I have a cheap Celebrity Stratocaster guitar and 15-watt amp (starter pack) and I was thinking of buying an effects pedal for it. My range would be from $10-50 using TradeMe (the New Zealand version of eBay). New or used would be fine and I was wondering if anyone knew what to look for and how to get the best of my money for this price?
Do I need a charger? or any power source? Do I need a cable? please just tell me everything I need for a effect pedal!
Thank you!!!
I have an acoustic guitar with pick-up, so there's a cord that can be connected to a amplifier. But, can i use the electric guitar effects? I'm about to buy, but i want to be sure if it will work. I still don't have enough money to buy an electric guitar.LOL
I would prefer a cheap pedal.
I felt it would be remiss if someone didn't mention impedance.
Although the answer to your question is generally "yes" (even though a lot of time you wouldn't want to *grin*) the only time that I could think of not wanting to is when you have a pedal that expects a high impedance signal and gets a low impedance signal, or vice versa.
This is very rare, and most people aren't going to run into a problem, but it is there. Guitar pickups put out a high impedance signal - this is bad, as high impedance signals are more prone to noise and loss of treble over long stretches of cable. Many guitarists will put a buffer in or near the guitar to conver this high impedance signal to a low impedance signal, so that it will avoid these problems. Many pedals will do this as well - Boss is one example of a pedal that buffers the signal, even when it's not "on".
Okay, so this is actually a pretty good thing - just be aware that a very few pedals (mostly vintage) expect a high impedance signal (a normal, unbuffered one) and kinda freak out and don't function as normal when they get a low impedance one.
Me, I just avoid using the two or three pedals that do this. I have a buffer circuit installed onboard on all of my guitars, which means I can run long stretches of cable without any loss of tone - and I have a lot more treble and brightness, too, making for a louder sound.
Saul
I'm somewhat of a beginner with guitar and I want to start using some guitar effects. What's the full list of things I need?
I want something like a drum machine and delay pedal combined. It will play back what I played four measures after I played it. Then I will play on top of what I played four measures ago. Is there any software that will do this, a protools plugin or cakewalk plugin, or standalone utility, for free? Howabout hardware that does this?
Do i need to buy extra cables? Also since i have a fendeer bullet amp do i needa buy fender effects or can i buy like marshall and stuff?
I wish to start tinkering with sound on sound and would like to know which pedals etc people think are the "best". I have seen the Boss DD6 and DD7 on the internet, and although the DD7 is superior in several ways, i prefer the functionality of the DD6.
What would you rate as the best bit of kit for the sound on sound job?
Many thanks
