-Go-Round Stutter Tremolo
91. Whirlwind Selector A/B/Y Box
92. Yamaha CH-10MII chorus
93. Yamaha FL-10MII flanger
94. Toadworks MEAT Jr.
95. Frantone Lo-Tone
96. Sanford & Sonny Bluebeard Fuzz
97. Korg G5
98. Blackbox Ultraviolet Fuzz
99. Aramat Effects Green Machine
100. Aramat Effects Green Machine (bass version)
101. Wren & Cuff Pickle Pie Fuzz
102. Guyatone Bass Gear Distortion
103. Maxon PDS1 Programmable Distortion
104. Zinky True Grit Overdrive
105. Boss DM2
106. TC Electronic Nova Delay
107. TC Electronic Nova Reverb
108. Electro-Harmonix Micro POG
109. Rick Gram Woman Tone

is that all?