Ashdown effect pedals

Personally I think they are poorly-built, too large, and not very good sounding.

 

Totally agree with everything bongo said

 

You've got a lot of options there. Distortion has a lot of different types? What kind of sound do you want? For companies, I'd suggest fuzzrocious, Ryan has every kind of dirt imaginable it seems.

As far as delay, digital or analog? There are a lot of good digital delays. I like my hardwire DL8 and the line6 DL4 gets lots of love here.

 

The dl4 is digital.

 

Moog and Maxon make some good ones. Just so you know, though, digital ones can sound pretty awesome too, and can be much less expensive.

 

For a good distortion in the same price range as the Ashdown, try the Digitech Hardwire Tube Overdrive. It gives a nice overdriven sound without loosing low end.

 

Someone's been watching videos of Juan Alderete's rig!