Re: what pedals and settings to use for reggae?
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:53 pm
Hi Tlatoni
Good question! I've been rebuilding my board for the last six months and have found these pedals to do a great job. I'm playing a Fender Deluxe HSS Strat into a Fender Pro reissue.
Boss RE-20 Space Echo - amazing pedal that's a wicked recreation of the Roland Space Echo. Wonderful sound....I could not do without this pedal!
Electro Harmonix Small Stone Nano Phaser - for that classic phaser sound.
Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb - very nice digital reverb. I use the spring reverb on the Fender Pro for my main reverb, but drop this in for those huge cavernous reverbs when we dub things up.
Keeley Electronics Compressor - this pedal was expensive, but worth every penny. The sound is just fuller, more balanced and stronger all round. It's fantastic for a funky, Nile Rodgers tone (which is what I bought it for) but I am using this pretty much all the time now.
Way Huge Pork Loin - strictly speaking, this is an overdrive pedal, but am using this as a clean boost for lead and stick-picking parts.
Vox 487 Wah
Full rig is as follows:
Guitar >>> Korg Pitchblack >>> Keeley Compressor >>> Keeley DS-1 Ultra Distortion >>> Way Huge Pork Loin >>> Vox 487 >>> Fender Pro Reverb
In the loop.... EHX Small Stone Nano >>> EHX Holy Grail Nano >>> Boss RE-20 Space Echo
I'm really happy with this rig and am getting a lot of wicked sounds out of it. The other guys are on this thread are right though - these pedals may add a lot of tasty flavours to the sound, but the real business is going on in your hands
Hope this helps!
Cheers
Luke
Good question! I've been rebuilding my board for the last six months and have found these pedals to do a great job. I'm playing a Fender Deluxe HSS Strat into a Fender Pro reissue.
Boss RE-20 Space Echo - amazing pedal that's a wicked recreation of the Roland Space Echo. Wonderful sound....I could not do without this pedal!
Electro Harmonix Small Stone Nano Phaser - for that classic phaser sound.
Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb - very nice digital reverb. I use the spring reverb on the Fender Pro for my main reverb, but drop this in for those huge cavernous reverbs when we dub things up.
Keeley Electronics Compressor - this pedal was expensive, but worth every penny. The sound is just fuller, more balanced and stronger all round. It's fantastic for a funky, Nile Rodgers tone (which is what I bought it for) but I am using this pretty much all the time now.
Way Huge Pork Loin - strictly speaking, this is an overdrive pedal, but am using this as a clean boost for lead and stick-picking parts.
Vox 487 Wah
Full rig is as follows:
Guitar >>> Korg Pitchblack >>> Keeley Compressor >>> Keeley DS-1 Ultra Distortion >>> Way Huge Pork Loin >>> Vox 487 >>> Fender Pro Reverb
In the loop.... EHX Small Stone Nano >>> EHX Holy Grail Nano >>> Boss RE-20 Space Echo
I'm really happy with this rig and am getting a lot of wicked sounds out of it. The other guys are on this thread are right though - these pedals may add a lot of tasty flavours to the sound, but the real business is going on in your hands
Hope this helps!
Cheers
Luke