I’ve been thinking about this question on and off over the last few months. I’ve been thinking about this when I reflect on past musical projects/bands that I’ve been in. I’ve noticed that depending on the project, my guitar tone – amps, guitars and pedals all need to to evolve to fit the sound the of the band. When I start or join projects, it’s about adapting with the players to develop a sound together. Forming a unified direction, whatever it may be. Some players have a hard time with this concept, and only seek projects that fit their style perfectly. I always look at this as a challenge. Listen to the music, find that niche inside and own it. To do this, may require gear changes and playing style changes. For me, it’s much easier to change the gear than my technique. Looking back at various projects, I do see a foundation of gear, specifically pedals, that defined my sound for that project.
Curious, in the band that you’re currently in, what pedal or set of pedals forms your tone for that band? It’s similar to the deserted island question. Basically, if you didn’t have these pedals, you would have a difficult time filling your duties as a musician in that band? Or are pedal insignificant for you?
Right now, my set up is largely dependent on Strymon BlueSky Reverb for rhythm tones, and for lead line stuff.. Earthquaker Dispatch Master. If I didn’t have these, I could still get it done.. but I would not be very happy about it. Let me know by commenting below!
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9 years ago
I have a 3 channel tube amp setup (clean, crunch, high gain). I get the most tonal flexibility by putting an Analog Man Beano Boost first (thanks Hank!), and then a Boss Super Overdrive Keeler Mod behind it. I never run both at the same time, but for gain boosts on any of the channels I can get about 5 or 6 distinctive tones using either one that I will use consistently throughout a gig.
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9 years ago
I use a Barber LTD for overdrive, a smallfry for distortion,and a tone press for clean boost and some times compression. I also have a BBE sonic stomp and a Boss dd3 for delay. Sometimes I also use a Homebrew psilocybe for phase shifting. Planet waves pedal tuner and a Barber Trifecta for Fuzz tones.
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9 years ago
That pedal for me is a Swell B-Drive (bass tube OD). It has two gain stages, and I always have the first gain on for a little bit of grit. I set the second gain up much higher to give me that extra bite when I need it. It's incredibly sensitive to my dynamic playing and I am always getting complements. They don't make these pedals anymore, so I'll be very sad if mine ever bites the dust.
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