5 MUST Have Pedals For Epic Indie/Post-Punk Sounds!

In my opinion these 5 pedals are vital for a complete Post-Punk/Indie guitar sound. I think they've pretty much got you covered for all your needs!

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[Luke-Emmanuel]

love how honest and non self centred ur vids are, how vids should be done. great job !

[elliotvernon]

The old Boss BF2 Flanger with the full 12v input (that part is important) is instant 80s indie - once you know the sound you hear it everywhere.

[rbophonic]

This was great. As someone who played in bands of this era, I’d love a video on your story of finding this music and how you see it influencing your generation of musicians.

[nicolasmaurin]

Excellent selection of songs. I spent my youth listening to Joy D. and Cocteau Twins. Fun to see young guys having fun with this genre. 🎉

[professorpedropontes]

I was just impressed at how close you got to Matt’s sound with a pedal. Nicely done! Still regarding Tremolo units, I can’t recommend the Stereo Pulsar enough. Once you play it you’ll never look back, matey!

[fcmhockeyvideos]

My go-to distortion/always on pedal for all styles is the Digitech Screamin' Blues, which is a Blues Driver type, except it has one more EQ knob (like the Bad Monkey). It can go fuzz-like if pushed, but is only breaking up my amp a little under noon.

[gringogreen]

If you want an authentic 1980s sound, you are mainly looking at Standard pedals like Boss, a Rat, Electro Harmonix, etc... If you think about it it makes total sense in that there were much fewer choices. You are really better trying live versions as album effects are most likely studio gear more than pedals. I would say pedals in the studio would be more of a Shoegaze deal. 😉👍✨

[aluminati]

Excellent vid again, thanks. Agree on the usefulness of the TC Flashback. It's on my board, running those excact settings. Tape mode is sweet.

[CC-fipp]

The RAT's a good call. And you don't need the trem. Distortion > Chorus > delay > Reverb. 4 pedals, into a clean amp. Trem, flange, wah, and so on are all optional, the trem comes from Vox and certain other amps that had trem and also trem on guitars which is actually vibrato but it is not a necessity. Single coils and humbuckers will both work. Also the delay can be fully digital, although a lot of notable bands used 2 analog delays, you can also hear 1 digital delay (probably a dd-2) on a lot of post punk songs (they also use digital delay from the keyboards on synth parts too). Your rite that chorus is a must, specifically Roland/Boss chorus - Juno chorus, Roland Jazz Chorus or the pedals will all do the job.

[lavalizard]

Brilliant choices - it’s like you’re describing my pedalboard.. One space saving pedal is the Tomkat Day Dreamer - a lovely combo of echo and spring reverb. It NEVER leaves my gigging board. Cheers.

[jamesroy]

Excellent picks! I'm a big fan of distortion instead of overdrive: the Rat is a good choice generally, if nothing else because like many fuzzes and 70s distortions it responds well to rolling off guitar volume. It's taking me a lot to warm up to chorus again but I do like the chorus-y effect of running a vibrato into a delay, or a reverb. It's a different road to much the same thing. As for delay, I love an AD9. For reverb and trem, I tend to rely on my amp as much (Princeton Reverb, me) as I can but certainly putting those effects on a board ensures that you'll have them regardless of what kind of backline you wind up playing through.

[stuartchapman]

Love your vids, great era of music. Mar actually used five fender amp trems and had to keep chopping in different takes as the time drifts. He said that these days hed do it it logic or dome other DAW, so dont worry about cheating. He had the time and space of a pro studio, and a manager to run around sourcing the amps.

[nedim_guitar]

I've had the TC Electronic Hall Of Fame 2, it's a really good reverb pedal. It has all you need. But I found a good deal on the MXR M300 Reverb, because I know Allen Epley of Shiner and The Life And Times uses one. And the MXR reverb just blew me away! I sold the HOF2, which does have more reverbs and features, but the MXR reverb just sounds amazing to me! It feels very inspiring to play with it, especially the Epic setting.

[trunks]

I tend to use a flanger more like a chorus just to be a tad different but always stack it with a hall reverb. That or a modulated reverb to save space depends on how big the board is. I manly use a chase bliss mood with a midi controller these days and have everything set with multiple presets. The looper is the reason I own it it’s incredible.

[gcvrsa]

The ProCo RAT is definitely a great choice, as it was one of the most common distortion pedals of that era, especially because it was cheap. Although I myself didn't use a RAT back then, I appreciate it much more now.

[Madmax-rzhz]

Magazine's Real Life was a fave of mine when it came out, still love it today (different style but same tones, 999's Homicide)
Id probably swap out the chorus for a flanger, personal taste, the Colorsound was the 1st new pedal i bought

[gcvrsa]

You have just described my early 1990s post-punk into dreampop/shoegaze pedalboard. In my case, it was all Boss, because if Boss pedals were good enough for Robert Smith, David Byrne, and Johnny Marr, they were good enough for me. RV-2 Digital Reverb, PS-2 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay, CE-3 Chorus, PN-2 Tremolo/Pan, and HM-2 Heavy Metal, in addition to the overdrive/distortion, chorus, and reverb in my Ampeg VH-140C stereo 2x12 combo amp. I also used a Boss EH-2 Enhancer pedal, which I used more or less like one might use a treble booster.

[MrTheWimmer]

I can't recommend the super pulsar by electro harmonix (tremolo pedal) enough. It's got everything you need. Stereo ins and outs, expression pedal input assignable to any of the main potentiometers, Tapdivide, envelope filters for depth and rate, preset slots, and best of all; you can connect a clock from your DAW so that your problem with recording is a breeze.

[portstreets]

Hey, this is fantastic, super useful – off topic question, what are you using for drums, they sound massive.

[TheTwangKings]

Great video!! Super cool sounds. I use the Mooer D7 X2 multi delay which is great for alternative/ambient/shoegaze. Cheers from Montreal.