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- Spike - 04-08-2005 05:57 AM
do you buy them single one at a time or should you buy the floorboards with multiple effects ive been looking at a digitech one the 200A yall know if thats any good? btw just joined the forums hope to have fun here :) also whats a good amp to get? atm im using a small crate practice amp
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- Albatross - 04-08-2005 06:38 AM
I suggest you purchase the effects you want individually. IMNSHO idividual pedals sounds better than the mass conglomoration of those digitech effects doo-hickies.
The type of amp to go with depends on the guitar. You want to compliment the axe as best you can. What model guitar are you using? For example, a strat goes very well with a Fender twin reverb amp, and a Les Paul goes well with a Marshal.
Welcome to the community BTW!
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- Spike - 04-08-2005 06:47 AM
atm im using a ibanez artcore af85 i plan on purchasing a strat in the future but atm i have this
- Albatross - 04-08-2005 06:59 AM
I have a 20watt Marshall practice amp that I used to play my Ibanez through and I had no complaints. Good sound.
- Spike - 04-08-2005 07:03 AM
thanks :)
- Albatross - 04-08-2005 07:16 AM
You bet! :)
- simps - 04-08-2005 09:06 AM
Individual effect pedals are almost invariably of much better quality to those multi-effect pedal units. Analogue almost invariably sounds far better than digital, although many people swear by a digital delay pedal a la The Edge's classic late 80s U2 sound. Individual pedals are much more solid -- so many of those multi-effect units seem like flimsy plastic rubbish. If you need to stamp on it in a hurry mid-song while keeping to the beat you want to be able to rely on it. Multi-effect units come with hundreds of sound combinations (most of which sound pretty awful), whereas most guitarists can probably make do with no more than 2, 3 or 4 dedicated individual pedals (attainable for a fair price -- try eBay). Vintage analogue ones are quite rightly sort after for the Hendrix-Cream-Zeppelin sound.
- Albatross - 04-08-2005 09:55 AM
I forgot about durability and Simps has an excellent point. You don't want some POS effects system that will crumble when you give it a mighty stomp. Pick good pedals, and you will be golden.
My starting setup is pretty basic but I had:
Ibanez electric
Marshall 20w Amp
Danelectro Chorus
Wah Wah
Boss Distortion
Danelectro Phaser
Danelectro Delay
- Spike - 04-09-2005 12:43 AM
thx for all the input guys :)
- pinkfloydfan1 - 04-14-2005 12:19 PM
i would recommened a blues crunch and a phaser
personally single pedals and floorboards are both good but i would go with multiple effects
and a small fender amp is good to start with
or mayb have a look at the
marshall mg15 series
- S.H.E.E.P - 04-27-2005 03:24 PM
man good fx r boss-me 50 or 30 and of course
theres the digitech fx pedals that r amazing
- pinkfloydfan1 - 04-28-2005 05:26 AM
rolands are good 2