Boss/Fish & Chips EQ stompbox

[The-Warlord]

Are these thigns worth? Can one greatly improve the sound>? I'm thinking it made become tedious by having an EQ on the Distortion, EQ pedal, Amp and sound board...Any comments on how to properly use an EQ pedal?
Thanks, as always

 

[ShredCow]

well, an EQ is a nice tone shaper, but do you really need it? Look at the pros ard you, do most of them use eq pedals?

Also, how good an EQ works depends on your settings, totally on your settings.

The Danelectro F&C is a nice pedal for the dough, cheap and good. A nice beginner's eq.

How to properly use an EQ? Well, move the sliders sparingly. You've been playing for some time now, so I don't think you are the "gain on 11, treble at 8, mids at 1, bass at 11" kind of person.

Personally, i feel that EQs are really meant as an on/off effect. When you need it, turn it on, otherwise its off. I am against the idea that you must have an eq on ALL the time... its like your room is very cold, so you wear a coat all the time. Why not turn off/ raise thermostat of your air con? The root issue would be your guitar, so it doesn't make sense to me, to plonk an eq there to cover up all the time.

 

[Kwerty]

I've tried both pedals, personally I prefer Dan Electro.

I feel that Electro's EQ pedal can shape the sound better. Usually, I use my EQ pedal when the vocals not singing, say intro, outro, solo. To have that "tonality difference" in the song. If not it will sound very plain and stagnant.

It's up to you actually, if you can handle your volume pot properly I guess it is also another "cheaper" alternative. Unless you want to have a thicker/round sound for your solos etc, I'll suggest you buy it.

Shredcow has a point, don't need to on throughout the sound, but I'll recommend all players to buy one, for Booster/Tone shaper purpose.

 

[GuitarNoob]

well, an EQ is a nice tone shaper, but do you really need it? Look at the pros ard you, do most of them use eq pedals?

tts because the pros have 3-4 ampheads backstage :lol:

 

[RazrAsh]

i only use the eq for a mid boost, works well for that, but other than that, i leave it off.. but gonna bring it down to randolf to mod soon... the ge7 is uber noisy... well, to me that is..