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Flashback 4x isn't a fashionable boutique pedal and ignoring Toneprint is very easy to use. It has analogue, tape, tube and other delay voicings and the classic TC 2290 digital delay voicing, which is actually quite similar to the DD3 sound. Tap tempo is very useful, particularly when jamming. Being able to sync up delay to track tempos can lead to very rhythmically interesting and musical results, no twiddling for the sake of it, but as I say I guess that's personal preference.
nothing sounds like a VB2 that is cheaper and rugged.
I had the Beefringer. It sounded great, I agree, but the switch was awful on mine and it felt like it would break if I stood on it the wrong way. I couldn't give it away at £25 either!!
Although most of the originals aren't rare or very expensive second hand, so whether they'd think it was worthwhile I don't know. I wouldn't want to pay Waza Craft money for them I don't think.
Tough? They're the usual shit 3PDTs. One of the best things about Boss is that they use proper buffered switching - OK the buffering is perhaps not quite as well-implemented as it could be.
There have been weeks when I've replaced as many 3PDTs in various pedals than I have Boss switches in thirty years. The very last thing you need is a cheap clone without the proper switching.
The case design is crap too - just a flat metal box with the knobs sticking up where you can knock them. The Boss casing is as perfect as any pedal has ever been.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/DS14A/overdrive-pedals/boss-ds-1-40th-anniversary-limited-edition-distortion-pedal
I find I do often knock the settings on any flat-casing pedal, but maybe I'm just clumsy!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The only pedal I've ever broken a switch on was my first pedal (a DOD Classic Tube), but I was a clumsy teenager with no mechanical sympathy then
Yes.
True bypass is used because it's easy to do - everyone who makes pedals tries it first as the parts are easy to source and no knowledge is required. However, I've never heard a true bypass 3pdt that doesn't make a thunk through the amp when actuated, which is really annoying to me.
There are better bypass implements in the boutique world - I think @ThorpyFX uses true bypass but sources expensive and very heavy duty switches - I've not tried anything of his, but his warthog (which sounds like it may be his take on a rat) is of great interest to me. @icbm has detailed an alternative wiring scheme with a 3pdt that increases reliability by giving redundancy to the bypass position (ie if the switch breaks the chances are it'll still pass signal through, so you'll get through a gig). @juansolo has built me a custom triple pedal that uses more reliable 2pdt switches and millennium bypass, effectively providing true bypass but more reliable - the super hard on style boost still pops when actuating, but the two fuzzes don't (I'm led to believe the super hard on just does that regardless).
By true bypass in most cases is the easiest and cheapest solution, plus it's a good marketing gimmick. I prefer to have buffers in my pedals for quiet switching, even if they do raise my noise floor compared to plugging straight in. The minor signal loss I get is less than running all true bypass pedals and easily made up with the amp settings.
The SHO is a very clever piece of kit in getting so much out of so few parts, but it can be done a lot better. Without the crackle (the knob essentially re-biases the fet which is the noise you're hearing, not a dead pot). Which is why when we decided to do our own fet booster, we used a few more (and it's not a copy of a SHO). It behaves impeccably now.
Ooo is that the... Ahem... Well endowed boost?
I might need to try it. Although the sho is always on when I use it so... I don't really have any issue.
Apologies and thanks for the correction.
Basically there are a lot of ways to skin this particular cat.