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11-18-2009, 09:40 PM
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Hey, I'm interested in getting an equalizer pedal for my board. I'm looking for something with a lot of tone shaping ability; I don't know much about EQ pedals, but I do like the look of the Boss GEB-7 because of the 7-band EQ it offers. I've got about $150 to spend, and as of right now I'm leaning towards the Boss. Any other recommendations/reasons not to go with the Boss?
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11-19-2009, 03:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wakefield, UK | | | There's no reasons why you shouldn't go to the Boss but there are other options within your price range. Do you definitely want a graphic EQ?
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11-19-2009, 08:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | I'm not a fan of graphic eq's, but I likes me some eq in my signal path. For $125, you could own the Barber Linden, which is a very simple, 3 knobs and 2 switches, and adds lots of sweet warm bottom to my signal.
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11-19-2009, 08:27 AM
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11-19-2009, 04:13 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | I use the Boss GE-7 as a kind of shaper behind my OC-2 and then feed it into either a MoogerFooger LPF-101, or a EHX Q-Tron. |
11-20-2009, 04:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Norway | | | The Boss GEB-7 is a great pedal, much better than expected. I use it to get something totally different for a few tunes, and it does that very well. I prefer graphic EQs because that's what I'm most familiar with, but Boss has a semi-parametric EQ pedal as well I believe.
Another great EQ is the Yamaha NE-1 (aka Nathan East "magic box").
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11-20-2009, 02:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: rochester, NY | | | don't get stuck in the 'stompbox' mindset. What kind of amp do you use? Would it be feasible to add a 1U 31-band eq? In my guitar rig... I had a Marshall Halfstack. Hidden in the back of the head I kept an old DOD dual 15 band I picked up for $10 at a garage sale. I got constant compliments, even from soundguys, on the tone coming out of a marshall valvestate (as opposed to nicer amps). Get all the fancy pedals and effects you want, but a real tone junky should know tone is just a result of eq. (harmonic series, transients, etc...it's nature)
I have a B2R Rack head, with a 9-band built in, but also use a 31 band in my rack sometimes.
If 3 bands are good, and 7 are better, then logically 31 is the best. Of course, anything semi or full parametric would be sweet. |
11-20-2009, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by walker rosewood If 3 bands are good, and 7 are better, then logically 31 is the best. Of course, anything semi or full parametric would be sweet. | This seems kind of contradictory ^. First you say that 31 bands is 'best' then suggest parametric EQ.
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11-20-2009, 02:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: rochester, NY | | | you're right, I meant if going with graphic, 31 is best. As far as full parametric vs a 31 band graphic... pros and cons to each, dips into the realm of opinion. |
11-20-2009, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by walker rosewood you're right, I meant if going with graphic, 31 is best. As far as full parametric vs a 31 band graphic... pros and cons to each, dips into the realm of opinion. | Now we're in agreement  . I personally prefer parametric EQ, much more tweakable. I can see why a graphic would be preferred for live use though, it's really...well...graphic  .
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11-20-2009, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NNJ/NYC | | | Li'l higher than the OP's price range (if purchased new), but the Carl Martin Parametric Pre/DI is a nice li'l tone shaping tool that breathes alotta life into some pedals that need it... and it comes w/a NICE DI too. One of these days I'll crack mine open and look into modding it for an adjustable Q as well, just cuz I'm a control freak like that. |
11-20-2009, 03:32 PM
| | | | I've had really good success with the MXR 10 band eq pedal. Mind you I recently got rid of it and replaced it with the Tech 21 VT but it served me well for a few years.
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11-20-2009, 03:53 PM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | Graphic EQs are excellent tools and it's hard to beat the GEB7 for size, sound and durability. but the MXR 10 bands are pretty nifty. |
11-21-2009, 09:10 AM
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