Just curious, how many people have pedals that they keep on all the time whilst they play? How many pedals do you keep on all the time?
The bands I was in where i used a RAT it was on permanently. when i needed to clean up a little i just eased back on my volume pedal. I rarely use a "clean" clean for anything.
i don't have one. my eq comes close. it is on about 75% of the time.
RAT2 was probably on most of the time. Besides the tuner... ;)
Depends on my setup as I don't run a board, just a couple pedals at a time. In the past, I would always keep an OD-9 on for boosting clean and lead tones. Lately, I run into an ISP noise gate then into the Manx fuzz or Supercollider.
MXR M80 is on all the time whilst I play bass, for the EQ and the gain.
Lately I've been leaving my Dynacomp on all the time. It really brings out the chewyness of my fuzz and then keeps the cleans from being to sensitive.
It depends on what I'm playing. But if I'm playing dirty, my super duper awesome Boss DS-1 is on all the time.
Depends on the band. The hardcore band I'm playing in. I use a Metal Muff on and never shut it off. Other band I'm in I bounce between a Green Rhino and a Supercollider. Third band I keep a Green Rhino on 90% of the time. I seldom have a clean tone on bass. I usually keep some sort of dirt box on or I'm pushing an amp hard.
Last band I had, none. I liked the gain on my VTM and the wah and delay I only used for solos. I had a DOD Stereo Flanger I used for this and that.
I'm trying to put together a surf instrumental band now, so the amp's reverb will probably be on all the time.
I'm not that kind of guitar player...though if my meathead drummer had his way I'd have a Rat dimed 100%-o-the-time. ;D
Soul Preacher Compressor, and my Cathedral reverb.
My Trick Pro 1-V Bigfoot.
Heh, drummer humor...
RAT II
Fromel Shape EQ
VT Bass
There's no pedal that I keep on at all times, but I have my Dynacomp on very often.
Can anyone explain why I should own a compressor pedal? Notice a bunch of guys saying they keep it on. I feel like it wouldn't be useful with my 50 watt Marshall as it would a 100 watter.
Our Octabass has a defective switch, so it's always on by default. That's OK, though, it's dedicated through the bass rig.
Quote from: dogfood on September 12, 2011, 11:15:48 PM
I'm not that kind of guitar player...though if my meathead drummer had his way I'd have a Rat dimed 100%-o-the-time. ;D
Your meathead drummer is right. ;)
Quote from: Instant Dan on September 13, 2011, 12:27:06 PM
Can anyone explain why I should own a compressor pedal? Notice a bunch of guys saying they keep it on. I feel like it wouldn't be useful with my 50 watt Marshall as it would a 100 watter.
A tube amp has some natural compression. You might not need it.
especially, as he observes, on his 50W. ;D
Quote from: Lumpy on September 13, 2011, 03:07:14 PM
Quote from: Instant Dan on September 13, 2011, 12:27:06 PM
Can anyone explain why I should own a compressor pedal? Notice a bunch of guys saying they keep it on. I feel like it wouldn't be useful with my 50 watt Marshall as it would a 100 watter.
A tube amp has some natural compression. You might not need it.
Not those heads, haha. Mine is dry, and snappy.
I run my compressor first in the chain, post- tuner.
Tuner > Compressor > Pharaoh > AC Booster (soon to be another Pharaoh,)> EHX POG > Cathedral Reverb > Ibanez DML10 > Ibanez AD-80 > Boss RC-2 - out.
I usually use my compressor as a slight input boost into all of my other shit. Definitely evens everything out for me.
I dont understand how people use compressors with guitars eiether..
I use it with clean country telecaster. I use it AFTER a cocked wah when i want to sound Brian May-ish..but it abvoslutey kills any dynamics in my distortions, fuzzes, phasers ..unless your just using for a boost with no actual compression??
I think the key is using a loud open head. I always thought a compressor was the secret to YOB guitar tone. Mike turns on the compressor with that Matamp, or now Superbass head, and would run gobs of distortion.
The only pedal I have on at all times is the suck pedal. I run it dimed.
Quote from: Instant Dan on September 13, 2011, 06:26:22 PM
I think the key is using a loud open head. I always thought a compressor was the secret to YOB guitar tone. Mike turns on the compressor with that Matamp, or now Superbass head, and would run gobs of distortion.
what does the word "open" mean in this context?
Very little, if any, compression of the sound.
CONFESSION: I started this thread because I'm too lazy to order a bypass switch for my fuzz ;D
Can't you rig an instrument cable to do that???
I saw a local shop create a makeshift channel selector for a used amp by plugging a cable into the footswitch jack and wrapping some aluminum foil on the opposite end. pop the foil on and off to toggle between channels. Ghetto as shit, but worked. :D
Mike does run a compressor up front. That's where I stole the idea from! :D
Quote from: Hemisaurus on September 13, 2011, 09:32:35 PM
CONFESSION: I started this thread because I'm too lazy to order a bypass switch for my fuzz ;D
I've thought many times about just wiring my fuzz to "on". So I don't have to think about turning it off.
Send me your fuzz, I'll wire it, and steal the switch.
Sorry, but my tequila bottle is rather empty ::)
currently none that are always on..at one point i had a dod death metal pedal that was always on..
Quote from: Instant Dan on September 13, 2011, 06:26:22 PM
I think the key is using a loud open head. I always thought a compressor was the secret to YOB guitar tone. Mike turns on the compressor with that Matamp, or now Superbass head, and would run gobs of distortion.
That's how I use it and it's pretty much from where I stole the idea too :) I keep my Matamp GT-1 on Non-Master mode and use the compressor to "boost" the distorted sound of the amp which gives it huge sustain (I don't keep it on at all times as I said earlier). But mostly it get used during clean parts in our songs just to get all the notes to the same volume. We're a three-piece and the compressor pedal helps me get a more fuller sound that doesn't get overshadowed by the bass & drums.
Also a compressor is fantastic toy to use along with delay, phaser and so forth for the trippy stuff. I never knew I needed one until I tried 'em.
None ALL the time but my DE Darkboost is on most of the time along with my modded DS-1