People over 50 only....

[eddie101]

How many pedals - not counting a tuner - do you use in a live setting? No brand names because I don't know enough to know what they are for.

I use a delay and 3 different OD pedals for different applications. So, in essence, I use delay and OD, period.

And you gents?

 

[ksandvik]

Why the age limit? I think every guitar player is different, nothing to do with age.

 

[eddie101]

Why the age limit? I think every guitar player is different, nothing to do with age.

Not really - well, at least based on my own experience anyway. When I was in my 20's, I was a pedal hoarder - like many of my then friends - and now I am down to basically two. I know some pros who eschew pedals now - which I can't pull off with my limited ability. Just curious that's all.

 

[ksandvik]

Well, if I get more pedals I would be happy. Sometimes I play with zero pedals, sometimes with tons of them. I don't see the logic behind someone becoming older and dropping pedals as the norm.

 

[CharlyG]

I have a new HD500 but still a minimalist with the effects. I like the amp modelling. All i really need is a little dirt, a little vibrato, and a little reverb.

 

[Stacatto]

Tuner, OD or tube OD, some compression, and sometimes wah, reverb.

 

[erksin]

I know some pros who eschew pedals now - which I can't pull off with my limited ability.

Do you mean limited mobility? Perhaps you need a Hoveround?

The number of pedals one chooses to utilize rarely has anything to do with one's 'ability' or lack thereof, in my 46 years of experience.

 

[eddie101]

... I don't see the logic behind someone becoming older and dropping pedals as the norm.

Norm? Where in my OP did I say that?

well, at least based on my own experience anyway.

Just curious that's all.

Like I said.

 

[erksin]

Well, if I get more pedals I would be happy. Sometimes I play with zero pedals, sometimes with tons of them. I don't see the logic behind someone becoming older and dropping pedals as the norm.

I think it's all the bending over and plugging them in that finally gets them kicked to the curb.

 

[Flyin' Brian]

Well over 50 here....not that it makes any difference. It depends on the gig...sometimes no pedals for a jazz gig. But my board has 7 pedals plus a tuner.

 

[eddie101]

Do you mean limited mobility? Perhaps you need a Hoveround?

That too and let's add "lazyness" part also.

 

[Hugo Da Rosa]

I'm not 50...but I do have a friend that's in that ball park and he typically uses a wah, Bad Monkey overdrive, and a Boss CE2 chorus. That's if he uses pedals...most of the time he likes to go direct. He does own 16~some amps and 9 strats however .

 

[WailinGuy]

The older I get, the more pedals I have at my feet.

 

[Bucksears]

I guess age has something to do with it if you've been playing for a long time and your style changes, but look at the Edge......

I'll be 40 in August and still have:

AMP <--- chorus <--- flanger <--- delay <--- Dr. Boogey dist <--- Snapster OD <--- GGG BSIAB II <--- Korg DT-10 <--- GGG-tuned Big Muff <--- CM AC-Tone clone <---envelope filter <--- vibe <--- phaser <--- GUITAR
Plus some buffers and more fuzzes in the works.

And I still want a Strymon Blue Sky......

EDIT: I can still sit for a while with just reverb and play my SRRI clean and be perfectly content......for a while.

 

[clemduolian]

I am currently using two pedals--Diamond Memory Lane for delay and this for everything else:

Disclaimer: I own other pedals...but they are currently in long term hibernation...although that PTD Tornita comes out when sonic mayhem is on the horizon.

 

[guitardork]

Damn kids. GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

[WailinGuy]

What the hell IS that thing? Jackalope dual overdrive?

 

[Glass Onion]

79 Les Paul custom into my Flexi 50. Or straight into Reeves custom lead high gain. Can't find a pedal that does not take away from articulation and dynamics. I have tried quite a few of the best of the best but if I am on my game guitar to amp can not be beat.

 

[Glass Onion]

But when they come over to play they all keep saying "it's too loud". If it's too loud then they must be the old ones.

 

[66Park]

Well over 50 here....not that it makes any difference. It depends on the gig...sometimes no pedals for a jazz gig. But my board has 7 pedals plus a tuner.

Pretty much the same here. I don't need any at all, but I like them, so, depending on the gig, I can take one or two PT-Jrs full, or none at all.