Top 5 Starter Guitar Pedals

My Favorite Guitar + Filming Gear at Sweetwater

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[Smitty_Werbenjagermanjenson]

"Cuz what's more fun than playing with yourself?" - Marty 2017

[creeepperfan]

My first pedal was a boss ds1 distortion pedal its a great distortion pedal

[Schweiz]

I just realized that our lord and savior Marty has never done a video without a hat on.

[bruh]

Distortion pedal
Looper pedal
Wah pedal
Chorus Pedal
Tremolo pedal

[totodepatas]

This is a very realistic, specific and overall extremely useful tutorial for beginners. I'm sure this is what a beginner is truly looking for. Thank you.

[goodgulfgas]

My first pedal, and my only pedal for a long time, is my Tube Screamer (TS-9). If you're amp doesn't have reverb built in, I would suggest a reverb pedal as one of the first few pedals.

[papajoe.]

5 years ago I picked up my guitar and I stumbled upon your original YouTube channel and I cant believe how many songs I learned from you and all my credit goes out to you man

[matnasa]

you've really hit the jackpot with these kinds of videos, only improvement I can think of would be have a ten second demo of each sound.

Keep it up marty! been following you for 5 years since I started learning to play.

[Cascademenace]

My first pedal was the Ditto Looper, and I couldn't be happier with it. It is very easy to use and has been instrumental to developing my timing and lead playing. My friend just gave me a Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal. Having a lot of fun with this classic crunch maker. Think I'll look into the delay next.

[irvwayshort]

Man, it would be nice to see you demo these pedals. Thanks for all the awesome vids. I give you most the credit in my guitar education so far.

[iceeizzy]

Great video Marty. I think a lot of us would appreciate more of these starter videos for guitars or amps. Keep up the great work!!

[agusisla]

"because what's more fun than playing with yourself?" lolololololol

[Noah-vxrc]

Another great video Marty! Glad to see some reccomendations for the newer guitar player such as myself! Good Job!

[mairenared]

Great advice Marty. I use a looper for practising my soloing skills and an overdrive pedal is always good if you want to heard above the rest of the band when you take a solo. I also have a Dunlop Cry Baby though I use it sparingly as too much wah wah can be tiresome. I also play slide on a Danelectro 56-U2 and find that a compressor pedal comes in useful to get more sustain. I used to have a Dynacomp but eventually splashed out on an Origin Effects Slide Rig to get that Lowell George sound. I find the built-in reverb on my tweed Blues Junior is more than enough but I do like the shimmer of a tremolo pedal every now and then.

[azdh]

Fulltone OCD is my fav - the only pedal I am currently using - into my peavey ValveKing II.

[christophschuermann]

Nice video! I use a clean booster, tuner and compressor as the first input pedals on every pedalboard.

[VincentDeBellis]

Love your channel man. Thank you so much for all the amazing info

[ericjam]

Took your recommendation and purchased the Line 6 M9 Multi Effects pedal. Really happy I listened to your suggestion. It does quite a bit for one unit. Thanks Marty.

[jaydensecor]

Hey Marty! Thanks for making this video! I really needed it, keep up the good work🤘🏻

[jakelukeswift]

this video couldn't have come at a better time. I'm off to buy my first pedal this weekend and I'll definitely be checking these suggestions out. Cheers Marty!