KiwiJoe said:
soundguruman said:
I consider OD pedals "silly."
Tube OD in amp sounds way better, and I don't need footswitches or cables all over the place.
I also consider foot switches and channel switching "silly."
I plug straight in to the amp. I use the volume control on my guitar to change between clean and overdrive.
If you have an amp, and you don't like the sound of the amp overdrive, then get another amp, that you "do" like.
Real tube overdrive is the REAL sound. OD pedals are a weak imitation.
It's silly when people don't think the same as I do or do things the way I do because I'm positive that everybody's musical needs are identical to mine.
The question was: anybody roll without overdrive pedals?
I answered and explained WHY.
I don't like pedals, I don't need pedals.
You can take the best guitar player...
and give him the crappiest amplifier...
and the crappiest guitar...and no effects pedals at all.
and he will still sound GREAT. Why is this?
It's NOT the amp, or the PEDALS, or the GUITAR.
It's the GUITAR PLAYER that makes it sound great.
People who "think" they need overdrive pedals to sound good...
It's ALL in your playing. NOT in the pedals.
You don't need pedals to sound good. You need to learn how to play GOOD.
The effects pedal is just a toy.