People over 50 only....

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

 

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 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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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 .

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

Damn kids. GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

What the hell IS that thing? Jackalope dual overdrive?

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.