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Pedals you sold and repurchased

FEA opti FET AND DECL
If I get either again I will not sell it again- I have outgrown the habit of viewing good pedals as GAS money- anything good will be kept, and if unused will sit on my shelf

markbass compressore- currently own my third. Will only sell if I get an FEA, and even then it may live in my studio or something

micro POG- owned several, but now I don’t love them like I used to.. the warble just bugs me and the tricks I used to work around it are too much effort

Aguilar octamizer- great fat organic synthy octave

OC2- yet another I won’t get rid of next time I get one. Too cheap to bother selling and far too useful and ubiquitous

Red Panda context- what a great verb/delay, and it’s my absolute favorite for my horn playing

Fairfield Barbershop- same story as the others, and I’m currently on the hunt for one ;)

the moral of my own story here is that I used to always let pedals feel like money in my pocket waiting to be spent- In reselling pedals you always lose a little money, and the vicious cycle of rebuying the same pedals you like 3 times is just silly. Anything I LIKE will stay with me from now on, unless something clearly superior enters my sphere
 
I was about to start this same thread. Glad I searched first, lol.

My one and only so far is a Fairfield Accountant. Sold it about five months ago, tried a few other compressors, and now I have one coming in the mail again today. It's an addictive little bugger.
 
MXR Script Phase 90. I've sold and re-bought this simple orange box at least twice, and it is now a permanent part of my board. For old school phasing, IMHO the only thing comparable is an EHX Small Stone, which I have also bought and sold the Nano version a few times.
 
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Got one of the new bass Whammies after trading a Blower Box for it. Ended up giving the Blue wham to a friend of mine to use on his board, I had an extra v4 Whammy laying around. He ended up getting rid of the Blue, and I eventually got rid of my 4. A few pitchshifting pedals later, I remembered how sweet the tracking was on the Blue. Got one on order from Reverb this morning... :thumbsup:
 
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Hughes & Kettner Tubeman. I originally got it from our guitar player back around 1994 or something, then sold it couple of years later because I figured a “real” bass OD might be in order. Got another one a while ago and actually gigged with it in 2019. It’s not that I love the tone, I guess in my case, it has a lot to do with nostalgia. It’s not on my pedalboard, but I keep it in the “sometimes/maybe” box.

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I was thinking about this today, and actually used the search function (it's rare for me), so:

I'm on my third Enzo. I now know exactly what I want out of it, and it's staying this time. Really though...

Had two, none now:
EBS MultiComp
IE Nimbus
Line6 DL4
 
It's the Mel 9 for me. Have bought and sold two so far. I know some people have luck with tracking and using them, but I can't ever seem to find the sweet spot with it.

I'll probably buy another at some point thinking 'this will be the time'. Unless @rsmith601 and crew ever decide to make something similar with better tracking.
 

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