Pedals

Stewie · Post by **Stewie** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:05 pm

Wich pedal do you use the most? Wich pedal do you think is a "must have"?

I only got one, Boss MT-2.. Got it for 80Ã¢â€šÂ¬ but it has to much distortion for me.. I would like to only get the boosted-tone effect

frank · Post by **frank** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:56 am

he guys i play with say i need a volume pedal because i don't play loud enough. i'd rather play too soft than too loud i guess.

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:57 am

The only pedal I cannot live with out is my JamMan looper.

When I play electric I am happy with the clean and distortion on my amp head and am not a massive effects person I suppose.

Interesting to find out what everyone uses

LordThurisaz · Post by **LordThurisaz** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:43 am

I use hot pickups, a Rocktron Silver Dragon, a Boss SD-1 Super Distortion and the hi gain input into my amp, using some amp overdrive as well. This all mixes with small amounts of OD to make one massive distortion. As you can probably tell, I am a fan of "cascading".

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:15 am

LordThurisaz wrote:I use hot pickups, a Rocktron Silver Dragon, a Boss SD-1 Super Distortion and the hi gain input into my amp, using some amp overdrive as well. This all mixes with small amounts of OD to make one massive distortion. As you can probably tell, I am a fan of "cascading".

Hi LordThurisaz

First great to meet you and Happy Christmas

I just wondered what cascading is? Is it an eq type effect?

Matt

Stewie · Post by **Stewie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:56 am

I have no clu about the principle of 'Cascading' but I found this on google: http://www.amptone.com/slavingcascading.htm

BTW: Does anyone use one of the pedals randy uses; MXR?

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:17 am

Stewie wrote:I have no clu about the principle of 'Cascading' but I found this on google: http://www.amptone.com/slavingcascading.htm

BTW: Does anyone use one of the pedals randy uses; MXR?

Thanks! That sounds inetresting

siro_angel · Post by **siro_angel** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:35 pm

frank wrote:the guys i play with say i need a volume pedal because i don't play loud enough. i'd rather play too soft than too loud i guess.

Thats what im like Frank lol

Simon

LordThurisaz · Post by **LordThurisaz** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:51 pm

Matthew wrote:
LordThurisaz wrote:I use hot pickups, a Rocktron Silver Dragon, a Boss SD-1 Super Distortion and the hi gain input into my amp, using some amp overdrive as well. This all mixes with small amounts of OD to make one massive distortion. As you can probably tell, I am a fan of "cascading".
Hi LordThurisaz

First great to meet you and Happy Christmas

I just wondered what cascading is? Is it an eq type effect?

Matt

Cascading in the sense that I use it in, is basically like adding one to one to one to one, etc, until you are at ten, rather than just going straight to ten to begin with. If you use one pedal with abunch of distortion infront of a clean amp, it's sounds shitter more times than not, than if you were to set the distortion pedal to 3 (out of 10) and then put the amp's preamp dist at like, 7 or so for mine being a JCM800esque amp.

Basically, my distortions are set like this
Pickup vol. 10 - > SD-1 vol. 10, dist 0-2 at most (rarely ever at 2). -> Silver Dragon Awaken channel dist. 3-5 (sounds similar to a tube amp on ten with this amount of dist, the pickup, SD-1, and some amp OD) Slayer Channel dist. 1-3.5; vol. match in accordance to the gtr -> amp volume. -> Peavey Rockmaster ... Pre on 5-7, pump at 3-8 depending on the amount of distortion I want.

So like I stated before, I get a hot pickup, an OD, and a hot amp, and use an additional distortion pedal to further shape the distortion. This method would also seem easier to get a studio tone with some mic placement and experimentation.

Stewie · Post by **Stewie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:04 pm

Thanks for explaining, I'm now a little bit smarter

rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:46 pm

i think an MXR 10-band EQ is as close to a 'must have' as you'll get you can carve out some fantastic sounds with it plus on the new ones control volume and distortion. i suck out all the distortion and give the volume a small boost

stick a volume pedal in front and its brilliant for use on a tube amp or even on my modeling amp.

this alone can get you a boosted tone similar to randy although the distortion gets its character from the amp instead of the pedal.

i have an MXR distortion +, its pretty good, sounds rubbish through anything other than a valve amp though

rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:51 pm

oh yeah also i have a mxr chorus

its a bit rubbish though if im being honest

Stewie · Post by **Stewie** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:42 am

I think this MXR 10-band EQ will be my next new pedal..

rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:51 pm

Stewie wrote:I think this MXR 10-band EQ will be my next new pedal..

This one is the newest one ÃƒÂ©h; http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=151115 ?

yeah thats the new one, theres also a kerry king model but i dont know what the difference is???

Stewie · Post by **Stewie** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:14 pm

rice_pudding wrote: yeah thats the new one, theres also a kerry king model but i dont know what the difference is???

The Kerry King model has two outputs..