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Pedals you wanted ...until you tried them.
- Thread starter cnltb
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Great fun reading about some of my favorite pedals that aren’t working for others. Different strokes!
For me the only way to really know if I like something is to live with it for a few weeks... thus my large stash of unused pedals. Yeah I should sell them off sometime.
Markbass super Synth
Darkglass b3k
Bassballs
Sub n up
H9
Fifth gear
Mojo mojo
Solid gold beta
Blueberry
Bass soul food
Boss ge7
Boss od3
Sparkle drive
Sansamp: flyrig, Oxford, original
MXR bef
Proton
MXR English muffn
Euphoria
Agro
Boss LS2
Optifet
Corona
Pitchfactor
Xotic soul driver
POG
MXR M81
For me the only way to really know if I like something is to live with it for a few weeks... thus my large stash of unused pedals. Yeah I should sell them off sometime.
Markbass super Synth
Darkglass b3k
Bassballs
Sub n up
H9
Fifth gear
Mojo mojo
Solid gold beta
Blueberry
Bass soul food
Boss ge7
Boss od3
Sparkle drive
Sansamp: flyrig, Oxford, original
MXR bef
Proton
MXR English muffn
Euphoria
Agro
Boss LS2
Optifet
Corona
Pitchfactor
Xotic soul driver
POG
MXR M81
Wren & Cuff Suppa Phat Phuk - I just couldn't hear any for that claimed "tone magic" it was supposed to add to my tone and if I wanted a boost pedal now, I would just go with the TC Spark and save me a good €200...
Solidgoldfx Imperial BC183 - I wanted a muff and bought this because of the mids switch which I thought might help me cutting through the mix. Tried it with my band the next day, and it didn't. I now have a TAFM on order, and it being a fuzz designed primarily for bass, my hopes are high.
Solidgoldfx Imperial BC183 - I wanted a muff and bought this because of the mids switch which I thought might help me cutting through the mix. Tried it with my band the next day, and it didn't. I now have a TAFM on order, and it being a fuzz designed primarily for bass, my hopes are high.
Meridian Funkulator V1. On paper it was the bomb. In reality it had a significant design flaw in the envelope Filter part of the circuit. Contacted the maker recently and was told there is no mod to fix V1, but kindly offered to sell me a deeply discounted current version. I appreciated the gesture.
It's that relative subtleness that makes it my favourite filter( To be fair:I haven't tried all too many).
Tried and didn't like various Muff-types on bass, until I heard the new Green Russian.
Pickle Pie seems good, also.
I have one on my DI board. It sounds great, like a good studio rackmount digital verb, all clear and shiny and stereo, even. So, it has it's use, but it's not what I'd put onna live board (and so I didn't).
Pickle Pie seems good, also.
I have one on my DI board. It sounds great, like a good studio rackmount digital verb, all clear and shiny and stereo, even. So, it has it's use, but it's not what I'd put onna live board (and so I didn't).
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If I don't count the ones I enjoyed for at least a couple of months, I'd say Eventide H9.
Fantastic pedal, but too much tweaking for my taste. Sold to a friend which is really happy with it.
Fantastic pedal, but too much tweaking for my taste. Sold to a friend which is really happy with it.
All Source Audio stuff. Sounded so cool in theory and demos, but just too much for me to wrap my head around.
Pigtronix Bass Fat Drive - I couldn’t get anything usable out of it.
Sonuus Wahoo - I loved the idea of the pedal but it didn’t deliver for my needs. I also had to send it back a couple of times for powering on/off issues.
Sonuus Wahoo - I loved the idea of the pedal but it didn’t deliver for my needs. I also had to send it back a couple of times for powering on/off issues.
Octave pedals
Envelope Filters
Pitch shifters
Those 3 types of effects all seem really cool to me. Then i get one and I never use it and I just don't find a use for it.
Envelope Filters
Pitch shifters
Those 3 types of effects all seem really cool to me. Then i get one and I never use it and I just don't find a use for it.
I would say yes... a) almost no stores near me stock decent pedals... and b) only with your own gear / band setting is it possible to ascertain if it leaves... apart from my bass whammy , pretty much if anything failed the band test I moved it on cos otherwise I wouldn’t really use it...
Fair points indeed!
I've been lucky in this regard having never purchased a pedal that I didn't like, partly due to access to a very well stocked shop, twice or thrice a year.
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An Eventide H9 isn't something you can really "try" in a shop, imho. Too much stuff to learn and tweak. The only way to see if it's for you or not is to buy/borrow/rent one.
