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Pedals you regret ditching

Ibanez Ton Lok Auto Wah. Picked it up on a whim and it turned out to be awesome. I sold it for next to nothing to help fund a Micro Bass Synth. I was so stoked for the synth, but it turned out to be a total dud. Half the controls didn't work and I sent it back. I just ordered a Sound Audio Envelope, so hopefully that will help me with my grief (single tear for the AW7).
 
Ibanez Ton Lok Auto Wah. Picked it up on a whim and it turned out to be awesome. I sold it for next to nothing to help fund a Micro Bass Synth. I was so stoked for the synth, but it turned out to be a total dud. Half the controls didn't work and I sent it back. I just ordered a Sound Audio Envelope, so hopefully that will help me with my grief (single tear for the AW7).

A lot of those Tone-Lok pedals are pretty great. Keep an eye out on GC Used and Ebay, they come up fairly often and can be fairly cheap.
 
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A lot of those Tone-Lok pedals are pretty great. Keep an eye out on GC Used and Ebay, they come up fairly often and can be fairly cheap.
I think there was a tone-lok lofi pedal that was really neat. Wish I could find one of those duders on the cheap.

I used to have the tone-lok tri chorus pedal. Except I discovered I hate the tri chorus sound and sold it shortly thereafter.
 
Dunlop Echoplex Preamp. Was looking for a dead clean boost and the Echoplex Preamp wasn't it. But it had a sound that would really suit what I'm doing and would have worked gangbusters with the clean boost I did get (HBE Bajo Mos), so I may pick up another one soon.
 
I'm finding out along the way that I don't have regrets concerning pedals I'm getting rid of and that the ones I'm keeping are the ones I would regret selling, such as those currently on my board (except for the chorus, which is for sale in locals). Sometimes, I'll buy one back, just to see if I might've been wrong, but in all cases, the 2nd one stayed for a shorter period than the 1st unit. But there is one pedal I wished I'd kept longer : the MXR Stereo Chorus. Big, yellow and 18v, but what a great chorus !