Pedals please ... ? (Page 1 of 3)

Hi Eva. I agree.  A TS808 or TS9 is the staple to start with.  There are several modded types out there that all sound good.  Analog Man, Keeley etc.  Full tone makes a good pedal for about a $179.  Corby's stuff at OceanEFX (oceanefx.com) is awesome.

A Boss Digital Delay is nice to have.  After that it's all icing on the cake.

Try to get an amp with a good clean channel.  INMO that's more important than a great lead channel.  Pedals can help make an average lead channel sound better....there's nothing to help an inadequate clean channel.

Good luck.  Where's the tour?

Get a decent ish amp first eva see what you can get out of it then decide whats needed / desirable no point buying lots of stuff you prob wont use. A good guess is a Wah and some type of Over Drive like everyone else has said..

My gut instinct always tells me to steer clear of Marshalls that arnt tube... A Fender Blues jnr is a cool amp for cheap tho (specially used ones) Fender XD Champ has a pretty good marshall esque voice. Epiphone valve jnrs are pretty good too... just my 2 cents I'll post a clip of the Fender XD's marshall sound this week if I get chance...

As for pedals I dont have a terrible lot of experience in dif types because I rarely use them.... Boss DD3 is a cool delay, I use a fulltone 69 for that hendrix'ish fuzz sound, my Dunlop wah seemed like a good buy when I was beginning and its lasted a long time with some heavy use and its always in my rig regardless of what amp / where I am so I cant complain its a good cheap wah .. Ive seen alot of peeps using a Boss OD pedal which didnt sound too bad.

The important thing is this. What type of music do you play? If its blues then a tube screamer is a must like many here have stated. For me Boss DD-7 Digital Delay pedal is as crucial as any other pedal!! As matter of fact, If I could only have one pedal it would be that delay pedal. Eva, go to the gear page: http://www.thegearpage.net/board/
You will find all your answers there. I have learned alot it just one week there! A great amp that is affordable is the Fender Hot Rod deville. Again, it all depends on what you want to play.

I'll back the previous posts about getting a good amp.  A thousand dollar, handmade by Bob in the woods OD won't matter if your amp isn't worth two cents to begin with.   

  Stick with finding an amp thats suits your needs first, then worry about pedals.  Most folks use pedals to accent their sound, not to make it.

if youre looking for a marshall type sounding amp, but want one for a little less.....look into a ceriatone amp. I'm good friends with a local STL musician, he just bought the overtone special, it is a phenominal sounding amp at 50 watts....i'm looking into the 18 watt plexi copy right now.  you can hear sound clips of just about any amp made if you search on you tube.  as far as pedals goes.... i agree with the above statments about the 808's.  i have an original 808 i use ( it is cured btw, thanks to you guys that told me some things to try to fix it ) i would trade that 808 for all the tea in china.  full tone makes some really great stuff as well, some of it can get a little salty though...      good luck !!

Brian

** sorry guys, it's late and my typing sucks...   I  WOULD NOT trade that 808 for all the tea in china  ** LOL  sorry about that!!!

Hi Eva

When you have an idea of the amp you want why not go into town to all the music shops and see what they can do. Shops are keen to sell in this finacial climate and they will be hapy to  negotiate price. I bought a Marshall MG 30.  In Liverpool all the music stores are on one road, the guy in the shop said "What are the other shops selling it at " and then he beat the price i saved £40

Happy hunting

Stevie Boy

Thanks a lot everyone, that gives me an idea about what to search for ... the amp is another question. I know that I won´t get a tube marshall for under 500, so it´s probably better to check out a few of those you mentioned before I just buy a Marshall because it´s a Marshall.
I wish I could stuff you all into a bag and take you to the guitar store with me ... thanks so much for your advice!

Oh well ....

And that is exactly the problem atm imo :x

Remember dont go too big an amp unles you want to gig etc and even then 40w should be ample, I rarely play my Fender Blues deluxe (40watt) because its so damn loud even when its turned right down... If I had a choice now I'd get a little 18w head and a cab... Also Eva look out for http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.htm … k=&bn= them I've heard they are killer amps for the price...

Good luck im sure you will have fun trying stuff out