Worst pedal you've got?

Hemisaurus · July 01, 2011, 11:17:04 PM

How about a Meatbox instead

jibberish · July 04, 2011, 07:27:56 AM

Quote from: Hemisaurus on June 30, 2011, 01:11:21 PM

^that right there. i totally would be lost without my old trusty HM-2, so i treid a couple of those..got them for $20 each. you can run one through the other..that still sucked though.. i gave one of them away to my nephew just starting out playing but i still have the other. garbage. i have a really cheap pedal that is sooo nasty, i like it heh

Lumpy · July 04, 2011, 06:00:45 PM

If you could build an affordable Meatbox clone, you could make a few bucks... they sell for around 100 bucks (sometimes more, sometimes less)

Hemisaurus · July 04, 2011, 08:24:11 PM

Quote from: Lumpy on July 04, 2011, 06:00:45 PM
If you could build an affordable Meatbox clone, you could make a few bucks... they sell for around 100 bucks (sometimes more, sometimes less)

Not interested right now, but give it a year, looks like my shop will be going completely Windows, and they won't have any place for me. Then I may turn to amp repair and amp / pedal building as a way to make pin money.

Mike_Sims · July 05, 2011, 01:58:58 AM

all of these CAN'T be worse than the metal master I use to own... no way...

kirky · July 05, 2011, 02:17:38 AM

Quote from: Mike_Sims on July 05, 2011, 01:58:58 AM
all of these CAN'T be worse than the metal master I use to own... no way...

ahhhh....the arion metal master....i had one as well...sucked.

justinhedrick · July 05, 2011, 09:15:47 AM

Quote from: kirky on July 05, 2011, 02:17:38 AM
Quote from: Mike_Sims on July 05, 2011, 01:58:58 AM
all of these CAN'T be worse than the metal master I use to own... no way...

ahhhh....the arion metal master....i had one as well...sucked.

did you get the free t-shirt with it that said "i am the metal master"? anyone remember those in the early 90s?

Jake · July 05, 2011, 10:56:55 AM

My worst pedal is my NYC Big Muff. I don't know why I keep it.

LogicalFrank · July 05, 2011, 02:12:36 PM

I keep all my crappy pedals because fifty or a hundred bucks is not worth the hassle of selling shit. Making decent money makes me lazy.

Jake · July 05, 2011, 05:51:30 PM

That.

Clydesdale · July 05, 2011, 06:13:41 PM

DOD grunge at low volume at home can be a bit fun!

I'll never get rid of shit pedals because you never know what you might record with one.

Shit pedals buried beneath thick drones can add certain flavor.

Mr. Foxen · July 05, 2011, 06:54:51 PM

Ernie Ball volume pedal. I hate it, it has so much potential, but the string broke and was a giant ballache to replace, then the pot was fuck anyway. And the guy who gave it to me to fix never collected it, so I spend frustrating hours for nothing.

Isabellacat · July 06, 2011, 08:10:51 PM

i had a BOSS Hyper Metal pedal that did'nt even work.

i also had a BOSS Digital Delay but that was alot of fun. still mad i lost that to the pawn shop.

mortlock · July 06, 2011, 08:24:29 PM

"Shit pedals buried beneath thick drones can add certain flavor."

so true..i love my crappy pedals..except the digitech shit..but they sound like ass anyhow..

Hemisaurus · July 06, 2011, 08:39:45 PM

I'm not going to diss any brand, the reverbs on those Digitech combi pedals, you know the RP and BP series is excellent.

mortlock · July 06, 2011, 08:47:38 PM

that may be so. but its not so much the sound as it is the way they chow 9v batteries..

MikeyT · July 06, 2011, 11:16:46 PM

Quote from: dogfood on June 30, 2011, 11:53:38 PM
Dear Hemi,

You fucking comedian, send me your address and I'll send this fucker to you postage due.

Your truly,

dogfood

I find that post to be humorous.

VOLVO))) · July 06, 2011, 11:29:23 PM

I do, too Mike_T.

Isabellacat · July 07, 2011, 02:16:45 AM

I also used to have an Ibanez Classic Metal soundtank distortion that was actually good,at least way better than that BOSS DS-1.

I actually love that Jimi Hendrix brand Crybaby wah too. at first I thought it did'nt sound too great but it grew on me. Not as good as the Tycobrahe wah-wah's tho.

justinhedrick · July 07, 2011, 09:22:44 AM

Quote from: isabellacat on July 07, 2011, 02:16:45 AM
I also used to have an Ibanez Classic Metal soundtank distortion that was actually good,at least way better than that BOSS DS-1.

I actually love that Jimi Hendrix brand Crybaby wah too. at first I thought it did'nt sound too great but it grew on me. Not as good as the Tycobrahe wah-wah's tho.

didn't the classic metal pedal have the same chip as a tube screamer or something?

I,Galactus · July 07, 2011, 09:48:45 AM

MOOG EP-1 Expression pedal

$25, all plastic, cheap pots, and easy to break strings.

They've since replaced it with the beefed up EP-2, but they're not problem free either.

Hemisaurus · July 07, 2011, 11:18:10 AM

Quote from: justinhedrick on July 07, 2011, 09:22:44 AM
Quote from: isabellacat on July 07, 2011, 02:16:45 AM
I also used to have an Ibanez Classic Metal soundtank distortion that was actually good,at least way better than that BOSS DS-1.

I actually love that Jimi Hendrix brand Crybaby wah too. at first I thought it did'nt sound too great but it grew on me. Not as good as the Tycobrahe wah-wah's tho.

didn't the classic metal pedal have the same chip as a tube screamer or something?

So look up the schematic

http://www.dirk-hendrik.com/classic_metal.pdf

VOLVO))) · July 07, 2011, 11:27:03 AM

I want that Metal Master shirt, straight up.

Instant Dan · July 07, 2011, 12:09:42 PM

When I still had them, the Metal Zone and Dunlop standard Crybaby. Extremely harsh sounding pedals.

The worst one I own right now? Probably Boss SD-1

VOLVO))) · July 07, 2011, 12:15:26 PM

someone send me a Marshall shredmaster please