More important: amp or pedals?

[Boudoir Guitar]

option 1 is you get to pick the amp you use, you can also get to specify the number, but not type/brand, from among compressor/OD/distortion/fuzz/delay:reverb/modulation pedals.

Option 2 is you take whatever back line they provide (likely hot rod deluxe, DRRI, or DSL), but get to bring pedalboard of your choice.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I chose opt 1, especially if it were for stage. There are plenty decent pedals that run the gamut from cheap thru expensive. I don't need a bunch of weird stuff, mostly the basics.
Although opt 2 would make more sense if you totally rely on staple sounds from certain pedals, and you could predict the range of amp offered up.

 

[laxu]

I chose opt 1, especially if it were for stage. There are plenty decent pedals that run the gamut from cheap thru expensive. I don't need a bunch of weird stuff, mostly the basics.
Although opt 2 would make more sense if you totally rely on staple sounds from certain pedals, and you could predict the range of amp offered up.

Same. I guess a likely assortment would be some Boss pedals, maybe a Tube Screamer. I can work with that if I can pick a an amp/cab that I know will do 90% of the things I need.

If I was a pedalboard user then I'd also pick option 2 since your whole rig is built around that pedal setup and the backline mainly needs to be something decent and loud.

 

[jellodog]

I'm working along the lines of: If the amp is good enough, then less pedals will be required to shape the tone or simply won't matter.

 

[Achilles]

Boogie Mark V:25 with a delay pedal and I'm good.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Ignoring my not typical dumb requirements; option 1 by a large margin.

 

[Whizzinby]

 

[yeky83]

Whoa the votes are nuts. I can make use of my pedalboard with any amp’s clean channel. I can’t make use of some random pedalboard just cus I have an amp of choice.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Whoa the votes are nuts. I can make use of my pedalboard with any amp’s clean channel. I can’t make use of some random pedalboard just cus I have an amp of choice.

Yeah, I’m trying to imagine what these results would be in the pedal section of the other place!

I’m in the amp camp, myself. I feel like I’d rather deal with dialing in pedals I don’t know well to work with an amp I do know well rather than vice-versa. I don’t find a pedal into any amp’s clean channel/speaker gives at all predictable results and is for whatever reason more disorienting to me than adapting my expectations of my amp to deal with whatever turd OD I’ve been given.

 

[Gearzilla]

Spoiler

 

[Stone]

 

[TSJMajesty]

I'm working along the lines of: If the amp is good enough, then less pedals will be required to shape the tone or simply won't matter.

The way I look at it, pedals aren't used to make an amp sound good; They're used to give you sounds the amp can't provide.

Assuming the provided amp(s) are decent, I could dial in a good tone on most amps much easier than I could set up unfamiliar pedals in a short period of time, which I assume is what this situation would be. I'm bringing my pedals.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Spoiler

Hey man, has your account been hacked?

 

[jellodog]

The way I look at it, pedals aren't used to make an amp sound good; They're used to give you sounds the amp can't provide.

Fair!

 

[sleewell]

I'd take a back line dsl and my helix


Last show we played the sound guy said he preferred the sound of the xlr from my helix to the micd sound from my cab which is pretty interesting. The urge to just bring my helix is strong lol.

 

[Desertdweller]

All I need is a rectifier, an overdrive, and delay.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

All I need is a rectifier, an overdrive, and delay.

So Option 1?

 

[Gearzilla]

Hey man, has your account been hacked?

Just messing around.

Actually would go with a FM3 MK II Turbo since they’re in stock at the moment + an expression pedal.

 

[Desertdweller]

So Option 1?

that's what I voted, but someone is going to give me a fuzz when I ask for an SD1 so I'll just do it myself

 

[la szum]

Control freak here. I am picking both, and my guitar, and picks, and choice of attire, and what I will eat
before, during, and after.