Post that special/indispensable pedal you'll never get rid of...

[Josh Pelican]

My indispensable pedal as of late would be my B7K. I couldn't live with several pedals, but that's the one that's giving me the tone for my band.

Well, the one pedal I'll never part with has got to be my Phat Phuk B with Bias mod.

That really intrigues me. I regretfully sold my Phat Phuk B and it got lost in the mail. No idea where it is right now. I definitely want to buy another one someday and having a bias mod would make me that much happier.

I always used mine for my "clean" tone. Amazing pedal.

 

[andvari7]

It's a chorus pedal. I have two - Moog ClusterFlux, which will become my flanger, at the flick of a switch, and an EHX Small Clone, which I think will become my chorus of choice.

 

[4StringAxe]

The single best fuzz I've ever heard...it changed my whole opinion of the effect!

I'm sure this would be the one I could not do without ... if I had one ... soon

 

[skulletwhip]

Fuzzrocious Rat Tail

 

[Jazz Ad]

This pedal is so cool I can't believe I'm pretty much the only fan.

The EQ knobs control the frequency of hi and low cut, leading to extreme shelving if you want. It is perfect to get extra tones from simple electronics.
The drive is some kind of dirty, fuzzy stage. It can be used as a preamp.
Through the switch it becomes a very powerful boost and can lead even the stubbiest, cleanest amp to garage tones.

It can make a P sound like a J bridge, it helps a lot cleaning the mix by restraining the range of an instrument.
As a standalone pedal without using the filters it delivers a crunchy touch.
It lets you sculpt synth tones and filters perfectly.

 

[necropain]

for me its the holy stain i use alot of fuzz and reverb combos anyways and this does it amazingly for me. no i don't use the pitch shift on it because that part of it sucks but the rest of it is worth the price IMO. also the trem is great and i love the cello sound you get with the hall reverb mix at max

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[necropain]

This pedal is so cool I can't believe I'm pretty much the only fan.

The EQ knobs control the frequency of hi and low cut, leading to extreme shelving if you want. It is perfect to get extra tones from simple electronics.
The drive is some kind of dirty, fuzzy stage. It can be used as a preamp.
Through the switch it becomes a very powerful boost and can lead even the stubbiest, cleanest amp to garage tones.

It can make a P sound like a J bridge, it helps a lot cleaning the mix by restraining the range of an instrument.
As a standalone pedal without using the filters it delivers a crunchy touch.
It lets you sculpt synth tones and filters perfectly.

i've been wanting one of these so bad a friend of mine has one and it is so awesome

 

[sunbeast]

The closest thing I have is the Rusty Box. The grindy tightness of the Rusty is the perfect tonal complement to the amps I like to use, which tend to be very fat and low-midrange heavy. I have tried to replace it or axe it a few times, but every time I stop using it I feel like I'm missing an integral element of my tone. The only things that makes me question it again and again are the funky power requirements and the sometimes high noise floor (especially with other bright pedals put in front of it)- It can technically be run at 18 or 24 volts which I can get from my power supply, but just doesn't sound as good to me at those lower voltages as it does when used with the included power supply.

 

[Downunderwonder]

If I had a gun to my head to keep only one?

An envelope.

But my Prunes and Custard would hurt more to lose, if that makes any sense.

 

[lowfreq33]

Well, I have a Unibass, sooooo......

 

[IGotGas]

Neunaber WET Reverb

 

[HunterBurgan4Me]

Hands down my Darkglass B3K (it was only a matter of time before someone said it)

I set it up so it just colours the tone a bit not outrageous distortion, just some dynamic crunch. Clean amps sound boring now.

 

[Feral Feline]

"Yeah? Well, you know that's just like, ah, your opinion man."

– Radial PZed-Pre – Pedals & Empire: Foundation

 

[Vlad5]

If I could only have one...

Followed closely by the Tall Font Russian and B3K!

Actually, these three are my 'stripped down' board.
Really all I need.
But then, I like a LOT of effects.

 

[Tim_Mofunk]

My Octavius Squeezer #72. Too much fun. Other pedals come and go but the OS is one of a kind.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

sometimes it's merely subtle/simple things. I bought an xotic bass rc booster with the intent to use it for, well, a booster. It is now an on all the time part of my sound. A keeper for sure.

Exactly the same here for me, it is ON all the time and does so much with little adjustments...

 

[MNoir]

For me, the combination of the W&C Phat Phuk B and MXR Bass Compressor have become indispensable. The MXR comes first, just to level peaks, and then the PPB very nicely fattens out the low end. Very happy with these two.

 

[sillyfabe]

This is a hard choice but if I HAD to choose it would be my EHX H.O.G. and foot controller.

Re-housed foot controller (6 presets)

 

[Rabidrasbora]

Wren and Cuff Box of War (through my Sansamp VT). Just a tight, satisfying sound...

But it's a bully, it's booted all the other distortion pedals off my board...

 

[Flymo Wang]

From 2002 until a few years ago, it was an early, pre-mosfet fulltone bassdrive. I then replaced it with a phat phuk and an
Xotic BB preamp. The BB is now the centre of my pedalboard, works so well with my OC-2, drives my TFR, and gives my P bass a lovely grindy o/d into my old valve amp...