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How many pedals do you have?

How many pedals do you own?

  • 1 - Compressor (Nothing Else)

    Votes: 7 2.0%
  • 1 - Other than above

    Votes: 36 10.1%
  • 2-5 Controlled Purchases

    Votes: 85 23.9%
  • 6-10 Maybe one that doesn’t get used a lot

    Votes: 82 23.0%
  • 11-20 Hanging on to some oldies

    Votes: 79 22.2%
  • 20-50 Maybe I’ll want to use one again

    Votes: 47 13.2%
  • 50+ I’m addicted

    Votes: 20 5.6%

  • Total voters
    356
How many pedals do I own? Too many. My guitar board is crammed. And it changes according to my whim. I have severe GAS. But I don’t play guitar in bands, just for my own enjoyment.

But for the bass, where I do play in a band, I have a tuner, compressor, envelope filter and Sansamp. That’s it, that’s all.
 
I take the Boss GT-1B, Korg Pitchblack tuner and Behringer BDI-21 to gigs. I don’t use the BDI-21 anymore as it kinda hides the natural sound of my basses but it’s gives an excellent tube sound and has a DI incase my amp dies and I need to DI directly into the PA.
 
In addition to the 15 pictured here on my main pedalboard, I have 3 others that either don't quite fit my current needs or don't quite work (!). So 18 total.
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