I used to be against guitar effects but lately I’ve had a change of heart with guitar effects once I checked out the AmpliTube app for the Ipad. AmpliTube which is a guitar simulation software. Hook your electric guitar to your Ipad, launch AmpliTube amp and on the software allows you to play around with built in effects in the amp. After fooling around with many guitar effects in that amplitube software, I was like: “Woah, maybe guitar effects can be useful after all”? So after fooling around with AmpliTube for a long while, I figure I want to start getting my own pedals, real ones.

I want to buy as many pedals as I can ’cause if I want to play rock n’ roll or hardrock maybe even metal, I’ll need effects. I’ll want to create all kinds of different and unique sounds for my original electric songs.

I’m planning to build my own pedalboard so sometime this year I’m going to buy a pedal board so I can set my pedals on it but first, I gotta get more pedals and I will. When I order that guitar that I have my eye on, I think I’m going to order a few pedals to go along with it instead of a guitar case to go with it. I’ll get the guitar case another time. For now, I want to focus on building a pedal collection. Along with the Jackson electric that I plan on ordering, I’m planning on ordering the Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face pedal and a delay pedal to go along with it.

I want to get as much pedal effects as much as possible: I’m gonna get fuzz, delay, phasers, chorus, octave, tremolo, reverb, volume, etc. I want to get it all really!

I already have a distortion pedal, overdrive and a wah wah pedal but need more.

I want to make some serious rock n’ roll and you can’t do that when you want to play clean guitar sounds all the time so I need effects. I used to dislike guitar pedals but now I love ’em and want to start a collection. They can be useful for some things. They can be great for songwriting.

Kev

Next month in April, I will be buying a new electric guitar. When I said before I was gonna buy a new solid body electric, I was serious about it. I’ll have the cash ready pretty soon for me to go buy one. When I’m ready to buy the new electric guitar, I’m gonna go hit Parkway Music to find one. I’m sure I’ll be able to find a good solid body with a whammy bar that’s around the $300 price range. I’ll be buying one around the $300 price range ’cause I’m planning to buy a few pedals to go along with it. I’m gonna look for a fuzz pedal and a delay pedal. I’m sure Parkway will have both pedals for about $50. Parkway has all kinds of pedals there. Parkway Music in Clifton Park is a great store. I’m gonna try to go there more often to buy gear, I think. To hell with buying music gear online. Going to guitar shops is the best way to go.

I can’t wait to get a new electric guitar, though ’cause I’ve been wanting to get another one for a long while. I already do have an electric guitar but it’s a full hollow body. I think it’s good to have a solid body too ’cause I really need one. Plus, it’s always great to have a guitar collection. It’s great for musicians to have more than one guitar ’cause they all have a different feeling and different sounds.

I’m not too picky with guitars like a lot of musicians are these days, I’m not a perfectionist at all. I just go for guitars that look cool and sounds cool. Can’t wait to go to Parkway again. I want to focus on rock and metal guitar and I really need a solid body for that. I’m sure I’ll find myself a good one.

Kev