Mod Pedal(s) - Chorus/Phase/Flange

PatBlair · 3rd November 2008

For a LONG time now, I have been using the dreaded Boss GT3 with the 4-cable method, treating it as multiple stomp-boxes (trem, comp, chorus, phaser/flanger, delay, verb, etc - no distortion or amp-sims). I am not unhappy with the sound I'm getting for live use, but I am seriously considering making the switch to pedals: easier to tweak knobs, more flexibility, better sound (hopefully), plus, it is getting to the point where I have so many cluttering the floor anyway, it might actually condense things a bit.
I was hoping to save some coin and get a modulation pedal to handle the chorus, phaser, and flange duties, maybe even tremolo, but I am not very excited about the options I've found. The Eventide and Line6 can only do one effect at a time. The TC is a dual engine, but has one on-off for everything, so I'd have to pre-program the snot out of it to get the different combinations, and live switching could cause some flexibility issues. Plus, no expression, no universal tap-tempo for all effects, no MIDI (not that I use it).
So... recommendations? Is there anything that will do this? Or am I better off buying 3-4 separate pedals. Is there a way to do this, get good sound, not suck tone, and not drop a couple grand in the process? Is there an all-in-one that will accomplish what I am looking for.
Thanks for the help!

chrisgraff · 4th November 2008

you probably wouldn't need to use chorus, flange, and phaser simultaneously, would you?

PatBlair · 5th November 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisgraff

you probably wouldn't need to use chorus, flange, and phaser simultaneously, would you?

Probably not all 3, but chorus and phaser together happens occasionally. Maybe the answer is to slowly build into a bunch of individual pedals, just a tough leap to make for me at this point.

AK-47 · 22nd December 2008

Condense as much as possible. You can assume you won't use chorus, flange, rotary, or univibe together, so the Line 6 could be worth just those effects, while getting separate phase or whatever effects you do need separate. This could also solve your tap situation, separate trem w tap.

3rd November 2008	#1
PatBlair Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 34 Thread Starter	Mod Pedal(s) - Chorus/Phase/Flange For a LONG time now, I have been using the dreaded Boss GT3 with the 4-cable method, treating it as multiple stomp-boxes (trem, comp, chorus, phaser/flanger, delay, verb, etc - no distortion or amp-sims). I am not unhappy with the sound I'm getting for live use, but I am seriously considering making the switch to pedals: easier to tweak knobs, more flexibility, better sound (hopefully), plus, it is getting to the point where I have so many cluttering the floor anyway, it might actually condense things a bit. I was hoping to save some coin and get a modulation pedal to handle the chorus, phaser, and flange duties, maybe even tremolo, but I am not very excited about the options I've found. The Eventide and Line6 can only do one effect at a time. The TC is a dual engine, but has one on-off for everything, so I'd have to pre-program the snot out of it to get the different combinations, and live switching could cause some flexibility issues. Plus, no expression, no universal tap-tempo for all effects, no MIDI (not that I use it). So... recommendations? Is there anything that will do this? Or am I better off buying 3-4 separate pedals. Is there a way to do this, get good sound, not suck tone, and not drop a couple grand in the process? Is there an all-in-one that will accomplish what I am looking for. Thanks for the help!

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4th November 2008	#2
chrisgraff Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 411	you probably wouldn't need to use chorus, flange, and phaser simultaneously, would you?

22nd December 2008	#4
AK-47 Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 25	Condense as much as possible. You can assume you won't use chorus, flange, rotary, or univibe together, so the Line 6 could be worth just those effects, while getting separate phase or whatever effects you do need separate. This could also solve your tap situation, separate trem w tap.