any audiophile guitarists out there?

one of the things i'm finding my audiophile ears are telling me is that most pedals are absolute crap and shouldn't be used.

granted, i've tried about 4. only one i liked was a $200 modified keeley tube screamer 808. pretty awesome.

that said, i like straight into the amp (and overdrive distortion) much better.

any other pedals to watch for>? i just ordered an area 51 wah. we'll see on it.

i found one. Hiwatt makes a 7w SE tube head.

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Hiwatt-Custom-7-7W-Tube-Guitar-Amp-Head?sku=487169#used

Rhyno - I generally detest pedals, but I like the stuff from Analog Man. He mods some popular pedals and also has a range of his own. I've got one of his chorus pedals and one of his compressors (the "Bi-Comprossor"). The compressor is especially nice.

I never used pedals until the Line six M-13 came out. The overdrive is still crap.... but the chorus and delay are surprisingly decent. Keep in mind this is over a heavily overdriven Bogner amp so.... YMMV.

I mostly use a Rivera Clubster, which sounds pretty decent, is very versatile, includes user friendly footswitching, and was reasonably inexpensive on the used market.

My main guitars are an inexpensive, entry level US Tele fitted with Joe Barden's "Danny Gatton" Pickups, a Veillettte Elan (a great piezo set-up), a Rick Turner Model One (the Lindsey Buckingham guitar with piezo, active electonics, one rotating magnetic pup at the neck), A Henman Bevelaqua S-1 (bolt neck, long scale, twin humbucker mashup with killer WCRs), and a half dozen or so archtops of varying design.

Pedals are like Capitalism. They suck, but they're better than anything else. Sometime you need that trem, or chorus...

Marty