You will find here all the list of posts related to effects and effect pedals that I feature on www.guitartoneoverload.com.
- New Boss Pedals: ST-2 Power Stack and PS-6 Harmonist (Update)
- Building a complex guitar rig
- How to use Modulation Effects Part 1: the Phaser
- How to use a Delay, Part 2
- How to use a Delay, Part 1
- Tube Screamer Alternative: The BOSS SD-1
- Using two overdrive pedals simultaneously
- The Components of Tone DVD by Don Wrixon
- Underrated Greats: The Marshall Jackhammer
- Soundblox Pro Classic Distortion by Source Audio
- Visual Sound distortion pedal shoot out
- Micro-BR Multi-Effect: Jeff Beck Tone Settings
- Using a slapback echo to fatten your tone
- Tube Screamer Alternative: the BB Preamp
- BBE Stompware
- Maxon SM-9 Pro+ Super Metal and ST-9 Pro+ Super Tube
- Timeless classics: the Big Muff
- Tone tips: boosting the volume of your solos in live situations
- BOSS effects 101
- Timeless Classics: The Ibanez Tube Screamer
- Tone Tips: How to cut through the mix in a live situation
- Tone Tips: use of a compressor in recording situations
- The Ellis Stompbox
- Guitarists: the tone and style of Jeff Beck
- BOSS US tones of the month and podcast
- Discontinued Greats: The Marshall Shredmaster
- Boutique Effect Manufacturer : Retroman
- MXR on fire
- Guitarists: Robert Smith of The Cure
- The Proco RAT 2 (or how to make your strat or tele sound fat) - Updated
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Hi Romain,
Since there’s just soooo many pedals around, my choice was to try for an all-in-one effects unit (Digitech Genesis 3) which seems to meet my needs pretty well (I’m a learner) and I quite like fiddling with the settings.
Do you think most pedals suit one guitar model (or pickup type) or do you think the good ones will suit anything? BTW, the Genesis has a parameter to match its settings for single pole or humbucker pickups. I’ve played with it (both my guitars have humbuckers) and there is a noticeable difference but frankly I couldn’t say which setting I thought sounded best, so wouldn’t say that it’s a must-have feature.
Cheers………..Kevin.
Hi Kevin,
Multi-effect units are usually suited to either type of pickups.
As to individual effect pedals, there can be differences especially when it comes to overdrive/distortion/fuzz pedals (not so much for chorus, flangers, delays, reverbs, etc.). I find some overdrive/distortion pedals to be more suitable to either single coil pickups or humbuckers. This does not mean these pedals are bad, just that they are more geared towards a certain a type of tone. It is really a matter of trying it out. For instance, there is an ongoing belief that the Ibanez Tubescreamer (THE classic green overdrive pedal) is better suited to single coil pickups. It is true if you want that Stevie Ray Vaughan sound but it does not mean it won’t yield interesting results with a humbucker based guitar. It is the same with amps actually, a humbucker will drive an amp harder (usually) than a single coil and will give you more natural amp distortion.
In conclusion, It really matters for the type of overdrive/distortion/amps you are using associated with the type of overdrive/distortion sound you are after (to take an extreme example, it will be difficult to get a death metal tone out of single coil pickups).