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aschleman
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aschleman
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06/01/2006 6:50 pm
You have to look at what kind of tone you want... do you play metal, blues, or rock??? i have two different pedal boards... one for recording... and one stage...

Stage Board:
Dunlop Zakk Wylde Wah
Ts-808 reissue TubeScreamer Overdrive
Boss Delay
Boss Chorus
Behringer soundgate (rack mount)
and Alesis compressor (rack mount)
and also a Fender chromatic tuner pedal...
Then I have a dual channel selector for my amp (JCM 800).

I play mostly bluesy/rock stuff... but when we play anything metal I switch my amp from the clean channel to the dirty channel... it works well for me...

Recording/Jamming board:
Dunlop Hendrix Wah
DOD Distortion pedal
GENX3 (use the soundgate and compression set to clean channel)
Boss GT-8 (Use the effects and the expression pedal to create some cool tones in conjunction with the GENX and my Hendrix Wah)
DigiTech JamMan Sampling/Looping Pedal

This setup I use at my jam sessions, recording session, and just to jam with my self. I can loop over 30 minutes worth of multiple backing tracks with my JamMan and play over the top of it... I use the GENX to give me tight compression and a good soundgate... I have my GT-8 mated to it so I can play with it's effects and not have to play with a noise gate through it... I can also layer effects with the GENX and the GT... I can run 3 seperate wahs in three seperate positions if I want... To give a big fat sound that pierces all ranges of frequencies... It's not for stage... but it's fun to mess around with.

There are my two pedal boards... but like I said... it's up to what style of music you want to play. My Stage board is pretty basic... it can cover most ranges of music... I would suggest something along those lines. I need to add in a volume pedal sometimes soon...