"One and done" effects

[FilterFunk]

What effects do you have just one of? For me, it's OD (Boss SD-1), echo/delay (Rocktron Short Timer), reverb (Korg DRV-1000 rack...still going strong after 24 years!), chorus (Boss CE-5 compact pedal), distortion (Behringer TM300), and flanger (Behringer HF300). What effects do you have where one gets it done?

[KarateKid25]

I only have one compressor - Demeter Compulator and one Flanger - BF-2. The others are in multiples.

[Fishyfan]

one Freqbox, one MuRF, and the rest are all variations on the same idears.

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by FilterFunk

What effects do you have just one of? For me, it's OD (Boss SD-1), echo/delay (Rocktron Short Timer), reverb (Korg DRV-1000 rack...still going strong after 24 years!), chorus (Boss CE-5 compact pedal), distortion (Behringer TM300), and flanger (Behringer HF300). What effects do you have where one gets it done?

OK, this is going to sound awfully snobby, and I guess it is, but... I'm betting the only reason you are saying the SD-1, Short Timer, TM300, and HF300 are "one and done" is because you haven't tried anything better, or you don't particularly care as long as it gets the job done.

There's nothing wrong with that, of course--I only felt compelled to say that because it seemed like the premise of your thread was to indicate pedals that are so good that you just need the one. And IMO/E the biggest reason so many of us buy multiples of a given type of effect is not so that we can have them all at our feet all the time, but rather because we are constantly trying new ones out in the quest for "the tone" in our heads.

Of course there are people here with ten kinds of dirt or five kinds of filter on their board, but they're at the outer edge of the bell.

[Kwesi]

I really don't see the point in owning multiple effects of the same type outside of overdrive/distortion/fuzz and filters but that's just one guys opinion.

[FilterFunk]

Originally Posted by bongomania

OK, this is going to sound awfully snobby, and I guess it is, but... I'm betting the only reason you are saying the SD-1, Short Timer, TM300, and HF300 are "one and done" is because you haven't tried anything better, or you don't particularly care as long as it gets the job done.

There's nothing wrong with that, of course--I only felt compelled to say that because it seemed like the premise of your thread was to indicate pedals that are so good that you just need the one. And IMO/E the biggest reason so many of us buy multiples of a given type of effect is not so that we can have them all at our feet all the time, but rather because we are constantly trying new ones out in the quest for "the tone" in our heads.

Of course there are people here with ten kinds of dirt or five kinds of filter on their board, but they're at the outer edge of the bell.

I don't think you're being "snobby" at all! I'm not big on certain effects (flanger, dirt, chorus), but I like having them in my arsenal for certain songs. With those, I'm not picky. Someone who loves those effects might think I'm crazy, but I'm really not settling. The pedals I choose for my limited use of those effects actually work for me. It's definitely not about a pedal being "so good"; it's about finding the pedal that gets me the sound I'm looking for, no matter how cheap or expensive. I have lots of filters because (A) I love filters and I'm picky about them, and (B) I like having a variety of differently-voiced filters. With something like delay, I very rarely use it, and when I do, the Rocktron fits the bill. I had noticed that I have some "one and done" effects, and I just was curious about how many others have only one of a certain effect, and why. I think it depends a lot on how much you like and/or use certain effects.

[IPS]

The only thing I own more than one of are OD/Fuzz/Distortion- geminidrive,messdrive hybrid plus, deviever bass fuzz, tentancle love superfuzz (getting mastotron soon too)
and filters- MXR M82 and micro q tron

[Nerotic]

Well I only own one:

Octave
Fuzz
Compressor
Flanger
Chorus

And that's it. Everything gets used to different degrees and they all produce the sound I want, when I want them to. I can totally get behind the thinking of having multiples of a certain effect, but I my case it would be redundant.

So there you have it..

[ryognbass]

I have 9 forms of dirt so I can't vouch for that... and of course 2 delays (one analog, the other digital) for cascading sounds and versatility as far as having multiple delay times available.
but i have...
one dedicated filter
one flanger
one octave
one chorus
one EQ
and one wah.
and one addiction

[Robertron]

I use one compressor, one blender, one octaver, one filter, and one delay. I keep 4 dirt pedals on my board though.

[The Lurker]

They'll have to pry my Prunes and Custard from my cold, dead, velcro-covered hands.

[matt davies]

Originally Posted by The Lurker

They'll have to pry my Prunes and Custard from my cold, dead, velcro-covered hands.

+1

I love me some Prunes & Custard.



Matt.