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Effects you hate

I love manual wah, much prefer it to any auto/filter IMO.

I hated fuzz for quite some time, but then played in a grunge band with really sludgey, metal-meets-Mudhoney riffs and a Big Muff in that situation sounded great to add some noise to it all that a cranked OD couldn't.

Don't really like Flangers or Tremelos, reverb seems a bit pointless.

Chorus, in any setting, I like - the only 'nice' effect I'm gassing for.