Once upon in your life, you encounter such a magical pedal that you just start not caring about the rest of the bunch anymore.
These are the pedals that killed your gas. Do you have such a thing in your pedalboard? I do.
EQ: Detox EQI've always struggled with Graphic equalizers so parametric EQ like this makes my life easier in the art of mixing. What makes it even easier is that it has the most basic knobs an EQ can offer: Treble, Mid, Bass and Level. Also, it does not color my tone in any way. Hard to go wrong with this. Too much mids? lower the mids. Not much lows? Increase the bass.
May not be the best EQ out there but has certainly worked for me. This thing has never left my pedalboard ever since I got it.
Overdrive: SRB808 3 in 1It's essentially a 3 overdrive pedal in one with bass boost. 1st is a TS808 which i mostly use. 2nd mode is a Dumble. 3rd mode is a marshall amp which i rarely use but it's nice to have in case i might need it. It has some nice qualities of a good overdrive. Not too nasal, nice overtones without getting too overwhelming, dynamic, bass boost to compliment and transparent as it can get. I won't say that this is an OD to beat but SRB808 gives me the kind of overdrive that is in my head, period.
Booster: EP Xotic BoosterThis thing is just perpetually turned on. The way i describe it is like removing a veil cover from a speaker. It boosts the necessary signals to make the guitar sound big and alive.
Im still enjoying what i have on my board but for now, these are the pedals that killed my GAS for EQ, OD and booster.
Kayo? what pedal(s) have you acquired to which you can truly say, "di na ako titingin sa iba".