What are your desert island effects?

[Leevibe]

I'm planning a multi effect build that is to contain my three most essential effects. I've done a lot of thinking about it and I've concluded that the three most essential effects for me are a good overdrive, tremolo, and delay. Most of what i need to do can be done with those three. It was hard to keep reverb out of there.

So, the tough question: If you could only have three effects, what would they be? No cheating. You can only pick three. A good guitar and nice amp can be accepted as given.

[alanp]

La Vache, Doppelganger, and ?Flange. Those 3 have been on my board (in one form or another) ever since I first built them.

[selfdestroyer]

My three would be...

Fuzz - Delay - Reverb

My first effect pedal was a v3 Big Muff and to this day I have yet to have a pedal board with at least 1 BMP variant on it. As of right now I have a Pharaoh (rully's PCB) on my board and I love it. I love my Strymon Timeline but if I had to condense down my delay of choice would be the Multiplex. As for reverb goes I am in love with my new Big Sky at the moment but if I was to condense that also, I would go with a Rub-A-Dub with a long brick.

I just started using modulation pedals like Chorus and Phaser recently. Not on my "must have" at this point but I am having fun with them.

Cody

[haveyouseenhim]

Dr. Boogie first and for most. Then deadastronaut's chasm reverb and a strymon delay.

The boogie for heavy chugging and signaling for rescue. And the reverb and delay for when those weird island mushrooms kick in.

[muddyfox]

La Vache, Doppelganger, and ?Flange. Those 3 have been on my board (in one form or another) ever since I first built them.

That'd be some enclosure! 
How many pots all in all?

[alanp]

Let's see... 2 on the LaVache, 6 on the Dopp, 6 on the Flange, so 14 pots, and...

2 on LaVache, 6 on the Dopp, 3 on the Flange (I'm including non-bypass stomps here), so 11 switches.

What can I say, options are nice.

[muddyfox]

Sounds like a desert island setup to me!   

[Droogie]

If I had to pare it down to three (and I never do):
Kingslayer
Zero Point DX
Tenebrion Reverb (or the new Rub a Dub Deluxe)

[LaceSensor]

These arent DIY buy I reckon I could just about live with

Dr Scientist The Elements
Strymon TimeLine
Digitech XP-1000

I just couldnt ever give up my space station, so cheating a bit Id get a 4-in-1 with the XP-1000


If we had to go DIY, it would be some kinda distortion pedal with as many EQ options and extra toggles / boost as possible.
Then a really nice delay. Probably a multiplex with all the bells and whistles (added reverb too if I am allowed)
Then the last would be a Doppelganger. So much modulation covered in that pedal.

[Willybomb]

Are we cheating and saying that the "good amp" has an awesome dirty channel?

I just need a tuner, chorus, and maybe some delay for fun times.

[midwayfair]

I'm pretty sure I'd be just fine with the El Cap (I can has favorite switch?) and my Imperial. If I can bring more than one pedal, it's a volume pedal and a Bearhug comp in that order.

[raulduke]

I'd probably have a delay, tremolo and a fuzz of some sort. That would do me just fine.

Slight derail: How do you like the Toneking Imperial Jon?

Was looking at the Fender Princeton Reverb reissue, but the Imperial looks like a more versatile beast (more expensive mind).

Had my eye on one for a while but the only places that sell them are a long way away from me.

[GermanCdn]

Only three pedals, and keeping it DIY

My Fatcomp (Afterlife/Fatpants Combo)

My Cardinal #2 Trem

My Time Machine (MPjr/Tenebrion Combo)

Since I've got no overdrives in their, my amp of choice would be my Traynor YCV20, because I usually gravitate back to it, and my guitar would be my PRS 513, cause 9 of the settings are really good.

[Leevibe]

Are we cheating and saying that the "good amp" has an awesome dirty channel?

Ooh. That changes the whole game doesn't it? I suppose there won't be anyone there to bust you.

I forgot to mention, this is kind of a magical island where strings and frets never wear out and AC outlets are on the palm trees. And what's that over there? A fridge? Sorry, no soldering irons or workbenches.

And no smoke monsters or "others."

[GermanCdn]

What's the downside to the magical island, and when can I arrange my banishment to it, as I really, really need some time to finish the follow up to my 1999 debut album.