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Long Lost and Forgotten TB Favorites

bassboysam

bassboysam

Apr 26, 2001
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Next month will be my 16 year anniversary of joining TB and I probably lurked the forums for a year before joining so needless to say time flies. I was just looking through some old pictures and they reminded me of pedals that I owned that were once TB favorites that seem to have been forgotten over the years. There's way more small pedal builders today than when I joined and remember how difficult it was to even get clips (pre-youtube) of some of these pedals much less own them.
Let's resurrect these TB classics. List what you owned and whether or not you still have them.

Here are some of the ones that I remember owning or GASing for. I wish I never sold a bunch of these.


HBE Hematoma
WMD Fatman/Superfatman
Barber LTD (I don't recall which version)
Mojo Hand Cream Pie, I remember this was being a holy grail type pedal.
Barber Linden
Blueberry Bass OD, although this one seems to be making a bit of comeback due to the recent reissues.
Analogman Beano Boost
Fulltone Fat Boost
Frantone Cream Puff
Emma Transmorgrifier
Emma Discumbobulator
 
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It has only been about 6 years since I joined, but I remember at the time that people thought the Prunes & Custard was the bomb. The TAFM was a strong fave, as it should be, and it has proven to have good staying power although it isn't quite the same "first suggestion" that it once was (which is unfortunate IMO). Depth Charge was another popular choice.

The explosion of outstanding effect options in the past 5 years or so has truly been remarkable.
 
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Still have my BB Preamp, TAFM and Prunes & Custard from the old days.

I was underwhelmed by the Cream Pie and WMD Fatman from that list. Also there is a new version of the Emma Discombobulator I'd like to check out!

Pedals like the Barber LTD SR used to be raved about but you never see them about these days! I wonder if it's because there are better pedals now, or if it's just a fashion/fad thing.
 
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I had no idea that things like the TAFM and the Phat Phuk had been around for more than like a year or two! Note: I was away for a few years.

I'm on my 3rd or 4th Prunes now though; that pedal's been out for TWENTY YEARS now (!!!!)

Back when I started on TB, the Line 6 [xx]4 pedals were new (MM4, FM4, DL4, etc) and I was still regularly using things like Snarling Dogs pedals.
 
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