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There's no effect I really dislike. They're all fun to play around with, but I do hate a lot of the applications chorus was put to in the 80s. But I still have fun with it.

And just for good measure, I LOVE FLANGER.

sonidero wrote:

sylnau wrote:Compressor, never find any use for them???

Compressors are the key to huge rockin FUZZ madness... I use two and I sound massive on two 60's 10" tube amps... I plug straight into a Black Finger then into a 2ube before I even hit a pedal... Tubes offer natural compression and I think that with the heavy tonez you're after you would need a compressor...

I really don't find any use for them... each time I tried one I though it screw my tone.
I think Diamond have the best compressor pedal... but not for me.

I don't really hate any effects... but some are not for me.

I'm not really after heavy tone ?

Phaser:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1_7m4-Z1UU[/youtube]

Wah (wait for the solo ~3:09, sparse but more filtery):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Z2QjsmjWM[/youtube]

Flange can definitely be misused and cheesy - though it's always awesome as used by Ween. Would love to own a Foxrox TZF, but they're too rich for my blood. I bought my first couple flangers of late, had never owned one in all my years of pedal whoredom. Found a MIJ Boss BF-2B Bass Flanger for cheap on evilBay, the one in the brown box. It's great for adding bass-friendly wobble at faster speed settings.

The only effect I'm really opposed to is the use of always-on compression in the bass world - I see a lot of people do this. Why?

sonidero wrote:

sylnau wrote:Compressor, never find any use for them???

Compressors are the key to huge rockin FUZZ madness... I use two and I sound massive on two 60's 10" tube amps... I plug straight into a Black Finger then into a 2ube before I even hit a pedal... Tubes offer natural compression and I think that with the heavy tonez you're after you would need a compressor...

Can you explain the theory behind this? I like the slight compression effect that some overdrives offer, and compression on guitar can be great when going for chimey or twangy sounds - but how do they lend themselves to fuzz? Too much compression robs dynamics by definition, and I love me some dynamics.

Talk Box:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_MtlFGpzgo[/youtube]

+1 for the Zapp and Roger love.

I almost always dislike wah, with the occasional exception. And let's be honest, the Klon Centuar can kiss my dick.

Chorus needs to be taken out back and beaten to death with the wet ends of its own limbs.
It's like a hot tub time machine ... and I didn't like the 80s the first time around. We got Reagan and AIDS and chorus on everything.

devnulljp wrote:

I wish I was as cool as this picture.

nieh wrote:I hate everything.

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I guess the only effect I really don't like is wah, and even then that's just because I suck with it.
It can be used well (Terry Kath is a good example) I just hate the sound when I use it.
Anyone else like that with anything?

Listen to the first Chameleons album then tell me chorus sucks.

kurt was either starting a fad or doing heroin

eatyourguitar wrote:
kurt was either starting a fad or doing heroin

sometimes both

I think anything can sound good when dialed in right.
That being said, I haven't liked any use of the "airplane" flange that I've heard.

nieh wrote:I hate delay, chorus, flanger, overdrive, clean tones, compressors, phasers, tuners, and wah.

Vocorders, my god do they have to use them in every song?

MM

Fuzz is pretty lame.