Does anybody actually use a programmable EQ pedal for guitar?
I can imagine it being useful to change sounds mid song. I think I would need some kind of visual display of the preset EQ curves otherwise I would never remember which one was which though.....
How is everybody using their programmable EQ pedal?
The Boss is the only one there that seems to be stereo. That may win it a few friends in keyboard land.
Having dual channels means you're getting two pedals for the price of one, assuming you're mostly mono until you hit stereo pedals later in the chain. It would allow you, for instance, to wrap EQ around another pedal for pre-/post-emphasis and de-emphasis - a good trick for denoising a noisy pedal, for example.
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thefruitfarmer wrote:
How is everybody using their programmable EQ pedal?
Not a dedicated EQ but presets on ye olde AG Stomp.
1) Several instruments, one mixer channel.
2) Each instrument has dry/FX presets (level/EQ is a big part of this):
- guitar - rhythm vs fingerpicking
- mandola - chords vs melody
...etc.
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Just because it can be done, doesn't mean that it actually needs doing. I don't have a graphic EQ in my set-up, but if I did, I really don't think that I'd need more than one setting.
thefruitfarmer wrote:
How is everybody using their programmable EQ pedal?
Not a dedicated EQ but presets on ye olde AG Stomp.
1) Several instruments, one mixer channel.
2) Each instrument has dry/FX presets (level/EQ is a big part of this):
- guitar - rhythm vs fingerpicking
- mandola - chords vs melody
Two pedals in one? Could have one EQ at the end of the chain and another EQing the returns from an echo pedal.
I suppose that every time you change a preset in a multi, turn on a drive pedal, bring in some delay or modulation, or change the pickup selected or adjust the tone control on the guitar that you are usually changing the EQ to some extent.
Wonks wrote:Just because it can be done, doesn't mean that it actually needs doing. I don't have a graphic EQ in my set-up, but if I did, I really don't think that I'd need more than one setting.
I don't use a Prog EQ as I don't gig these days, but back in the '70s with my band I used an Electro-Harmonix Graphic EQ pedal with the top bands pushed right up, as a form of treble-booster which I stepped on when taking a solo, then tapped off when resuming rhythm/picking.
(I had little money to buy other solutions to this back in the day, but for a low cost investment, the E-H pedal paid off handsomely. Still own it.)
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I don't use a Prog EQ as I don't gig these days, but back in the '70s with my band I used an Electro-Harmonix Graphic EQ pedal with the top bands pushed right up, as a form of treble-booster which I stepped on when taking a solo, then tapped off when resuming rhythm/picking.
(I had little money to buy other solutions to this back in the day, but for a low cost investment, the E-H pedal paid off handsomely. Still own it.)
cheers,
Ian
I still do this with my Boss EQ pedal when playing electric. Simple idea and works better than a flat boost. For me anyway. I have Anderson’s to thanks for the idea, bought mine there maybe 20 years ago.
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