Hi all,As you'll find when reading this, l'm a complete newbie to guitar and a bit overwhelmed with making the right choices. So please forgive any incorrect terminology etc
l'm an Amateur organ / keyboard player who's always had a hankering, no pun intended, to learn guitar. So l borrowed a guitar for a few days just to see if l could work out the basics enough to know if l could make a go of it. Result was l've just bought a new Squier Classic Vibe 50 Strat. And before you ask, for some reason l found myself drawn to the Fiesta Red one
For time being, l'm using an amp from my keyboard and will buy a proper guitar amp at some point in the future.
l would like to have some effects, and this is where l'm in a quandary. It doesn't help that everything is a bit like double dutch when l look at what various pedals can do, as l'm totally lost by all the technical explanations. When l play the organ or keyboard l have various presets where l can toggle between the different sounds and call up the next sounds which are ready to change to. l searched for The Shadows sounds and found 2 pedals which use Shadows patches by art d'echo. As l know nothing about patches either, are these patches any good?
The pedals l liked the look of are both by Zoom, the G3x and G5. l've read comparisons of the 2 pedals and some favour the GX3 and others the G5. If l'm understanding what l've read the G3x toggles between the different settings easier than the G5 does, but l've also read that some people think the G5 sounds better, and is more flexible with the extra pedal.
What has also added to my confusion is l know a friend who plays guitar as a hobby. When l asked him about these pedals he basically looked down his nose at them and said serious guitarists only use single pedals. He has around 6 or 7 single pedals daisy chained together all doing various things, but when l asked about how l'd change to different sounds, he said l'd have to change the settings every time.
From my point of view, l want something like the Zoom with all the Shadows sounds,which l can change from sound to sound easily, and also something that doesn't cost silly money as it's only for my own enjoyment really. l've noticed both the Zoom models are discounted in a couple of places at the moment, which is another added bonus.
One last thing also connected to the pedals. l saw Hank play Cavatina years ago, and he was using a pedal on the notes like a sort of fade if that makes sense. l read somewhere that this was done with a volume pedal. If it was, is this something the volume pedal on the Zoom could also do? If it is, how's it done
Sorry for the long post, but thought it better to explain what l'm hoping to achieve. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer me.
