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11-18-2008, 10:05 PM
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Let's say you are trying to fill a void on your pedal board.... Do you make a point to select pedals from a variety of different makers on your board, even if maybe three Boss (or Analogman or xyz) stomps happen to have the sounds you like best? I've found myself skipping over options just because I already have a pedal of that brand. |
11-18-2008, 10:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth, WA, Australia | | | No. If a pedal does the job, I get it regardless of brand and "connoisseur desirability".
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11-18-2008, 10:23 PM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | | I definitely don't choose pedals based on their brands. If it sounds good, it sounds good. What I do base pedal decisions on is price. If I can get something that sounds the same as a more expensive pedal (preferably with the same or similar signal path) then I'll easily opt for the cheaper pedal. It's the reason that there's a few reissue and cloned pedals on my board, and that I have had in my possession previously. |
11-18-2008, 10:50 PM
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11-18-2008, 11:03 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Is this a joke question?
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11-18-2008, 11:33 PM
| | | Actually I know what you mean. In planning out pedal buys, I never for two of the same company and will actively try to avoid it. But when it gets down to actual purchasing, I general go for what I like the sound of. So in my mind when I'm daydreaming about effects pedals and basses or whatever else I might be thinking of the idea of more than one of the same drives me crazy. But I have EHX pedals right now, so I'm obviously fine.
Strangely enough, I have the same problem with mix cds. If I want to listen to two songs by the same artist, or if I want to show someone else these songs, I have to make two cds. So I can't ever just give someone one mix cd, they end up with like 5 at the same time.
Numbers not divisible by three and asymmetrical floor tiling also drive me crazy. 
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11-18-2008, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by grovest  Do you make a point to select pedals from a variety of different makers... | Heck no!
I'd happily fill a ten story garage with my favourite German car brands and never lament not buying a Volvo!
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11-18-2008, 11:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego | | I buy my pedals based on their (brand)names and colors  *coughpink**coughRC*.... 
Who cares what they sound like!
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11-18-2008, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by WeightedWings Actually I know what you mean. In planning out pedal buys, I never for two of the same company and will actively try to avoid it. But when it gets down to actual purchasing, I general go for what I like the sound of. So in my mind when I'm daydreaming about effects pedals and basses or whatever else I might be thinking of the idea of more than one of the same drives me crazy. But I have EHX pedals right now, so I'm obviously fine.
Strangely enough, I have the same problem with mix cds. If I want to listen to two songs by the same artist, or if I want to show someone else these songs, I have to make two cds. So I can't ever just give someone one mix cd, they end up with like 5 at the same time.
Numbers not divisible by three and asymmetrical floor tiling also drive me crazy. | Got a touch of the OCD? Good thing your post was #6 
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11-19-2008, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by WeightedWings
Numbers not divisible by three and asymmetrical floor tiling also drive me crazy. | I try to lean the opposite way. I look for prime numbers and asymmetrical or unpredictable patterns.  |
11-19-2008, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Gashaponcito mmm I don't like boss pedals an I really don't know why... any other pedal is welcome in my board | no offense but this is a pretty uninformed attitude and you are cheating yourself out of some great deals
Admittedly, I have just a PS-3 and an LS-2. Boss pedals don't always do the trick, especially for us bass players, but they shouldn't be discounted entirely.
Think of it this way: would you turn your nose up at a piece of Roland gear without even checking it out first? No? So why do that in the case of Boss? Quote:
Originally Posted by fightthepower I buy my pedals based on their (brand)names and colors *coughpink**coughRC*....
Who cares what they sound like! | Indeed. When it comes to pink who cares about looks.
I mean sound, sorry
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11-19-2008, 08:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Birmingham, England | | | at present i dont have any 2 pedals from the same manufacturer.
i think im more attracted to pedals themselfs rather than the brand, but if its pink then thats a different story |
11-19-2008, 09:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | In the past, I had an all Boss board, and an all EHX board, on purpose. I tried to put one together with no 2 of the same brand, but wound up with more than 1 MXR pedal. Makes no sense at all, but I have this fx addiction, though my recovery is in full swing.
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