What genre do you play, and why do you use the pedals you do?

I'm mostly a plug straight in person, but started using an active DI and pedal tuner for gigs with my funk/jazz band for practical purposes.

Then, since I had a board and a power source down there added some pedals for individual songs. An EQ for one chord sound I need to get in and out of faster than I can adjust my onboard controls, a tremolo pedal for another chord sound (guitar player loves writing chord parts for me to play behind his solos) and an OC2 for a couple of songs I recorded parts of in drop D or on synth.

 

I play mainly in rock/metal bands and typically keep a handful of pedals on the board at any given time, with the most-used being fuzz, overdrive, and chorus. My baseline tone tends to be clean and relatively hi-fi, which works great in a band mix but is not necessarily very interesting on its own. Most of my pedal use occurs during situations where the bass tone is really exposed, such as bass breaks, song intros that are lead by the bass, and more ambient types of passages where the guitars are playing sparsely.

 

I play mostly rock pop covers, various classics and blues. Rarely I use an old Boss Super Chorus to fatten things up during guitar solos. I used a flanger in a pop original thing many years ago.

Since my newest pedal was made in 1993, I have been thinking of getting a pedal for Christmas.

If you had to recommend one pedal, what would it be?

 

I play funk/soul/jazz, and a little rock.

I use an mxr compressor to gently even things out and to have it flash angry lights at me when I'm playing too hard. I may stop using it altogether though...

I use a solidgoldFX beta overdrive for just a little bit of grit when i need it.

I use an mxr envelope filter because... well i play funk... i like the clean blend.

I use an mxr bass octave pedal for "that sound" but i rarely if ever actually use it so this one may be taken off the pedalboard too.

I use a broughton HPF to get rid of mud and rumble, tweaked to suit whatever room I'm in.

 

Oh and FYI if you set up a pedalboard you dont need to worry about all the patch cables, they'll always be set up.

 

Latin, Jazz. Mostly straight to the mix desk, but I have a doubling rig set up with an EQ (to calm the DB piezo bark), a line switcher and a tuner.

 

Mostly rock/alt and a l'il funk. Some blues too, seasonally. I use a C4 (or old skool EH micro synth) because it entertains me to no end. Fuzz or drive occasionally, when it fits. Compression always but mostly as a leveler, very light, not as a limiter. Envelope or chorus/modulation stuff if needed. I'd be totally fine to not use anything, even the compressor or EQ. But if I have my board some effect is gonna get kicked once in a while.

And a tuner. Why? Because bassists need Proof that the lead guitar is out of tune. Nobody takes my word for it.

 

I play indie math rock. I experiment with pedals while recording, but live is just straight in.

When recording I mess with digital delay (Boss DD-5, pristine repeats), overdrive (Boss BD-2, very very mild overdrive), some pitch shifting (Boss PS-3) and maybe some compression (Way Huge Saffron Squeeze). I've tried other effects, but this is what works for me while recording.

 

Classic and Southern Rock. I have a tuner, HPF, compressor, drop box, phase shifter, Ampeg preamp, Ampeg dirt, distortion, and a noise gate. All but the Ampeg dirt, distortion, phase shifter, and drop box are always on. Those boxes are used on an as-needed basis. I use those boxes because I at least want to try to sound something like the original recording. It kinda hard to emulate this sound without some heavy distortion.

 

I play a little of everything. Mostly I just use my EBS compressor to fatten things up a little but lately I've been trying the distortion channel on my Magellan.

 

I play classic and southern rock and some blues in two bands....but I don't need no stinkin' pedals...I am , however, considering a HPF and maybe some mild compression in the future.

OK, OK I do use a pedal tuner...Korg pitchblack

 

I play a variety of musical genres - jazz, funk, pop. I figured any pedal board would have to be huge and filled with pedals to fit different genres. I even put together three separate boards at one point. Now I use an HX Effects which has a ton of different effects in a small box. I pair it with various Preamps, works great for me.

 

I play CCM / worship music.
I basically play a duplicate of the Bethel Music rig. Love it!

Tone hammer for tone shaping and an amazing tube breakup style overdrive. Very dynamic. MicroSynth for a fuzz type effect for huge moments. It really gets rounded out going into the tone hammer. And a tuner.

 

These days mainly playing blues, country and folk so the only pedal I use is an HPF to control feedback with my DB. No effects.

 

I play mainly rock and progressive covers. For a while I've used very little in the way of pedals, just a Digitech Drop (that has a built-in octaver) and a BDDI. But I'm fixing to add a compressor, a bandpass filter (possibly separate HPF and LPF instead), a boost, a chorus, a separate octaver, a YYZ2112, a distortion, and a few other toys to help diversify my sound a little.

 

Took me awhile. And I spent a fair amount of time and money trading. But this is where I landed, and it serves me well for:

1) A Psychedelic / Prog Rock Trio
2) A Hardcore / Thrash band
3) The odd Funk jam with my housemates
And
4) Frig. Just about anything else I want.

I don't use the darkglass for "high gain". I have it set pretty low and tame for a realllllly subtle breakup and a fair amount of compression on my "clean" tone.

I basically wanted all the tricks I'd use in a studio on my pedalboard so I can adapt to a bunch of styles.

- Low end is mostly clean (just a tiny bit of low gain saturation) and compressed

- Dirt is applied mainly to 500hz and up

- Dirt sources are all parallel

- High pass filter to clean up muddiness, especially when using an octaver

Plus : fun synthy options.

 

Country. HPF, compressor, Digitech chorus, Tech 21 BFR w/ boost capability.

Riis

 

I play whatever someone pays me to play, my pedals vary depending on the situation, but usually some overdrive and a couple octave pedals, although the last gig I did I didn't use anything.