Which pedal(s) do you use to cover up your lack of talent?

As long as you sound like a tube who cares about talent?

 

Fuzz.. Everything sounds good with enough distortion.

 

actually, a good compressor helps mask my "spaz hands."

 

Delay helps to cover over my lack of speed and stamina.

 

Just throw on some distortion and everything sounds better.

 

On DB, I always add a tad of chorus. Makes my intonation sound 10x better.

 

the assmaster has been the viagara to my talent libido.....

 

I use whatever I can get to be honest. It's like Butthead said about Iron Maiden doing MTV Unplugged; "We're not unplugging the explosion machine dude, that's what got us here."

 

Fuzz and Delay. I find delay especially forgiving.

 

A long delay makes simple stuff sound cool. With fuzz, however, I find I actually have to be more mindful of my playing in order to keep things from sounding indiscernible.

 

chorus is the cheater pedal I wish I had.
Distortion/fuzz/drive gets us to a point where we don't care about the skil we otherwise obsess over.

rock and roll, baby.

 

delay =)


whoops. sorry my delay was out of time.... again

 

Leslie emulator. Everything ****** sounds great through it. Even whole ****** tracks. Whooooooshhhheeeeeewooooooshhhhhhhhheeeeeeeewooooooooosheewooshewosehwosheooshewoshewoshewowshewoshewshewoshewoooosheeeeeewooooosheeeeeeewhoooooooooosheeeeeeeeeeeee....!

 

Isn't that what they're all for?
Compressor makes my right hand more consistent, I can't slap to save my life without a whole lot of squash. Also, it tames my tasteless use of effects.
Overdrive adds intensity to my predictable and redundant bass lines.
A nice long delay adds complexity and interest so I don't have to think so fast. I should really learn how to make it sound like I can play faster and not get tired.
Filter adds excitement and interest.
Octave fills up space that I can't by myself.
Even the tuner makes up for my tin ear.

This is my favorite thread yet!

 

None.

 

All of'em!! But principally dist + compression so I have this huge wall of sub-sonic noise

 

I don't think I could use enough effects to cover for lack of talent, but I sure try. Except maybe my booster, that just makes my lack of talent louder.

 

If I could play better I wouldn't need so many toys I guess.

 

I use the Tech 21 XXL B to mask the fact that I'm using sub-standard equipment, and a Bass Big Muff to make the stoners in the audience feel good. I also use a chorus pedal to make it sound like I'm not playing with a pick as much.

I also use a tuner to cover up the fact that I can't tune by ear (and it's a TU-2, at that...)

After all, as I told my drummer/guitarist friend: "Volume over quality: if their ears bleed, they're having fun."