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Help me get a nice effects setup.

Grizzly700

Grizzly700

Mar 18, 2008
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Maryville, TN
#1
I recently ventured into the world of effects, and I purchased a Zoom B2.1u. I like it alot, however, I can only see myself using it for recording, its interface is just too hard to use unless you leave it on 1 setting through out the whole song. I need a few effects to use live. This is what I need -

Envelope filter
Wah
Overdrive/Distortion
Fuzz
Synth

What would you guys use for all those, making it as cheap as possible with good quality. Also, I would need recommendations for a powered pedal board, again, not too expensive.

EDIT: Also forgot to mention I would like a tuner. I was thinking the Korg Pitchblack?
 
#2
Cheap? hmmm....going with used

Envelope Filter = Boss AW-2
Wah = Dunlop 105q
OD/Distortion = Digitech Bad Monkey
Fuzz = EHX Big Bass Muff, or Little Big Muff, or Big Muff
Synth = Digitech Bass Synth Wah.

These obviously aren't be all end all and a Synth that sounds good is going to cost ya, as would a better sound Envelop Filter.

If price wasn't an issue.

Envelope Filter = 3leaf Groove Regulator or the Maxon AF-9
Wah = EBS Stan Wah (I guess, I'm not a wah fan,...yet)
Overdrive/Distortion = ElectroniX Gemini Drive (If Os starts up again)
Fuzz = Wooly Mammoth, Brown Dog, Supercollider,...I could go on. (Actually the EHX Muffs are pretty good).
Synth = EHX Bass Micro Synth, or the Akai Deep Impact. Or a collection of MoogerFoogers.

YMMV

EDIT: The Pitch Black seems cool, I have no issues with the TU-2. I'd like a Sonic Research ST-200.
 
#3
Grizzly700 said:
Envelope filter - Micro Qtron
Wah - Dunlop 105Q
Overdrive/Distortion - Tech21 XXL
Fuzz - Big Bass Muff
Synth - Phew.. buy an octave, and combine it with ^

What would you guys use for all those, making it as cheap as possible with good quality. Also, I would need recommendations for a powered pedal board, again, not too expensive. - SKB Pedalboard
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IMO, of course.
 
#4
Grizzly700 said:
What would you guys use for all those, making it as cheap as possible with good quality.
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Just get anything by Boss if this is the deciding factor. If not, you need to determine what kind of specific tones you are looking for. An hour ago I was playing with two distortion pedals, which cost $150 each, and both sound amazing. However, they both sound completely different from one another, and there's no way I could tell someone to get one over the other without knowing what kind of tone the person was going for.
 
#11
warwick.hoy said:
Fuzz = EHX Big Bass Muff, or Little Big Muff, or Big Muff
Synth = Digitech Bass Synth Wah.
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I like this combination. Here is a video of someone using a BSW with a Big Muff (I'm not sure which one, he just says Big Muff). It's a neat sound. The Big Muff really livens up the Bass Synth Wah.

I also agree with bhass on the Q-Tron+. That pedal is sick. It costs more than some envelope filters but the FX loop is worth it, in my opinion. And you can switch the direction of the filter sweep. Cruise YouTube for the video of Dan Miller putting a #1 Echo and a Micro Metal Muff. It has some crazy sounds. I can't wait to get my hands on one.
 

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