Tweaking Effects on-the-fly at gigs

[Lightningrt]

I stopped changing settings on pedals between songs years ago, favouring having a pedal for each "sound". That way I didn't forget and inadvertantly end up with a short delay instead of a long one, heavy OD instead of mild OD for example. However, I sometimes find that my drive pedals get tweaked towards the end of gigs with more drive or gain/volume.

2 questions:

1. Does anyone tweak effects to get different sounds for different songs - if so what, and do you ever forget and get it wrong?

2. Do you often end up turning your drive pedals up towards the end of a gig?

[jero]

1. yes, mainly speed and depth of my univibe, tremolo and delay time and modulation of my delay. Since I have an older Ultravibe and a Deluxe Memory Man I can tweak with my feet, even during a song. So even if I got the wrong setting, I can fix it while playing. :banana

2. no. :nono

[dr.C]

1) I tweak delay times and feedback as well as the amount of overdrive I like. I don't even stay away from tweaking the amount of overdrive on the amp between songs. I typically make some simple notes on the setlist.

2)Nope

[StompBoxBlues]

1) I do and did, but it is really dependant on having pedals that
are easy to predict, that are intuitive. Which is why I always praised'
the H2O. The delay on it, I just know what it will sound like. Some songs (Sinners Prayer) had pretty long but low feedback delay, while Red House, short but more feedback.
OD pedals...it's weird it is almost like I am stuck with however they were set. I tend to turn it on, if I like the sound keep playing, if not turn it off and tend to not go back. I think I feel rushed, and it isn't easy to spend time tweaking...though in extreme cases..

2) yeah...that happens.

[DaveG]

1. No, I hate messing with my pedals once the gig starts. I spend a bunch of time dialing them in at setup, and then I leave 'em alone. Much of the time, I'm singing, too, so there isn't time to change stuff once we're playing.

2. Occasionally, I'll bump my amp volume up a little, or just leave the clean boost pedal on.

[d-b]

I hate to bend over during a set so I to have tried to have enough pedals to cover all my sounds but I do tweek delay feedback to jack it up at the end of a song or something to create a big wash of an ending.

I would love to have a delay with pedal control of feedback! Mine may have it and i wouldn't know! dd-20?

[HurricaneJesus]

1) My vibe and delay will get tweaked mid-song, even mid-solo, if need be. That's why the Mem Lane is cool because the knobs are perfect for foot twiddling. I also do like you with the light/medium/heavy od's and a fuzz thrown in for good measure.

2) I always tweak my OD's to the room/volume level we're playing at/guitar/break-up of the amp I'm using. In my original band I'll usually mess with the OD's a little bit over the course of the night but in no set pattern really. My cover band plays really loud so usually any OD tweaking is done in the first few songs when I'm not wearing ear plugs. Once the plugs are in I usually don't mess with any tone-shaping settings.

[dksouthpaw]

1. yep, i always make sure to wear cons or some similar thin width shoe so i can tweak stuff all the time. if not to specific settings- sometimes just for kicks to see what happens

2. nah, unless its just for kicks

[strat68]

1. yes, mainly speed and depth of my univibe, tremolo and delay time and modulation of my delay. Since I have an older Ultravibe and a Deluxe Memory Man I can tweak with my feet, even during a song. So even if I got the wrong setting, I can fix it while playing. :banana

2. no. :nono

Same here, a re-issue mxr blue box had two of the rubber thingys, so I keep them on the speed knobs of an old phase 100 and nebula phase 45 style. On the 100 I keep it on the 2nd from the right wave form and use 9:00 for phase and 13:00-14:00 for chorusy sounds. Past 14:00 (2 pm) sounds seasick.

[Jet Age Eric]

Same. -E

1. No, I hate messing with my pedals once the gig starts. I spend a bunch of time dialing them in at setup, and then I leave 'em alone. Much of the time, I'm singing, too, so there isn't time to change stuff once we're playing.

2. Occasionally, I'll bump my amp volume up a little.