Played today with no pedals

I play in our church band and this morning had too plug straight into my amp instead of through my pedals. I had a patch cable acting up and didn't have time too find the bad one. I sorta like it. Just saying.

I did a gig recently, and went "commando" - armed only with a tele and pathfinder 15R - it is good to do this once in a while - it gets you out of your element and you are forced to think a bit differently. good stuff. Volume, reverb and vibrato.... just like back in the day...

good for you though. What is there to not like?

That's crazy talk!:lol:

That's crazy talk!:lol:

Haha +1

I did a gig recently, and went "commando" - armed only with a tele and pathfinder 15R - it is good to do this once in a while - it gets you out of your element and you are forced to think a bit differently. good stuff. Volume, reverb and vibrato.... just like back in the day...

good for you though. What is there to not like?

Well...is commando really reverb and trem? :confused:

I go back and forth. Love the straight tone but I will really miss the left side of my FD-2 and I do like my echo, tremolo, and Tuner pedal. I have a bunch of other pedals but they are mostly window dressing.

Well...is commando really reverb and trem? :confused:

If your amp has it, why not use it? The older "modern" tube amps incorporated those effects, so why not? Seems OK to me....

BUT - does that mean my uber-over-accessorized SS amp with a Kajillion tweakable on board effects and floorboard is going commando?

The jury do be out on 'dat, yo......

Here come the judge.....

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I like pedals, but I do get a better clean sound from plugging straight into the amp. It depends on the band and the gig, I suppose.

Insane!

I go back and forth. Love the straight tone but I will really miss the left side of my FD-2 and I do like my echo, tremolo, and Tuner pedal. I have a bunch of other pedals but they are mostly window dressing.

I feel pretty much the same way. Being the singer in the band sometimes makes it hard for me to do my effects tapdance in the middle of a song- sometimes I just enjoy the no-hassle simplicity of playing straight into the amp. But on the other hand the pedals add a lot to the band's sound, even if using them comes at the price of losing total focus on singing/playing.

I love plugging straight into my tweeds, but when I'm playing a show, I always use my tuner and volume pedal. I could get by without the volume pedal, but it does help me out quite a bit. When I used a DRRI, I would have never thought about gigging without reverb, trem, and a drive pedal. I feel like playing without pedals makes me a better player because I have to utilize pick attack techniques and guitar knobs. Love it!

I feel pretty much the same way. Being the singer in the band sometimes makes it hard for me to do my effects tapdance in the middle of a song- sometimes I just enjoy the no-hassle simplicity of playing straight into the amp. But on the other hand the pedals add a lot to the band's sound, even if using them comes at the price of losing total focus on singing/playing.

Agreed, but I've never liked stepping on pedals during my vocals. I do, however, roll the guitar knobs during vocals. I think it's much easier and less distracting.