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Which pedal has stayed on your board the longest?

#101
I got mu Boss TU-2 and ODB-3 on the same day in 2002. I've owned and traded away some mighty fine pedals in the past 10+ years, but these two have stayed with me.

I know i'm in the minority, but i've gotten a lot of use out of that lil' yellow ODB-3, and after a decade i know what i can and can't do with it... and so it stays!
 
#107
Weirdly, my Hardwire SC-2 Valve Distortion. I used it as a guitar overdrive originally, and when I moved to bass I brought it along. I have it set at very low gain and leave it on. It does a killer job fattening up my tone, and on nights where I'm having weird tone issues with the room, I often do better fixing it by adjusting the parameters on the SC-2 than on the amp! Not a common pedal for bass, but behind my Malekko compressor, which is also always on, the Hardwire is my MVP. 5 years, two instruments, still happy.
 
#108
I've had my EHX Q-Tron since 1996 and picked up the Bass Micro Synth a short while later. I remember them being pretty expensive at the time. Love them both...

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#109
I bought my wooly mammoth shortly after joining nerve in like 2003 I think, and had realized I needed to search for the perfect fuzz for a subtractive synthesis style pedals board... I tried everything I could get my hands on and drove Dave at Main Drag (when it was still on N5th street for all the Williamsburg old timers) mad I'm sure trying everything and coming back days in a row with other pedals to compare, etc... My OC2 I had for a few years before, but it has been recently supplanted by the pearl oc7.

John
 
#110
sillyfabe said:
The clear winner is my trusty Boss OC-2: was the third pedal I bought back in early 2007 so 6 years running! Did the synth mod a couple years back and it's not going anywhere
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Well recently damaged it beyond repair (tryng to mod it).

New winner would have to be the Way Huge Swollen Pickle (my first fuzz ever!) I've owned it since late 2008 (bought it when the MK-II came out) and that's never leaving as it was a gift.

JohnDavisNYC said:
I bought my wooly mammoth shortly after joining nerve in like 2003 I think, and had realized I needed to search for the perfect fuzz for a subtractive synthesis style pedals board... I tried everything I could get my hands on and drove Dave at Main Drag (when it was still on N5th street for all the Williamsburg old timers) mad I'm sure trying everything and coming back days in a row with other pedals to compare, etc... My OC2 I had for a few years before, but it has been recently supplanted by the pearl oc7.

John
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My OC-2 was replaced by a Pearl Octaver as well! Really dig the -1 as not only does it not have the dreaded OC-2 volume drop but can actually BOOST your volume!

Also your review on the CoPilot Orbit (video) prompted my wife to get one made for me as a Valentine's day gift (should arrive today from DR!)
 
#119
My Morley George Lynch Dragon Wah has been on my board the longest.
Not because it's great But because of the price it will cost to get the one I want.
Not really something I use much so no need to spend money to upgrade it.
 

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