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bobthecanadian · December 20th, 2006, 08:46 PM

I think this should be a pretty simple question to answer. I have about a dozen pedals and they all do some pretty cool things, but the one pedal that I wouldn't want to live without is.... drum roll, please!

It's a Boss product....

It's a single function pedal...

It's the one, the only....

TU2!!!

That's right, if I could only choose one pedal it would be my tuner. The thought of playing out of tune is painful. Oh, yeah. It also double as a power supply for other pedals.

Peace

TieDyedDevil · December 20th, 2006, 08:58 PM

Probably a Visual Sound Route 66.

FrankB · December 20th, 2006, 09:08 PM

I'd keep my MXR DistortionII. It's the most versatile pedal I own. Versatility in the form of huge and nice and quacky with some break up...it's the best pedal I own.

maestrovert · December 20th, 2006, 09:32 PM

Wah

SixStringSlinger · December 20th, 2006, 09:50 PM

If I had an amp with an effects loop, my wah (I prefer for the signal to distort before it hits the wah). Until then, my distortion.

Flashback · December 20th, 2006, 10:11 PM

Hmmm....

As long as I have a telecaster and an amp that reacts to my playing (5E3 or something similar in sound)...

Wah, no question about it. Just cause I can do all kinds of things. From echoes, tone control, filtering goodness, and dont forget SLAMMING the front end of a cranked amp.

I would've said tuner, but if I only had a pedal, guitar, and amp. I would definitely be tuning by ear.

BoB/335 · December 20th, 2006, 10:38 PM

I NEED an overdrive of some kind. I like to play clean but I like a little hair on it. Right now my FD2 mosfet is great to have and a little cheating because it serves as 2 drives in one for me.

aznrambo481 · December 20th, 2006, 11:00 PM

If I had a wah... my wah.

as of now, my fuzz+octave because the only other pedal i have is a seriously disfunctional home-made distortion.

studio1087 · December 20th, 2006, 11:01 PM

A good compressor.

BoB/335 · December 20th, 2006, 11:25 PM

And what good compressor were you thinking about?

Paul in Colorado · December 21st, 2006, 01:17 AM

A good distortion pedal because my amps tend to be clean machines and a Space Echo isn't a pedal so I could still keep it.

Dad Gad · December 21st, 2006, 01:27 AM

ocd.

twentytwo · December 21st, 2006, 06:09 AM

Tech 21 comptortion. It is a decent overdrive, distortion, boost, and does a passable job of evening out the levels as a compressor. It has a ton of gain. It is not the sweetest sounding pedal but it covers a lot of sonic territory and certainly isn't the worst sounding pedal I've ever heard. The biggest drawback is that extreme settings all sound pretty rugged and are prone to an irritating gating, pumping limiter sound at the end of notes. The other problem is that the knobs have to be diddled to switch jobs. ie There are no settings that allow the pedal to function as a boost and a distortion or an overdrive and a compressor without some control tweaking.

Dillon · December 21st, 2006, 12:55 PM

1--A good tuner (TU-2 or StroboStomp)
2--Bad Bob

BoB/335 · December 21st, 2006, 12:59 PM

Why a Bad Bob?

kcp · December 21st, 2006, 01:27 PM

delay

Dillon · December 21st, 2006, 04:50 PM

For me and set appropriately, the Bad Bob seems to make my guitars come alive without coloring the tone...Kind of like the two extra shots of espresso that go into my morning coffee. It's the signature in my sound. YMMV.

Vince a · December 21st, 2006, 05:21 PM

Tuner . . . no, wah . . . no, compressor . . . oh heck, I can't make up my mind! Anyone of those three . . .

williamfriggle · December 21st, 2006, 05:31 PM

Bbe Sonic Stomp. Won't Play Without It.

Bill

fezz parka · December 21st, 2006, 08:05 PM

Bad Bob. Why? Cuz I like it.

morroben · December 21st, 2006, 08:38 PM

ZVex Super Duper

Big White Tele · December 22nd, 2006, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TieDyedDevil

Probably a Visual Sound Route 66.

I agree..

Rocker AK · December 22nd, 2006, 06:21 AM

I would buy a nice Korg rack mount tuner and keep my Wah. I have a Vox but would probably use a Morley Wah/Volume for gigging. Morleys are just too dependable. Crybaby's are prone to rediculous problems at the worst possible time. You don't know how many times I've seen guitarists digging around on the floor looking for that stupid felt switch pad that came unglued

I don't like the duct tape repair method.

Disastercaster · December 22nd, 2006, 08:49 AM

Absolutely my TU-2!

esquirej · December 22nd, 2006, 09:06 AM

See

Es

Too

;-)

boogaloo · December 22nd, 2006, 09:14 AM

Well- it'd have to be my Boss BD2 Keeley modded, as I only use two pedals and I can live withou the "wah". (I use an intellitouch tuner-otherwise it would be a hard decision; "hmmm-do I stay in tune or have great overdrive...

)

Brian

spameister · December 22nd, 2006, 12:49 PM

Wah is pretty much essential to me. Other than that, I'd take some sort of valve preamp/ tube overdrive pedal, which i dont currently own (yet!).

tomtheguitarguy · December 22nd, 2006, 12:52 PM

Probably the Zendrive, closely followed by the RC Booster.

4mal · December 22nd, 2006, 12:56 PM

For guitar the Route 66,

For bass it's the MoogerFooger MF-101

I would prefer not to lose the FL-01 Maxon Flanger though, nor the MXR Bass Octave or the Punch Factory or the Radial Bass Bone though ...

cubfan · December 22nd, 2006, 02:05 PM

My Gristle King - 2 2 2 pedals in one! Crispy Crunchy Overdrive on one side and Creamy-sweet Clean boost on the other!

Ben Harmless · December 22nd, 2006, 10:12 PM

If the amp is my Marshall, then my Ibanez AD-9 analog delay.

If I have to settle for my practice JC-50 (with Celestion) then I'll take either my DS-1 or my BD-2. I may have to flip a coin, though I'm leaning toward the BD-2.

trandy16 · December 22nd, 2006, 11:42 PM

My Lovepedal Eternity overdrive...an easy one for me.

Bill · December 23rd, 2006, 12:44 AM

Blackstone Appliances MOSFET Overdrive.

JohnnyCrash · December 23rd, 2006, 01:20 AM

BOSS TU-2.

Although, I couldn't let my Crybaby Wah go. It was a gift from a good friend of mine in my first band... it looks brand new after 10 years... all of that beer, whiskey, puke, and dust. What a trooper.

Plus, I never go out of tune or even break strings. No tremolos on my guitars (except a Bigsby), so I might not need my TU-2...

I can't decide.

biker joe · December 23rd, 2006, 01:26 AM

Weber Mini-Mass if that counts as a pedal

If not then:

1) Boss DM-2 analog delay

or

2) Analogman sunface fuzz

depending on what amps I can use them with.

aunchaki · December 23rd, 2006, 09:39 AM

Hmmm... I don't use individual pedals -- I have a VOX AD60VT with the big pedalboard (built-in effect galore). The one effect I can't live without is:

Flanger

BoB/335 · December 23rd, 2006, 09:54 AM

Anyone compare a Blackstone mosfet to a FD2 mosfet?

franchelB · December 23rd, 2006, 11:35 AM

I'm still contemplating about my trading my Crybaby and/or my Boss DS1. But my Digidelay and my Dynacomp are staying on. If push comes to shove, I guess I'd hold on to my Digidelay!

rocksteady Max · December 23rd, 2006, 02:07 PM

It is what I'm using most of the time : a Maxon OD-9

1- Really fine overdrive sounds

2- True Bypass don't mess with my clean sound

tele_wah_fuzz · December 23rd, 2006, 04:45 PM

I have a mighty fine Sola Sound Tone Bender MKII reissue that I had D.A.M. over in England rebuild it to the original specs with the Mullard OC81D transistors and mustard caps. Its just like the one Jimmy Page used. I don't think I would ever sell it. Kyle

December 20th, 2006, 08:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
bobthecanadian Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: EDMONTON, Alberta... yes, in CANADA Age: 43 Posts: 1,729	If you could only keep one pedal, which would it be? I think this should be a pretty simple question to answer. I have about a dozen pedals and they all do some pretty cool things, but the one pedal that I wouldn't want to live without is.... drum roll, please! It's a Boss product.... It's a single function pedal... It's the one, the only.... TU2!!! That's right, if I could only choose one pedal it would be my tuner. The thought of playing out of tune is painful. Oh, yeah. It also double as a power supply for other pedals. Peace __________________ It don't mean a thang if it ain't got that TWANG!!!

December 20th, 2006, 10:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
BoB/335 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Long Island Posts: 496	I NEED an overdrive of some kind. I like to play clean but I like a little hair on it. Right now my FD2 mosfet is great to have and a little cheating because it serves as 2 drives in one for me. __________________ BoB/335

December 20th, 2006, 11:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
aznrambo481 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla, California Age: 18 Posts: 2,902 6 Photos	If I had a wah... my wah. as of now, my fuzz+octave because the only other pedal i have is a seriously disfunctional home-made distortion. __________________ Check out my bands, and feel free to PM me comments on them! The Eclectics (guitar/vocals) SLIP (bass)

December 20th, 2006, 11:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
studio1087 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: May 2003 Location: Near Milwaukee Age: 45 Posts: 6,394 34 Photos	A good compressor. __________________ John

December 20th, 2006, 11:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
BoB/335 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Long Island Posts: 496	And what good compressor were you thinking about? __________________ BoB/335

December 20th, 2006, 08:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
TieDyedDevil Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Portland, OR Age: 55 Posts: 224	Probably a Visual Sound Route 66.

December 20th, 2006, 09:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
maestrovert Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 8,024	Wah

December 20th, 2006, 09:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
SixStringSlinger Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2006 Location: Miami, FL Age: 22 Posts: 1,283	If I had an amp with an effects loop, my wah (I prefer for the signal to distort before it hits the wah). Until then, my distortion.

December 20th, 2006, 10:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
Flashback Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Swamps of DOOM, South Carolina Posts: 1,040 1 Photos	Hmmm.... As long as I have a telecaster and an amp that reacts to my playing (5E3 or something similar in sound)... Wah, no question about it. Just cause I can do all kinds of things. From echoes, tone control, filtering goodness, and dont forget SLAMMING the front end of a cranked amp. I would've said tuner, but if I only had a pedal, guitar, and amp. I would definitely be tuning by ear.

December 21st, 2006, 01:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
Paul in Colorado Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Collins, CO Age: 56 Posts: 5,155 3 Photos	A good distortion pedal because my amps tend to be clean machines and a Space Echo isn't a pedal so I could still keep it.

December 21st, 2006, 01:27 AM	#12 (permalink)
Dad Gad TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Albuquerque,NM Posts: 72	ocd.

December 21st, 2006, 06:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
twentytwo TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: People's Republic of A2 Posts: 14	Tech 21 comptortion. It is a decent overdrive, distortion, boost, and does a passable job of evening out the levels as a compressor. It has a ton of gain. It is not the sweetest sounding pedal but it covers a lot of sonic territory and certainly isn't the worst sounding pedal I've ever heard. The biggest drawback is that extreme settings all sound pretty rugged and are prone to an irritating gating, pumping limiter sound at the end of notes. The other problem is that the knobs have to be diddled to switch jobs. ie There are no settings that allow the pedal to function as a boost and a distortion or an overdrive and a compressor without some control tweaking.

December 21st, 2006, 12:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
Dillon Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego County Posts: 312 92 Photos	1--A good tuner (TU-2 or StroboStomp) 2--Bad Bob

December 21st, 2006, 12:59 PM	#15 (permalink)
BoB/335 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Long Island Posts: 496	Why a Bad Bob? __________________ BoB/335

December 21st, 2006, 01:27 PM	#16 (permalink)
kcp TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Seneca, NY Posts: 61	delay

December 22nd, 2006, 08:49 AM	#24 (permalink)
Disastercaster Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 21 Posts: 781	Absolutely my TU-2! __________________ Mighty Atomics, Garage Rock N Roll!!!

December 21st, 2006, 04:50 PM	#17 (permalink)
Dillon Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego County Posts: 312 92 Photos	For me and set appropriately, the Bad Bob seems to make my guitars come alive without coloring the tone...Kind of like the two extra shots of espresso that go into my morning coffee. It's the signature in my sound. YMMV.

December 21st, 2006, 05:21 PM	#18 (permalink)
Vince a Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 808	Tuner . . . no, wah . . . no, compressor . . . oh heck, I can't make up my mind! Anyone of those three . . .

December 21st, 2006, 05:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
williamfriggle Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver, PA, USA Age: 42 Posts: 299	Bbe Sonic Stomp. Won't Play Without It. Bill

December 21st, 2006, 08:05 PM	#20 (permalink)
fezz parka Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: A town south of Bakersfield... Posts: 1,677 47 Photos	Bad Bob. Why? Cuz I like it.

December 21st, 2006, 08:38 PM	#21 (permalink)
morroben Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Morro Bay, Ca Age: 33 Posts: 2,767 18 Photos	ZVex Super Duper

December 22nd, 2006, 06:21 AM	#23 (permalink)
Rocker AK Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Age: 43 Posts: 963	I would buy a nice Korg rack mount tuner and keep my Wah. I have a Vox but would probably use a Morley Wah/Volume for gigging. Morleys are just too dependable. Crybaby's are prone to rediculous problems at the worst possible time. You don't know how many times I've seen guitarists digging around on the floor looking for that stupid felt switch pad that came unglued I don't like the duct tape repair method.

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esquirej Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cary, IL (NW 'Burbs of Chicago) Age: 37 Posts: 870	Three Words... See Es Too ;-) __________________ www.slamabama.com - TWANG! YOU'RE DEAD!

December 22nd, 2006, 09:14 AM	#26 (permalink)
boogaloo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: S/E Pa. Age: 53 Posts: 1,133	Well- it'd have to be my Boss BD2 Keeley modded, as I only use two pedals and I can live withou the "wah". (I use an intellitouch tuner-otherwise it would be a hard decision; "hmmm-do I stay in tune or have great overdrive... ) Brian __________________ "..and I've got some tricks up my sleeve...oh yes indeed! It might come back to haunt 'cha..don't you throw that Mojo on me!"

December 22nd, 2006, 12:49 PM	#27 (permalink)
spameister Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Posts: 187	Wah is pretty much essential to me. Other than that, I'd take some sort of valve preamp/ tube overdrive pedal, which i dont currently own (yet!).

December 22nd, 2006, 12:52 PM	#28 (permalink)
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December 22nd, 2006, 12:56 PM	#29 (permalink)
4mal Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Gorge Posts: 2,513	For guitar the Route 66, For bass it's the MoogerFooger MF-101 I would prefer not to lose the FL-01 Maxon Flanger though, nor the MXR Bass Octave or the Punch Factory or the Radial Bass Bone though ...

December 22nd, 2006, 02:05 PM	#30 (permalink)
cubfan NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego Age: 34 Posts: 9 1 Photos	My Gristle King - 2 2 2 pedals in one! Crispy Crunchy Overdrive on one side and Creamy-sweet Clean boost on the other! __________________ As I said before, I never repeat myself.

December 22nd, 2006, 10:12 PM	#31 (permalink)
Ben Harmless Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany, NY US of A Posts: 4,348 13 Photos	If the amp is my Marshall, then my Ibanez AD-9 analog delay. If I have to settle for my practice JC-50 (with Celestion) then I'll take either my DS-1 or my BD-2. I may have to flip a coin, though I'm leaning toward the BD-2. __________________ "I think I'll go for the life of sin, followed by the last-minute, presto-change-o, deathbed repentance." - B. Simpson "...Because we all expect the truth, we must be the best of fools." - Stiff Little Fingers

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trandy16 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Camdenton, Missouri Posts: 393	My Lovepedal Eternity overdrive...an easy one for me. __________________ "Won't you pour me a Cuban Breeze...Gretchen?..."

December 23rd, 2006, 12:44 AM	#33 (permalink)
Bill Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 3,181 67 Photos	Blackstone Appliances MOSFET Overdrive. __________________ B i l l B a e c k WilliamBaeck.com

December 23rd, 2006, 01:20 AM	#34 (permalink)
JohnnyCrash Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 8,747	BOSS TU-2. Although, I couldn't let my Crybaby Wah go. It was a gift from a good friend of mine in my first band... it looks brand new after 10 years... all of that beer, whiskey, puke, and dust. What a trooper. Plus, I never go out of tune or even break strings. No tremolos on my guitars (except a Bigsby), so I might not need my TU-2... I can't decide. __________________ -- I constantly have to remind myself I'm a grownup and it's just the internet.

December 23rd, 2006, 01:26 AM	#35 (permalink)
biker joe Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 342	Weber Mini-Mass if that counts as a pedal If not then: 1) Boss DM-2 analog delay or 2) Analogman sunface fuzz depending on what amps I can use them with.

December 23rd, 2006, 09:39 AM	#36 (permalink)
aunchaki Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Western New York Posts: 1,487 24 Photos	Hmmm... I don't use individual pedals -- I have a VOX AD60VT with the big pedalboard (built-in effect galore). The one effect I can't live without is: Flanger __________________ Two Teles + One Strat + Three Acoustics (6, 12 & solidbody 6) + Two Mandolins (4 & 8 strings) + One Bass (5 strings) = 59 strings total

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BoB/335 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Long Island Posts: 496	Anyone compare a Blackstone mosfet to a FD2 mosfet? __________________ BoB/335

December 23rd, 2006, 11:35 AM	#38 (permalink)
franchelB Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Irving, United States of Texas! Age: 44 Posts: 2,314	I'm still contemplating about my trading my Crybaby and/or my Boss DS1. But my Digidelay and my Dynacomp are staying on. If push comes to shove, I guess I'd hold on to my Digidelay!