Sold a EHX, it arrived dead, buyer sent it back, spindly cheapo little bit of wire had broken away from the circuit board, I redid the joint and sent it back. No more EHX for me.
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Ever bought a lemon pedal?
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Yeah I really like the clean blend, which they rightly touted.
The one I had when engaged it either gave fuzz or no signal at all, and when I jiggled the foot switch I could get it to cut in and out.
I recently decided to start using a Big Muff Pi pedal, my one and only pedal. Well, besides my tuner pedal.
I ordered it from a big online retailer here in Europe, Thomann. The funny thing is, I ordered a whole bunch of stuff
for various people as Thomann waives their shipping fee for orders over 300 Euro.
About a week later, we get all the stuff, I dole it out to the other folks. No one had problems.
I happily unpack my Big Muff, plug it in and, sounds like Big Crap. It was cutting out the volume,
flipping the selector switch didn't change anything, sounded lousy. I swapped out the battery in
the pedal and in my bass, no change. Used different cables, no change.
Contacted Thomann and, in true Thomann style, they emailed me a return label with all expenses paid,
I sent back the pedal, they sent me a new one, which worked perfectly.
I ordered it from a big online retailer here in Europe, Thomann. The funny thing is, I ordered a whole bunch of stuff
for various people as Thomann waives their shipping fee for orders over 300 Euro.
About a week later, we get all the stuff, I dole it out to the other folks. No one had problems.
I happily unpack my Big Muff, plug it in and, sounds like Big Crap. It was cutting out the volume,
flipping the selector switch didn't change anything, sounded lousy. I swapped out the battery in
the pedal and in my bass, no change. Used different cables, no change.
Contacted Thomann and, in true Thomann style, they emailed me a return label with all expenses paid,
I sent back the pedal, they sent me a new one, which worked perfectly.
My first SolidGoldFX Beta--the light came on when engaged, but it had no sound/no hum--just dead silence. Returned for an exchange and worked perfectly. Good customer service goes a long way towards a trustworthy product and happy customers
Yeah I've had a couple > one was painfully bad.
I'm guessing they'd had a big night before or something, and popped in transistors/electrolytic caps the wrong way around or something?
Who knows > I just know that since two of the controls did absolutely nothing and the pedal sounded nasal and awful.....
I'll not name and shame here (small boutique builder), but I'll not buy a pedal from them again.
My Porkloin died on me once, just after my warranty expired. Not a dud, solid 2 years of use. Sent it to Dunlop and because it died close enough to the date of my warranty they fixed the pedal and shipped it back...no charge.
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Do you still have it? I've been looking for a Yammy-synth-with-dead-battery sound since, forever...
Tried a Magic Stomp once, but there was no magic in it.
I bought a tuner/MFX/metronome device similar to a Korg Pandora's Box, but it was a cheap, plastic keychain-novelty item and it was D.O.A. Bought it on clearance with a bunch of other clearance items so I just ate the cost of that one and am sure I still came out ahead given the low, low prices of everything else I bought.
The other DUD in my collection and IMO is the Korg Pitchblack I bought which is a few cents sharper than it should be (maybe A442 or A443).
The axiom "you get what you pay for" generally applies. I'm happy to buy Joyo or Mooer pedals but I don't have the same expectations for them as I do with, say, my Dr. Scientist and Diamond pedals. Invalid Link Removed with a great explanation and this example:
The cheap switch on the left is what I'd expect from Behringer, Joyo, Mooer, Hotone etc.
The switch on the right is what I'd expect from SolidGoldFX, Diamond, Dr Scientist, Radial, Fairfield Circuitry, 6 Degrees etc.
Nonetheless, crappola happens even for the good folks and then it all comes down to customer service...
Snarling Dawgs Bootzilla fuzz wah. The pot got scratchy after a month and the wires to the LEDs in the dog's eyes broke.
^^ Oh yeah, forgot my Snarling Dawgs Wonder Wah II also has a broken dog's eye LED from the get go.
One thing that I'm very aware of is that one pup pedal and I was emotionally loaded to abandon the pedal, the range and manufacturer...all because of a single bad pedal. In doing so, I nearly missed what is now my favorite Bass Overdrive, the Joyo American. It's a seriously nice sounding pedal and don't be put off by it's Chinese heritage or Quality Control.
My EWS BMC just died in its sleep - fine one day, kill'd the next. The bypass works fine but when the pedal is engaged there's almost no signal and what's there is weak and distorted. EQ seems to still work, to their credit.
I've always liked it and I've owned a couple, they always seemed solid.
I've always liked it and I've owned a couple, they always seemed solid.
my very first pedal, my beloved bass big muff, quit on me after 4 years. The chassis was milled poorly and it flexed the circuit board causing the toggle to fail. Also a lemon shaped man stepped on my small clone with his lemon shaped weight and destroyed it and a small clone has not worked for me since. I angered the lemon gods.
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Bought a brand new EHX Tube EQ and it had to be sent back twice. Not impressed with the build quality at all (let alone the crap transformer), and that is not a cheap pedal. The Danelectro dan-o-wah seemed such a cool idea, but something breaks off with the tiniest effort.
