F/X Petals for 80's Hair Metal?

[tjwilson]

Ok this is continued from my other post on which amp to use for 80's hair metal. I still haven't decided on which amp yet but I did get a steal on a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp. I got it for $100.
So I need to know what f/x petals to use with this amp to get the 80's hair metal sound? I am still goung to gey another amp, I think I will use this as a practice amp.

Thanks

[chrisolson]

Re: F/X Petals for 80\'s Hair Metal?

THAT IS A STEAL! Not exactly a metal amp by any stretch of the imagination however... You'll probably need something like these pedals...

1)Metal distortion pedal
2)Delay
3)Chorus
4)Phaser or flanger
5)Wah

I have used all the above with Boss, and there are few better. That's probably a good metal (or any other kind of music for that matter) starter kit to try. Good luck!

[Riffmeister]

Re: F/X Petals for 80\'s Hair Metal?

I'm with Chris, although I prefer the MXR phase 90, and use a Morley wha. I have a Boss bf-2, but I'm not real happy with it. It creates a huge volume boost when kicke in.

[chrisolson]

Re: F/X Petals for 80\'s Hair Metal?

Oops - I didn't mean a Boss wah - I used a Morley too. Mine was the one with wah-distortion-volume. Pretty cool IMHO. I didn't really use a Phaser much if at all, so I'm sure there are better ones out there like the MSR, but chorus and delay are both great with Boss.

[lerxstcat]

Re: F/X Petals for 80\'s Hair Metal?

The BOSS HM-2 is a pretty 80s-metal sounding distortion, and they're only $25
to $30 on Ebay these days. I also agree
about the other effects named above; you
need 'em all to get that hairband sound!
They'll all sound good driving that tube
amp too!

Lerx

[toejam]

Re: F/X Petals for 80\'s Hair Metal?

I've seen some flowers with nice petals, but never with any pedals. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[rockyourfacein]

Re: F/X Petals for 80\'s Hair Metal?

volume pedal - set to 0.
[img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
just kidding! really alls you would need is a distortion pedal of some sort, maybe even a few of them layered on top of each other to get that metal going. unless you wanted to make some crazy effects. maybe you'd want a delay or a talkbox or something. good luck!