What are your 5 Desert Island Pedals?

[JamieJ]

I’m toying with the idea of putting together a 5 pedal set up in an large Hammond enclosure similarly (but less magnificently) to what @ADAOCE did -

Bass Multi Effect Pedalboard

The genesis for this build was actually a combo Unicab and Headphone Amp that I built a while back. I lent it to a friend of mine and we started talking about a nicer version with maybe a few more features that I would make for him. After some back and forth we decided to just make an entire...

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What are your five pedals that are essential for you (on this desert island with mains power)?

I will be mostly using this with headphones so I’m excluding the unicab and a headphone amp which would also be included. My amp doesn’t have reverb so that’s a must also. So far I’m leaning for:

1) Tone bender
2) Klon/Blues Breaker
3) Hydra Delay
4) Spacialist Reverb
5) Harmonic Trem

 

[DGWVI]

1) Turbo Rat
2) Op-amp Big Muff (or another Turbo Rat)
3) Envelope filter - either Agent 00Funk or Mu-Tron III
4) Some sorta analog Octave that offers up and down
5) DuoPhase


I've actually been considering using one of my 1456s to make a sorta multifx pedalboard kinda deal. No more than maybe 9 circuits total, including a buffers and the like. I've built a couple huge multis in the past, and I always seem to regret it, but they were also loaded with stuff I never actually use like delays and flangers

 

[Guardians of the analog]

I always seem to regret it, but they were also loaded with stuff I never actually use like delays and flangers

 

[DGWVI]

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Trust me, I wanna love BBD and PT2399 based circuits, but so far I just haven't found any that have wowed me. And, I've disliked the FV1 versions even more.

I do absolutely love the LowTide, though. And, while I haven't actually built it yet, the Viib sounds like something I might actually be able to fuck with

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Trust me, I wanna love BBD and PT2399 based circuits, but so far I just haven't found any that have wowed me. And, I've disliked the FV1 versions even more.

I do absolutely love the LowTide, though. And, while I haven't actually built it yet, the Viib sounds like something I might actually be able to fuck with

The VIIB fucks hard, but dude you gotta wake up

 

[DGWVI]

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But, I need a BBD that kills fascists

 

[owlexifry]

1) Tuner - im serious - if you're stuck on a desert island with no tuner - i'd be very concerned about going full tom hanks and obsessing over whether my estimated self-tuning using harmonics was based on C @ 440Hz or not. etc.
2) OD808
3) CE-2
4) klon
5) Deep Blue Delay (PT2399 will live forever)

 

[Guardians of the analog]

I need a BBD that kills fascists

 

[Laundryroom David]

I would build a tuner out of coconuts and sand and delusions

1. EQD Dispatch Master
2. Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail (fight me)
3. Spirit Box
4. Acid Rain Fuzz
5. Monarch Distortion

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

A Buzzaround or Tonebender style fuzz
ADA flanger (lectric?)
Whammy
A good PLL
multi tap delay

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Does the island have power? If not maybe just my martin

 

[vigilante398]

1) Soldano GTO (or substitue a Sushi Box Black Eye)
2) A nice clean delay, I'm not super picky
3) A decent reverb, FV-1 something probably
4) Another Soldano GTO
5) Another Soldano GTO

 

[Fingolfen]

A decent compressor - Dinosaural OTC-201 is sort of my go to... (Steggo Dino Comp)
Some sort of Big Muff - '73 Ram's head or something like a Cornish P-2 (Steggo Big Mutt Phi or Protoceratops 2)
Colorsound Power Boost (Steggo Thagomizer)
A decent chorus - an AionFX clone of the Dimension C is sort of my go to, but I may be moving to the Lectric-FX CE-2 clone
A decent delay - either an early Aqua Puss clone or one of the few commercial pedals I own - the T-Rex Replica...

 

[DGWVI]

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Guess I'll have to build the Byzantium now

 

[Feral Feline]

Always a given that you need some type of tuner, but it doesn't have to be a pedal tuner!
Besides, as tuners are a must I never count them in these sorts of threads. Owing to the OP where you've granted a couple more givens, namely Unicab and Headphone-amp...

If it's only PedalPCB builds:

Frequency Interchange Filter — Broughton Audio Low + High Pass Filter​

EQ: Equilux — Spaceman Equinox​

Compressor: Delegate Boneyard — ChuckD.Bones-modded EQD Warden​

Octave Down: Ocelot — Boss OC-2 Oct down​

Dirt 1 OD: InfiniDrive — John Hollis OmniDrive, w/ bass mods, for maximum versatility​

Dirt 2 Fuzz: Muffin Factory — multi-possibility Muff, leaning heavy on the Russian parts values for better bass response​

Wah: Poison Apple — Mad Prof SWAH​

Reverb/Delay/Modulation: Octagon/Module8 switchable dual-EEPROMs for 16 possible sounds​

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The EQ would be on an order-switcher to alternately come at the end of the chain.
Maybe an order switcher for the two dirts, too.

Wait, you did say 8 pedals, right? 'Cause that above is bare minimum for me.
Okayokay 5, yeesh...

Frequency Interchange Filter — Broughton Audio Low + High Pass Filter​

EQ: Equilux — Spaceman Equinox​

Compressor: Delegate Boneyard — ChuckD.Bones-modded EQD Warden​

Octave Down: Ocelot — Boss OC-2 Oct down​

Reverb/Delay/Modulation: Octagon/Module8 switchable dual-EEPROMs for 16 possible sounds including dirt algos, and auto-wah​

If you open it up to other DIY-brands let alone commercial, well... that just makes it too tough to decide!

 

[Betty Wont]

Always a given that you need some type of tuner, but it doesn't have to be a pedal tuner!
Besides, as tuners are a must I never count them in these sorts of threads.

In 2023 anyone with a smartphone AND a pedal tuner is just being masochistic and redundant. Same dude that hauls the Ampeg SVT 810 to every bar gig.

 

[Paradox916]

You are asking me to not give you an ambivalent answer?….. I’m not sure if I can do that.. well maybe I could , but probably not.. not saying there isn’t a chance…

 

[Cybercow]

Desert islands typically have no electricity or batteries, so I'd vie for an acoustic guitar.

 

[JamieJ]

What are your five pedals that are essential for you (on this desert island with mains power)?

But this island is special

 

[Diynot]

I do absolutely love the LowTide, though. And, while I haven't actually built it yet, the Viib sounds like something I might actually be able to fuck with

@Guardians of the analog wait…..you passed up the opportunity to show your disdain for the Lowtide!? Times they are a changin.
But yes, the VIIb is fucking amazing even for the low end crew.
As for the OP question:
Rat
Kliche mini
Hydra delay
Duo phase
Sandspur