Your Fave Effect?

[Heather Anne Peel]

Mine is the Leslie rotary speaker. Don Leslie really created something incredible with these! In the early to mid '80s, I had a Leslie Model 825, which was great, but I ended up stupidly selling it. These days, I can at least get a bit of Leslie vibe from my Line 6 Roto Machine pedal. It does a really nice job recreating the classic Leslie swirl. The first time I heard Clapton play one on the "Blind Faith" album, I knew I had to have one. That was in 1981, and I got my Leslie that August for $175! It's an often used effect (brought back into vogue in the early '90s, by tracks like U2's "One". Anyway, the rotary speaker is my fave effect on the electric guitar, what's yours?

[RevMike]

Stompers have come and gone, but the only one that has stayed with me is my trusty 20 or so year old ProCo Rat. I'll never give it up.

[woodman]

gotta love my Barber Tone Press. the ability to blend the compressed signal with the original ("dry") signal makes it hugely versatile.

[Tremo]

Reverbbbbbbbb.

And some tremolo on those old Slim Harpo songs.

Maybe some slapback....

You can get pretty close to the Leslie sound with a Chorus pedal, if you crank the rate way up.

[harry the filter]

+1 on the Barber Tone Press!

[Geo]

Same as Tremo here, pretty even
with reverb, tremolo and a little delay.
I use reverb more than the other two.

A friend has a Yamaha unit with a West Coast Surf labeled delay
setting and I really like it a bunch.
I don't really associate the sound quite with the label but
never the less it's a cool effect.

[Fuzzyhead]

BOSS OD-2 "TURBO Over Drive"

[Roli]

My favorite effect is no effect. I used to use slapback delay or a touch of reverb, but I turned them off lately.

[DJG105]

+1 on leslies.

picture of my 2-speed in my pictures. i prefer the low speed for most purposes.

I'm not really into pedals.

[CancerLeoCam]

Re-verbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb!

[professor]

Reverb.

And, on occasion, a little delay, when I wanna be Scotty Moore.

[Bones]

Don't use 'em.

[TELE52]

+1 on the Line 6 Roto Machine....

Can´t say I use it all the time but it´s perfect for (or atleast try to...) playing organ licks when back up others. And I often also turn it on when playing ballads. Just love the Leslie swirl....

Bad Bob Booster must also be counted in. Not much of an effect but it really gives a extra richness to the sound. Guess I can call it: my sound!!

[roth]

I love my VOX Tonelab SE - lots of cool effects to play with...

But I seem to always dial in a "Tweed 4 x 10" with some plate reverb for some reason

I find myself playing with the analog delay and flanger a bit too. And of course the distortion or compression when the mood strikes.

BTW - there are a few nice tele-made presets on that unit - very fun toy...

[Califiddler]

Doppler.

[franchelB]

Re-verb!

[Five Fingers]

I like my old Tube Screamer. It never let me down even once.
I always liked the old Boss Compressor, my old one gave up it's
ghost a long time ago, so i'm looking for a new one.

[TG]

The only pedal I've been using the last while has been a Maxon OD808 tubescreamer. And it's only used at most 5% of the time...just as a low-gain solo boost.
Otherwise I'm straight in to the amp.

I might be getting a delay pedal soon, but probably it will also be used pretty infrequently and subtly. I've just found that there have been a few instances at gigs recently where I've thought that I needed something and I think a delay might be it.
We'll see.

[johnspierce]

I would say I like *all* my effects at my disposal if they are within context of the song.... as long as I can get that sound in my head :)

BUT, if we are talking about *most fun* effect -- it's a gotta be the Wah pedal. I mean, who doesn't enjoy squeezing and squishing the sound in time to the music! heh!

JP

[Mik]

The Bernadette effect.

Mik