Re: OT Which Desert Island Stomp Box Pedal in each Category Would you Choose

[Mark McGlinchey <markmcglinchey@gmail.com>]

*DISTORTION/FUZZOVERDRIVE/FEEDBACK/SUSTAIN:*
Skreddy Mayo - Big muff clone that is simply the best available

*CHORUS*
EHX Polychorus - Lots of fun noise making

*FLANGER*
Foxrox - TZF Paradox
*
PHASER*
Blackout Effectors Whetstone - Small Stone clone with loads of tweaking 
options

*COMPRESSOR*
?
*
DIGITAL DELAY*
Eventide Time Factor
*
ANALOGUE DELAY*
Moog MF 104z
*
PITCH SHIFTER*
Boss Ps-3 - though I have not tried the pitchfactor yet so that might
pip it to the post

*TREMELO
Lightfoot labs Goatkeeper

*WAH WAH*
?

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Toby G <carpet8@mac.com> wrote:
> Coming from a metal background I've got a few ideas:
>
> There's an old Ibanez SC-10 stereo chorus that just sounds wonderful to 
>me.
> No, it's not super warm or analog sounding, but a metal player would
> probably love it.  It's the light blue one.
>
> My black Russian Big Muff with green letters is a favorite for me for 
>crunch
> sounds.
> There's a Danelectro Grilled Cheese distortion that has a wah circuit 
>built
> into it that I've been loving lately.  You can really get a nice mid-cut
> metal sound out of it.  25 bucks.
>
> t
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Stevens
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:56 AM
> Subject: Re: OT Which Desert Island Stomp Box Pedal in each Category 
>Would
> you Choose
> For Distortion the Marshall Shredmaster is amazing and for chorus i would
> always go to the Electro Harmonix Small Clone.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Matt Stevens
> www.mattstevensguitar.com
> mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com
>
>
>
> On 3 Feb 2010, at 06:38, Rick Walker wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I have a client who has a fair amount of money.
> He has asked me to recommend him the best stomp box pedal
> in one of several different categories.   He is a simple metal player so
> he's not interested in a lot of the more esoteric pedals that I normally 
>use
> for more experimental purposes.
> I know that, as an example,  my brother Bill, really loves
> his Zen Drive and also a particular light weight but not-inexpensive
> compressor
> that he uses.
> So,  if you don't mind taking the time,
> and you had to pick only one stomp box pedal in each of the following
> categories
> what would they be?   By the way,   he's not at all interested large 
>pedals
> (double pedals)
> (like the Line 6 or large Boss multi-pedals),  He wants small footprint
> stompbox pedals
> Finally,  simplicity, small footprint and ease of use are high 
>priorities.
> Here are my own recommendations for what it's worth:
> *DISTORTION/FUZZOVERDRIVE/FEEDBACK/SUSTAIN:*
> DAED DS-1 DISTORTO SYNTH   (very inexpensive and wonderful DAED hack of a
> Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal)
> *CHORUS*
> Boss CE-2    (just don't know enough about pricier botique ones.....any
> suggestions?)
> *FLANGER*
> Boss Flanger
> *
> PHASER*
> Electro Harmonix Bad Stone
> *COMPRESSOR*
> The cool one my brother has but he's not home right now so I can't 
>remember
> it's name
> *
> DIGITAL DELAY*
> ?
> *
> ANALOGUE DELAY*
> ?
> *
> PITCH SHIFTER*
> Boss P-5 Intellishifter
> *TREMELO
> *Alesis Ampliton
> *WAH WAH*
> DAED 'Juicy Wah'      (DAED's inexpensive 'hack of a Crybaby wah pedal)
>
>