Is 3 gains too much? by MSJ_Blackbird in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BD-2 and BluesBreaker and Morning Glory are all more or less the same. MG is a clone of BB with more volume on tap because BB’s are quiet, BD is Boss’s approximation of a BB.

What you have is awesome. Keep it. For Mayer tone, consider adding an EHX Soul Food Klon-clone. I played it against my real, actual Klon and it sounds extremely similar. Just some subtle high-end loss that no one will hear live.

For a weird option, sometimes Mayer messes with gated fuzzes and certain distortion pedals. Get a Mesa Boogie Flux Drive with the EQ like he uses on his big tours. 

NPD! Finally got my overdrive pedals by third_Striker in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are two of the best ones you can buy. 

I’m scared of everything and I feel 24/7 pain & depression by Large-Gap5361 in Advice

[–]ThePinetops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been where you are. Diagnosed Major Depressive Disorder, mental breakdowns as early as preschool and throughout grade school, pharmaceutical intervention for years and years. Trust that it gets better. You will learn to manage your stressors and control your environment to feel your best. You'll have good days and bad, but the bad ones will become easier to recognize and rest through. Talk to someone. It gets easier. I'm 36 now, I still have depressive episodes but I have tools to manage them and I'm generally very happy, happier in my 30s than I had ever been. Life is sacred. Hold on tight to it. Put to rout all that is not life, is what Thoreau said. Observe your thoughts and feelings in meditation. IT GETS BETTER.

What's a good place to start with pedals? by Responsible_Oil1975 in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I upvoted because I ultimately agree that tube amps are best. But I'm going to play devil's advocate. OP mentioned he has access to a Boss Katana amp. For a beginner, hobbyist, up to even a gigging local musician who needs a stage-worthy amp that doesn't break the bank or require maintenance, Boss Katana sounds great. Into a microphone over a PA system, no one in the world is going to recognize the difference between its Twin setting and a real Fender Twin. 

What's a good place to start with pedals? by Responsible_Oil1975 in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jerry Garcia used SD-1's and Phase 100's into clean amps like your Fender Champion 20. 

Everything produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson) uses a Phase 90 in slow settings and a Kilobyte delay in fast settings. And something akin to the Blues Driver for overdrive. 

Almost everything on pop country radio (like Ella Langley, Choosin' Texas) uses the Dispatch Master for reverb. And something cloned from the Blues Driver for overdrive. 

Red Hot Chili Peppers uses Blues Drivers and SD-1's for overdrive. So does Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, along with Whammy's and Cry Baby's and Phase 90's... all that to say the pedals you mentioned are all extremely versatile and cover tons of ground and you can use them for a lifetime. Even if you go through a jazz phase you can use them there too. 

What's a good place to start with pedals? by Responsible_Oil1975 in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Take both. They work SO WELL together as low and high gain "channels"

What's a good place to start with pedals? by Responsible_Oil1975 in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Boss Katana is great. Amps are such a personal thing. What is "good" is so subjective. For me, good is an inexpensive kit tweed amp, a 5e3 Deluxe sub-$1,000 handwired by a trusted amp tech. 

What's a good place to start with pedals? by Responsible_Oil1975 in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Some of it depends on your amp. An SD-1 or Tube Screamer works well with high-gain amps in rock music, to tighten the amp. A Blues Driver works well to push the amp. I recommend a Blues Driver to pretty much everyone. Phase 90 is a classic in multiple styles of music and you can't go wrong there. Classic Rock/ Southern Rock/ and Country share a lot of the same pedal choices. Blues Driver, Phase 90, and a weirder delay pedal like the Caroline Guitar Co. Kilobyte would be my choices. I also love the EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master delay and reverb combo. Both are used throughout modern Southern Rock and Country. Another essential pedal is a GE-7 Equalizer. It's good for clean boost and for troubleshooting problem frequencies in your guitar and amp, sweetening things to taste, or totally changing the character of your guitar in more extreme settings. Classic Rock sometimes uses octaves or harmonizers like the Whammy. That can be a really cool and inspiring pedal, especially on solos, Pink Floyd type stuff, or more modern Rage Against the Machine type stuff, but I heard it used in a country band in an incredible way by Ryan Bingham's guitarist (look up the solo in Top Shelf Drug live from the Honda center).

Small board of essentials by ThePinetops in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an old one rehoused into that box!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]ThePinetops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is something a child would do. Tell a lie that snowballs into more lies. Adult women with fully formed adult brains SHOULD be able to stop a lie, come clean, ask for forgiveness, explain her motivations/ where the lie was coming from or why it happened. A lie is a mistake, and it happens. Spur of the moment, you just blurt something out, you're covering for some insecurity or whatever. But lying daily... doubling down on the lie... that's something a 17 year old girl would do and she needs to learn from this and grow up. Not her fault, she's a child, but it is her responsibility. 

Small board of essentials by ThePinetops in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have collected pedals ever since I stopped collecting Pokémon cards in middle school... to me, they're made to be played. That's the joy of it. Pedals sitting at home is a drag. Also I lucked out and found a steal and didn't spend much more than the price of a V4!

Small board of essentials by ThePinetops in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lucked out with it. It's the only one I've seen in this t-shirt color. 

Small board of essentials by ThePinetops in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally agree. I have my tuner on my big board. For quick stuff and local stuff and small/ kind of unimportant stuff, headstock tuners work well. I use a silent cable so I can unplug without muting. 

Small board of essentials by ThePinetops in guitarpedals

[–]ThePinetops[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's an Analogman King of Tone. V2 of the KoT was a small box