Keith7940236 Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 I have always been an acoustic player and recently upgraded to an Eagle TDC and a Polytone Minibrute. I was told that the Minibrute is a good jazz amp. My question is, if I wanted to use the amp to play other styles of music, are there specific pedals that I could use with that particular amp for other effects? Thanks again, Keith
DetroitBlues Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 It all depends on what you want to play. I wouldn't think a full hollowbody archtop would be a great idea to play some hard rock stuff, but what you have should work well for the blues or rockabilly.
Bonefish Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 The Polytone amp should be able to handle whatever you want to throw at it. I agree with Detroit that the full hollowbody might not handle high distortion well. With that in mind, a good reverb pedal is a great staple product (e.g. EHX Holy Grail+), Other considerations may be a Tremolo (I have Seymour's Shape Shifter which probably has far more control than anyone really wants or needs from a tremolo pedal, but I've really enjoyed all the same) a delay pedal could also be a good fit (e.g. Boss DD-7 or DD-20). I have a couple Delay pedals and often just leave one set to a very short time with very little feedback which creates a "slapback" effect. Finally, a good Over Drive could be a lot of fun and create a great growl for that setup without being over the top. Speaking of over the top, a fuzz pedal can be a ton of fun to play with (can provide mad distortion and sustain).
Keith7940236 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 Wow! that is great to hear, I'm going to do some shopping shortly to add some effects!!
smurph1 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 Wow! that is great to hear, I'm going to do some shopping shortly to add some effects!! Enjoy!! The search is half the fun!!
Franke Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 I just picked up several of the digitech hardwire pedals. I HIGHLY recommend them. The rv-7 reverb is great. Cm-2 overdrive got me to actually replace my tubescreamer (good for blues OD) Sc-2 valve distortion (really good for rock and even 80's metal/thrash) These three pedals should be enough to cover almost anything you could need.
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