Coolest Effect

RR-ElectricAngel · Post by **RR-ElectricAngel** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:12 am

Almost every guitarist uses an effect to help mold their sound. I've tried many various types but the coolest effect I ever played with was the wah pedal because of its vocal qualities. Here are a few general queries I have...
1) What is your favorite effect and why?
2) What kind of effect would you like to have built just for yourself?

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:51 am

My favorite effect is really an efffect at all, it's a compressor! I love having a compressor to eliminate the unwanted noise.

I also like flangers and delays for soft arpeggios.

As for having an effect built just for me? No idea. I am very happy with my Digitech GNTX2. I suppose I'd like to have a board built along the lines of DigiTech but with the ability to re-arrange the order of the effects and the ability to turn each effect on and off AND switch banks without having to change the pedals mode of performance.

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:11 pm

the only effect I have ... and need

is a BOSS PW-10
and an old MXR 10-band EQ(which I don't consider an effect).

I plan on getting a delay and a chorus sometime soon,
but I like to keep the effectunits as few as possible

Ell · Post by **Ell** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:50 pm

A good sounding Flanger. I overuse flangers like crazy but half the time it's fairly subtle so no-one other than me really notices. If I had a pedal made for me I'd get a good distortion. No backplate so it's nice and light, possibly a battery pack that I can plug in or just use and then charge would be awesome but then the Distortion, I'd like one full of mid range, a load of bass and very little scratchy trebley frequencies. 2 outputs for 2 amps, true bypass system, and a gain which doesn't just kick in at 9 and 10 volume but has an actual gradual increase. At the moment I use the Boss DS-1 which is probably as close as I can get to the sound I like with one pedal but my amp works really well with it which helps a lot.

Post by **The Flying Dutchman** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:21 pm

I was never much into effects, I even never used a wah pedal!
But for now my favorite is the MAXON AD999 analog delay, which works great after a superlead at 'melt down' level. It really enhances the sound giving it a rich warm delay sound. I tried digital delays like Boss and Rocktron but the Maxon is superior to all.

Supernaut · Post by **Supernaut** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:40 pm

Err yea, my Muff and Crybaby bass sound good. But i suppose you're slightly mroe limited with a abss as nobody wants to hear a bass chorus or flanger

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:48 pm

A flanged bass can sound cool in the right circumstances...