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Guitar> VOX Wah Wah>Fender Hotrod deluxe amp>people's ears


Its simple, but effective. Amen to that...]]> From Here to There xg5a https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199958 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199886 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:43:11 +0000
Personally I'm not too sure.

Effects are a new thing to me as I always told myself not to get distracted by weird noises when there were some basics I had to lay down first.

As such I now feel I use effects more to suit the style, than to just add something to show off. This means I have about 13 pedals, where I rotate the use of 4/5.

If it's for rockier stuff I go for:

EQ -> Compressor/sustainer -> Boss DS-2 distortion -> Dunlop Cry Baby wah

If it's more mellow stuff I look towards:

EQ -> Noise surpressor -> *insert topical pedal here* -> Boss DD-3 delay]]> From Here to There Clazon https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199886 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199634 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:30:29 +0000 From Here to There gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199634 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199531 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:49:13 +0000
So far I have bought the "Fish n Chips" pedal.

Jim He's right and wrong.

If it doesn't sound good played clean, it won't sound good no matter what pedals you use, so the standard teacher response to students asking about effects is "don't use any!"

But, effects are a lot of fun, and one of the best reasons for a tube amp, in my view, is that you have a great clean sound so you can actually hear what the effects do and play with them.

Back to topic:

I'd vote eq, wah, volume pedal, tubescreamer, chorus/delay, compression.

Yes, it's more than 4 pedals, but in my mind only 4 effects. EQ and Volume are foot controls, and not really effects in my mind.]]> From Here to There kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199531 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199518 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:34:37 +0000
So far I have bought the "Fish n Chips" pedal.

Jim]]> From Here to There geoo https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199518 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199515 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:26:16 +0000
EQ (could function as booster, so less need for that one now)
Compressor
Reverb

I personally don't do chorus much, and effects like wah and delay are usually more specific effects to be used in certain songs, whereas the above effects will probably be on at every song, one way or the other.]]> From Here to There Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199515 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199490 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:29:24 +0000 From Here to There Misanthrope https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/paged/2/#post-199490 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/#post-199464 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:42:56 +0000
As always, thanks for the great information! I am flying blind, as I have always used modelling amps. The article made sense and helped a lot.


Vink:

Will do - I will post a review after I play it for a week or so.]]> From Here to There ColoradoFenderBender https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/#post-199464 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/#post-199460 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:27:47 +0000
http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/fx-order.htm

Another pedal you might consider is Compression. I have never been a big fan of compression, but recently we had some posts on the subject and I did a lot of searches and found videos and audios on compression and really liked the way a compressor added warmth to a guitar's clean tone. I had been doing this by using an overdrive pedal with the gain turned all the way down already. But I really liked the presence and warmth it gave to the tone. So what the heck, I ordered one of the Behringer CS100 compressors for $20. And wow, I really love this little pedal. It does take away some dynamics, but it adds lots of warmth and sustain too. Not a bad little pedal to put in your chain.]]> From Here to There Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/#post-199460 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/#post-199458 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:23:26 +0000 From Here to There Steve-0 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/must-have-effects-chain/#post-199458