Quickest guitar lesson you ever had… 😀

Basically yeah, but that’s just my op…search my posts on Gsite…I never buy new musical instruments (instantly devalue and you have to break them in…2nd hand: Hold their value and already broken in…)
I don’t really see pedals as that much different a new one costs a lot…second hand they kinda plateau, would you ask exactly how many owners a 2nd pedal had had? Or would you just pay the going rate…?

[quote=”lee_UK”]I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the Digitech Multieffects pedal, it has thousands (slight exaggeration) of sounds you would find useful.
Give it a go, try it out in the store and then have a look at ebay for a used one.[/quote]

Yeah, agree with both these points, I used a multi to decide what actual stand-alone pedals I wanted then slowly started aquiring them as and when…bringing me neatly to the second point: All my effects are from pawn shops or (if I’m feeling extravagant!) second hand guitar shops (read, ebay, when I get round to sorting my Paypal)…makes getting your money back for any that you don’t click with a whole load easier.

I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the Digitech Multieffects pedal, it has thousands (slight exaggeration) of sounds you would find useful.
Give it a go, try it out in the store and then have a look at ebay for a used one.

I advised one of my guitar students to get one of these Digitech multi-effects units, and she’s very happy with it. It gives you a variety of programmable, adjustable effects for a decent price. I wouldn’t take it into the studio or on a world tour, but for a guitarist who’s just starting out, it’s a pretty good deal, and the effects don’t sound half bad.

I was going to suggest what your tutor suggested, a cry baby wah, problem with auto-wah is you have no control over a very intrusive effect, once it’s on you know it’s on, with a wah you can do so much more and have ultimate control.
Ive used Auto-wah and a few different wahs, and i always go back to the cry baby.
If you want a modulating sound have you thought about a phaser? a light phaser sound over an overdriven amp is quite nice.

Why not try a multi-effects first? find out what really works for you and then invest in a single pedal?

What sound are you trying to get? what pedals do you already have?
When you say ‘Envelope filter’ do you mean an Auto-Wah kind of sound?