Pedals?

Marshall0092 · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:57 pm Post subject: Pedals?

What is the point of a pedal? I have been playing guitar for about 4 months now. Is it worth buying?

Marshall0092 · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 6:23 pm Post subject:

And what am I hearing at WAH pedals, Volume pedals, Multieeffects, Distortion effects and so on?

Air Jesus · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject:

If you're talking effects pedals, there are probably millions available, so you can't all classify them as one thing. Effects pedals are things put either between your guitar and amp, or in your amp's effects loop; their purpose is to somehow alter the sound.

A wah pedal changes the tone of your guitar and making it sound somewhat like someone saying "wah" as you move the pedal to control the amount. A volume pedal alters the volume based on the pedal position. Multi-effects are digital effects pedals with numerous and varied on-board effects, usually with multiple pedals to select between different presets. Distortion/overdrive should sound like your amp's gain channel, with quite literally thousands of variations; fuzz, overdrive, distortion, etc. etc. You can't really describe these, as there are so many variations and colors of the sound they can produce.

Erm, check out the sound demos at www.bossus.com for a better idea.

Marshall0092 · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:51 pm Post subject:

So a multie-effects pedal would probobly be the best deal?

p.s. thanx for the info.

Air Jesus · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:55 pm Post subject:

Not necessarily. They're expensive, and none of their effects (usually) are very high-quality. If you want a wide range of sounds that don't all need to be "great," multi-effects are nice.

Marshall0092 · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:58 pm Post subject:

Oh okay.

SoLiDuS · Not So Newbie Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 6

Marshall's pedals are realy cool, i have played on guv'nor plus (GV-2) when i needed some high gain, and im impressed!
If other marshall pedals are that cool, you should by yoursef one that suits you most!

rockurworld · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:32 pm Post subject:

just a quick Q:

since im in the wheelchair, i cant pedal so is there something that gives the same effect but you dont have to pedal and if so whats the difference between those two? ...thx

SoLiDuS · Not So Newbie Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 6

Davor? Odakle si? Speak serbish?

Dont know realy...

rockurworld · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:37 pm Post subject:

sorry my ignorance but i didnt understand what do you mean by that...

SoLiDuS · Not So Newbie Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 6

Nothing... Just wondered about your name! Davor is kind of name that's most common in my country!

Joe Desperado · Kitten Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 127 Location: Chicago

If you have no use of your feet, you can buy just about anything available in a rack mount version. THis you could set up on your amp and be in arms reach.

JD

M2K · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 3:05 am Post subject:

A good multi effects pedal would be a Behrringer XV-AMP its got 100 auto effects and u can program your own to it. It's a good multi effects processor. it has a foot pedal and many effects including Wah-Wah, Sreamer, Nu-Metal gain, Phasers and many more. its a great buy too. I paid $150 and their were pedals there that had less effects for more money.

Ashton AG131
Ashton GA10
Behringer XV-AMP

jonspeaks22 · Newbie Alert Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 3

sounds like a good deal