Worst pedal you have played?

[DaZombieWoof]

The infamous EH Black Thumb Pedal. Really noisy and intrusive compressor/sustainer. Sucked batteries and tone at an alarming rate. Upside was the electronics were microphonic and you could do a feedback solo with the pedal.

 

[BrettTheThreat]

It sucks on guitar too.

I've gotta disagree with you there. It may not be the most amazing distortion pedal out there.... but its pretty darn good for the $40-50 they cost. I used one for 5-6 years with my guitar and it never let me down.

 

[champbassist]

multi effects aren't supposed to be good. there just to give you a taste of effects so you go out and buy the better, more expensive, individual pedals!

Wow! I must be deaf to like my B1X then.

 

[bongomania]

I've had many "contenders"... some with bad tone, others with bad construction quality. There are two though that battle for the position of "worst" overall: the Arion SCO-1 and the Grafton-made Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer reissue. Their tone and construction quality are both so bad that they literally seem like a joke, a dare, or an intentional insult to the buyer.

 

[Buchada Azeda]

I've gotta disagree with you there. It may not be the most amazing distortion pedal out there.... but its pretty darn good for the $40-50 they cost. I used one for 5-6 years with my guitar and it never let me down.

IMO, it sounds reeeally thin. But the ones with the Keeley mod are awesome.

 

[shirky]

Behringer Multi Effect hands down

 

[loendmaestro]

I found the MXR El Grande bass fuzz to be very unpleasant to my ears.

 

[sammyfallen]

The Boss Heavy Metal.

My Old Drummer (Used To Play Bass In Hellnation) Uses One.

Works For Power Violence But Not Much Else.

I actually like the Unmodded DS-1 and ODB-3.

 

[champbassist]

The worst pedal ever to effect my signal must be the Boss ODB-3. May be just the thing for Svenbjorn Torkel Enevoldsen's black metal buzz saw bass but for me the best function it can serve is that of a paperweight.

 

[grimniggzy]

The worst pedal ever to effect my signal must be the Boss ODB-3. May be just the thing for Svenbjorn Torkel Enevoldsen's black metal buzz saw bass but for me the best function it can serve is that of a paperweight.

I actually find it works very well as a boost if you roll it towards the Dry setting. It adds a little noise but I like what it can do when coupled with my EHX Mole Bass Boost. It's one of the pedals that I have on almost all the time. I can only imagine it would sound better through a tube amp since I only roll with solid state amps.

 

[moose23]

ODB-3

 

[blendermassacre]

I couldn't find anything useable with the ehx memory boy. The slowest delay rate was 2x than I wanted it to be. I guess if you were in a noise band the repeat to the point of feedback is cool.

 

[Nightlyraider]

Big Muff Pi and I will never be friends.

 

[J Hud]

EHX USA Bassballs. I hated that pedal.

Then I did the mod to put the internal trim pots on the outside, and now I can't get enough of it. The mod changed everything.

I hate that pedal too!!!!

Tell me more about these mods

 

[Mingus Addict]

Probably a Danelectro Surf and Turf compressor. It was left behind at a club I was working at, and when no one came back for it after a week or so, I decided to take it home and try it out. Then I figured out why they didn't bother to come back for it. I'm still trying to decide what to do with it. Maybe I'll just leave it laying on the stage in another club.

 

[Valerus]

I found the MXR El Grande bass fuzz to be very unpleasant to my ears.

Agreed, but it's not quite the worst I have played.



The sound I have least liked in a pedal:
Woolly Mammoth.

 

[sillyfabe]

My first pedal ever was a Boss ODB-3. It was just a box of harshness...my Digitech Badder Monkey is creamy goodness

 

[CapnSev]

Tech 21 Bass Compactor.

It should have been the Tech 21 "Ocean Sound Simulator", for those of you who like to hear the surf coming through your speakers along with your notes.

 

[bassophil]

The worst pedal ever to effect my signal must be the Boss ODB-3. May be just the thing for Svenbjorn Torkel Enevoldsen's black metal buzz saw bass but for me the best function it can serve is that of a paperweight.

Same here. The Boss ODB-3 sounds incredibly bad to me

 

[MultiScaleMale]

Z.Vex Ditortron or Mastotron. Can't remember which. It even beats out the ODB-3, IMHO. Maybe it sounds good on guitar.