Favorite BOSS pedal?
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Topic: Favorite BOSS pedal?
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Subject: Favorite BOSS pedal?
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 15:58
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I personally love the Boss loop station, it's really great for recording something if you're just fooling around and come up with something you like..or if you're trying to write a solo, just record the riff you're playing over once, and it plays over and over again. I also always use Snarling Dog Wah Pedal's.
Anyone have a favorite pedal that they use all the time? It doesn't have to be a boss pedal of course  ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 20:31
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oh man, I used to use the old orange Boss distortion box, and the chorus (think it was green)... used the infamous Rat for a while when I was into a dirty sound, but my personal favorite was probably the little yellow MXR Distortion + . http://www.guitarcenter.com/MXR-M-104-DISTORTION---Guitar-Pedal-100052652-i1124433.gc - http://www.guitarcenter.com/MXR-M-104-DISTORTION---Guitar-Pedal-100052652-i1124433.gc Rhoads used it to get that 'foamy' sound |
Posted By: SpaceMonkey
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 22:51
| The loop station is pretty amazing. |
Posted By: SpaceMonkey
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 22:52
| Does it necessarily have to be stomp boxes or could also be processing units and such? |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 09:19
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My favourite ones are the CE2 Chorus, the BF2 Flanger and of course the DD3 delay ;)
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 14:41
It could be a processing unit...No one's gonna kill you  -------------
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SpaceMonkey wrote:Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 14:47
I might I have a pathological hatred of anything other than a massive array of stompboxes when it comes to efffects.  I've not used many Boss pedals but my DD3 delay despite going through batteries rather quickly is an excellent and very tough pedal. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 17:07
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I must say as far as distortion goes, I got to the point where I preferred the sound of a good amp's natural overdrive without any effects killing the signal |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 21:30
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The Loop Station is the only Boss pedal I have, and I love it. I've been coming up with all sorts of ways to do cool stuff with it, thought some are more musical than others. Also, I've been startled by the battery life on that thing. It takes 4 C's, which I'm sure is a lot of milliamp-hours, but still, I've probably used it for more than 30 hours without having to change the batteries. -------------   |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 22:51
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I'm thinking of getting the Boss Space Echo RE-201, as it looks to me like the best bang-for-your-buck of any delay pedal on the market. Does anybody have any experience with the pedal?
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 15:54
My friend just got it a couple of days ago..I haven't heard it yet but he says he likes it, if that helps you  -------------
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 18:12
The TU-2 Chromatic Tuner!  Tune live or in bypass, and power all your other pedals from it with a daisy-chain! ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 19:09
For a great snarling sound the Dual & Turbo overdrive pedals are great. I currently have the GT6 processor. But with all these processors (POD, Vox, et al) it seems like a full blown college course is need to know the thing inside out. Heck , I had the POD 2.0 for 4-5 Years. It took me 2 years to stumble upon the fact that it had a built-in tuner !  ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 22:38
 , no need to be embarrased, It probably would've taken me longer!-------------
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 23:15
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^Lol. The two times I've ever tried to use the BOSS GT-8, Other than the wah wah, amp models and distortion pedal models, I could hardly figure it out. I've got my eye set on the new GT-10, but I have no idea when that hits Australian shores though. ------------- 
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Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 13:44
I know what you mean. I usually like the processors mostly for having the basic pedals - chorus,delay,reverb, OD/Gain/Distortion etc ... I like the GT6 for the presets, but I choose them , then go into manual mode to add the other effects I want , ex - Twin Clean, then add on Vox OD on one pedal, Classic dist. on the second one, then delay chorus as needed or wanted; along with the original clean sound. The people I jam with sometimes wish that I would stick with one tone or patch, but I can never settle for any one. I'm the kind of player who wishes he could find an inexpensive tube amp (no modelers please) that gives me Fender cleans & blues, Vox chime & growl, and Marshall gain & classic rock OD. OF course, if like my fave musicians, I actually had the money to do as I please, I probably would need two or three ABY pedals to work all the others I'd purchase - Traynor, Hughes & Kettner, Garnett, Orange, MEsa Boogie ...  ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: March 10 2008 at 06:12
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My favourite Boss pedal is my TU2 tuner! ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Bornlivedie UK
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 08:46
| Im thinking of getting a BOSS DD3 pedal, has anyone here got it? Should I get the DD6 instead? |
Posted By: netherdrake
Date Posted: March 14 2008 at 02:31
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the loop station is really amazing... the BOSS pedals is kinda expensive so i often sometimes kinda think twice to buy one and thinking if i need one,i can only say that.but the quality is one of the best,..  ------------- "...Facts never leaves possibilities.." |
Posted By: netherdrake
Date Posted: March 14 2008 at 02:33
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How about BOSTON pedals??? They're kinda cheap but the quality is good.. ------------- "...Facts never leaves possibilities.." |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 15 2008 at 13:12
To answer both the original post and you, I've had many pedals in the last 20 years and my all-time favourite has to be the BOSS DD-20 GigaDelay...what an amazing pedal!! Fully feature laden, easy to operate and great sounding
You can get all kind of echo-related sounds with it.
So Bornlivedie (I dig "Signify" too, by the way
) if you can afford it go with the DD-20. If not, the DD-3 is a classic and you can't go wrong with it (had it many years ago).Cheers, J.-
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Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 14:21
The RC-20 Loop Station and Metal Zone distortion are my favorite Boss pedals. My overall favorite stompboxes are the Frostwave Resonator (MS-20 HP/LP filter clone) and Moogerfooger Ring Modulator. The green Line 6 delay pedal is pretty dope too.
I felt the same way until I got into modular analog synthesizers; three-quarters of my effects chain nowadays consists of http://www.blacet.com - Blacet synth modules ... Lots of spaghetti and plenty of tweakable knobs and switches!  |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 15:21
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That's basically the same as an array of stopboxes in terms of what you have to do to set them up only a little more organised. I'd love to get some synth stuff to add to my guitar signal as it could help me produce even stranger sounds than I can already produce with my limited collection of effects which is comprised of a Boss DD3, a Danelectro Cool Cat, a Russian Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi, an Ibanez Tubescreamer and finally an Ibanez Weeping Demon wah with an Ebow on the side for extra strangeness. |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 20:20
Can you put a guitar signal through those or do you have to use volt-per-octave signals? ------------- |
Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: March 25 2008 at 15:54
Yeah, the ease of setup is definitely a blessing. No more wall warts! Two other things I really like: the ease with which I can reconfigure my effects chain on the fly and the CV processing capabilities of many modules-- very few stompboxes (Moogerfooger, Frostwave, etc.) provide this kind of flexibility and sound-design capability.
You can run just about any audio signal directly into the synth via the http://www.blacet.com/IO.html - I/O module . I've routed electric guitars, keyboards, SM57s, contact mics, circuit-bent toys, and portable radios through the I/O with no problems whatsoever. EDIT: Sorry, I don't mean to derail the thread. Now back to your BOSS pedal discussion... |