Worst pedal you've owned?

ThePrettyDamned

I love the q tron though, and they're not all that common...

Sorry. However, I'll remember you in case I change my mind.

robmac5150

Boss EH2 simply coz (as i remember when i had one years ago) it's effect was subtle i couldnt tell it was doing anything. I was pretty young then though so maybe its brill!

robmac5150

robmac5150;123637" said:

Boss EH2 simply coz (as i remember when i had one years ago) it's effect was so subtle i couldnt tell it was doing anything. I was pretty young then though so maybe its brill!

lustycourtier

I used to gig a Q torn, but it was a big pedal for just one sound so it went. 

Gassage

Effectrode PC2 Compressor, but I think it was dodgy in some way.

Stevepage

MXR MC402. Really didn't like it. Found it turned my tone to mush.

Headphones

Might I offer the EHX worm?

It claims to be tremolo, vibrato, phaser and wah, yet does neither well and what it does do is covered in so much hiss the craving for bacon is truly irresistible.

I foolishly bought it on impulse (mail order) as a quick read suggested it did all at once rather than one at a time - I was trying to nail the solo sound from Genesis' "Counting Out Time" without the tap dancing...

Always though that song should have been a monster hit, it presses so many buttons - all in numbered sequence too...

stickyfiddle

Headphones said:

Might I offer the EHX worm?

It claims to be tremolo, vibrato, phaser and wah, yet does neither well and what it does do is covered in so much hiss the craving for bacon is truly irresistible.

I foolishly bought it on impulse (mail order) as a quick read suggested it did all at once rather than one at a time - I was trying to nail the solo sound from Genesis' "Counting Out Time" without the tap dancing...

Always though that song should have been a monster hit, it presses so many buttons - all in numbered sequence too...

I had one of them. It was ok, but not spectacular. True to EHX-of-old it was a ridiculously big box, and needed its own PSU too. I liked the vibrato setting though

TimmyO

Stevepage said:

MXR MC402. Really didn't like it. Found it turned my tone to mush.

Hey @fretmeister you were wondering about one of these weren't you? 

fretmeister

I was!

After your comments I read loads of reviews and decided against it!

ICBM

Headphones said:

Might I offer the EHX worm?

It claims to be tremolo, vibrato, phaser and wah, yet does neither well and what it does do is covered in so much hiss the craving for bacon is truly irresistible.

The one I tried was massively hissy as well. Should have been called the Snake.

Drew_TNBD

Ehx metal muff. It sucks cajones.

DannyP

Imagine a tubescreamer encased in marshmallow under a mattress in a mosquito-infested pillow factory and it might sound a bit like the...

DOD Classic Tube.

"But can't you pull down the gain a bit and just use it to drive a nice amp?" - NO.

"But aren't there any weird extreme setting that one can use for something quirky now and again, as one can on so many shit pedals?" - NO.

hugbot

Slightly cheating because I havent actually tried it yet, but my other guitarist send me  a demo of the EHX holy stain the other day going "check this out it sounds awesome" but distorted reverb just sets my teeth on edge and Im begging him not to buy it.

Worst pedal i've owned? Line 6 AM4. And I got good use out of both the POD and the uber metal. The AM4 however was just abysmal and has since been disowned from their website.

ICBM

DannyP said:

DOD Classic Tube.

"But can't you pull down the gain a bit and just use it to drive a nice amp?" - NO.

"But aren't there any weird extreme setting that one can use for something quirky now and again, as one can on so many shit pedals?" - NO.

I had one of those as well. Dire. I swapped it for a Supra Distortion, which was much less crap. I actually had a whole pedalboard of DOD pedals, because a shop I worked for was a dealer and I got them at trade price. The analogue delay was very nice, the little wah was quirky and quite cool (although very different from a traditional wah), but the rest were really pretty ordinary.

It was only years later that I discovered the FX25 Envelope Filter (the 2-knob version is better) which is anything but ordinary! I know a lot of people don't like it but for me it's brilliant.

Col_Decker

Stevepage said:

MXR MC402. Really didn't like it. Found it turned my tone to mush.

fretmeister said:

I was!

After your comments I read loads of reviews and decided against it!

I've got one of them too. I use it as a solo boost (on the pedals boost channel) which is AWESOMEZ. The gain channel is utter pants though. I should probably switch it out for my MXR Micro Amp for the solo boost, but that only has a red LED, where as the 402 has a blue one. Ummmmmm

MattG

I used to hate DS-1's too but i found that using them at a low gain setting on an already not too driven amp gave gome good blues soloing tones or harder rock sounds

my H&K warp factor on the other hand, on the lowest of gain settings is just about usable but other than that it is the worst pedal that i have ever heard!

thomasw88

Have had quite a few that I've bought, gone wtf is that and then shifted it on pronto.

Lazy J Cruiser is one of the worst imo/   Bought it extremely excited by the hype and the videos, tried it at two band practices and couldn't get it to do anything well. Shifted it on pronto.

chrisj1602

dindude said:

EHX LPB-1 boost. If you want to turn your lovely valve amp into sounding like a 70s transistor nightmare, this is the pedal for you.

Yes, have to agree with this.  I got to the studio, plugged it in, 5 minutes later I just gave it away to our other guitarist.  Seemed to work OK with his amp though.

57Deluxe

samzadgan;123316" said:

so all you need to do is max all the knobs!

Blimey - my neighbours would love that...