I've had it with effects pedals

[cheddatom]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='475538' date='Apr 29 2009, 10:14 PM']...... If I need a dub bass sound or a more classic sound for recording, it's a great tool..........it'll be useful for recording jobs, but live I'll continue with either a Status direct into the amp or my Jazz through my Sadowsky preamp.

Rich.[/quote]

Sorry for cutting up your post there. I think you're missing the potential of this live. What if one song in a set requires a dub tone, one requires a grindy rock tone, one requires a jazzy tone, another a funky tone. Once you're used to being able to switch between drastically different sounds for different songs, you start wanting to switch between different sounds for different sections of songs. That's when effects pedals are useful.

In the studio you have a desk and a rack of outboard gear and an engineer to get whatever tone you want.

[Mr Fudge]

I think the only effect I would really miss is my wah to be honest. I may just get a quality tuner and quality wireless unit and rack them above my amp one day. Cutting my options would make life a lot easier sometimes and after all I only play covers so there isn't an enormous scope for effects anyway.

Edited April 30, 2009 by Mr Fudge

[bassicinstinct]

[quote name='lowdown' post='473206' date='Apr 27 2009, 10:48 AM']I never like to use pedals usually....
But doing shows i have had to provide from time to time,
An Octave pedal..
And quite often a Chorus pedal.
I think some times WTF do they want that for..
But then in context they can usually work.
So my feeling is always be prepared...

Garry[/quote]

That is my take on the situation [b]exactly[/b].