Hi, Dont know if this is the right group to ask in.
I was just wondering on what pedal choice should be for my first pedal board for potential small giging. I use an epiphone les paul modern as a main guitar and am triying out a fender stratocaster or jazzmaster as a second/backup guitar.aas well as a boss katana 50 mk 2 for amp choice. I know that the katana has a lot of the fx built in, but prefer using stomp boxes after playing around with a friend's, that and having to manually changing the preset mid song. He has also been nice enough to sell me his old board a pedaltrain jr classic.
[br]I've done a bit of browsing around and , I could use help with just some general ideas for pedals.
Right now I've been playing a lot of either Pink Floyd, The XX, the black keys, Linkin park, Red hot chilli peppers, Metallica, Queens of the Stone Age, Nirvana & most of the “Seattle” grunge sound of the 90’s.
I am looking to build a begginers board that covers most. and after reading some articles/watching demos. am probably looking at an overdrive, distortion, fuzz, delay, compressor, reverb and chorus. pedal and have maybe got a short list for some:
Overdrive: Ibanez ts808, ts808 vs boss blues driver waza craft vs EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Overdrive
Distortion: Boss Ds1 vs Proco Rat
Fuzz: EHX nano big muff vs green Russian big muff vs op amp big muff
reverb: ehx oceans 11 vs fender marine layer vs EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath v3 vs tc electronics hall of fame
any help / suggestions not listed above would be ideal, budget would ideally be 150-200 for each pedal thanks.
Yea, seems you are on the right track for sure. The Katana has some good effects, but I agree, some of the stomps are good for many reasons. I, too, collect stomps that I like, as they have their own Mojo.
I would look into some of the Revv pedals. The Tilt overdrive is a great pedal that I recently picked up, has an overdrive and boost built into the same pedal, and it sounds great. Good for low to mid-gain stuff, and based on the bands you listed, would work great for you.
You might also consider Revv for your distortion pedal too, the G2 and G3 are probably the best on the market right now.
Something else to consider anyway. Good luck!
