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Title: First effects - dunno where to start Post by: GNR_Green on December 24, 2004, 02:30:04 PM I'm thinking about getting my first proper effects pedals or unit. I'm looking for something that is good value more than anything, as I can't really play guitar well enough to justify the best kit! This is for my own personal pleasure, shall we say.
At the moment I've got a Yamaha Pacifica plugged into a Marshall MG30DFX. It's got Flange, Reverb, Chorus and Delay in-built, but you can't exactly change the setting and play at the same time unfortunately. I'm guessing a distortion pedal would let you skip between the clean (or distorted) setting on the amp and distorted setting on the pedal. I don't think it's worth getting a wah, as I can't play anything that will make use of it. Is there anything else I should consider? I don't have a set budget or this idea, but bear in mind I live in England so ? only please. Thanks. Title: Re: First effects - dunno where to start Post by: Aero on December 24, 2004, 03:49:19 PM some effects aren't useful at all... I consider that it's stupid to buy a boss analog pedal that you will use posibly for 2 songs...
I'd go for a nice distortion pedal (boss metal zone for example) or a wah wah pedal. those are analog and great sound trought. If you want you can buy a multieffects (cheap ones are digital and quality sux) to explore other effects before buying a good effect pedal Title: Re: First effects - dunno where to start Post by: Dont Try Me on December 24, 2004, 05:03:36 PM Like Aero said, get yourself a good distortion pedal / switch and or a wah wah pedal. But if your not interested in wah sound you should definetely get a switch between clean and distortion. Don't have price tags for you but a good switch ain't that expensive. Go to the guitarshop nearby and check out yourself and ask some advice there too. : ok:
rock on and happy holidays all! :beer: Title: Re: First effects - dunno where to start Post by: GNR_Green on December 24, 2004, 05:59:46 PM Sound advice if ever I heard it : ok:
Title: Re: First effects - dunno where to start Post by: Miz on January 04, 2005, 10:09:48 PM Two words: Robert Keeley.
Title: Re: First effects - dunno where to start Post by: GNR_Green on January 23, 2005, 07:20:57 AM Ok, I went out and bought the Danelectro Beyond Metal (Black Liquorice). I like the distortion, it is indeed beyond metal. Noobish question to follow:
Playing it switching between clean tone and pedal distortion is fine. What happens when I use it to switch between amp distortion and pedal distortion presents a problem however. Is it normal for there to be so much 'noise' when the pedal distortion is selected? Even when I damp the strings there's a constant hum/drone. The pedal has a level, bass and an octave switch. The octave thing doesn't seem to do a great deal sadly. Is there a way of avoiding all this extra unwanted noise? |