allot of touring musicians use cheap pedals

[sonidero]

I'm confused. If I don't spend a lot of money on expensive boutique pedals, how am I supposed to feel superior to other people?

Please advise.

Smugness cost baby... I think boutique is the wrong word for what ILF has to offer...

[dase]

we all know if Jimi were alive today he'd be using axefx.

[leaves turn]

one of the big reasons I bought a pitchfactor was for its synth mode; turns out I prefer a bsy600.

Dirt cheap or price gouge, if you like the sound then I try not to judge. Just understand that the price difference between boutique and corporate usually reflects more on volume than it does on quality.

[rfurtkamp]

I toured with a Boss ME-6B, Roland Chorus Echo (the big brother to the Space Echo, analog chorus and tape echo + verb in one box with sound on sound options), a Digitech RDS 3.6 delay, and a HM-2 (later replaced by the first run of the Dano big metal red thing in '95 or '96) for a good ten years.

Never felt I was missing anything that I could afford, the Internets didn't exist for gear shopping like now, and watching the beating that the vintage EHX stuff took on the road (bandmate went through and threw out a Big Muff a month on average), I was perfectly happy.

I could go right back out health permitting with the same old junk and be just fine.

Doesn't mean I don't want my ridiculous rack of fun stuff and 14 dirt pedals too, just things were different, and touring bands now make even less than we did back then.

[rustywire]

My current board is full of *pricy* vintage & boutique effects, about $1600 invested. I would not bring it on the road.
It stays at home or goes to the studio. One thing I don't do is let price be the sole determining factor of my purchases. I use my ears.
But that said, many of these things aren't so easily tracked down...some are even irreplaceable/sentimental.

I would just as soon put together a touring board from Way Huge/Dunlop/MXR, Maxon effects, things I could easily replace from any music store...and get good sounds at stage volume. I've determined that Boss isn't an option for me because I hate how the buffers mess up my touch sensitivity (my amp doesn't have an fx loop).

But I could do some real damage with a simple lineup building around something like...mini germ FuzzFace, Rotovibe, Pork Loin, Echo Puss, Phase 100

[spacefuzz]

D.O.S. get over yourself man. We have all said or done dumb stuff on the internet. Meditation and not drinking/drugs anymore have really helped me chill out and not troll ILF looking to start shit with people because I feel sorry for myself. You should try it!

LOOK HE'S NOT HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS AND DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR NERDY FUZZ CLIQUE OKAY

Achtane-thank you.

I sold all of my gear to pay some debt off and am starting from scratch, what cheap-o's do everyone recommend? I'm looking for a fuzz,reverb,delay and looper. I would like them all to be in the $50 range used. I'm also thinking of getting a fender 2 12" frontman and a vintage modified squire.

Do make say think are amazing. Always put me in a good mood. Dustin wong is incredible.

Thanks for contributing!

[skullservant]

I would totally tour with a Swollen Pickle, Harmonic Percolator clone, DD7, and Hall of Fame until the end of days.

[D.o.S.]

D.O.S. get over yourself man. We have all said or done dumb stuff on the internet. Meditation and not drinking/drugs anymore have really helped me chill out and not troll ILF looking to start shit with people because I feel sorry for myself. You should try it!

LOOK HE'S NOT HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS AND DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR NERDY FUZZ CLIQUE OKAY

Achtane-thank you.

I sold all of my gear to pay some debt off and am starting from scratch, what cheap-o's do everyone recommend? I'm looking for a fuzz,reverb,delay and looper. I would like them all to be in the $50 range used. I'm also thinking of getting a fender 2 12" frontman and a vintage modified squire.

Do make say think are amazing. Always put me in a good mood. Dustin wong is incredible.

Thanks for contributing!

Just being silly man, relax.

[Jwar]

That's it! I'm selling all my pedals, buying a Fender and a nice tube amp. Everyone knows tone is in the knuckle bones anyway.

[Jero]

Yea, I took what DOS put down as a joke

As for using cheaper/large company pedals...I could totally get by with just MXR, EHX, and Boss stuff, no problem if need be.

[vegedge]

For cheap stuff I like joyo and ehx. $30 fulltone clone(that's more versified IMO) and a big muff used. My entire rig is just stuff I've lucked into from Cl or eBay.

[Chankgeez]

If I were touring, I think I'd be happier with the serviceable middle of the road stuff than with the really cheap stuff.

[spacelordmother]

Seems that it's about time for another one o them thar "build yourself a >$250 pedalboard" threads.

[Moustache_Bash]

I remember Buzzo talking about using Boss because he could be anywhere on tour and replace it.

I honestly don't understand how he uses the ODB-3. It always sounds so tinny and scooped when I use it. Boutique vs. Mass aside, that pedal just sounds like shit.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I sold all of my gear to pay some debt off and am starting from scratch, what cheap-o's do everyone recommend? I'm looking for a fuzz,reverb,delay and looper. I would like them all to be in the $50 range used. I'm also thinking of getting a fender 2 12" frontman and a vintage modified squire.

For good cheap dirt pedals, rat rat rat. Rat. Skully's recs are all good stuff too, I like the sound of the EHX Memory Toy a LOT, you should be able to snag those for under $50 any day.

Can't go wrong with the VM squiers at all in my experience, Fender Frontman amps are definitely alright, I might shop around for something else but people want different stuff out of amps so


^I've got the ODB-3 to sound pretty good, different strokes I guess.