chapersdale's Pedalboard
The new addition of the Line 6 DL4 has caused need for a shift round of pedal. Sacked off my RC-1, FS-5 and The Bends compressor and brought back the Digitech Grunge
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~$803
Value by category
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Delay Effects Pedals
40%
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Reverb Effects Pedals
23%
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Distortion Effects Pedals
21%
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Chorus Effects Pedals
10%
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Overdrive Effects Pedals
7%
Price mix
Mostly standard
Avg price: $118.50
Good pedal, not my thing
First pedal I ever bought, but looking back now, it wasn't best suited to me. A good amount of gain on tap and ample volume to really slam the front of your amp (waay more than I need). Tends to take over your tone though and doesn't allow for much variety in the sounds it can produce.
Avg price: $52.69
Perfect for small budgets
An excellent imitation of one of the most iconic overdrive sounds. The small footprint makes it great for cramming on to your pedal but the lack of space for a battery means you've got to have some sort of power supply running to it. Gets a little noise with higher volumes and gain, but I've never been disappointed with mine.
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Great for use as a light gain into a distortion or as a mid boost after a fuzz such as the big muff.
Avg price: $52.82
Great Plexi Tones
Was bought this for Christmas many moons ago and it's been on my pedal board ever since. I've used it as a lighter overdrive into a distortion, a heavier distortion after an overdrive and as an always on amp in a box "pre amp" into an amp where the standard tone just sucked. This pedal can give you a great variety of sounds depending on your gain level and guitar volume so I'd thoroughly recommend it.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Gain at 8o'clock, volume at unity and tone just before noon. Turn your guitar down to about 6/7 and you've got perfect Hendrix "clean" tone
Electro-Harmonix Neo Clone Chorus
Avg price: $79.59
Great classic chorus
Fantastic chorus that I kind of bought on a whim. Got some really great usage out of it though! Despite only having 2 controls, you can get a surprising variety of tones out of this! My only drawback is an annoying pop I get when first turning the pedal on after the power has been off, it's never been enough of an issue for me to need to do anything about it so I have no idea if it's just an issue with mine or a more widespread issue
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Depth switch up, dial on half past 10 gives a great, rich, washy chorus sound; perfect for strumming chords into.
Avg price: $125.76
A perfect memory man... just smaller
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The memory man came out in 1976 and this pedal is the perfect homage to it. Smaller foot print and a scaled back set of controls but all of the fun of the OG!
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Any level of delay is perfect and works best with a very slight level of modulation.
TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 Reverb
Avg price: $120.81
Massively versatile reverb
Really great reverb, not a bad sound in it. Does the classic spring, plate and hall really well but it excells at the more ambient sounds, church, shimmer and lofi. The tone print ability is such a fantastic idea, but I found it hard to use and so haven't really delved into it too much.
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Shimmer reverb after a volume swell pedal for the ultimate ambient wash.
Avg price: $193.49
Just Wow, what a pedal!
Bought this cheap off facebook sales on a whim. Best. Purchase. Ever. Versatile is off the charts, delay and loop quality is incredible. I've lost so many hours in an spacy ethereal delay induced creative bubble and I don't think I ever want to leave. The sheer number of amateur and pros alike that use this pedal should speak for itself. If you see one, buy it.
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Impossible to pick one favourite setting for this pedal. It does everything you want and more and it does it brilliantly!
Tone City Tiny Spring Reverb Pedal
Avg price: $59.52
Great and simple reverb
Awesome spring reverb, simple single knob control makes it very easy to use. A lot of reverb from such a small footprint!
About this setup
This gear photo by chapersdale features 8 pieces of gear, including DigiTech DGR Grunge, Tone City Kaffir Lime, and Tone City Golden Plexi. The rig is mostly standard pieces. Artists with this kind of gear are most often found in the Rock, Pop, and Electronic scenes.