r/guitarpedals

Hi guys! I've been looking to build my first pedalboard but I'm not on a big budget so I was thinking of getting a budget overdrive pedal, budget fuzz but I'm not sure which pedals are good for reverb, delay, chorus and a trem maybe.

Maybe I should spend more on those? I know there are combo pedals for those effects but not sure which ones to get.

I mostly play alternative rock, garage, indie, sometimes surf, sometimes stoner rock and that kind of stuff.

Looking for suggestions on light to medium overdrive pedals with a clean blend knob for maximum tweakability

Have a germanium fuzz with a clean blend and I find it fantastic. Previously had a JHS Sweet Tea and one side, the moonshine, had a clean blend.

Any other suggestions? Could always run a pedal of my choice hrough an LS-2 I guess...

I was looking at some compact graphic eq pedals and cant help but feel like you could fit more eq in that space if the sliders were laid out horizontally and there was no footswitch.

i was thinking it could be good for channel switching setups or compact boards but idk whether its a gimmicky idea or it actually has some substance.

any thoughts on this? thanks

I have the RV-6 currently, and it’s really good. It was actually my first ever pedal, and a gift from my wife. So I’ll never sell it but I’m ready for an upgrade, and looking for suggestions on something premium, as it’s one of the final pieces of the board I’ve been working towards for a while.

I’m a home player, and been gassing for the Cornerstone Nucleo ever since I saw it on TPS, and then watched the vid at the reactor. Incredible, it sounds amazing, I love the back story, but very importantly, it seems to have a huge amount of functionality but with a very intuitive interface.

BUT, a friend pointed out the Empress Reverb is probably the absolute top of the mountain and has been for a while. I watched some reviews and blown away by how many incredible sounding options it has, and the ability to save several presets, and again a simple interface.

My use case is broadly what I have with the RV-6: three or four main presets which I use and can tweak a little bit. move between a few options, and then mostly forget about, but very easily adjustable when I’m in them. And then a little weirdness when i want it. ideally a bit more weird than I’ve got now, and all round just a far higher quality of effect.

Has anyone got and played the Nucleo or the Empress reverb? How’s your experience been with them? How do you use them? Which is the one to go for? Or, does anyone else have a lesser known (by me!) premium option which I should check out? Not really interested in Strymon and menu diving in general, i prefer a more hands on the pedal experience.

Any thoughts feelings emotions about these/your fave ‘verb pedal very welcome. TIA

All of the small, robust ones I’ve seen have a latching foot switch. Thanks for reading.

Hi everyone, curious on the standard (now discontinued) model of Super Ego. I really want to get into ambient stuff for frozen/ glitch pads etc.

I record directly into reaper, so the live performance issue is only for creating on the fly in my studio. I love the idea of using my pedals to warp and use them as instrument in real time.

My current ambient pedals (not in order..):

-boss dd-6
- Caroline kilobyte
- boss rv-5
- jhs iii chorus
- ehx 360

I'm putting together a board to gig with, and I'm having to decide what's worth spending on and what to get cheap. I have never had a noise gate before, and I definitely need one.

Reverb is flooded with cheap gates, but are any of them worth it? Or is this something I should spend $100 to get the Boss or the TC?

So I've got a space left on my pedal board for some kind of modulation, but I'm struggling to decide which one.

I play all sorts of music, but mostly rock and its sub-genres, including metal. When recording, I handle all modulation in the DAW, so it's really just a question of what I care most about reproducing live and when jamming alone.

I think I've narrowed it down to three options. I know I'm the only person who can decide, but I'd appreciate any input all the same!

1. Multi-FX: I'd mainly be using chorus, but maybe having a handful of modulations on tap is the best solution since some multi pedals could also cover options 2 and 3...
2. Pitch shifter (probably the Klowra Vein or EHX Pitchfork): A little more niche but I think it fits me. I love those glitchy, pitch shifted / whammy sounds you hear from Muse, Radiohead, Nothing But Thieves, etc and I could get a chorus-like effect with a low mix on the detune setting. Also, pitch shifting when I cba to retune my guitar would be pretty convenient.
3. Reverb: Probably the one I'd use the most, both when playing live for a larger sound or at home to sound epic with the more ambient/cinematic settings. But I'm also of the opinion that just adjusting my amp's reverb to the room is sufficient for what I play and my delay pedal can do the heavy lifting when I want a huge lead sound.

Edit: the smaller the footprint, the better, since I know that future me will decide he wants another pedal and be mad at present-me if I got anything that occupies too much space.

Hello and thanks for reading. I use a Boss GT1 at the end of my signal chain for modulation (chorus, flanger, phaser and rotary for Pink Floyd stuff but that doesn't sound all that good) and delay/reverb. It does its job pretty well for me but recently, because I've been changing a lot of my analog pedals with better stuff (really recommend checking out PastFx), I've been thinking about replacing this pedal with something more modern (Got a Valeton GP50 and since then i've been getting a lot more curious about digital tones). I searched for multifx units that are roughly the same size as my Boss GT1 and these three names popped up. Im clueless about the differences in their respective technologies. The only bad part about any of them that I find is that the Boss GX10 doesn't have an XLR output which kinda sucks because I want to have the option of going straight into a mixer and I dont want to buy some TRS to XLR cable or DI boxes. I may have said some dumb stuff in this post sorry for that, again im not that good at stuff like this. I've also seen other units like Line6 Pod Go or Valeton GP200JR but idk. Honestly if I had the money I would just buy a Quadcortex and an expression pedal and call it a day. Thanks for reading!

Hey, I’m trying to figure out a MIDI setup for my board, and I’m getting a bit stuck on the best way to wire everything and whether it’s fully compatible.

I’ve got a Morningstar MC4 Pro, a Strymon BlueSky V2, a Strymon El Capistan V2, and a Line 6 HX One. The goal is just to have the MC4 control all three pedals.

Where I’m getting confused is the connections. The Strymon pedals use TRS MIDI through the exp/midi jack, while the HX One uses standard 5-pin MIDI. The MC4 has one 5-pin MIDI out and one TRS out, so I’m trying to figure out the cleanest way to use both.

Right now I’m thinking MC4 5-pin into the HX One, MC4 TRS into the BlueSky, and then running the BlueSky into the El Cap using MIDI out/thru. I’m just not sure if that’s actually the correct or most reliable way to do it, or if I’m missing something about TRS MIDI types or better routing options like a splitter.

If anyone’s run a similar mix of Strymon TRS pedals and 5-pin MIDI gear, I’d really appreciate how you wired it and what ended up working reliably.