I need help with pedal setup

start with tuner. then, i'd just go off of what YOU think you need. generic answer? yep, but it's accurate.

then ask yourself what you think you could add. if you have clean guitar parts, a chorus is great under that. if you get trippy, a phaser or flanger is cool. get funky? maybe an envelope or wah.

does your amp have distortion or eq that is footswitchable? if not, you may want to get some dirt of some kind in there or grab an eq if you want a tone shape that you can bypass.

hope that helped direct you at least a little. then you can start narrowing down what you need by budget and features and such.

 

You don't NEED any effects. That said, if you want to experiment, I would get a compressor and a fuzz pedal (Big Muff Pi) first. For what you are playing, you can get a lot of great tones with just those 2. You might also want to consider an overdrive after that.

(I just realized I may get excommunicated from the effects forum for heresy...)

 

Yeah, like said above, if you have a footswitch for overdrive, you might not want or need a pedal, but there are plenty of great ones, if budget is a factor, the hardwire cm2 is the best for the price, or if you're real strapped, Joyo American! A tuner is a must, compressor not so much, they are cool though!!

johnk vintage guitars site has a ton of overdrive reviews for bass and sound clips, ovnilabs is the bible for compressor reviews, and other gear stuff!! If you don't mind, what kind of sounds will you be using the filter for playing hardcore??

 

I suggest looking at used pedals , check a used music shop, pawn shop or even Craig's list. You probably can find a tuner for under 25 and pickup a used boss bass overdrive , you can find a used one for under 50 sometimes. Start there then add as you go. You do not need to have everything to play in a band.

 

well, I'm not like some people on TB, so I won't yell!! Filters are normally for bootsy collins/funky sounds, if you don't know what it does, you probably don't need it!!

a good mild overdrive like the ones I mentioned can be found very cheap, they will help you sit in the mix better with heavy guitars, and the cm2 actually boosts midrange to my ears

 

I got my cm2 for $50 used and the hardwire valve distortion for $20, both amazing!! Joyo American go for $30-40 new

 

and for evenness of sound, just practice good techniques, I used my comps different than most... My dual band comp is now used to bring the low end down on one of my basses, my boss limiter is only for my envelope filter, which I use for 3 different sounds
edit: stop belittling yourself, ever hear of self fulfilling prophecy?? Don't be so harsh on yourself... I've been playing for 20 years and finally learned how to do my own setups a few years ago, you can't know everything!!

 

Oh yeah, overdrive will naturally compress your sound anyways, so you really might wanna wait on getting a compressor

 

if you have a good amp, why do you want a eq?? Does it have an Xlr or direct out?? If so, the only reason you'd want an eq would be for a different tone... Now if your amp doesn't have the xlr, I suggest getting a preamp/DI like a dark glass B7K or Vintagemicrotubes deluxe,very important for live use, and then you might not need an overdrive pedal either as they both have drive

 

Well, if you want a different tone, eq pedal is the way to go

 

Really though, do yourself a favor and check out darkglass demos on YouTube, their versatile, but Excel in heavier music, plus DI still works when pedal is disengaged, so you could have your amp your clean tone and kick on the dark glass for rockin parts