In Praise Of Cheap (Good) Pedals

Teyeplayer

AlexC said:

@Teyeplayer Ammon Vintage Phaser - big orange pedal with one knob? I’ve got one of those. Sounds great. I use it all the time.

That’s the one, sorry fat thumbs and spelling random pedal companies risks becoming phonetic!
I agree, cracking pedal. I guess it’s an mxr 45/90 clone? Sounds grand though.

boogieman

lysander said:

I got a bunch of cheap pedals recently.
The one I liked the least was the donner morpher ( Suhr Riot clone ) - maybe I'm not using it right, demos of similar clones seemed to sound awesome but I found it sounded boxy and cheap.

However, the Caline orange burst ( BB clone (?)) is great, and the Caline Blue Sky ( Timmy clone ) into orange burst is absolutely sick.
The blue sky is quite meh into a clean amp, but really comes alive stacked with the orange burst, with the gains of both half way through it sounds like a marshall about to explode, in a good way.

I was going to say about the Pure Sky, it’s a great pedal no matter what it cost. I use mine in front of my other drive and fuzz pedals (Hoof, DLS and Sunset) and it really adds something special. 

skullfunkerry

I don’t know how much they are second-hand, but the Danelectro Cool Cat pedals were dirt cheap when they came out and the ones I tried (Vibe, Chorus and some sort of metal drive) were great...

joetele

skullfunkerry said:

I don’t know how much they are second-hand, but the Danelectro Cool Cat pedals were dirt cheap when they came out and the ones I tried (Vibe, Chorus and some sort of metal drive) were great...

Yep. The chorus is legitimately good. 

ICBM

skullfunkerry said:

I don’t know how much they are second-hand, but the Danelectro Cool Cat pedals were dirt cheap when they came out and the ones I tried (Vibe, Chorus and some sort of metal drive) were great...

I just picked up a Transparent Overdrive to try, so I can see if it's as good as a Timmy... although it's a while since I played one of those. Supposedly a circuit copy.

joetele

ICBM said:

skullfunkerry said:

I don’t know how much they are second-hand, but the Danelectro Cool Cat pedals were dirt cheap when they came out and the ones I tried (Vibe, Chorus and some sort of metal drive) were great...

I just picked up a Transparent Overdrive to try, so I can see if it's as good as a Timmy... although it's a while since I played one of those. Supposedly a circuit copy.

Yeah they got in trouble didn't they? Hence the V2 which isn't as good. 

5redlights

The cool cat fuzz is also excellent. Reverb just did a video featuring it as one of Andy's top 5 underrated pedals. 

marantz1300

Arion SAD-1delay. plastic body, lush warm tone and cheap as chips.

I also had a cash converters result.
 An early 80's Ibanez TS9 with the JRC 4558D chip. £39.

Badnotes

 https://imgur.com/a/JSevBqC

Cost me £17 quid from Amazon on prime day. Excellent budget analogue delay. 

AlexC

Badnotes said:

 https://imgur.com/a/JSevBqC

Cost me £17 quid from Amazon on prime day. Excellent budget analogue delay. 

I have one of those. And yes - it’s great.

joetele

After all the recommendations for the Behringer SF300, and being on the hunt for a fuzz, and an online vendor emailing me to tell me they were back in stock for £20, decided to give it a go. I think really I need more of a Big Muff style sound but I do like the Boss FZ-2 so will see what the Behringer is like.