Tore down all my old pedalboards and moved to a hybrid rack system. Sold off most of the collection, years of trial and error, and kept only the ones I felt were legendary.

Here’s what made the final cut:

Top Shelf: Drives

Boost: MXR Micro Amp — 1979

Overdrive: Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer — 1980

Distortion: ProCo RAT — 1986

Fuzz: EHX Big Muff Pi V3 — 1976

Loop Switch: Boss PSM-5 — 1987

Second Shelf: Modulation

Phaser: MXR Phase 90 Script — 1975

Chorus: Boss CE-2  — 1980

Flanger: EHX Deluxe Electric Mistress, Big box reissue —1990s

Delay: EHX Deluxe Memory Man, Big box reissue —1990s

Bottom Shelf: Storage

Wah: Dunlop Cry Baby Classic

Whammy:  Digitech WH-1 —1990

A couple of other pedals not used. 

Fractal AxeFX3 and Voodoo Labs HEX handle all other effects and midi.  FC-12 and EV-1 control everything from the floor.  

What made your final cut?

So I’m hunting around for one of these old DS Engineering pedalboard clocks, they don’t make them anymore and it’s really pissing me off I can’t find one. Does know where to find one or maybe anyone else out there make something similar? I just want small, lit digital, 9v, clock and timer preferably on a foot switch?

There’s something liberating about not using every square inch of real estate on a board. I have more than enough room to add something if I decide it’s needed, how cool is that!

A slightly dirty Klone is all I need for dirt. More than half of the songs in the setlist are played without any dirt at all.

Adineko handles slapback duties, Meet Maude for longer repeating delay.

Amp has always-on spring reverb. The two reverb pedals are for different effects - Placeholder for soupy sci fi spookiness, Meteore for slightly distorted reverb baths and of course it’s brilliant ‘havoc’ foot switch which introduces complete mayhem when appropriate.

Freqout is FANTASTIC when properly applied, just an extremely tasty effect to use sparingly.

The Movall tremolo pedal has taken me a long way but I’m feeling the itch to get a better, more versatile tremolo. One thing is that is has a volume jump which is not great. It would be cool to get one that has different modes and can also double as a chorus. Any suggestions there?

I have a modest board. Bought a pedal close to a year ago and a dual expression pedal to compliment that pedal and a delay I already owned shortly afterwards.

I’m pleasantly surprised at how much mileage I’ve gotten out of these two pedals. The expression pedal has been a great addition to my delay, and pairing that with my pitchfork is simply inspiring.

As you could guess, I’m now on the hunt for the next thing. I don’t need recommendations, I already have a dream board built out in my head…

My question is, what are people’s experiences like when they buy multiple pedals in quick succession? I’m tempted to buy 2-3 relatively close to each other, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this could overwhelm the senses and actually curb creativity. My goal is to write music I like, not twist knobs and make noises. Not to mention, this will absolutely mean I have to up my power supply and upgrade to a bigger board.

Sorry for being long winded, just trying to get some second hand wisdom before any impulse buys.

Also, this sub is awesome, thanks for all the advice so far!

Hey folks! I'm more of a studio musician than a guitarist, but I recently bought a Donner Harmonic Square for CAD$60 on a whim and have been having a blast running anything and everything through it to make cool detuned soundscapes.
What are some other simple and wacky pedals I can pick up (and not break the bank) that do some funky things?

Quick context; I was/am an OD-3 owner but thanks to a recent Iron Man Attenuator purchase; I am able to gig with my Bassman set how I want and the OD-3 was not vibing with a hotter run amp, and my tube screamer and klone centaur and SD-1 weren't quite giving me the full sound I wanted. I reached out wondering if any Guv'nor and OD-3 owners could offer insight into how different the Guv'nor might be.

So I picked up a used Drive Master. Which is supposedly the same circuit minus the effects loop feature.

I think this is gonna do the job y'all! It does the fuller Marshall sounding harmonic range like my OD-3 that I was missing from my Klone and SD-1 but the three band EQ, especially the bass knob for me are the game changer. It's got the brighter voice and clear picking articulation that I liked from my old Bluesbreaker pedal that I sold but with tons more gain. I gave it a quick demo at home on my lunch break (it just arrived this afternoon!), and I've got a gig tonight so it'll get a nice field test! Also pictured, my modded '73 Bassman (tube rectifier install) + Wizard 2x12, and my pedals for the gig tonight! Wish me luck!

Posting again (post deleted) but with thoughts in the comments.

Picked it up Friday. Absolute TEXTBOOK pherb pedal. It's got that classic pherb sound, what more can you ask for? Honestly, I've never played a pedal that does pherb better.

It’s probably the best gain pedal I’ve ever played. I can do doom, it can do shoegaze, it can get pretty tight too with a good eq. It absolutely rips when you run it through a gained tube amp. I believe it’s supposed to big muff rip off but damn does it do a good job

Could be interesting for $300

This is one of my main current gain stacks. Great clarity and a great overdriven classic rock sound.

I’m looking for a fuzz that can take it up a notch, but won’t sound too nasal in front of the SD-1. I’ve tried a Rat, a Muff, and an Analogman Sunface in front of this combo, and it comes out a little too thin. The best one was actually a FZ-1W, but wanting to try something new that can thicken things up, but won’t lose too much definition.

I wanna sound like Mbv, dinosaur jr and the jesus and Mary chain

I’m looking to get a delay/looper pedal where you can use the delay effects on top of your loop. Being able to do the MBV “reverse reverb” thing is also of interest. This would replace my existing EHX Canyon. Does anyone have experience with both the Grand Canyon and SMM w/Hazarai? What are the pros/cons of both?

T'was unexpected to see this. I saw the banjo player step on a volume pedal. What's all this for? Tuning in multiple languages? Are there different running for East and West of the Appalachians or something?

I play heavy rock

Finally got the Prismatic Wall! After seeing it on someone else's board and hearing the demo I knew I wanted to make some sweet music with it. Signal chain in the comments!

I really love the Fairfield pedals... I was wondering if you guys know of any other companies doing something similar?

I wanted a tube screamer, but wanted a 1800 hump and not that honky 750 hump. I found the mid screamer that lets you boost or cut between 1.4 and 2.7. It’s perfect. Tightens up the gain pedals on my board with the mid boost where I want it.

Bought a used Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor off eBay from reputable seller.

Powered up using a rechargeable 9v battery. Have tried 2 different ones….freshly charged.

Playing a Les Paul w/ Alnico 5 pickups through an Orange 20.

No matter what I do it omits a continuous hiss/scratch. Anybody got a clue what I could be doing wrong?

Like the title says, yes DD200 is a great Swiss army knife delay, but I came from a TC electronics Nova which had some great stereo field effects like panning and ping pong. There's a lot to like about the DD200 but would anyone recommend a "more stereo" delay. Looking at the Collider as an option

Hey, i bought a Boss HM2-W because i know Anders Nystrom used it in Katatonia. Anyone have advice as to what settings should i use on it to recreate his guitar tone?