What pedals have you got that were disappointing to the hype?

[DerekJ]

No buyer remorse for any PTP tube amp. Not once.

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by DerekJ

No buyer remorse for any PTP tube amp. Not once.

So. A pedal is entirely interactive to the chemistry of the guitar and the amp and when one finds the proper chemistry which matches their rig and style of playing there is just no counterpoint opinion the sound is not improved and better. The right compatible overdrive w any amp small or wattage will make the amp more responsive and tonal. Just is what it is. Pedals enhance the tone and ones ability to expand their creative limits. Not saying one needs a massive chain of pedals, a few that work with your rig make the difference in painting with a couple colors or a pallet of possible tones. How a plain amp does not get just boring after a period is something surely everyone must have experienced at some point. Same tones, same drive. One click of a pedal and horizons have opened. I would make the bet that any amp one just loves the tone or sounds incredible, any amp, match a properly fitted overdrive or even a clean boost and it just improves the tone.

It is not all about wacked out tones and weird sounds but just more tones and different tones. Few know that one of Hendrix's cool tones was a clean sound he got by rolling his guitar volume off on the Fuzz Face.

[DerekJ]

I have lots of pedals, they are all fun. But for legit playing, whether woodshed or w/others, I use a EH LPB 2ube to split, Polychorus into amp A, Philosopher King into B. Pigtronix/mission dual TRX expression for the King. Both amps have vibrato, one has reverb. Both are 6GXX circuits. Minimum gear, maximum tonal landscapes, textures and colors for any style.

Still, I could do just fine without any pedal. The PTP tube amp is the electric guitar's main vocal component. Pedals just shade the voice this way or that way.

[litepipe]

Man I agree with this. Amp and guitar is core tone. Many people don't realize that. Pedals are just spices. People try to get their core tone from pedals and it usually doesn't work for great tone. I like pedals but they are a supplement.

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by litepipe

Man I agree with this. Amp and guitar is core tone. Many people don't realize that. Pedals are just spices. People try to get their core tone from pedals and it usually doesn't work for great tone. I like pedals but they are a supplement.

You got that. I just have an array of various boost overdrive or compressors just to punch on the amp a little which already has a great tone going, just slightly enhances the tone. I use modulation less and less and tend to like a good reverb more so than a delay but man kicking on a harmonizer 5th can really sound great, from cool fusion tones to high gains. Turns heads when things are a little boring. Never fails as well when people hear a phaser they like that shifting sound. My drummer used to tell me his fav effect was my phase 90 of all my arsenal of alterations. Pedals to me are like a good food with a dash of salt or sugar just to enhance the taste. Less is always more for me. I may have a huge array of potential effects at foot but seldom are maybe 2 on at a time. I think the players who get into that multi-processor thing of just having so much going on and flying all over the place don't realize all that does not work out well in a band or jamming. Less is more. The foundation killer tone is the basis. Nice having a little clean boost or moderate overdrive to push the amp a little on an already good tone.
I think some get the wrong idea about pedals, like they hide bad playing or lack of technique. I find the opposite to be true for me. Learning how the harmonic quality and interaction of the guitar changes can really lift your playing ability to new levels.

I once read a review of Jeff Beck's Live at Ronnie Scott's, which is my all time fav guitar tonefest DVD, the guy said Jeff used no effects on this live work and that simply could be not further from reality. Perhaps 6 floor pedals ranging from an overdrive or overdrives, a Snarling Dogs wah, a ring modulator and a rotary effect are easily heard in various songs as well as the rack mount reverb/delay sitting on top the Marshall all used tastefully and just amazing Strat tones. Well worth watching the DVD or Paladia channel showing. Jeff at his best w a great band. Little Tal on Bass is a killer, never imagined that little wisp of a girl would play bass that well. At any rate, a tone fest and witness the tasteful use of pedals to enhance the tone yet done so well some thought there were no effects. True they could not have been guitar players but goes to show you what they can render if used right.

[rksguit]

MXR Full Bore Metal.....awfull,still don't know why I bought it

I was waiting for my Marshall 2203 to be finished from being rebuilt,and saw a glowing review in a guitar mag.....horrible pedal,just buzzsaw tranistor horror.
RK

[doorknocker]

Well, the postman delivered a pedal today that wasn't disappointing to the hype because there's wasn't any hype that I knew of to begin with. (Actually two weeks ago I didn't even know the pedal existed)

Roland BeeBaa fuzz.

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT! Not only do I realize that I made a major e-bay score as these seem to be very rare but it sounds incredible. Like a Big Muff but at the same time meaner AND more controlled sounding if that makes sense. And that's only the starting point as it adds a treble booster with TONS of gain and a very sick fuzz variation available with the 'Tone Select' knob. It's probably the best fuzz I ever played. Totally inspiring.

It's just what the doctor ordered.....

[dubmunkey]

Originally Posted by darkhorse

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Why is it the majority of guitar players are complete idiots? I mean seriously, some days, I can't take the stupid. One of the things I like about this site is many of the recording engineer types go over my head and that is a refreshing change of pace.

Had a mate round for a jam at the weekend who has been playing over 15 years... My acoustic had no strings so told him he had to string it if he wanted to use it .. After asking him to not put my elixir electric strings on the acoustic, please, he proceeded to take ten minutes trying to thread the string through the bridge from the inside... I showed him how plugs work.... Flash forward 40 minutes and he has finally finished - i insist on tuning it.... Two plugs fly out and two strings come loose from the pegs.. the other two were wrapped around the peg so many times i had to rewind them...

Nice guy but to hear him talk you'd think he is a guitar genius yet he doesn't know chord names, any scales or notes, cant play a song all the way through, count bars, remember chord changes, play in tune, play so the guitar isnt out of tune in 3 seconds or properly fret notes so they dont sound like a wasp playing a kazoo in an envelope...

Now I'm no Hendrix (>or enter flame-bait here<) but the cognitive dissonance (cant think of a simpler phrase) amongst some guitarists is amazing...

[Bill@WelcomeHome]

I don't buy pedals by hype.
But to be fair, I don't buy pedals. I bought pedals, don't see the need for any more, don't care if someone has a new take on a pedal that I have, and don't foresee a need for anything more... I've got an open mind about it, but a new distortion, wah, compressor, chorus... yawn....

When it seemed I was buying a pedal a week, I was often disappointed. When I started looking at them like wrenches, I became a lot more practical, bought a little more carefully, and have not been disappointed.

[tstrahle]

Fulldrive 2 by Fulltone.

I bought it mainly because I'd seen it on so many pedal boards of guitarists I really like. I've made that mistake a lot. Didn't try it out. Never could get a satisfactory sound out of it. Recently however I used it to excellent results with a Les Paul through my new Two Rock. Normally I play a strat and the pedal seems, to me, and I'm no expert, to be voiced for the LP more.

[popmann]

The Caitlinbread Dirty Little Secret. Sort of everything that sucks about Marshall amps...without the good bits.

Long time ago, I bought an OD pedal called "Peanut Butter"--brilliant sounding clips online. Dogshit connected to a Bassman, which has a clearer high end response than most amps...it showed all these weird squirrelly things it was doing to the signal.

Mostly, pedals tend to disappoint me. Had a Vox Clyde Wah for a while I bought when the pot of my old Crybaby failed. I almost immediately stopped using wah. Later, I replaced the crybaby pot and did a true bypass mod on it...happy ever since.

I was in a situation where I was handling am estate sale for a friend who had passed's family...he was a pedal collector (I guess-I knew the guy and had no idea the extent)...some hundred+ pedals in boxes. I spent weeks with them. I had never been much of a pedal guy...so, I kinda was trying them all...A B'ing them...different guitars...amps...most were crap. All were names youd recognize. Boutique and GC mainstream stuff. All disappointing enough that I wouldn't buy them for the next to nothing the family wanted for helping them. Rather they get whatever money than me have a useless pedal, you know?

What's funny...knowing the guy...everyone he loved mostly went guitar>amp...yet he never really bought a nice amp...and instead spent thousands on boxes and boxes of pedals and amp modellers trying to find the sound that comes from nice guitar into nice guitar amp...

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by dubmunkey

Had a mate round for a jam at the weekend who has been playing over 15 years... My acoustic had no strings so told him he had to string it if he wanted to use it .. After asking him to not put my elixir electric strings on the acoustic, please, he proceeded to take ten minutes trying to thread the string through the bridge from the inside... I showed him how plugs work.... Flash forward 40 minutes and he has finally finished - i insist on tuning it.... Two plugs fly out and two strings come loose from the pegs.. the other two were wrapped around the peg so many times i had to rewind them...

Nice guy but to hear him talk you'd think he is a guitar genius yet he doesn't know chord names, any scales or notes, cant play a song all the way through, count bars, remember chord changes, play in tune, play so the guitar isnt out of tune in 3 seconds or properly fret notes so they dont sound like a wasp playing a kazoo in an envelope...

Now I'm no Hendrix (>or enter flame-bait here<) but the cognitive dissonance (cant think of a simpler phrase) amongst some guitarists is amazing...

I suspect the guy should not be refereed to as a guitarist he cannot pass the entry exam. Must be a lark to talk to him, must no doubt make you appreciate your level of comprehension. Maybe he will see how you do things and will pick it up. But you never know. I always hoped I could teach my kids guitar but just never panned out, when they realized it did not play itself they fell out. I was addicted at 17 and never left it.

Now I have lost a lot of technical knowledge over time and illness but if you do not comprehend and have not ingrained some scale forms, a few mode notions and most importantly basic fundamental interval constructions like blues being !,!V,V I mean how can you play?

I was never a talented copy artist and I hack my way through the mimic of a few tunes for fun, but I began at the youngest age to resolve to teach myself how to improvise and create spontaneous music, an ability that is the core of my entire guitar adventure.

I have met a few wunderkunds in my day who were like tape recorders and could play just about anything one had heard, but, zero talent in writing or creating anything they had not hacked from someone else. You cannot do blues or fusion without feeling or spontaneous emotion. Even metal for me is born of that foundation of groove and timing.

I always caution new players that it is all fine and good to learn and copy a few of the tunes that really hit you, but, you have to adapt what you learn and how things are constructed, flip it, invert it, time change it, key shift and come up with something of your own. Copy can be a trap and I think a lot of "players" never learn enough theory to develop a talent or method of improvising. That is a shame as that is real music, pure music, it just comes out of you. I always get a smile when someone hears me play something and they "go what was that sounded cool", I tell them I have no idea I just made it up. That makes playing fun for me.

Never hurts to learn how to do things the right way, I have encountered some in my life who were entirely resistant to learning, like those cats who just will not read a manual much less on something very complex. A POD HD500 without reading the manual or other various papers and guides, please, they probably would use a hammer backwards and complain it does not drive a nail well. How about basic tech on a guitar, intonation, string height, pickup adjust, they get a guitar from the store or delivered and that is that, they never work through the setup. Difference between professional attitude and resolve I guess.

What always gets me is the use of a string winder, what, even before I started the last decade using Sperzel locking tuners I always went three turns holding the wraps down and through the hole sharp bend, holding the wraps in place until the tension took hold. Every string uniform and the same, change after change. String winders with a whole blob of string wind, I just do not get that at all. Had some guy just hate me over his use of a winder. Winding three wraps by simply 1,2,3 around the post in the hole and hold briefly to tension take in perhaps a few turns on the peg. I never considered any other method and would learn in later years (starting doing that when I was a teenager)even Eric Johnson did the same 3 wrap technique.
Now I confess I do have fits w my acoustic plugs not always holding probably because of wear but I learned to wedge the tension to hold it.

Playing and jamming w others often yields experiences on how not to do things and just how goofy some people develop bad habits. How about the cable stompers and standers who do not think cables matter or the collage of stupid regarding power feeds to pedals?

I always marvel at how dense people can be about some of the rather easy things in life. Election season is a hoot for me here in TX, man, intelligence is rare trait, I marvel at how we have not caused our extinction yet. I am grateful for the guitar everyday which has been my constant companion in life that has never let me down and the shear high of just picking it up and something spontaneous comes out without thinking about it is just marvelous. Nothing like that, do wish the youth of today had not lost touch w the coolness of music as I grew up with. It changed my life and I guess I was lucky as I never had a teacher and taught myself, whatever pushed me to develop a sense of improvisation was the smartest thing I ever managed.

[Seeker of Rock]

Disappointments: DOD FX40B, DOD American Metal, Crybaby standard wah (reliability underwhelmed me, not so much sound), B.K. Butler Tube Overdrive 901, DOD Performer series distortion pedal.

[Companda]

T-Rex Moller and Dr Swamp. Read great reviews but that Ts sound doesn't work for me. I love the fulltone pedals I've used, I have an OCD and a distortion pro. Not sure which version of OCD but don't care because it works for me.

I've had a love/hate relationship with my early/mid 90s Russian big muff. Played it today through a fender champ 600 that's been modded and the 6 inch loved it. Through my SF twin it's not very pleasing.

MI audio Blue Boy deluxe is ok for studio use, tweaking to screw things a little but I prefer 3 good knobs to adjust the sound, otherwise the pedal is wrong in my opinion.

I think guitar gear has to be tried, you can't go on word of mouth. Imdon't like any of my drives/distortions with my tele but most of them sound great with my Deusenburg. The moral is, don't use the tele driven with the amps I have or change the neck P/U. Only problem is testing P/U....

[Jazz Noise]

Kind of the opposite to all this but I just built a Super Hard On.

I gotta say the thing sounds great clean - super Funky Nile Rodgers type tones abound. Fuzzed up it goes from SRV-ish break up on the bridge to a low Sustain Big Muff setting on the neck pickup. Milder settings are super touch sensitive, good for RnB type tones (think Hey Hey or Bo Diddley) I think the fact that this pedal can be loud is really understated - this thing is WAY loud. Stupidly, ridiculously loud...But I've never had this much fun with a 1 knob pedal before! Buy one or build one, I recommend it!

[fastlanestoner]

For me it was the Digitech Whammy. It just had so many issues and was so counter-productive to my rig that I had to get rid it...

[rksguit]

Originally Posted by doorknocker

Well, the postman delivered a pedal today that wasn't disappointing to the hype because there's wasn't any hype that I knew of to begin with. (Actually two weeks ago I didn't even know the pedal existed)

Roland BeeBaa fuzz.

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT! Not only do I realize that I made a major e-bay score as these seem to be very rare but it sounds incredible. Like a Big Muff but at the same time meaner AND more controlled sounding if that makes sense. And that's only the starting point as it adds a treble booster with TONS of gain and a very sick fuzz variation available with the 'Tone Select' knob. It's probably the best fuzz I ever played. Totally inspiring.

It's just what the doctor ordered.....

Yes Yes,I had a buddy years ago,who swore by his Bee Baa,as it could be used,as a gain boost,independently of the fuzz,I seem to remember.

The guy was/is a total stock strat head[I think he's still got the weirdest, silver,25th Anniversary 70's headstock, boat anchor heavy,collector model strat too],and he used to make a Fender Concert/Marshall 2203 wig out,though he mostly played clean[ish] in the 2nd,4th strat pup selector switch mode exclusively.
RK

[doorknocker]

Originally Posted by rksguit

Yes Yes,I had a buddy years ago,who swore by his Bee Baa,as it could be used,as a gain boost,independently of the fuzz,I seem to remember.

Yes, there is a seperate treble booster though you can't use it together with the fuzz.

The treble boost is pretty hefty even at the lowest position and I don't think that I will use it much, maybe for recording through small amps for certain sounds.
I never was a fan of treble boosters, usually I try to get rid of sturdy midrange. I had a AnalogMan Beano Boost but couldn't find any use at all for it, like the booster here it quickly becomes rather brutal to my ears.

BTW, I love Rory Gallagher's playing but the Strat/Treble Booster/AC 30 combo must have been pretty brutal on the ears I guess!

But the fuzz sound of the BeeBaa is just great, probably my fave along with my Colorsound One Knob fuzz. They are very different sounding but somehow they both manage to blend 'singing sustain' with 'garage rock' in a most stimulating way. Very fat sounding.

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by fastlanestoner

For me it was the Digitech Whammy. It just had so many issues and was so counter-productive to my rig that I had to get rid it...

It's a good pedal and the new ones are now true bypass and have drop tuning in polyphonic mode. Most use the pedal in the wrong place or for that worn out weeeooooo thing which gets old. I love the harmonizer modes in that puppy, does a cool 4th/5th without having to hold to a set key or scale, pretty cool, but again where you place the pedal is the whole ballgame. A pedal not for everyone but then again what is?

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by Companda

T-Rex Moller and Dr Swamp. Read great reviews but that Ts sound doesn't work for me. I love the fulltone pedals I've used, I have an OCD and a distortion pro. Not sure which version of OCD but don't care because it works for me.

I've had a love/hate relationship with my early/mid 90s Russian big muff. Played it today through a fender champ 600 that's been modded and the 6 inch loved it. Through my SF twin it's not very pleasing.

MI audio Blue Boy deluxe is ok for studio use, tweaking to screw things a little but I prefer 3 good knobs to adjust the sound, otherwise the pedal is wrong in my opinion.

I think guitar gear has to be tried, you can't go on word of mouth. Imdon't like any of my drives/distortions with my tele but most of them sound great with my Deusenburg. The moral is, don't use the tele driven with the amps I have or change the neck P/U. Only problem is testing P/U....

Wow, T-Rex, really, I had been thinking of trying some of those. The only T-Rex I had was the Viper vibe, is a nice modern tech tuned phaser thing on the vibe sound but I later went to the photocell circuit in the DejaVibe.

I still dig my Wampler Ecstasy (now Euphoria) overdrive. Anyone tried that new Leviathan Fuzz Wampler put out?

[Companda]

Originally Posted by darkhorse

Wow, T-Rex, really, I had been thinking of trying some of those. The only T-Rex I had was the Viper vibe, is a nice modern tech tuned phaser thing on the vibe sound but I later went to the photocell circuit in the DejaVibe.

I still dig my Wampler Ecstasy (now Euphoria) overdrive. Anyone tried that new Leviathan Fuzz Wampler put out?

Yeah I was surprised too. I only Have fender amps so maybe a poor match. I'd say try them still, I'm definitely into try where ever possible these days. Well, apart from just buying a second hand fat boost 2. Time will tell whether I'm just a fulltone fanboy(man) or not when thar arrives.

[tyedie]

Biggest disappointments:
Line6 DL4 (this was the biggest disappointment)
EHX Memory Boy
EHX Flanger Hoax
Pigtronix EP-1
Line6 MM4

Most pleasant surpirses:
MXR GT-OD (to this day, can't explain why I sold it)
Zoom Power Drive

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by Companda

Yeah I was surprised too. I only Have fender amps so maybe a poor match. I'd say try them still, I'm definitely into try where ever possible these days. Well, apart from just buying a second hand fat boost 2. Time will tell whether I'm just a fulltone fanboy(man) or not when thar arrives.

All pedals are subject to many variables on ones rig. The guitar and amp chemistry and the interaction of the pedal to them and perhaps others is a rather infinite issue. Some overdrives might sound great kicking an already partially pushed amp, like the ICE 9, but by itself not so great a tone. I learned when something does not hit it for me I shelf it and might come back to it later in another config to see what it can do. You get so little on trade-ins I have learned to slow down and hold on to them for a time. I usually end up regretting dumping them, not always as once in a while you do get a hold of a dud.

I think at times some are quick to dump a pedal because it does not fit the slot they have put it in, and yet it might do something else really well. Good luck w the Fulltone's, the only one I have left is the DejaVibe. Robin Trower swears by them but I also noticed he used batteries, they seem to be really sensitive to ground loop hum and what not. If you're one of those daisy chain power supply users Fulltone usually goes nuts with them.

I dug the Fat Boost 3 but above 9v it had a terrible hum on every power source I had. Even at 9 you could hear the noise floor hum, but oh not cannot be the pedal. Technical support from Fulltone is always, remove the pedal out of the board, put in a fresh battery and use it by itself w different new cables. So how does that fix the hum above the 9v or the interaction hum trying to use the pedal??? I liked the pedal and I had a cool stack going w a gained down OCD as the Fat Boost could add the low end the OCD did not have. Got sick of the hum.

Tell Brian Wampler a pedal is messing up and he'll take it in and look at it or replace it.

Some of the Fulltone pedals like a lot of things are overhype, some are cool and wonderful reading about them but few have ever really amazed me. I do know Fuller is a complete a s s hole and talks down to customers if you have a problem. But, I maintain his DejaVibe is one of the best Vibes and it stays on my various boards. I hope it does not fail else I will just get a new one rather than deal with tech support or Fuller again.


When I was early in the game w overdrives I liked the OCD, some love that pedal. Myself I liked the v3 I used to have when I got a new v4 it was too gainy for me, I even tried mod'ing it to reduce the gain. About that time I got really tired of 4 knob overdrives. Fulltone's tone control is not really a tone control but a treble cut and no bass enhance. Again not a bad pedal, some love them. I moved on. The Fulldrive 2 was OK but more a cleaner boost and the boost circuit tied to the overdrive which I thought paled to many other boost overdrive combinations.

So far the Wampler is the most versatile open transparent drive I have used but my hunger for cool tones always has me looking for more. I think my next effort is going to be a Klon clone. A 3 knobbie again but I hope it has a tone I am looking for. For the time being I am digging Wampler Pedals they just have a range of use and a transparent quality that nothing else I have used. I love the Ecstasy for a Strat or the Paisley for a TEL overdrive. And for high gain, that dude makes some mean pedals.

[Jazz Noise]

Originally Posted by tyedie

Biggest disappointments:
Line6 DL4 (this was the biggest disappointment)
EHX Memory Boy
EHX Flanger Hoax
Pigtronix EP-1
Line6 MM4

Most pleasant surpirses:
MXR GT-OD (to this day, can't explain why I sold it)
Zoom Power Drive

Surprised by the MMB, I love my DMMB! The Flanger Hoax never really thrilled me, nor their phasers - tbh, most phasers aren't my thing..I've an idea for one I might build that'll be a little more..aggressive!

[DerekJ]

Originally Posted by tyedie

Biggest disappointments:
Line6 DL4 (this was the biggest disappointment)
EHX Memory Boy
EHX Flanger Hoax
Pigtronix EP-1
Line6 MM4

Most pleasant surpirses:
MXR GT-OD (to this day, can't explain why I sold it)
Zoom Power Drive

The Flanger Hoax is fun, but not one to "leave on". Still fun. Nothing else like it.

[darkhorse]

Interesting issues one and all. One of the reasons I like this site, great when some comments get going.

Lately I have been messing with my HD500 POD I tweak the hell out of some of the amp models which run through a musical studio grade power amp and a guitar 4x12 cab split wired for stereo. Just kills, the punch and depth is amazing.

Anyway, experimenting with combinations of overdrive settings and different amps it became even more apparent how different amps will love or hate an overdrive or pedal. You have to discover what one interacts with your rig and style, I suspect few modern tech pedals really blow but rather just don't match the amp or guitar or perhaps the style the player is imbued.

One mans holy grail is another's mud cup.

Playing technique and style has a great deal to do with it as well. I think we all have that thing where some distortions, amp gains, or overdrives just don't sound right to us or feel right to our touch.

I might just hate the buzzy tone of some pedal another loves or my choice might be too clean for another.
I've learned after losing a lot of expensive pedals for a fraction of what I dropped on them that is is better to shelf them for another day. Might be another amp come along or a new guitar that they might match.

Hey Phaser guy, Keeley has a new 6 stage analog phaser with wide control ranges and a cool 2 speed option thing where you can toggle your slow or a fast speed and the ramp between them, pretty cool. A 6 stage is a pretty deep phaser. most popular MXR 90 type phasers are 4 stage, too much sort of gets out of control and less musically useful. I've used 10 stage before and they just sort of whack the tone so bad you lose your sound and basic control of the sound. The reason 4 is popular as it is just about perfect for a bold enough sweep and still manageable enough.

(I cannot believe no one ranked or joked on that building a super hard on comment. I thought for sure that one would get all sorts of jokes.)

[Jazz Noise]

Originally Posted by darkhorse

(I cannot believe no one ranked or joked on that building a super hard on comment. I thought for sure that one would get all sorts of jokes.)

Well I still haven't put my Super Hard On in a box and I haven't found the right knob for it, either. Go for it!

[tyedie]

Originally Posted by Jazz Noise

Surprised by the MMB, I love my DMMB! The Flanger Hoax never really thrilled me, nor their phasers - tbh, most phasers aren't my thing..I've an idea for one I might build that'll be a little more..aggressive!

I do use a lot of EHX stuff, just thought those ones were really quite poor. I love the Stereo Poly Chorus and I have an old, mains-lead, green box Deluxe Electric Mistress that I use a lot.

Also, LPB-1 is a classic for a simple boost.

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by Jazz Noise

Well I still haven't put my Super Hard On in a box and I haven't found the right knob for it, either. Go for it!

I was going to say, I built one this morning.

[Jolly_Rogers]

EHX poly-chorus, TS9, T-Rex Replica, Analog Man Clone Chorus, holy grail reverb, every Boss pedal. They are all ok, but not as good as they were made out to be.