Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Hello,

I know it is a very open and widely subjective issue, not to mention that the tone of a Rickenbacker is delightful enough alone, but I am curious to hear what people are using and enjoy using with their guitars in the form of effects. Apologies in advance if a similar topic is floating around on this forum. As far as I have glimpsed, I have not seen one in relation to this point.

Many thanks.

The only overdrive/distortion box Ive ever gotten along with is a Tubescreamer. Other than using that for alittle boost, I may plug into a compressor now and then. And very rarely a touch of delay. I don't even use reverb much anymore.

Rickenbacker + compressor + Fender tube amp =

All of these...and an EBow.
I suppose I should list the pedals L-R:
Ibanez Analog Rotary Chorus
Van Amps sole Mate Reverb Unit
Boss DD5 Digital Delay
Ibanez Soundtank Compressor (low budg-but it actually works pretty well)
Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer (I have a Tube Screamer plus with the upgrades, but this one works great, so it stays!)
Danelectro Daddy-O Distortion
Boss Pedal Tuner
DOD A/B box turned around backwards so I can leave two guitars plugged in at once and switch without fumbling around switching cables on a dark stage mid song or between songs.

The Vox Wah and Boss Flanger were taken out of the pedal board for that shot because I was packing the pedal board to take on a plane for a gig in Chicago and wasn't using those two pedals for the set the band was going to play, so I left them out.

Nice pedal board set up Paolo. Do you prefer the Boss DD series delays over other delay pedals? Which version of the Boss DD have you got?

hawksmoor wrote:Nice pedal board set up Paolo. Do you prefer the Boss DD series delays over other delay pedals? Which version of the Boss DD have you got?

Thanks. I should have listed everything, so I went back and edited the post with all of the details. It's a Boss DD5 Digital Delay. I went with a Boss Delay because of all the cool features it had in a pedal, and due to the my past experience with the quality of Boss pedals. The pedal has since been surpassed by the DD6 and DD7, but I usually only use 3 different settings max when I play live as it is, so I don't need anything fancier. Here's a list of all the features: http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetai ... ductId=141

Artec "Power Brick" power supply
Korg "DT-10" tuner
MXR "DynaComp" compressor
Boss "OD-3" overdrive
Maxon "OD808" overdrive
Artec "Analog Delay"
Boss "RC-20 XL" loop station

I really like the Danelectro mini effects, and not just because they're cheap. Unless you are looking for a super squashed sound, the Surf & Turf Compressor does the job. The PB&J delay, to my surprise, is the best sounding delay I've owned.

I use 20' of guitar cable.
That's it.
After getting the AC-15, the marraige is so perfect with my 330 and 360/12, both with toasters, that I don't need anything else.
I'm a rhythm player in all of my bands...I guess if I was a lead player, I'd probably have some effects...but for me and what I play, I ain't messing with perfection.

None on guitar or bass, save for compression.

All I'm using these days is a Boss CE-2 Chorus, a Boss Rotary Speaker emulator twin pedal, a Janglebox, the built in chorus on the Roland JC-120, and some of the effects in my Fender Cyber Twin. I used to get silly with effects but I play less silly music these days.

Well i quite like the Duo tone effect......resized with some compression

I only use one effect.
This one:

Richard Cannata and I agree that our favorite pedal to use with our Rickenbackers, both on and offstage, is the Boss TU-2. It's fairly essential to a good sound.

Yuk yuk.

Anyway, no effects in the loop for me right now, but some boosty things like a THD HotPlate and a ratty MXR Micro Amp. I do have an Ibanez UE405 that I want to mess around with a bit...

Just the reverb and the great sounding tremolo on my Princeton Reverb amp.