What's the 1 pedal you cannot live without?

[tremoloman]

I'm eager to hear your responses...

Right now, mine would be the Digitech Jimi Hendrix pedal. It does so much with only 1 box!

 

[Robert]

Never heard of that pedal. Start another thread and brag about it!

Mine would be the Bad Monkey or the Blues Driver or the Micro Amp - can't pick which!

 

[Tone2TheBone]

I'm really not a purist. Lately I've been playing straight amps with no pedals. Except I been using my Bad Monkey a lot lately...so I guess I have to say the Bad Munkayyyyy.

I will say this though. My best friend is not a pedal...but the volume knob on my Stratocaster sure is. I had forgotten how well the volume pot actually WORKS on the Strat. My Gibson could sure stand a pot like that.

 

[tremoloman]

I'm not a major effects fan either. Nowadays so many players seem to hide behind effects to mask their inability to play. If you go to your local dealer, try the Hendrix pedal on #7 in the clean and distorted univibe setting - you'll be hooked! It has the exact tone as Jimi used at Woodstock and the New Year's Eve BOG show. 'Machine Gun' is at your fingertips!

 

[Justaguyin_nc]

I like to HIDE behind my BD-2 or I stink like BO... Now if I could just keep this Bad Monkey off long enough to use the BD I would be a happy camper... umm for now.

 

[tehuti]

Never heard of that pedal. Start another thread and brag about it!

Mine would be the Bad Monkey or the Blues Driver or the Micro Amp - can't pick which!

Just out of curiosity, what's the difference between the Bad Monkey and the Screamin' Blues?

 

[Nelskie]

The mun-kaaay is sooo fun-kaaaay! Such a warm, pleasing tonal effect with so many different amp / guitar combinations. And she'll bark when you need her to! Yep, an easy pick for me, too.

 

[dougb415]

Right now my favorite pedal is the Pedalworx HellBaby light OD. Very touch responsive, no compression or tone coloration, no tone sucking, just GREAT tone. Only 25 made.

 

[marnold]

Actually, I can live without any pedals. I've been backing off on the effects on the AD30VT too. Enjoying that parched, parched dry tone. The only effects I use with any regularity are a touch of chorus or reverb on clean tones or a touch of delay on distorted tones. I only use the TO800 to turn the UK70s model on the Vox up to 11.

I'm with Tone on the volume pot usage. I never really touched mine until I visited this forum. It's amazing what you can do with it.

 

[Spudman]

tehuti

The Bad Monkey doesn't really color your tone. The Screamin Blues gets more of a midrange boost. Go for the Monkey. The Digitech Tone Driver is very similar to the Monkey but digital.

Can't live without? I usually have something to push the front of the amph like Tube Screamer, DS1 etc. But since the Monkey came along I'm eating a lot more bananas. Just look at my avatar photo. I'm voting Bad Monkey closely followed by a Crybaby.

 

[warren0728]

as "someone" on this forum said "bad monkey is a good monkey"

ww

 

[SuperSwede]

The G.A.S pedal

 

[duhvoodooman]

The G.A.S pedal

Amen, bruddah! I can't stay off that one, either!

Seriously, I just love the Digitech Tone Driver (used) I picked up on eBay. Best $33 I've spent in a long time. It's "morph" control turns it into kind of a Bad-Monkey-on-steroids. They even give you some control setting combos to emulate vintage OD pedals including the Ibanez TS-9 and TS-808 Tubescreamers and the DOD 250. Essential tones for a big SRV fan like me! :R

Nelskie loves his Tone Driver, too. He did a posting on it back in December, HERE.

 

[Katastrophe]

Man, I gotta tell ya that I love the Digitech RP-80. It does more than my old, expensive, heavy, temperamental rack setup used to do, at a fraction of the cost. Wanna wah? There's an expression pedal for that. Wierd delay flanged 12 string effects? Different amph models? It's all in there. The cables and unit all fits in the front pocket of my gig bag.

 

[Slowhand]

This is a must have for everybody the Boss TB-4

 

[warren0728]

now that's the pedal for me!!

ww

 

[duhvoodooman]

This is a must have for everybody the Boss TB-4

I need the more expensive TB-8 model, which has a much wider dynamic range on the SUCK knob....

 

[Nelskie]

Slowhand - Your TB-4 illustration is HILARIOUS!! Indeed, I'd be spinning that "talent" knob til' it busted . . . ha ha ha! Then, it's back to the old drawing board - - again.

Yeah, I'd have to be of the same opinion as the Voodooman - the DigiTech Tone driver is one helluva pedal, with buku versatility. Definitely one I couldn't live without. Guitar-wise, everything I plug into it sounds great - Strats, Les Pauls - whatever. Amp-wise, I use it primarily with my Classic 30 and Valve Jr., and that pedal totally loves both of those rigs, esp. the Jr. The morph knob combines settings for an even greater range of tone - something that my *sniff* old Ibanez Tube Screamer didn't *sob* do. Seems I'm getting verclempt ~ ~ talk amongst yourselves.

 

[warren0728]

he DigiTech Tone driver is one helluva pedal, with buku versatility. Definitely one I couldn't live without.

is that a discontinued model?...

 

[Nelskie]

Nope. Part of the DigiTech X-Series pedals, and probably the best-sounding one of the whole lot. I might be biased, tho'. Anyways - check it out here:

http://www.digitech.com/products/tonedriver.htm

There's some sound clips there, too - bottom right hand side of the page. I believethese pedals go for around $79.99, although you may be able to get one on Ebay like Voodooman did for $35 - $40. I bought mine new. The pedal also came with a DigiTech gig-pack bonus offer, which included a nice 10' braided cloth-type cord, a small padded pedal bag, and a big packet of picks. The picks are those super slippery ones, but I made them usable by sanding both sides with 100-grit, and hitting them with a light mist of 3M spray-mount. Voila' - sticky pix!

 

[duhvoodooman]

is that a discontinued model?...

Nope!

Tone Driver @ Musiciansfriend.com

Or you can look for a used one on eBay, where I got mine for $33....

 

[warren0728]

Nope. Part of the DigiTech X-Series pedals, and probably the best-sounding one of the whole lot. I might be biased, tho'. Anyways - check it out here:

http://www.digitech.com/products/tonedriver.htm

man....i thought i checked every link on that site...oh well

thanks

ww

 

[Spudman]

I have the Tone Driver and Bad Monkey. I think the Monkey gets more bottom but the Driver is very flexible. I like them both a lot.

Check Harmony Central classifieds too. I got my Monkey there really cheap. $35 shipped like new with box and instructions. If you are patient you might find the Tone Driver there as well in case you can't find a deal on the bay.

The TB-4 actually has a "reverse" suck mode which is located in the mid position. Use sparingly because in this position you'll spray the audience with any food particles that haven't digested yet.

Oh, there is also a "hold" function so you can suck for a really really long time. You can leave the stage and still be sucking.

 

[Slowhand]

I must thank Lava Man over on the Seymour Duncan Forum for the Pic of the TB-4 I wonder if the Mk2 will have an inspiration Knob

 

[r_a_smith3530]

The only pedal I can think of that I absolutely couldn't do without is my old DoD Bi-FET Pre-Amp, and the only reason for this is that the pickup in my Epiphone acoustic is one of the old skool Fishman passive piezo's (Thinline 332).

All of my other pedals enhance certain aspects of my playing, but aren't absolutely needed.

 

[Robert]

After playing with my Daz Fuzz pedal a few weeks now, I have to say I can no longer live without it! It is numba 1, shared with the Bad Mo and the Blue Mo!

 

[Tim]

Robert – 1 + 1 + 1 = 3. I believe the tile of the post reads: What's the 1 pedal you cannot live without? So let’s get down to the nitty gritty and fess-up what is truly the 1 pedal you cannot live without? It is decision time.

 

[Robert]

Okey. It would have to be the BD-2 then.

 

[Spudman]

The one pedal that I can't live with out...other than my bicycle pedals...I would have to say my Analog Man modified Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer. It is the pedal that I've had the longest and used the most consistently. I've had it since 1978. That's 30 years. I've played every gig with it since I bought it. But...now that I have a Bad Monkey...hmmm.

 

[Spudman]

Robert
Is Daz Fuzz still your number one?