School me on shoegaze/post-rock gear...

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Re: Shoegaze...

shoegaze bands:
My bloody valentine
Slowdive
Chapterhouse
early Lush
early Ride

proto-shoegaze:
jesus & mary chain
cocteau twins
spacemen 3
Loop


re: shoegaze effects/pedals.

I'm afraid one needs quite a lot of different effects. Essentials: are fuzzy distortion; reverb; and some kind of modulation (tremolo, chorus)

If you don't have many pedals at present, I strongly suggest you get a Line M5 (amazing value!), or consider a Line M9 instead.

For a shoegaze pedal board, I'd want the following pedals types:
overdrive
distortion (a Rat of some kind; or Shredmaster; or HM2)
fuzz
EQ
tremolo
phaser
chorus
delay
reverb