Does anyone here recommend a pedal?

[thearabianmage]

Hey y'all, I'm lookin to build up an analogue pedal collection to go alongside my rack-mount, but I'm just not too sure where to start. There's bloody millions of pedals out there. . .

I want completely analogue - tubes, transistors, the lot. Nothing digital, what so ever, will be needing some true bypass, sold metal, etc.

As far as effects, I'll be needing a decent overdrive, distortion, delay, reverb, chorus, flange, and maybe another wah.

Does anyone here recommend anything?

Cheers

[markb]

Well, the Bad Monkey has a few friends around here if you need a low/medium gain OD. I like a Proco RAT for higher gains but try to find an older one with the LM308 chip.
For delay I'd suggest a digital unit for flexibility, most have some kind of high cut filter to sound like analog delays but with more delay time. The new Boss DD-7 actually models the collector grade DM-2 analog unit. Reverb will be a digital unit too, but should have the ability to sound like a spring if needed. My favourite choruses are the Boss CE-2 or the Arion SCH-1 (or SCH-Z) but I like thick warbly chorus. For wah it's hard to beat a Dunlop or Vox. Try both, they're different in feel and sound.

[thearabianmage]

Most excellent advice, much thanks!

[TS808]

A nice overdrive pedal is the Boss OD-3. It has a little bit more balls than a tubescreamer...I'd highly recommend that. The Boss DS-2 is a cool pedal too...has two distortions; one that pretty much sounds like a DS-1, and the other mode has more mid-range, and is much fuller.

[duhvoodooman]

If you have decent soldering skills, like to work with your hands, and can follow directions accurately, then building your own analog effects from kits can be both fun & rewarding. Don't know what they have available over there across the pond, but there are a couple of good sellers of such kits over here, notably BYOC (http://www.buildyourownclone.com/index1.html) and General Guitar Gadgets (http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/).

Here's a webpage I put together with some of mine, though I need to update it--I've added 5 more since I posted these:


DVM's homemade pedals (http://duhvoodooman.com/miscimages/musical/diy_effects_image_select.html)
The newer ones include a Marshall-style distortion, 3-mode boost, switchable silicon/germanium fuzz, octave-fuzz, and a swell pedal. They're all posted in the Mods forum....

[thearabianmage]

If you have decent soldering skills, like to work with your hands, and can follow directions accurately, then building your own analog effects from kits can be both fun & rewarding. Don't know what they have available over there across the pond, but there are a couple of good sellers of such kits over here, notably BYOC (http://www.buildyourownclone.com/index1.html) and General Guitar Gadgets (http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/).

Here's a webpage I put together with some of mine, though I need to update it--I've added 5 more since I posted these:


DVM's homemade pedals (http://duhvoodooman.com/miscimages/musical/diy_effects_image_select.html)
The newer ones include a Marshall-style distortion, 3-mode boost, switchable silicon/germanium fuzz, octave-fuzz, and a swell pedal. They're all posted in the Mods forum....

Very cool, DVM! I was really diggin your ZYS, and some of these other pedals look pretty cool, too! I'll check out them other sites you mentioned as well.

Cheers