Worst pedal you ever bought!

[Adamixoye]

The BSW is a great ocataver though!

I thought it was a little amusing before but I really don't get all the BSW hate. It's got some flaws but there are tons of fun sounds in that box.

 

[XXL]

Never actually bought an awful pedal before, just ones that didn't quite work out with my gear, band, focus, etc. at that particular time.
Actually many pedals I regret flipping or trading away, just to find if the grass really was greener, more so than ones that just didn't work out.

 

[JimmyM]

Don't think I ever bought a worst pedal, except temporarily. Even the ones I didn't like were still pretty good. But if we count the ones that I bought to try out and returned after a couple days, I would say the Bass Big Muff is the one I disliked the most. Sounds great in the store, but with a band it disappeared. I'm a big EHX fan and have used their pedals since 1974, but I didn't get that one at all.

And re the BSW, I have one, and I don't dislike it, but I did dislike the octave. Sorry. OC-2 eats it for lunch as far as I'm concerned.

 

[totallyfrozen]

$70 eBay mistake!

 

[jazznrick]

After doing some thinking on this subject, I have reached my conclusion and stand by it firmly. I own/have owned a Fulltone OCD, EHX Bass Big Muff Pi (also owned the deluxe- not the worst but don't waste your money), Wooly Mammoth, Mooer Green Mile, EHX Superego, EHX East River Drive and the Electro-Harmonix Lumberjack.

THE LUMBERJACK IS THE WORST
I bought the Lumberjack because I really like EHX and in their description they herald it as a fantastic OD for Bass. I think the best way to put it is it is simply a boring, boring pedal. The overall effect is mundane and will have you stomping it off quick. It's like it wants to give you a Mid 70s commercial rock finger style Jazz bass tone, but comes out with a whimper and a tangible aura of disappointment. Also, the East River Drive is so good that one must deduce the Lumberjack's engineer must be unemployed by now.

To finish my ranting, the Wooly Mammoth isn't worth it. On to the next one, on to the next one

 

[aledeville]

My worst buy of the expensive pedals was the BDDI. It always sounded better when switched off. Not matter the setting. Really.

 

[dannybuoy]

THE LUMBERJACK IS THE WORST

By all accounts, you should've gone for The Glove instead!

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[Absumone]

EHX Bass Big Muff Pi, could never get a decent sound out of it and I just sold it.

 

[jmattis]

This was an entertaining read. I'd have to add another vote for the Boss ODB-3, but I wish I would have looked into that mod mentioned a few pages back before tossing it. I also really could never get into the EBS OctaBass. I'm much more of a fan of the Boss Octave pedals. I'm surprised the SansAmp VT is mentioned on here a few times. The new VT DI is on my list, but I'm a bit worried now.

 

[psim]

By far the worst pedal I bought was the pigtromix mothership. This thing costs a ton of money and it does not track. Actually it tracks worst than a digitech synth (the guitar version) !!! I am still trying to get rid of it. Awful experience

 

[tedos]

boss RC-30, it's got al lot of gadgets on it, but really it's just a 250€ loop pedal. DON'T BUY DIS poopie

 

[davy4575]

two of em come to mind.
DOD milkbox or something like that compressor - just acted like a random volume pedal, makes a good tire chock.
zoom pedal, little rinky dink red colored multi effects - had some really cool effects in it, but totally uncontrolable and a pia to shift patches and what not - finally just up and decided to not come on anymore - met its demise in unfortunate collision with my framing hammer.

 

[adi77]

digitech jamman. not working.

 

[Adamixoye]

By far the worst pedal I bought was the pigtromix mothership. This thing costs a ton of money and it does not track. Actually it tracks worst than a digitech synth (the guitar version) !!! I am still trying to get rid of it. Awful experience

I'll give you $3 for it!

 

[psim]

I'll give you $3 for it!

No way !!!! You will be chasing me for a refund within a week

 

[Bassmike62]

I thought it was a little amusing before but I really don't get all the BSW hate. It's got some flaws but there are tons of fun sounds in that box.

I don't get it either, but one bassist's hate is the other one's love, I guess. I kept that pedal for 2 years, mostly as an octaver, but also as a filter, fuzz, sequencer... it did lots of fun stuff. If it woudla made coffee, I would've slept with it.

 

[powmetalbassist]

ODB-3 was horrible. I was in the market a few years back for some overdrive, didn't want crushing...just something light. this was given to me by a guitard friend of mine to try...it just brutalized my tone, Crushhing it like a locomotive destroys a penny. I handed it back and said thanks, I just saved myself the anguish of buying this pos used online. Ended up with a Porkloin in the end for that light overdrive/clip sound.

I think i also tried the "bass" version of the pedal....same result.

 

[Shardik]

boss RC-30, it's got al lot of gadgets on it, but really it's just a 250€ loop pedal. DON'T BUY DIS ****

I love my RC-30. The effects section is useless, but dual stereo tracks, mic input and rhythm guide makes it a really good rehearsal tool, and it also allows you to record ideas for later really easy.

 

[LowEndOperative]

My worst was the BOSS ME50B, incredibly drab sounds and a real pain in the rear to use.

 

[mmbongo]

If you were to remove all of the posts about how bad Boss pedals are, there would only be like 3 posts left in this thread!