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Post by zpilot on Jun 4, 2021 11:11:39 GMT -7
I have been using a loop switching pedal recently. As I'm sure those who have any experience with pedals that have switches with multiple functions already know you can sometimes inadvertently step on a combination that causes the thing to lose its mind. Well it happened to me last night. Fortunately it was only a rehearsal and we only had about 6 songs left to go through. I didn't want to waste time sorting it out so I unplugged from the board and directly into the amp. Amazing what you can do with only a guitar/cord/amp. OK I'm not really new to that since I played that way in bands for years. I just have not for awhile. You forget.
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Post by Rockerfeller on Jun 4, 2021 11:47:16 GMT -7
It's good to be reminded that it can still be done!
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Post by Russell B on Jun 4, 2021 12:51:26 GMT -7
I went for the longest time not using effects, but sometimes you've got to have them. I would still prefer no effects.
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Post by steiner on Jun 4, 2021 13:01:35 GMT -7
A light delay and a touch of reverb gets me there. Pure and easy...
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Post by Seńor Verde on Jun 4, 2021 13:03:55 GMT -7
I've always used effects because the bands I have been in are classic rock/southern rock bands and it's nice to have some kind of modulation pedal for a couple songs. I use a 100% clean sound from the amp and get dirt from pedals. I played a few jams where there weren't any pedals and it was fun though.
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Post by zpilot on Jun 4, 2021 14:30:55 GMT -7
Gotta have 'em if you are in a variety cover band. A big part of why I have always gotten gigs is not because of my "stellar" playing. It is because I know how to get the appropriate tones. I'd much rather just plug into a good amp and let it rip.
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Post by southmusic70 on Jun 4, 2021 14:36:52 GMT -7
I mentioned here several years ago that an awful lot of my most enjoyable and rewarding playing (since 1964) has been simply guitar-cable-amp.
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Post by Don A on Jun 4, 2021 17:08:42 GMT -7
Gotta have 'em if you are in a variety cover band. A big part of why I have always gotten gigs is not because of my "stellar" playing. It is because I know how to get the appropriate tones. I'd much rather just plug into a good amp and let it rip.
I'm often in bands where I'm the only guitarist and there's no keyboard player. It's often required that I get a variety of sounds from effects. Still, I keep it to a minimum- wah, boost, fuzz, tremolo, Leslie cab emulation, delay, and reverb. I'd rather use less, though.
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Post by zpilot on Jun 4, 2021 21:49:19 GMT -7
Gotta have 'em if you are in a variety cover band. A big part of why I have always gotten gigs is not because of my "stellar" playing. It is because I know how to get the appropriate tones. I'd much rather just plug into a good amp and let it rip.
I'm often in bands where I'm the only guitarist and there's no keyboard player. It's often required that I get a variety of sounds from effects. Still, I keep it to a minimum- wah, boost, fuzz, tremolo, Leslie cab emulation, delay, and reverb. I'd rather use less, though.
That is where I have lived mostly. Me, bass, drums and a singer with minimal ability on acoustic guitar. I don't consider reverb an effect since I use it just to compensate for the size of the room mainly. Other than that it is usually tremolo, a mod pedal of some sort, a delay and echo and a couple of dirt pedals. Maybe an EQ but I don't think of that as an effect either. Just another tone setting that I don't have to adjust the amp to get. Truth is I could be happy with just a tuner and a Timmy and an Analogman dual delay into my Twin Reverb. I used an equivalent of that for about 20 years.
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