what other sh#@ do I need???

[davekllawre210]

So my buddies and I finally started a band if you will. We're all decent, but for now just trying to learn some covers. Until now we all almost exclusively played acoustics and never plugged in much. Now we are playing electrics. All we have right now is the electric guitars and crappy amps. What type of pedals, effects, and all that shit should we get to start? All opinions welcome. I'm willing to invest some money seeing that I am now out of college with a real job. Thanks

[sfmartins]

In terms of effects and pedals, it really depends on the style of your sound.
Anyway, there are typically two main options: to buy several pedals for the different effects (1 Delay + 1 Distortion + 1 Chorus + 1 Wah + 1 Volume...) or get a multi-effect pedal. I would say that buying each pedal individually is much better and opens an all set of opportunities, but it is much more expensive.

[Kahn]

nobody can tell you what you want to sound like

[RunsWithBuffalo]

Ok, real basic. Get a boss CS-3 (compression sustainer), an Ibanez tube screamer or the digitech bad monkey (crunch and lead) and a boss DD-3 (delay).

Those are all really decent pedals. Obviously you need to upgrade your amps but thats a big investment.

[davekllawre210]

I understand no one can tell me how to sound....I'm just asking for some advice because i know NOTHING about electric guitars and pedals and what have you. I've played acoustic my whole life....just got the electric and love it. So what is a good start for some different pedals i should get?

[RunsWithBuffalo]

Ok, real basic. Get a boss CS-3 (compression sustainer), an Ibanez tube screamer or the digitech bad monkey (crunch and lead) and a boss DD-3 (delay).

Those are all really decent pedals. Obviously you need to upgrade your amps but thats a big investment.