![]() |
|
|
#1 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 716
Thanks: 0
Thanked 10 Times in 3 Posts
|
Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Here is my list of "guilty pleasure" pedals. Pedals which a lot of reasonable folks think are cheesy, or overused, or stuck in some embarrassing era of rock, but which I am having a ton of fun with anyway:
1. Zoom G1J John5 Signature Lots of really fun preset effects combinations, and one of them (setting "C4") has become a real favorite. I have it hooked up to a little Marshall MG15CDR and it is such a blast! 2. Boss MT-2 Metal Zone Man, I just love this one to death. Scoop the mids out of it and my DSL-100 becomes a Dual-Rec killer! 3. Boss CE-3 Chorus I don't care if everyone thinks it has a distinctively 80's sound to it. For my money it is my favorite chorus pedal of all time. 4. Boss XT-2 Xtortion Obscure distortion pedal unlike any other. I just love the way you can dial in a subtle wah flavor which gives it a truly tasty texture.
__________________
![]() Les Paul Standards: ('96 Goldtop, '99 Ebony, '03 Honeyburst) Les Paul Supreme: ('07 Trans Black) Les Paul Custom: ('04 Alpine White) Other Gibsons: ('01 Tony Iommi signature SG) Click here for the full-size group photo. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
__________________
This advertising will not be shown in this way to registered members. Register your free account today and become a member on My Les Paul Forums |
|
|
|
#3 (permalink) |
|
Disciple-of-RobotOverlord
![]() Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: NY
Posts: 2,111
Thanks: 36
Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
i think wahs are guilty pleasure pedals. they can even make my bad playing seem nice and funky.
__________________
2005 Ibanez H.R. Giger Iceman VHT Deliverance 60
|
|
|
|
|
|
#4 (permalink) | |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 267
Thanks: 0
Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Quote:
Here I disagree with you. I have an old MIJ CE-3 and I think it sounds pretty flat and one dimensional. Granted, this is apples and oranges, but my Analogman chorus sounds better by miles.
__________________
My Home Page & Guitar Gear "If beer and women aren't the answer, then you're asking the wrong questions." - Anonymous |
|
|
|
|
|
|
#5 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,028
Thanks: 3
Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Rock distortion RD 1
__________________
My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. Jimmy Page |
|
|
|
|
|
#6 (permalink) |
|
Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: PDX
Posts: 57
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey. I can't find an overdrive I like better so far.
Boss CH-1. Its simple and can be subtle. Nothing fancy, yet I use it the most. Danelectro French Toast octave fuzz. |
|
|
|
|
|
#7 (permalink) |
|
V.I.P. Member
![]() Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Boston area
Posts: 3,514
Thanks: 37
Thanked 24 Times in 14 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Absolutely with you on the Bad Monkey!!! That low dial adjustment is also the icing on the cake. Great sounding pedal. I keep trying to find excuses to spend double-triple the money on a high end OD, but I just can't justify it. It sounds damn good!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
#8 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: In a people house
Posts: 1,223
Thanks: 9
Thanked 8 Times in 3 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
I don't use my Boss PH1 Phaser too often--it does sound dated--but it's fun.
The Boss AW-3 I don't sue a lot either--but it's a ton of fun--especially on bass--if I played bass more often, I would use it a lot more. It's greta for certain settings though--so it sticks around.
__________________
I've been a pilgrim on this earth since the day of my birth, I'm a long way from my home. |
|
|
|
|
|
#10 (permalink) |
|
V.I.P. Member
![]() Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Fresno Ca
Posts: 3,406
Thanks: 80
Thanked 35 Times in 20 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
I played one once and I thought it was cool although maybe not the most organic sounding pedal it could do a lot of strange things and I always like that.....
__________________
"to criticize without vision is to be complicitious with dominance" Carolyn Casey "Go easy and, if you can't go easy, go as easy as you can" Jennifer Stone.... (from KPFA Cover to Cover) the wings of inspiration come to each according to their own song-des sad but I have made an ass of myself lately.... |
|
|
|
|
|
#11 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Nottingham, England
Posts: 2,972
Thanks: 24
Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
i think my guilty pleasure is either my wah (a boss pw10 at the moment) or possibly my whammy...
__________________
"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum." - Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
|
|
|
#13 (permalink) |
|
Disciple-of-RobotOverlord
![]() Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: NY
Posts: 2,111
Thanks: 36
Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
me too but its too much money for me just to use to fool around and try to get a good 8 bit sound to replicate NES games with.
__________________
2005 Ibanez H.R. Giger Iceman VHT Deliverance 60
|
|
|
|
|
|
#15 (permalink) | |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 716
Thanks: 0
Thanked 10 Times in 3 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Quote:
__________________
![]() Les Paul Standards: ('96 Goldtop, '99 Ebony, '03 Honeyburst) Les Paul Supreme: ('07 Trans Black) Les Paul Custom: ('04 Alpine White) Other Gibsons: ('01 Tony Iommi signature SG) Click here for the full-size group photo. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
#16 (permalink) | ||
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 443
Thanks: 14
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
#17 (permalink) |
|
Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 64
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
BBE Freq Boost (treble booster) - Makes my OCD and Crunch Box more alive sounding and great used alone into my Marshall Bluesbreaker.
__________________
2007 Historic R8 8.75 lbs VOS Plain Top Faded Tobacco Burst 2007 Historic R7 9.00 lbs +/- Popular Demand Series In one of Gibson’s classic moments of waste-not-want-not, Les Paul Custom pickguards and pickup rings were used on a few 1957 Goldtops. The result is an elegant and very rare touch on a classic Les Paul. |
|
|
|
|
|
#18 (permalink) |
|
V.I.P. Member
![]() Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Posts: 2,855
Thanks: 34
Thanked 24 Times in 9 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
I got one of those a couple of weeks back. Talk about guilty pleasures on a low budget. Proper cheesy fuzz octave for $20.55 brand new, and yep, it's a keeper.
I've also got a couple of HM-2s that I still use (evidently David Gilmour likes them too) and this weird old JHS Fuzz that sounds good and lame. They are out there! Liam |
|
|
|
|
|
#19 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 267
Thanks: 0
Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
To each his own. I'm thinking of selling my MIJ CE-3 just to get some collector bucks for it since it's just been sitting in a box.
__________________
My Home Page & Guitar Gear "If beer and women aren't the answer, then you're asking the wrong questions." - Anonymous |
|
|
|
|
|
#20 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rocklin, CA
Posts: 2,728
Thanks: 185
Thanked 36 Times in 13 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
My Visual Sound H20 is cool. I consider the Echo porion of the pedal a necessity and the Chorus a luxury.
__________________
-Mark '87 LP Custom Lite: Black '88 LP Custom Lite: Cherryburst '89 LP Studio Lite: Black W/ factory Floyd trem '02 SG Special Faded Krank Rev. jr. mini stack + Celestion V30 & G12H Marshall Lead 12 5w hand wired tube mini stack Phaez 18w Dasiycutter + efx loop + Avatar vert. 2X12 w/Eminence 100w |
|
|
|
|
|
#21 (permalink) |
|
Member
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
I recently traded a DS-1 (bland) that was stock for a Digitech Grunge. The Grunge is much more fun, it's just crazy distorted fizz with loads of sustain. I don't use it all the time but when I want to "pretend" I can play Metal it's what I go for.
It's a lot like the Danelectro Fabtone Distortion that I used to have, but with a little more range in the distorted tone. It also seems to take a higher bass setting better than the Dano. |
|
|
|
|
|
#23 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 215
Thanks: 5
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
I have my Electro-Harmonix Soul Preacher Compressor going all the time when I'm live, jamming, or rehearsing with a band. It brings out the nuances I like and makes my guitars seem more articulate, it also pushes my other pedals which makes them sound better to my ears.
My Devi Ever Karaoke Party is fun too! It sounds just like sh*t! It's pretty bad, but when used with my RAT through a tube amp that's on the verge of over driving it just works... |
|
|
|
|
|
#24 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Texas
Posts: 652
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Okay, it's not a vintage analog or high dollar pedal, but I'm having fun with this one at the moment. I get huge sound out of this one!
![]()
__________________
Play them blues boy.... 65 Gibson SG Jr., Gibson Les Paul Jr, 2000 G&L Legacy, 87 G&L Skyhawk, 86 G&L Invader 65 Deluxe Reverb RI, Peavey Classic 50 2X12, Blues Junior NOS, Gibson GA-5, Vibro Champ XD OCD V4, Fulltone Fat Boost, Monte Allums DS-1, Boss SD-1, CE-2, TU-2, CMAT Brownie EHX LBM Pi, Modtone MT-AD, Hardwire TL-2, T-Rex Fuel Tank Jr. 02 Gallagher Doc Watson, 72 Alvarez Yairi 12 st, 07 Collings MT, Kentucky KM-350 |
|
|
|
|
|
#25 (permalink) |
|
Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Matsumoto, Japan
Posts: 90
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
A danelectro pb&j delay.... It's one of those mini pedals theymade. Still haven't found a better delay lol.
__________________
2007 Gibson Les Paul R8 Washed Cherry "Jamie Leigh" 2001 Gibson Les Paul R6 w/ Lollar pups "Aimi" Lovepedal Eternity Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Analogman Beano Boost Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue
|
|
|
|
|
|
#26 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Seattle
Posts: 433
Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Boss Metal zone pedal straight into the board......so weird and fake sounding, but strangely satisfying for death metal scooped chugga chuggas.
This pedal is lots of fun at practice volumes. It is completely useless in a band situation. "FOOOOOSH"
__________________
www.myspace.com/wahwahexitwound Guitars: 2007 Gibson Firebird V, 1994 Hamer Studio Archtop, 1974 Fender Musicmaster neck on Mustang Body, 1988 Hamer Californian Elite Amps: 1982 JCM800 2203 (on a 1960a), 1966 Sunn 100s (on an Avatar 2x12), 1962 Magnatone M2, 79 Princeton Reverb (blackfaced) Pedalboard: Morley Wah, MJM Blues Devil, Prescription Experience, Russian Green Big Muff, SPF Ego Booster, Digidelay, Voodoo Pedal Power 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
#27 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
__________________
Saltaire's Vicars "Post Tenebras Lux" ---------------------------- |
|
|
|
|
|
#28 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rocklin, CA
Posts: 2,728
Thanks: 185
Thanked 36 Times in 13 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
The BBE Stinger and Sonic Stomp.
__________________
-Mark '87 LP Custom Lite: Black '88 LP Custom Lite: Cherryburst '89 LP Studio Lite: Black W/ factory Floyd trem '02 SG Special Faded Krank Rev. jr. mini stack + Celestion V30 & G12H Marshall Lead 12 5w hand wired tube mini stack Phaez 18w Dasiycutter + efx loop + Avatar vert. 2X12 w/Eminence 100w |
|
|
|
|
|
#29 (permalink) |
|
Premium Member
![]() |
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
I've found that the Metal Muff sounds just fine in a band situation. The Uber Metal was a little better than the Metal Zone, and I'm sure the Guyatone Metal Monster (MM-X) will blow them all away... if I ever get a chance to score one!
|
|
|
|
|
|
#30 (permalink) |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 716
Thanks: 0
Thanked 10 Times in 3 Posts
|
Re: Guilty Pleasure Pedals
Why?
__________________
![]() Les Paul Standards: ('96 Goldtop, '99 Ebony, '03 Honeyburst) Les Paul Supreme: ('07 Trans Black) Les Paul Custom: ('04 Alpine White) Other Gibsons: ('01 Tony Iommi signature SG) Click here for the full-size group photo. |
|
|
|
![]() |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Favorite foods, or guilty pleasure foods.....Heck, what's your favorite Pizza?.. | Harpozep | The Backstage | 57 | 08-24-2009 08:59 PM |
| How many here actually had the pleasure of meeting Les Paul? | Last | Gibson Les Pauls | 12 | 08-16-2009 03:41 PM |
| I have to admit a guilty pleasure... | MenaceMartin | The Backstage | 12 | 06-24-2009 09:37 PM |
| Spector: Guilty! | Led Zep Fan | The Backstage | 2 | 04-14-2009 02:00 PM |
| Have You Ever Had the Pleasure of a Real BURST ? | BOBBO | Vintage Les Pauls | 87 | 03-01-2009 03:16 PM |
Our Network: Marshall Amp Forum | Music Gear Forum | 7 String Guitar Forum