Have you ever bought a pedal...

57Deluxe

...No

But I don't get swayed by the herd and mega price tags. I buy after a good deal of auditing online etc and then as cheap as, so if i don't like it is nothing wasted..

BUT I have pedals that when I bought them gave me a new area of tone to work with from what I had before, but maybe later, is bettered by something new that has arrived.

Keeping things simple means I really work at getting the best from my gear and get very satisfying results and I very rarely have PAS. I get great pleasure from my silly deal bargains I find.

Gagaryn

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menamestom said:

Did anybody ever buy one of these? 

it has a scat setting so must be shite. ;-)

ICBM

GavRichList said:

What's wrong with the enclosure?? 

Nasty little flat box thing with controls and switches sticking up, at least according the pics!

I've sold all my pedals with round metal switches, flat enclosures or both, and I'll never buy another one, ever - I'm entirely serious. Or a mini-pedal.

All pedals should have proper buffered electronic switching, protected knobs and be a decent size so they can run on batteries and not flip over if you tread on them wrong…

gibsongretschfan said:

Rotovibe!

gibsongretschfan said:

Rotoshite!

I really liked mine. I lent it to a chap and forgot about it, and then lost touch with him… it's out there somewhere!

ThePrettyDamned said:

Ehx double muff. Tried it on its own and was amazed and the dynamics and range of tones, fell in love. Put it after buffers - shit. Put it *before* buffers - shit. Put it before *anything!!* and it just became flat and lost all dynamics. Very strange pedal. If someone fixed that, it'd be amazing - it's the only pedal I've ever used that didn't work with a buffer after it, and I don't really know why. 

Maybe @ICBM will know the physics. 

No, but you're right. Very annoying, since it sounds fantastic on its own.

samzadgan

Boss ce3
pigtronix philosophers tone
mi audio optical compressor
boss dd20

on the topic of compressors...I've tried a lot and the ego tops the list for me...if I wanted to spend less then it would be the mxr custom comp. 

jpttaylor

Mooer Pure Octave - what a waste of money. Doesn't track well (which is fine, my PS-5 isn't perfect) but even when drifting it sounded horrible.

Dopesick

DOD Boneshaker - got some decent lower gain tones, but considering it's a higher gain distortion pedal for lower tuned guitars, I couldn't get a good sound out of it.

Digitech are throwing these out at lower prices now so I feel slightly justified.

Winny_Pooh

Suhr Riot, too processed sounding

equalsql

Joyo Octave Fuzz.  More like pissed off bees in a tin can.

TTBZ

Yeah, DOD Carcosa. Its not a bad fuzz but i only liked it at home. It took me a band practice to realise it's far too compressed for the kinda sound I wanted.

octatonic

I bought a Keeley Metal Zone.
No, really I did.

I must have been smoking crack that day.
I still have it- because no-one will take it off my hands.
Numpty.

Reverend

octatonic said:

I bought a Keeley Metal Zone.
No, really I did.

I must have been smoking crack that day.
I still have it- because no-one will take it off my hands.
Numpty.

There must be a market for them seeing as how many people love Crowbar. 

ICBM

octatonic said:

I bought a Keeley Metal Zone.
No, really I did.

I must have been smoking crack that day.
I still have it- because no-one will take it off my hands.
Numpty.

Shame it's not the Boss one or I might buy it.

octatonic

ICBM said:

octatonic said:

I bought a Keeley Metal Zone.
No, really I did.

I must have been smoking crack that day.
I still have it- because no-one will take it off my hands.
Numpty.

Shame it's not the Boss one or I might buy it.

Of course I mean the Keeley-modded Boss MT2, you pedant!

ICBM

That *is* what I meant . I don't want one that's been buggered about with.

octatonic

ICBM said:

That *is* what I meant . I don't want one that's been buggered about with.

You sure????.... it is really excellent.

Sassafras

I've been very disappointed by every EHX pedal I've bought. Noisy unreliable things and I've tried various Big Muffs but couldn't get on with them.
I also tried a few chorus pedals in the 80s but it's a vile effect I just can't use.
The only one I hung onto was the Arion because it adds a certain something as long as the chorus and speed are turned right down.

boogieman

ICBM said:

Roger Linn AdrenaLinn III

I should have known better really, since I had a MkI which lasted about a year before I finally accepted that I just couldn't integrate it effectively into my setup. For some reason I thought I would give it another go, so I bought a III… which was even worse. Put it up for sale after a day, literally.

I've got a mk3. It's got some great sounds in it, shame it's so bloody difficult to set up and use. The user interface is terrible, I can't imagine how anyone uses it in a gig situation unless it's with midi switching. 

MrMusic

Zvex Super Seek Wah, looked awesome but was pretty naff. Expected more from Zachary! 

DesVegas

Sassafras said:

I've been very disappointed by every EHX pedal I've bought. Noisy unreliable things and I've tried various Big Muffs but couldn't get on with them.
I also tried a few chorus pedals in the 80s but it's a vile effect I just can't use.
The only one I hung onto was the Arion because it adds a certain something as long as the chorus and speed are turned right down.

Yep, i could do with a small stone on my board but their bad stone popped so loud everytime im now using a digital copy of the small stone in the zoom multistomp. I do have a tone wicker muff on the board which is pretty darn fabulous but, does have a dicky switch, i dont really use that part of the pedal so all is good (so far)

clarkefan

ICBM said:

I've sold all my pedals with round metal switches, flat enclosures or both, and I'll never buy another one, ever - I'm entirely serious. Or a mini-pedal.

All pedals should have proper buffered electronic switching, protected knobs and be a decent size so they can run on batteries and not flip over if you tread on them wrong...

This. I'm all Boss now except for a Phase 90 and a Mooer Electric Lady.

The Mooer bangs not pops when you stand on it, plus that switch is too damn close to the knobs.

The Phase 90 only clicks, but still annoying.

Enter the Boss LS-2 and all is good

I've got each in a separate loop (for now anyway), and on the back line away from my feet, just turn them both on once and go.

Each also now has an independent volume I'm working with, plus each in parallel together should I want that, plus no more bangs, clicks, knocked settings, done, thank you Boss