favorite secret guitar fx pedals

Seti808 · 3rd March 2005, 09:32 AM

I'm getting into collecting old guitar fx pedals. I just got the old roland boss ce-2 chorus pedals it sounds great!
I want lots more killer fx stomp boxs and pedals of all sorts.

What are some of your guys favorites unknowns etc?

anyone know of any sites?

ps is the Keely mod for the ce-2 cool?

bjm007 · 3rd March 2005, 09:54 AM

Try this...

Gear Page - Pedals

**Jules** · 3rd March 2005, 10:55 AM

We like our Hot Cake pedal.. (its not vintage)

& our Roland Chorus Ensemble pedal (the same model The Smiths used)

Knastratt · 3rd March 2005, 11:48 AM

The Absalom 310 Diglectivider does the trick. Everytime! But it's a one trick pony, though.

LeBurne · 3rd March 2005, 12:22 PM

Clone Centaur

brendondp · 3rd March 2005, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LeBurne
Clone Centaur

Dude, it's Klon - with a "K", and no "e". Sorry to be a pedantic smartass.

Cheers,

bdp

PS - Oh, yes, and the Hotcake is NZ's greatest contribution to tone-altering fuzz destruction. Every home should have one. Crowther Hotcake

Zarathustra · 3rd March 2005, 02:50 PM

Electro Harmonix - Deluxe Memory Man!!!

MXR Dyna Comp

Z.Vex Super Hard On

ringo.fire · 3rd March 2005, 04:18 PM

Lovetone big cheese
Lovetone Brown source
Lovetone Ringstinger

everything from z.vex

marshall supafuzz (i cant get no satisfaction- sound)

MXR dynacomp
MXR Phase90

to name a few...

C/G · 3rd March 2005, 04:41 PM

Vox "Valvetone" distortion pedal. Sounds like a newer tubescreamer but way better.
MXR Phase 100.
Moogerfrooger Murf (murph?)

biggator6 · 3rd March 2005, 05:42 PM

Roland Jet Phaser...

'who's that lady'
"-)

Saucyjack · 3rd March 2005, 06:26 PM

I have a bunch of pedals.
My favorite is the Moogerfooger MURF for warping sounds.

I also have a Hotcake,Barber Tone press,NVN Brontoboost but these see more action with gtrs.

What are you using the Hotcake on besides gtrs.

mizzle · 3rd March 2005, 07:00 PM

Maestro Echoplex.....
I don't use it on guitars that much but it rocks on the Rhodes. If you use one just ride the feedback knob around the infinity point and your regenerated echo will get more twisted and saturated every time around.
-Craig

robmix · 3rd March 2005, 07:26 PM

Be careful, you will soon find that pedals are an addiction. And they're perfect for gearslutz on a budget. Feeling the jones for new gear ? Head over to EBAY for some cheap pedal action. It's the crack of gear whoring.

Anyway, anything by Zvex and Lovetone. The Moog pedals are must haves. I'm a big fan of Electro Harmonix pedals and talk about affordable. Fulltone stuff is always great but a little pricey. And you can't go wrong with Boss pedals.

There's also some pedals you'll see everyone with - the aforementioned Hotcake, Zvex Fuzz Factory and Seek Wah, Arion Chorus, MXR Dynacomp, Ibanez TS-808, Digitech Whammy, Rotosphere, and of course the holy grail of pedals the Boss VB-2.

antti · 3rd March 2005, 07:34 PM

Way huge pedals. Hard to find and
fairly expensive but worth every single penny. I have Swollen Pickle (jumbo fuzz) and Purple Platipus (octidrive). Prescription Electronics Outbox is cool when used with Marshall head.

meteor · 3rd March 2005, 07:50 PM

desert island - the Super Hard On can make an average tube amp something much more than itself, Hotcake (there's a reason this is mentioned several times), Maxon Analog delay, and the Option 5 Destination Rotation - best sounding leslie pedal you've never heard.

cheers,

Drumsound · 3rd March 2005, 07:50 PM

Believe it or not the Danelectro Pepperoni (I think) mini phaser sounds like a Phase 90 only it's quiet. I bought mine for $10. It's the only pedal I own. I really need to start buying pedals!

crypticglobe · 3rd March 2005, 07:56 PM

I have an old Univox Super Fuzz. It's big, metal, Orange with a huge blue stomp pedal... and nothing sounds like it... EVER!

It's the ugliest, and yet most interesting sounding fuzz you have EVER heard! Pete Townsend had one, Eric Claption, Jimi Hendrix, Dude from Dinasour Jr., Kurt Cobain.

It's not something you would want to use for your main sound, but when you want a fuzz that makes everyone STAND up and notice.... this is it.

They are rare and sought after. I have been offered over $1000 for mine. I am keeping it. ;)

It's my favorite pedal just because it's got CHARACTER. :)

dave-G · 3rd March 2005, 08:27 PM

An old Electro Harmonix Muff-Fuzz. It's small, has one knob, and is very very satanic.

I use it sometimes on snare mult in a mix.. Also nice on clav.

-dave

TheSweetener · 3rd March 2005, 09:09 PM

Carl Martin chorus!!!
If you want a subtle chorus, unreached by any plugin, try it!

pan60 · 3rd March 2005, 10:02 PM

my overdrive pedal (62 princeton)
i love these things for some stuff

neve1073 · 3rd March 2005, 10:38 PM

nice looking princeton. I've got a blackface princeton reverb.

I used to have a blond tolexed vibrolux piggyback with two stock tens which I stupidly sold a long time ago.

pedals:

echoplex (tape)
mutron envelope filter
ibanez tube screamer
hao dumble mod
dynacomp or boss compressor

3rd March 2005, 10:42 PM

I have a bunch of things I like.

Favourite one is a custom rack-mount that I had built that houses a Big Muff, Ibanez TS10 and a Danelectro Fab Tone. They all run off a power supply and have the knobs on the front of the rack. (obviously)
Rackmounting these was the best thing- having them in a patchbay for mixdown is just great.

Other toys I use a lot:

Digitech Space Station - does manual tape loop effects with a expression pedal.

Digitech Whammy 1 - sounds better than other editions and is much more rugged (steel not plastic)

Frostwave Blue Ringer- Australian Made Ring Modulator

JR

roughly · 3rd March 2005, 11:02 PM

Z. Vex Super-Hard on is the bomb, but i can't spring for it just now... Guess that's not very sluty .... anybody know about a kit or just a schematic for this guy?

jeffrey

ToddF · 3rd March 2005, 11:40 PM

Yes the Z-vex pedals are great and made here in Minneapolis.

Electro Harmonix, Big Muff, Small Clone and Small Stone are in my collection. The old 70's ones do sound better to me.

$1000 for the Super Fuzz? I'll sell mine for that.

Todd

doorknocker · 3rd March 2005, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ToddF
Electro Harmonix, Big Muff, Small Clone and Small Stone are in my collection. The old 70's ones do sound better to me.

UNKNOWN pedals? Are you sure?

I loved my very first pedal ever, a Schaller Fuzz/Wah/Volume pedal, the fuzz was extremely SICK sounding. It's been so long ago though that I don't really remember the sound but rather the sensation it gave me.......

I also wish I hadn't modified and ultimately fukked up the amp I played it thru: An Electro Harmonix 'Mike Matthews Dirt Road Special', a wicked sounding small transistor combo that featured a built-in Small Stone Phaser (That gave me a pretty close approximation of Jimi Hendrix 'House Burning Down' sound, at least to my somewhat unschooled, tennaged ears)

Andi

www.doorknocker.ch

neve1073 · 3rd March 2005, 11:57 PM

oh and the mutron phaser II by musitronics!

paterno · 4th March 2005, 12:25 AM

How 'bout the Pefftronics Rand-O-Matic, the Korg X911 guitar synth, the Boss VB-2 vibrato, and the DOD Gonkulator?

John

neve1073 · 4th March 2005, 12:57 AM

The tarquinn peever twilby resonating emulator w/fuzz-leslie-wah mod circa June 1971 is great if you can find it. They are very rare! ;)

Meriphew · 4th March 2005, 01:01 AM

Effector 13 pedals are nice weird ones.
www.effector13.com

beechstudio · 4th March 2005, 01:23 AM

MXR distortion+
MXR Dyna Comp
MXR Microamp
Maestro Echoplex

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3rd March 2005, 09:32 AM	#1
Seti808 Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: hawaii Posts: 496	favorite secret guitar fx pedals I'm getting into collecting old guitar fx pedals. I just got the old roland boss ce-2 chorus pedals it sounds great! I want lots more killer fx stomp boxs and pedals of all sorts. What are some of your guys favorites unknowns etc? anyone know of any sites? ps is the Keely mod for the ce-2 cool?

3rd March 2005, 09:54 AM	#2
bjm007 Gear nut Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Way out west... Posts: 115	Try this... Gear Page - Pedals __________________ Don't you know that it's a fool that plays it cool...

3rd March 2005, 10:55 AM	#3
Jules Gearslutz.com admin Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 11,813	We like our Hot Cake pedal.. (its not vintage) & our Roland Chorus Ensemble pedal (the same model The Smiths used) __________________ Jules "...there are some amazing deals to be had in this right now. it brings battleship mixing closer to the jilted generation" - reptil

3rd March 2005, 11:48 AM	#4
Knastratt Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 487	The Absalom 310 Diglectivider does the trick. Everytime! But it's a one trick pony, though. __________________ Pär Hällquist Trackstop recording One stop Track Shop __________________ How come there's only ONE competition authority?

3rd March 2005, 12:22 PM	#5
LeBurne Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: cologne Posts: 11	Clone Centaur

3rd March 2005, 02:50 PM	#7
Zarathustra Gear addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: St. Croix River Valley Posts: 312	Electro Harmonix - Deluxe Memory Man!!! MXR Dyna Comp Z.Vex Super Hard On __________________ "When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." - Henry J. Kaiser

3rd March 2005, 04:18 PM	#8
ringo.fire Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Erfurt/ Germany Posts: 103	Lovetone big cheese Lovetone Brown source Lovetone Ringstinger everything from z.vex marshall supafuzz (i cant get no satisfaction- sound) MXR dynacomp MXR Phase90 to name a few...

3rd March 2005, 04:41 PM	#9
C/G Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,803	Vox "Valvetone" distortion pedal. Sounds like a newer tubescreamer but way better. MXR Phase 100. Moogerfrooger Murf (murph?)

3rd March 2005, 05:42 PM	#10
biggator6 Lives for gear Join Date: May 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 881	Roland Jet Phaser... 'who's that lady' "-)

3rd March 2005, 06:26 PM	#11
Saucyjack Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Knoxville,Tn Posts: 569	I have a bunch of pedals. My favorite is the Moogerfooger MURF for warping sounds. I also have a Hotcake,Barber Tone press,NVN Brontoboost but these see more action with gtrs. What are you using the Hotcake on besides gtrs. __________________ If you really want to make orginal results,work fast and cheap,because there's more of a chance that you'll get somewhere that nobody else did. Brian Eno

3rd March 2005, 07:00 PM	#12
mizzle Gear addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 376	Maestro Echoplex..... I don't use it on guitars that much but it rocks on the Rhodes. If you use one just ride the feedback knob around the infinity point and your regenerated echo will get more twisted and saturated every time around. -Craig __________________ "Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once"

3rd March 2005, 07:26 PM	#13
robmix Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,985	Be careful, you will soon find that pedals are an addiction. And they're perfect for gearslutz on a budget. Feeling the jones for new gear ? Head over to EBAY for some cheap pedal action. It's the crack of gear whoring. Anyway, anything by Zvex and Lovetone. The Moog pedals are must haves. I'm a big fan of Electro Harmonix pedals and talk about affordable. Fulltone stuff is always great but a little pricey. And you can't go wrong with Boss pedals. There's also some pedals you'll see everyone with - the aforementioned Hotcake, Zvex Fuzz Factory and Seek Wah, Arion Chorus, MXR Dynacomp, Ibanez TS-808, Digitech Whammy, Rotosphere, and of course the holy grail of pedals the Boss VB-2.

3rd March 2005, 07:34 PM	#14
antti Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 158	Way huge pedals. Hard to find and fairly expensive but worth every single penny. I have Swollen Pickle (jumbo fuzz) and Purple Platipus (octidrive). Prescription Electronics Outbox is cool when used with Marshall head.

3rd March 2005, 07:50 PM	#15
meteor Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Lone Star Posts: 465	desert island - the Super Hard On can make an average tube amp something much more than itself, Hotcake (there's a reason this is mentioned several times), Maxon Analog delay, and the Option 5 Destination Rotation - best sounding leslie pedal you've never heard. cheers, __________________ "You know how it is... technology is a cradle that swings above a grave." -- myself

3rd March 2005, 07:50 PM	#16
Drumsound Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bloomington Il Posts: 3,600	Believe it or not the Danelectro Pepperoni (I think) mini phaser sounds like a Phase 90 only it's quiet. I bought mine for $10. It's the only pedal I own. I really need to start buying pedals! __________________ Tony Oxide Lounge Recording See the Oxide Lounge! WWJMD? Come see me on the Tape Op boards! "If I have to flip flop more than three times in an A/B test to figure out what the difference is, I lose interest in that difference.'--Tchad Blake

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crypticglobe Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,573	I have an old Univox Super Fuzz. It's big, metal, Orange with a huge blue stomp pedal... and nothing sounds like it... EVER! It's the ugliest, and yet most interesting sounding fuzz you have EVER heard! Pete Townsend had one, Eric Claption, Jimi Hendrix, Dude from Dinasour Jr., Kurt Cobain. It's not something you would want to use for your main sound, but when you want a fuzz that makes everyone STAND up and notice.... this is it. They are rare and sought after. I have been offered over $1000 for mine. I am keeping it. ;) It's my favorite pedal just because it's got CHARACTER. :) __________________ Steve Lamm Cryptic Globe Recording Nashville Club Cubase/Nuendo Host Custom High End DAW Computers Location/Live Event Recording CGR Nashville Studios www.crypticglobe.com www.clubcubasenashville.com Amek Mozart RN - completely restored - FOR SALE

3rd March 2005, 08:27 PM	#18
dave-G Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,096	An old Electro Harmonix Muff-Fuzz. It's small, has one knob, and is very very satanic. I use it sometimes on snare mult in a mix.. Also nice on clav. -dave Attached Thumbnails

3rd March 2005, 09:09 PM	#19
TheSweetener Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Germany / Frankfurt Posts: 969	Carl Martin chorus!!! If you want a subtle chorus, unreached by any plugin, try it!

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pan60 500 series nutjob Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; ) Posts: 6,251	my overdrive pedal (62 princeton) i love these things for some stuff Attached Thumbnails

3rd March 2005, 10:38 PM	#21
neve1073 Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,211	nice looking princeton. I've got a blackface princeton reverb. I used to have a blond tolexed vibrolux piggyback with two stock tens which I stupidly sold a long time ago. pedals: echoplex (tape) mutron envelope filter ibanez tube screamer hao dumble mod dynacomp or boss compressor __________________ =================== "Let's be discrete"

3rd March 2005, 10:42 PM	#22
richmondj Guest Posts: n/a	I have a bunch of things I like. Favourite one is a custom rack-mount that I had built that houses a Big Muff, Ibanez TS10 and a Danelectro Fab Tone. They all run off a power supply and have the knobs on the front of the rack. (obviously) Rackmounting these was the best thing- having them in a patchbay for mixdown is just great. Other toys I use a lot: Digitech Space Station - does manual tape loop effects with a expression pedal. Digitech Whammy 1 - sounds better than other editions and is much more rugged (steel not plastic) Frostwave Blue Ringer- Australian Made Ring Modulator JR

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roughly Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chi-town, a BlueState Posts: 213	Z. Vex Super-Hard on is the bomb, but i can't spring for it just now... Guess that's not very sluty .... anybody know about a kit or just a schematic for this guy? jeffrey __________________ www.callthecow.com <!--BEGIN CLOCK--> <iframe height="235" width="340" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.backwardsbush.com/includes/publicClock.php"/></iframe> <!--END CLOCK-->

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ToddF Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 585	Yes the Z-vex pedals are great and made here in Minneapolis. Electro Harmonix, Big Muff, Small Clone and Small Stone are in my collection. The old 70's ones do sound better to me. $1000 for the Super Fuzz? I'll sell mine for that. Todd __________________ Todd Fitzgerald Producer/Engineer Winterland Studios Minneapolis API Legacy + http://www.winterlandstudios.com

3rd March 2005, 11:57 PM	#26
neve1073 Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,211	oh and the mutron phaser II by musitronics! __________________ =================== "Let's be discrete"

4th March 2005, 12:25 AM	#27
paterno Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: LA Posts: 1,262	How 'bout the Pefftronics Rand-O-Matic, the Korg X911 guitar synth, the Boss VB-2 vibrato, and the DOD Gonkulator? John __________________ discography and other stuff: www.jpreceng.com

4th March 2005, 12:57 AM	#28
neve1073 Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,211	The tarquinn peever twilby resonating emulator w/fuzz-leslie-wah mod circa June 1971 is great if you can find it. They are very rare! ;) __________________ =================== "Let's be discrete"

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Meriphew Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle USA Posts: 2,242	Effector 13 pedals are nice weird ones. www.effector13.com __________________ www.myspace.com/meriphew

4th March 2005, 01:23 AM	#30
beechstudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 865	MXR distortion+ MXR Dyna Comp MXR Microamp Maestro Echoplex __________________ Rick Chaffin http://www.beechstudio.com

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