Voted yes , but only a bit of delay for rockabilly and country...maybe a bit of o.d. if playing quiet.
Can't beat a good old geetar thru a good old amp.:food-smiley-004:
Once I discovered Ebay, I started buying pedals non-stop. I have way too many and find myself only using Strat > Modded Boss BD2 > Fulltone FD2 and EHX Deluxe Memory Man > Traynor YCV20WR.
Everytime I decide to sell a pedal I plug it in first to test it and then realize that I like it. So I keep it. I think it's some kind of addiction. But I love it!!evilGuitar:
Pedals to me are like crack. I'm always looking a new pedal to see what it can do to my sound. Sometimes good and sometimes really bad. Just like drugs.
I run a fulldrive 2, ocd, fat boost and a klon. I used my Fulldrive and OCD a lot and when I need the boost I'll hit the klon to make my axe sing:smile:
Stacking up OD's and fuzzes can make for some pretty cool tones. I my favourite clean Strat tone is a Fuzzface type pedal, with the guitar vol backed way off. Try it,,,you'll love it.
CT.
PS the best fuzzface clone in the world is made right here in Canada,,,look here.....http://www.mjmguitarfx.com/
I run my rackmount head through a digital mixer and I can put some sauce on from there. Generally I don't use effects on my dirty sound, but I do like to use a bit of chorus on my clean sound. I find that too much processing just washes out the sound I like.
I have a Big Muff and a Cry Baby, but neither of them are usually connected.
I'd have to vote yes or it would be a lie for me because yes at times I use effects because they add to the tone I'm getting from my amp. However I truely enjoy plugging straight in to my amps and I do that far more often then using effects in the line.
I would have to say that I never "need" a boost whether it be clean or for dirt... they do have certain good qualities but I never find I "need" them.
The best investment I have made in the last10 years besides guitars andamps is Monster Cables Studio Pro 1000 cables. I thought I had tone before but now I HAVE TONE... through you boost away and get these cables.
If I'm playing to humour myself or a couple of friends who are standing around having a cocktail or two, it's straight into a Matchless Spitfire 2X10. Between a couple of hands and a couple of pickups and a couple of knobs, it's pretty easy to tell if I've got something worthwhile to say with the guitar or not.
If not, I'll turn off the amp and plug into a Boss BR1600, fire up the monitors and automatically gain some confidence with a wealth of effects to put me at ease.
They've both got their time and place - and almost equally fulfilling in my books, but my first choice would be to plug straight in and make it happen.
Suppose it could be age catching up to me, or spending more time finding an amp that's the right fit for me, rather than buying what I could afford but not giving it much thought.
One thing is for sure now though - tomorrow afternoon I'm plugging in the REXX RG45 amp I bought new in '89 or '90, hooking up whatever old pedals I can find and reliving my youth, the way it sounded when I was learning how to play.
I have a Keeley Compressor with me all the time pedalboard or not. Straight to amp is great. But, having pedals is fun too. Each different set up creates it's own set of limitations/options which are fun to work with.
Planet Waves tuner, Marshall Guv'nor, Marshall compressor, Boss super chorus, Danelectro Spring King (kinda funky reverb pedal), Radial a/b/y box, Boss eq, Boss loop station, George Dennis volume/wah,
Shopping list has the Duncan tube preamp/overdrive, Boss DD-6, Boss AC-2 acoustic simulator...
Sometimes when I'm just practicing I'll just plug straight into the amp. But I do like to use my pedalboard and when I'm playing with my band I always use it. Some songs we play just don't sound right straight. My board has 8 pedals on it which so I only consider myself a moderate pedal whore. lol
I can't imagine not having my fx boxes in front of me when I am playing, although I am right now completely effectsless (sold off everything last year, and I am in the process of "rebuilding" it all).
I think my biggest problem is that I am an unabashed gear whore, and just love the look of all of them knobs lights and switches laid out on the floor before me
I had to vote no....since i only have 1 peddle...
weeping demon wah...by Ibanez....
but for the last few month's its been straight into the mesa boogie...lonestar special....and I am liking the clean sounds....with my strat...
I was hoping to try a few more effects....in the future....but its been a work in progress getting a pile of different tones out of my boogie....and I keep finding more...
so I vote a thin no.....cause it can go either way or both...
I like the idea of using effects, but inevitably ended up playing straight through my amp after gigging a couple of times with an effect. That is, however, until a buddy recommended I try a Fulltone OCD pedal. Now I can't play without it.
With guitar, depending on the song, I will occasionally use a wah and depending on the amp, I will occasionally use an overdrive. With bass it is straight in.
The tone I get plugged straight into my Soldano is like MSG to my ears and I haven't been able to bring myself to pollute that signal path in even the slightest way. I use mine for recording and any effects I occasionally use on guitar are placed downstream in post. The only thing I might be willing to place upstream in front of my head would be a wah, but I don't own one yet.
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