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Pedals you won't live without.
- Thread starter Pandafist
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Sansamp BDDI. Plug into awesomeness.
Plugged into my effects return I have bypassed the pre in my amp (Carvin R600) for the past two years. On rare occasion I get curious of what my amp actually sounds like again and plug into the front. Minutes later I'm back to my Sansamp always on.
And it has proved invaluable on gigs using other people's backline. I always get consistent sound, meanwhile my guitarists walk off stage whining.
Plugged into my effects return I have bypassed the pre in my amp (Carvin R600) for the past two years. On rare occasion I get curious of what my amp actually sounds like again and plug into the front. Minutes later I'm back to my Sansamp always on.
And it has proved invaluable on gigs using other people's backline. I always get consistent sound, meanwhile my guitarists walk off stage whining.
Comp/sustainer and overdrive, or two overdrives with one stacked into the other. As main essential. Then ring modulator and light reverb for room ambeince for ready for recording/PA etc tone.
I realized today that my Pork Loin and Groove Regulator will be with me at every rehearsal, gig, etc., whatever, forever and are the pedals I use that are the least likely to be replaced by anything else.
I don't have any yet.
Based on my reading so far I'm probably going to pick up a really good compressor. I had one in mind but now I forget the name. I have a really bad case of CRS, apparently.
There's a thread with a ton of reviews, but dogged if I can find it now. Anybody got the link?
I have pedal which I would hate to loose, but I never use it playing with others. Too off the wall.
Peavey Stereo Effects Processor DEP-16. Late 1980's origin.
It has digital sounding choruses and flangers fairly typical of it's eighties era vintage. Nothing too special.
Then there is the depth/rate pot. Someone at Peavey MAY have been a Hawkwind fan. Just maybe. The depth and rate of the effect are actually inverse of each other. The Depth adjusts the range of a frequency modulation sweep and the rate the overall speed of the sweep.The result is that the effect has an auto shifting modulation, it cascades up and down AND slower and faster at the same time. Playing single notes produces a very unique pitch and speed ring-modulation delay. Vocals are fun too!
But then it also has a "Regeneration" pot which reintroduces the modulated delayed output back into the input of the effect which is at a varying angle out-of phase with what the dry input signal from the instrument. Madness! When playing consistantly with the regeneration and depth/rate at or near full CW it...
...creates wormholes...
Totally over the top effect, conventionally a useless pedal, I swear this must have been invented solely for the purpose of entertaining an audience comprised of people tripping hard on acid.
I have never seen another one, but someone else owns one. That person put up a review on Harmony Central. Look it up if interrested. I have enjoyed sharing, hope some were entertained. If you had any part in the development of this device, please contact me.
Peavey Stereo Effects Processor DEP-16. Late 1980's origin.
It has digital sounding choruses and flangers fairly typical of it's eighties era vintage. Nothing too special.
Then there is the depth/rate pot. Someone at Peavey MAY have been a Hawkwind fan. Just maybe. The depth and rate of the effect are actually inverse of each other. The Depth adjusts the range of a frequency modulation sweep and the rate the overall speed of the sweep.The result is that the effect has an auto shifting modulation, it cascades up and down AND slower and faster at the same time. Playing single notes produces a very unique pitch and speed ring-modulation delay. Vocals are fun too!
But then it also has a "Regeneration" pot which reintroduces the modulated delayed output back into the input of the effect which is at a varying angle out-of phase with what the dry input signal from the instrument. Madness! When playing consistantly with the regeneration and depth/rate at or near full CW it...
...creates wormholes...
Totally over the top effect, conventionally a useless pedal, I swear this must have been invented solely for the purpose of entertaining an audience comprised of people tripping hard on acid.
I have never seen another one, but someone else owns one. That person put up a review on Harmony Central. Look it up if interrested. I have enjoyed sharing, hope some were entertained. If you had any part in the development of this device, please contact me.
There are only 2. My Source Audio MWBD and my Akai Deep Impact. As much as I dig my pedalboard those are the only two that I have that are absolutely irreplaceable.
Rocktron Deep Blue Chorus. The only pedal that I think they got right. That thing can give me some sick-a## chorus.
