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Tony Flow MMMM 02-11-2013 03:47 PM

Too many effects. Choosing which to keep is so hard.
 
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I have 3 fuzzes alone! Fuzzes are very hard to pick on. IMO they all sound great. In their own ways. However chance I ever use 1 fuzz is slim much less 3.

What do I do?

The bass big muff is VERY versatile. Also too much. There's too many sounds I like and it takes up quite a bit of room. The wooly really only does one sound but man it does it GREAT. The swollen pickle is in a class of its own.


Ahhhh

ManuelJG 02-11-2013 03:50 PM

I always find myself in the same situation...
A lot of pedals to fit in one board... so, I got another board...

Swift713 02-11-2013 04:28 PM

I played with a guitar player last year who used to bring a couple of pedals from his vast arsenal to jam. It was different every week.

Musicman1901 02-11-2013 09:51 PM

Ditch the muff first as its the biggest most cumbersome one. The wooly is the most unique as its a gated fuzz so it really cant be emulated by the other two. Between the mammoth and the pickle you should be able to cover your fuzz needs! I'm in the exact same boat as you. I have a tonebender, centurion, and a mastotron and it's time to ditch one of them for space!

nad 02-11-2013 09:54 PM

I have three B:Assmasters.

My problems are different.

Musicman1901 02-11-2013 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by nad (Post 13867371)
I have three B:Assmasters.

My problems are different.

Hahahaha

Floyd Eye 02-11-2013 10:11 PM

Why ditch any of them? Variety is the spice of life.

Musicman1901 02-11-2013 10:37 PM

If your not strapped for space I couldn't agree more. But if your board is suffering and you need space you gotta do what you gotta do

ManuelJG 02-11-2013 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Musicman1901 (Post 13867500)
If your not strapped for space I couldn't agree more. But if your board is suffering and you need space you gotta do what you gotta do

Get a bigger board for sure... :hyper:

vegas532 02-11-2013 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nad (Post 13867371)
I have three B:Assmasters.

My problems are different.

Admitting there's a problem is the first step to recovery. ;)

nad 02-11-2013 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by vegas532 (Post 13867508)
Admitting there's a problem is the first step to recovery. ;)

Oh yeah. I almost bought a fourth earlier today. Best part was tonight when my wife saw that there were two identical B:Assmasters:

"What could you possibly need TWO of those for?!"
"Yeah. I bought a third one last week."

She just laughed at me. I think she's starting to understand my insanity. Perhaps, she too, is joining the fray... :o

vondran 02-11-2013 11:46 PM

Keep all three, but have only one on the pedal board at a time. Honestly, we hear the difference but the audiance at a gig wouldn't notice if you had one or three. So, keep the pedal board simple and rotate them occasionally to change things up for you.

johnk_10 02-12-2013 04:08 AM

I wish that I only had three ;) ( I have around 85 different dirt pedals now :eek:. the biggest problem is, I like ALL of them).

Laurent 02-12-2013 10:26 AM

I've gone through 200 pedals in the last 3 years having as many as 45 at once.
I'm in recovery with "only" 30 or so!

Tony Flow MMMM 02-12-2013 11:49 AM

I'm actually keeping the big muff and selling the other two, it can do ANYTGING from over drive> fuzz> distortion, the others can't

crapusername 02-13-2013 03:14 AM

Keep them all mwahahahaha
;)


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