Effects preferences revisited
Every so often I take stock of my effects preferences. A quick search of the site will turn up past inventories. It's interesting (to me, anyhow) to note both the consistencies and the changes. Without further adieu, here's the latest list:
- My "go to" effects:
- Reverb
- Volume and tone on the guitar
- Bigsby (or other "light" mechanical whammy)
- Fingers
- Effects I "get" but use sparingly:
- Echo (esp. tape echo)
- Leslie
- Chorus
- OD (light, borderline clean)
- EQ
- Feedback
- Amp emulation
- Effects that cause me to lose interest very quickly:
- Distortion
- Fuzz
- Flanger
- Phaser
- Ring Mod
- Compressor
- Volume Pedal
- Harmonizer
- Tremolo
- Looper
- Channel switching
- Electronic whammy
- Vibe (e.g. Univibe)
- Ducking
- Virtual guitar (e.g. Roland VG)
- Wah
- Synth (e.g. Roland GR)
- Octave divider
- Effects that make me cringe when I try to use them:
- Autowah / Filters
- Vibrato (the electronic kind)
- Octave fuzz
January 26 2009 07:17:23 GMT