I’ve been trying to build up my pedal collection over the last few years and think I’m pretty much there, researching for hours really helps with the decision making process. Also understanding how you want to use effects helps with choosing. And having a clear credit card
First two I got were Strymon Timeline and Eventide Space which is a really great combination and arguably all you really need. Both are deep pedals and with a bit of diving into the menus you can create pretty much any type of delay or reverb you could want. Plenty tweaking available.
I got an Oto Biscuit for that grit and filter, the pitch shifting is cool too - and it can be a synth if you want. It is also not something that everyone has which makes it cool for adding a bit of unique layer to your sound. Liked it so much that became a bit obsessed with getting my hands on the new Oto effects units (BIM and BAM) which have been worth the wait (and obsessing over). Really fun to use and great for adding interesting modulation and punchy reverb/delay effects, only just scratched the surface of these guys. They both have a freeze button which is really cool function for live performance.
Most recently I’ve added some distortion/saturation with dual Moog Drive pedals and a Strymon Deco so trying to cover the odd and even harmonic distortion. Plus more filter with the Drives. I have been surprised by extent of extra dynamic control adding these distortions/boosts to the chain has given me.
Waiting for an EH V256 Vocoder to arrive which I thought would be a fun thing to play around with.
I keep on saying to myself “just one more piece of equipment and I’ll have the perfect setup” and never seems to be true but the final pedal on my list is a Fairfield Randy’s Revenge to use with my Rhodes sounds.
Happy to expand on the qualities of any of these pedals if you want more detail.