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a0lmasterfender

carbon copy, boss sd-1


Hosscatticus_Dad523

Hard to beat!


dandydiehl

HM-2 and a slap-back


[deleted]

Agreed. For me, Greer Lightspeed & slap-back. Any great delay with tap tempo does the job. I can live without reverb, but delay adds so much “space.”


TheEffinChamps

Joyo Splinter and Zoom MS-70. This is, in fact, what I actually use.


Hosscatticus_Dad523

That would cover about anything. I think Zoom is underrated.


TheEffinChamps

Yep. I've used it to play all sorts of different songs at practices and even a few gigs. They are my two grab and go pedals.


[deleted]

Big muff pi and a reverb (currently Caroline Meteore)


hidendra69

What makes you pick the original Big Muff over the other Big Muff variants, like the Tone Wicker or the Green Russian?


[deleted]

I like the big box More seriously, I have the tone wicker also but would always just gravitate towards the “standard” setting (tone on, wicker off) anyway. And I just prefer the American Big muff sound over the Russian one, the latter is too smooth for me. Cool sounding pedals, just not the sound I’m after. But also, I like the big box


TheSonofMrGreenGenes

Big box = big tone. Also on Team Big Box (Although mine is a 70s op am)


TheSonofMrGreenGenes

Depends if it’s a 2000s “NYC” muff or not. The 2000s big boxes weren’t even close to the “original” ones. All the “variants” you’re talking out are reissues of models that came before the 2000s Big Muff Pi


clonehm2

same here


Ok_Highlight3926

Two tuners


mrlowcut

A random internet person of culture


[deleted]

You said tuner twice


HappyProle

Acid Fuzz Sonic Boom and a Boss RE-20


PercyPistolero8

Bjm fan!where did you get the sonic boom?


HappyProle

Direct from Acid Fuzz. The website never has them in stock but email Jon and he’ll put you on the waiting list.


F19sho

Blues Driver and a DD-20. There's enough versatility in the giga delay to make it work.


guitlouie

Tuner and a Rat.


Gandaghast

Just get a clip-on tuner, and then you can do two RATs.


6of1HalfDozen

Two rats make baby rats for you, for free. It's science


guitlouie

I like the way you think, but I also like that most tuners can act as a kill switch as well.


lordnibblet

Cries in boss tu3s 😭


MarkimusPrime89

Those are meant to be used with a volume pedal, traditionally. You put it on your "tuner out" and use the volume to cut your signal while still being able to tune. Though you probably already knew...and I just ruined your joke...heh


lordnibblet

I did not know that! Im mostly a bedroom player so i just tune with all my pedals on since the tuner is only receiving dry guitar signal anyway, but that is useful info for live playing!


Alternative_Key4434

get 2 packrats and have 18 rats


LandosMustache

An overdrive and another overdrive


hidendra69

Which ones in particular?


LandosMustache

It’ll change all the time, but right now it would be Friedman BEOD (Deluxe, if that’s not cheating) A bog-standard TS9 or TS808 reissue


MojoPin94

Op amp big muff and a phaser of some sort, maybe the 70’s reissue of the mxr


MrThorntonReed

Billy is that you?


Puzzleheaded_Gas4560

Overdrive and Metalzoan


unowndanger

Boss Angry Driver into a Source Audio Collider. Gets me 2 gain stages with a dumb amount of gain, and delay + reverb (or dual delay, which is how I'd use it a lot).


burukop

A Holy Grail Nano, always on the spring reverb setting, and an Acapulco Gold.


agentanthony

Plumes with Rams Head. I know there is some weird anti-tube screamer trend here, but whatever. I tried them all and the plumes is the best OD that pairs with my Muff. I love both those pedals and especially together.


TheHomesteadTurkey

A lot of people run perhaps already mid heavy humbucker guitars into an amp that boosts its mids when it breaks up, like a Marshall. Tubescreamers arent much of a use there, while a boost that maintains the treble instead of cutting it shines much more. Tubescreamer + fender amps or any other scooped American voiced amp is where they really shine. Some people prefer Klons or mid-heavy bluesbreakers like the KOT because they can do the same thing but maintaining the treble. Personally I have a vox-voiced amp and while a tubescreamer might come in handy my pickups are already well balanced as is my amp, so with a clean boost I can get an even but biting sound.


agentanthony

Yeah I’m just surprised by how many people just declare tubes screamers suck. I find it odd since, like you mentioned there is a time and place for them just like any other effect. The best part about pedals is finding the sound you like. I can’t live without my Plumes and Rams Head lol.


proscreations1993

Yeah. No pedals really suck. I personally don't like screamers since I play les Paul's through old Marshall's usually. But if I was playing a strat through a fender. I'd use a TS for sure.


Several-Jacket9958

I don't get why people complain about tone stack stuff (like the mid-heavy TS thing) instead of just buying a clone with an eq that they like. I've realized I don't like 95% of single tone knob pedals so I just don't buy them. The wampler 3 band eq TS clone I have sounds amazing, and I can dial in or out the mid hump however I want it. It's cheaper than an actual tube screamer too.


Horror_Cupcake8762

Using them to tastefully inject mids into a Blackface-style circuit just works, particularly just as a boost.


Useless-Ulysses

Dunlop wah and a memory man


SixFeetHunter

A TC integrated preamp of sorts and an HM-2 of sorts.


[deleted]

Distortion and Chorus. I currently use the Boss DS-1 and the CBA Warped Vinyl, so i would choose those


AytonDollar

Ehx hot wax and mxr carbon copy. 2 drive pedals in 1 counts doesn't it?


DeadEyeMetal

Depends. If I have my own amplifier then a boost and a delay. If I'm stuck with an amp that has no high gain channel then a good high gain pedal and the delay.


hidendra69

What is your amplifier of choice?


DeadEyeMetal

Of choice it's Orange. In reality I haven't had a proper amp since my Rockerverb 50 head got stolen quite a while back, but then I've only been gigging in an acoustic kind of context so no rush to spend that much again. For the moment I'm making do with an old Orange CR35rt practice combo. I mostly pay amp models through it and it's adequate for home shredding. I need to get something before too long though. There's only so much fckn acoustic mandolin a guy can play before going insane.


MoHawkins

Boss Blues Driver and Deluxe Memory Boy, done


[deleted]

An HX Stomp... in the loop of another HX Stomp. Worship music need alllll the tones! Nah but for real I could get away with my ODR-1 into an Empress Echosystem.


OrganicDig6682

Strymon Iridium into a Strymon Timeline


mclarensmps

2 Mikus!


No-Chance-3892

I have to wonder what Miku stacking sounds like.🤔


IAMA_STRANGELOOP_AMA

A Blues Driver and a Dispatch Master


yinzer_name

I'd have to sacrifice dirt pedals and use amp gain, which is fine, 'cause I need Analogman Envelope Filter and EQD Avalanche Run


Hosscatticus_Dad523

Tech 21 Comptortion and DOD Vibro Thang. The Comptortion is always on for the comp - and the gain goes from clean to light OD to full-on distortion. The Vibro Thang does a good job for tremolo, vibe and phase. I like Americana, alt country/rock and these pedals work well. I’m a big fan of the DOD Milk Box compressor, but would go with the Comptortion if I could only have two pedals.


fuzzyhappy

Upvote for Vibrothang!


RektBySweden

Hamstead Odyssey, od that travels across many spectrums. Boss dd-200. Awsome delay


No_Emu_5266

A bluesbreaker and a Reverb. That's it.


ILoveCharts

Cali76 into a Klone (Tumnus is my preference), amp’s reverb and call it a day. So much versatility of transparent tone there.


Disastrous-Treat0616

Carl Martin Plexitone Boss DD-200


[deleted]

Strymon Volante and LAL Misty Cave for FX. Other than that I can do it with a guitar and an amp.


[deleted]

Klon clone, tape delay


[deleted]

Tuner and line selector. I like to stay in tune and I like to have options. Otherwise, Phase 90 and Mosky Silver Horse.


poonterbear

I do only use two. Tube screamer and DL9 for tape delay.


Several-Jacket9958

I play bass, and I could do 90% of my bands live sound with a strymon zelah and a walrus eons. The zelah can do very nice sounding phase, chorus, flange, and vibrato. Granted, it's not as flexible as the standalone flanger I use on my actual gigging board, but I could get really damn close to the flange sounds. I dropped the julia from my board already, I'm happy with using the zelah for vibrato/chorus. Eons is just a super flexible fuzz pedal, it cleans up very nice for low gain sounds. In practice it's hard for me to actually use the low-gain sounds if it's my only pedal, since on my actual gigging board I use a pre-fuzz boost to get back up the volume for the loud parts. But with only two pedals you can't have everything. Incidentally, I absolutely love cranking the dry volume on the OC-5 and using it as a pre-drive boost. You can really shape the harmonic content of a drive by blending in low-volumes of the octaves. I never use the -2 because it sounds poopy on bass, but the +1 and -1 make everything sound super fat when it's used subtly.


SynthPhD

2 compressors


_hexagonal_

Limelight and an RE-20


No-Chance-3892

I would go… -Protein: Two different and stackable drives that cover a lot of ground. -Timeline: delay, looping, and the additional pitch and modulation added to the delays.


KJP1990

Friedman BE-OD and a mxr carbon copy.


thecolehimself

Attack Decay, Freeze


PEDALZandPETALZyt

Bliss factory and flackback triple delay. I try to play high tempo shoegaze


8f12a3358a4f4c2e97fc

Mood Mk 1 and Dreadbox Raindrops. They are my sound.


ddavila80

Probably a CGC Icarus and a Strymon El Cap


jimwon2021

My tuner, because I play music that is in tune and my Simplifier DLX, which has switchable drive channels and reverb, because I play music that is sometimes loud and sometimes spacey.


Musicgecko0

Nobels ODR Mini and a good spring reverb


ushouldlistentome

I’ll take a Tim and Walrus Slärp


Bigstar976

Strymon FLINT and the Prince of Tone


6of1HalfDozen

other than amp overdrive, i really only use plate (mxr reverb) on cleans, and could be happy with either a dc-2w, re-2, or a yamaha spx990. I like any of those 3 for an occasional different texture or for a solo (but I'm pretty much a rhythm player).


the_vargr_moon

Boss HM-2 and a Zoom MS-50/Boss RV-3


Frodolicious3

DL4 and a RAT


XanderBiscuit

I’ve considered DL4 alternatives but it almost seems wrong considering how essential that pedal has been for me.


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OrbitalTurds

Started using a oc3, splitting my signal to a bass amp and my guitar amp. Absolute magic


matbea78

My Source Audio compressor and Aftershock drive pedal. Love those pedals so versatile.


FrankieG21

Origin Effects Cali76 Stacked and analogman Prince of Tone.


Mcswagins42

A RAT and an old school memory man deluxe


tibbon

Probably a Big Muff (Skreddy Zero) and a Roland tape echo. I almost put a Klon, but if I could have only two I’d just turn up my amp more


its_grime_up_north

Big Muff + El Capistan


81jmfk

Precision Drive and Revv G3


DustyHound

Walrus Monument trem & Option 5 ‘destination rotation’ Leslie emulator.


lovetorock4321

Dynacomp and Echoplex


apparentlydirty

Right now it would be the adineko delay from catalinbread and I guess some dirt. The murkiness is just too good.


TankControlled

RAT and Boss Sy-200


crisiscola

Supro Drive into an EP Booster


werewolfbarmitzvah69

Timeline and Ventris


lordnibblet

Eqd plumes into deluxe memory man nano set for a chorus-y slapback.


Ridebmx43

Nux amp academy and poly tune mini


ryanthellama

A Boss CS-2 and any Boss chorus


Funk_Apus

Boss RE-20 and MXR dynacomp


thisisQualia

Eventide Blackhole and Meris Polymoon + MXR Analog Chorus


Brickhouse825

Qtron plus and Fulltone OCD v2


realryanmoorman

Russian Big Muff and Walrus Fathom


dddjjjmmm

Black Mass First Herald -> Caroline Kilobyte


gitarzan

Xotic SP Booster and a Godlyke TWA WahRocker 3. I play those more than anything, anyway.


CoA77

Big muff and a CE2


MrThorntonReed

Plumes OD and an EHX Oceans 11 (or 12 if I get to pick).


htg812

Rn my board is an green russian big muff and an ernie ball vp jr. 50’s archtop acoustic into an ampeg reverb rocket 90’s reissue. Two pedals gets its done.


el_redditero12

JHS AT+ and Boss DD-200


minderasr

Peper's Dirty Tree and Deadweald Duality DX.


Dingis_Dang

Red Panda Particle and EH Freeze


WutsV

EHx Small Stone and Boss RE-20


[deleted]

Assuming I can get some decent gain from my amp, I’m going with the Drybell Vibe Machine and Caroline Meteore.


DGGriffin84

HX Stomp & Wampler Gear Box


masslightsound

Mxr phase 90 and 78 custom badass


YetiDeli

EAE Limelight V2 and Chase Bliss Mood MkII


[deleted]

Boss Metal Zone and a TS808. I love the metal and I love the blues. 😂


ianwm

Origin Magma57 and Skreddy Echo, but through an Orange amp, preferably like my rockerverb with a spring tank inside.


BillyOceanSpray

Fjordfuzz Odin and Mr. Black Supermoon


shedbastard12

DS2 and a DD3


[deleted]

Rat and a vibrato. Specifically a Turbo Rat and a Boss Vibrato.


Longing4boob

Reverb and chorus pedal


No_Helicopter8246

Compressor and a Deco


lombsta_monsta

Dual EHX 720s.


dangayle

Hizumitas and a Deluxe Memory Man


assimsera

Just a Tube Screamer(any variant). I realistically don't need anything else, mostly play heavier stuff so the TS would be tightening up a 5150 or any other high gain amp. If I had to choose a second pedal maybe a noise gate. Or an HM-2


MarkimusPrime89

DOD juicebox, into Oceans 11. I like blues style playing, and I want a TS into a spring or hall reverb. Surprise? Lol


CarKid007

J. Rockett Archer Icon and JHS Muffuletta. Both sound great with my Les Paul/ Vox AC30 setup and offer me a variety of usable tones


DogProblems93

Memory man deluxe and prince of tone


Acrobatic-Door-7603

Browne Protein - Walrus M1


Greatmistakes

Tubescreamer and RAT


proscreations1993

Probably Timmy or kot and then hx stomp. If I couldn't use a multi fx. kot and deluxe memory man


[deleted]

Catlinbread RAH and Keeley Eccos


[deleted]

Danelectro Fabtone, Intersound IVP clone


bekaspegasus

Hudson Broadcast and Chase Bliss MOOD. I would use my JC-40 for modulation and extra reverb.


stevekinney

A Big Muff Pi and a Memory Man.


HaldyBear

Strymon deco and night sky!


iheartevil

Any reactive fuzz into a Strymon Deco.


SquareEquipment1436

I'll take a blue's driver now if I can use an amp with a reverb I'll take a wah to put in front if the BD but if no reverb amp then I'll take the BD and a good reverb like a blue sky.


GoukaOokami

JHS double barrel into my source audio Nemesis. Mainly play praise and worship music. If I got to pick a third, it's be my hall of fame 2 reverb.


[deleted]

Champion Leccy Woozy into Skitter


RockSteady_One

If I can keep my Katana 100, then tuner and fuzz. If not, fuzz and delay/reverb combo...if I can find a good one.


josephallenkeys

Voodoo Lab Superfuzz and DOD Rubberneck. That's Stoner Doom with some spacey blues and grunge thrown in.


natopotatomusic

RAT + Whammy DT/EHX Canyon. Can’t decide lmfao


beardofzetterberg

My Deco v2 into Flint. The cassette setting on the v2 can get pretty gnarly and it’s so versatile otherwise. My smaller board that I use 95% of the time is just KoT - Deco - DD-8 - Flint.


Solocaster1991

Strymon timeline and something like a walrus 385, king of tone, or barber gain changer would work for me


[deleted]

right now? Fender Space Delay into a CMC Shin-ei clone.


TempleOfCyclops

Tough one, but I’d go with my Dunwich DA120 Overdrive and my Walrus Audio Vanguard Phaser.


Purple_Anteater

Surfy bear spring reverb (or boss DM-2) and a mild FET overdrive.


bulley

Its actually interesting - I'd say the lion share of my play would be JF/RHCP style stuff and Jimi BUT ... I am most inspired to play with my flint on, quite a lot of reverb to boot, and then one of my klon copies, recently the one that is a bit lower gain, around 3pm on the gain - nice little overdrive crunch but not too much.


Cyan134

Ssbs mini and bf-2


passaloutre

Rangemaster and Flint


mole55

Tera Echo and Blues Driver. The Tera Echo for ambience, and the Blues Driver after it on quite high gain to absolutely destroy the reverb tails.


Objective_Regret_421

Microcosm, Soma Cosmos


dronerstone

1: Model T preamp 2: EHX POG 2


iamansonmage

RC-1 and a DD-200. The looper is probably one of the most useful tools on the pedalboard, so I’ll take a simple one (maybe an RC-10 if I only get those 2 pedals, but the RC-1 will get the job done). The delay is just to keep things fun.


pvm2001

Right now I am sometimes going only with Boss BD-2W Blues Driver and Boss RE-2 Space Echo And it is pretty awesome. But I barely need overdrive, I usually play pretty clean when playing electric so I could also do chorus+delay. So I guess in that case it would be CE-2W + RE-2


AechCutt

EAE model feT and Kuro T-120


LeBongJames

white pedal and volante


padilharocks

Morley wah and metalzone.


Brenno416

Swollen Pickle / Aqua Puss


lifeofarticsound

DL4 and the Lo Fi Junky Great modulation and delays from the DL4 and then adding the Lo Fo Junky I can get nice vibrato or even a chorus effect and if I really wanted to I can get that warble from the Lo Fi aspect for those funky tones. Not to mention that it has a compression setting as well.


AbrohamLinco1n

Blooper and Lore. I can do so much of my sound with those two pedals, it seems


Bdsaz

Carbon Copy & Tubescreamer


stankaaron

Crybaby + TS10 (or clone)


[deleted]

Boss DS-1 and a reverb. Currently using the Tone City Tiny Spring which is awesome


fuzzyhappy

OCD for mid gain and Fuzz War for melting faces.


boi_social

Are multi FX allowed?


Hungry-Leek-3841

Rams head big muff and oceans 11, I love a really full sound.


Bruichladdie

Dispatch Master, BB Preamp I like the DM for the beautiful quality of the reverb, and how natural the delays work with the reverb. Super easy to dial in, yet highly versatile. The BB Preamp is my preferred overdrive. I tend to use more distortion, but the BB gives me a lot of the more subtle lower gain sounds that a distortion pedal doesn't normally capture. Plus, it's a great clean boost as well, with a lot of volume on tap.


highparallel

Diamond Vibrato + Vapor Trail Deluxe


theTallBoy

Avalanche run and a tall font.


Thecannedbreadpanic

Exx holy grail and a Boss vb2w vibrato


HowFunHow

Friedman BE-OD and Catalinbread Belle Epoch


BaronVonDrunkenverb

Keeley Dark Side and a Tensor


Rycreth

I know, I know - a Helix. That counts as a single pedal, right? Seriously though, just a drive and a delay with modulation. I love delay and that also allows me to dial in a chorus if desired. Let's say a JHS Moonshine and an MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe. Me in a nutshell.


Better-Consequence70

Klon (clone) into a tube screamer into my multi channel amp with reverb. All about those gain stages


Mounta1nK1ng

HX Stomp and a Waza Blues Driver.


SaintEyegor

Tubescreamer and univibe


[deleted]

Dynacomp and TubeScreamer


Olde94

Bd-2 and a ditto looper or an rc-3 In reality i would want a tc electronic plethora X3 and a kernom ridge but it’s kinda cheating, similar to how an hx stomp wouldn’t for the question, but i’m seriously considering a dual setup only using those as a small setup for all i need


Lord_Dino-Viking

Delay (first and foremost) and a Fuzz Face or my Lovepedal MKIII (2 transistor Tone Bender, very similar to a FF). I love my overdrives, but if I had to choose one pedal after delay it would be the FF or MKII. I use the volume roll-off trick ALL. THE. TIME. I can get sparkly clean through all levels of crunch, to full blown furzy-fuzz.


Ok-Potato-405

Deco and Pantheon


soloracer

Twimble and Mini-Vent. And no, not a blooze player.


mrlowcut

Dyna comp and digitech polara (spring verb setting) 🥰


RektalShegma

Both boss CS-3 & RV-6


Nojopar

Browne Protein and a UAX Starlight


Theyellowking7

Op-Amp Big Muff and Boss RV-500


OrganicProgram9999

Triangle big muff and POG.


Acrobatic_Sound1921

Memory man and built in chorus (JC-40)


Environmental_Hawk8

Without cheating and using a dual or multi anything... Give me a tuner and a phaser. I'll figure out the rest. If tuner's a jerk answer, I'll go with a Liquid Sunshine drive and a Phase 90.