Well, I picked up a 2nd-hand DOD Digi Delay / Sampler in Auckland on a whim a few years ago, and it ended up being my staple guitar effect in my last band for 3 odd years - perhaps to the point of being overdone however! I also used a Boss Chorus II on some earlier songs for that early 90's grunge feel, but haven't had the need for it over the last 2 years. I also use a Boss 6-band EQ for that little bit of extra bass "grunt", or as a third channel on my Marshall to create a nice fuzzy mid-distortion in between the nice jangly clean and the blow-yer-head-off JCM900 overdrive. Way way back in the day I used to own a little Zoom digi effects unit, but had to sell it to make rent :-( Still wish I had that now - most of the guitar simulations were crap, but you could create some wierd and wonderful soundscapes and random noises when it was fully cranked up.

2x hotcake- full gain- 1 w/ midlift on- 1 w/ midlift off
1x prunes & custard- full gain & mix
1x dod fx94- on sample & repeat
1x roland se 201 w/ pedal
1x holden graphic 60 w/ trem full + pedal
1x duo concentric 7" + 15" speaker

Awesome thread... guitar geeks unite!!

Zoom Ultra Fuzz UF-01... quite possibly the coolest fuzz box ever IMHO. Nothing quite like it, except maybe the Z-vex Fuzz Factory ($$$).
Danelectro French Toast octave/distortion... the other coolest fuzz box ever. Basically same as the Foxx circuit Hendrix used ($$$).
DOD combination Wah/Volume... has presets for sweep range and 'Q' to adjust the sweetspot..

Have used:
Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer... a little too vanilla sounding by itself, but great as a gain booster (if not a little noisy..)
Boss DS1 distortion... very boxy sounding to my ears, but I know some people dig it.
Tech 21 XXL... awesome fuzzbox. Has the Butthole Surfers lead sound. Unfortunately mine was stolen, along with...
Ibanex FL9... this would be easy to recognise if you found it because I'd removed all the yellow paint on it. The coolest swirly flanger sounds I have ever heard, with the exception of...
Dunlop Univibe... only ever tried it out at the music store. I will probably never be able to afford one of these, but they are SOOOOO nice.
Red Witch... I'd easily settle for one of these instead of a Univibe. Made in NZ, beautiful polished crome casing, and some incredibly warm tremolo sounds. This is the pedal I want to get next...

I am a totally helpless guitar geek... but hey, that's me ;o)

All I use is the gain channels on my Trace Elliot Super Tramp Twin and a Jim Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Wah Pedal. I have a Peavy Delta Stomp effects unit, but can't find any reason to use it.

I guess I don't really do effects.

I use:
Big Muff,
Moggy (Combination Fatcat/other thing - made by Doubtful sound,)
Bette (midrange booster from Doubtful Sound - it takes my slightly tinny Mustang sound and drives the mids for a beautiful tone from my Orange :))
DOD Wah/Volume pedal (the same as foetusboy's) - But I only use wah, and it has been hotrodded by B' of Doubtful sound.
And some analogue delay pedal.

So yeah - any new pedals I'm gonna get are Doubtful Sound ones. He can make brilliant pedals at reasonable prices. He can copy other pedals, and modify them at any stage. But he won't make you a hotcake or a prunes...

i use ibanez tube screamer for those piercing lead breaks
for a more grunty tone I rely on my big muff
I have a lot of fun with my old zoom which used to hook onto my guitar strap.
Now it just rests on my amp (particularly favour sfx2)
and lately been using a standard line of boss; compressor, heavy metal, phaser, flanger, plus a carlsberg mono chorus pedal for that childrens birthday party sound.
i love my aria analogue dual echo pedal.
if i need a more pious sound i like to plug in through my casio dictaphone and out into the amp
when i'm trying to sound like sting I use my boss ME-6 (great stereo chorus and flange)
if i want to sound like a twiddly dick I like to use my hotcake through an old DOD chorus pedal
and lately i've been using the DOD grunge pedal..
2 months ago I put a jack in my landline with a headphone out from my mobile into the amp
once i made the call and compensated for the delay it gave my sound a real blunt tone.
i was trying to make my guitar sound unenthusiastic and it was reasonably successful
Lately I've also been experimenting with new picking techniques, I ditched my jim dunlop plectrum in favour of a small piece of cardboard but found that made my playing sound too slimy.
But yesterday i tried playing with a small dead bird my cat found in the garden and left on the mat outside the back door
I found this gave a really nice variation in tone
sometimes you hit the strings with the beak but most of the time it was just the feathers
and as I got further into the track I was recording, the bird lost a lot of feathers.
the sound was okay, its quite hard to describe
at the beginning it was sort of sharp like a dolphin call but by the end when the bird was bald, each strum was like a loud sneeze.
i've been using a slide a lot lately and damn it's great with those heavy strings
open g minor tuning and a little bit of hand cream (i've been using oil of ulan)
+ if you want that classic seventies rock sound a good technique i found was lathering my strumming hand in nail varnish and really flicking those strings.
this is better for long sessions cos once it dries it's a mission to get off
but not only do you get the sound
you get the look
and in music that's the most important thing

huh?

I actually think your really funny. i personally wouldnt know anything about "bryan adams'. Sorry for any offence my attempted "humourous" post caused Christianity.

I used to run a MArshall JMP1 Preamp into a Stereo Peavey Classic 50/50 vavle power amp with a Boss SX700 for tap tempo delay and a Midiverb 3 for chorus, and use a Marshall tremelo pedal, Ernie ball volume, and Dunlop crybaby wah. I had 2 of those 2x12 which looked like a cabniet sawn vertically in half.

I loved that rig and used it for covers, sessions, and playing thru Asia (Hard Rock Cafe circuit).

Got stolen from my car in 2001 - bastards.

Now I run a MesaBoogie Nomad 45 with just a delay, using a USA Tele Deluxe.

I miss the big rig sometimes, but for most of the stuff I play now the Boogie is awesome.

I'd love to build another monster rack though - being able to switch sounds instantly is great for live (rather than oodles of stompboxes to tap dance your way thru)

Cry Baby Wah Pedal.
Any kind of Phaser is cool with me.

not a huge fan of reverb.