Cheap effects pedals you're not ashamed to have...

JuneBug29

Anyone have any? I'll start it off. I have an Artec ADL-2 Analog Delay pedal. I can't remember how much it was and i actually can't find it anywhere now to tell you the price. I can only find their other, even cheaper, delay pedal, which isn't as good. It isn't feature packed like other delay pedals but what it does, it does well and it sounds damn good doing it. If you want a simple delay pedal but can't be bothered with more settings and effects that you're not likely to use, this one is a good choice. It's in a sturdy casing so i hope to have it for a long time to come. Not ashamed to have it on my pedalboard amongst other better known pedals cause it's good, bottom line. Anyone else have any cheap pedals you're happy to use alongside more expensive pedals cause they're just that good?

rcaz

I'd never be ashamed to have any pedal...

Overdrive is one that seems to get a particular amount of cork sniffing and endless comparisons and 'shootouts'... I like my Boss SD-1 just fine. Fifty quid I think it cost me, and no it doesn't sound better than anything of a higher 'standard', but the only time anyone's going to hear me play is when my guitar is put through an amp I've never played before, a microphone, a compressor, an equaliser, a PA amp and speakers, with a load of other instruments playing so the mojo toanz hardly matters anymore...

Squidgy Black

I have a Behringer Phaser that cost me 20 quid and does me grand for what I use it for.

I had a couple of Artec pedals, overdrive, fuzz and tuner. Hated the overdrive with a passion, the fuzz is quite horrible. The tuner was okay I guess, but the LED display just died on me the other day after a year of bedroom use. And it never was able to be powered by batteries.

Gaspode

I had a Zoom 505II that I got for messing about with, but ended up gigging with it for a while. Wasnt too bad at all.
I picked up a Ross Phaser second hand in the early 80s for a fiver, and it's still going strong (selling it now though!) and always worked a treat.

rcaz

Those Ross pedals are great though, aren't they? I've heard great things about them, one of those 'secret weapon' kind of jobs.

Behringer make great copies of other people's pedals. Which one have you got stetyrrell? The Vintage Phaser is a Small Stone clone, I'd love to hear how it sounds compared to an EHX Small Stone. I'm looking at getting the Behringer Ultra Vibrato, their clone of the Boss VB-2. And the Vintage Delay (DM-2/3 clone) is meant to be unreal too.

JuneBug29

Behringer get a bad name but i do think they have some stuff that is pretty good quality, for the price anyway. No denying they are value for money. I remember people used to say their pedals were crap. They came out with a new range which were supposed to be much better. I think a lot of people have not gotten rid of the attitude though. Haven't tried out any myself but would be curious to see how they sound compared to their counterparts.

Has anyone used any Danelectro pedals? Once in awhile i hear raves about them but i don't know which ones are supposed to be good. I'm always looking out for gear but need to be careful with money at the moment but if i came across a pedal that was cheap and sounded great i'd buy it in a flash and throw it in good sturdy metal casing :P

Air_Bass

I love my Danelectro Tuna Melt Tremolo, think it was about forty-odd quid new back a few years ago. The knobs and switches are possibly a bit delicate for a lot of Live use but it's a great sounding pedal.
Yip Behringer pedals are just about ok for the money but fall apart after any kind of sustained heavy use.
I had a behringer pedal tuner that I used Live constantly for about 2 years and it served me well but eventually broke.
Boss Hyper-Metal is still my favourite ever pedal (as I am a bassist), it definitely wasn't cheap when I bought it (back in '98) but I'm so glad I did. By the way it sounds horrible for guitar:)

Demeyes

I've got a behringer pedal tuner that I've been using for a good while now. It was less than €20 new so I can't complain. It doesn't feel like the sturdiest thing but it works!
Another pedal I have that cost me very little was the snarling dog Tweed E Dog. It's a distortion pedal I picked up years ago, it was going cheap 2nd hand and I wanted to try a distortion. I dug it out a while ago and fired it up and was surprised at how it sounded and now the other guitarist in my band uses it live.

boycey

I have a Danelectro Cool Cat 'transparent overdrive'. Picked it up for €25 off adverts, its a great OD pedal, really is. I haven't played a version 2, but I highly recommend the Version 1 I own. Its based on the Fulltone OCD.
I do find it funny though thinking Im using a €25 pedal with a €1000 head, and loving it!

Theres a lot of guys building great clones now too, a friend made me a great OD/Boost combo, basically a DOD 250 preamp on one side and a boost on the other, cloned from the ZVex Super Hardon. Great pedal.

68 lost souls

Got a couple of behringer pedals off Doc J a while back when he upgraded to Boss ones. I am really impressed by them. Was talking to him after and he was saying he actually preffered the Behringer ones for some things.

Have a danelectro reel echo which isnt too cheap but its cheap enough and that is pretty cool. Also a marshall bluesbreaker which is cheap enough too and I really like that.

rcaz

boycey wrote: »

I have a Danelectro Cool Cat 'transparent overdrive'. Picked it up for €25 off adverts, its a great OD pedal, really is. I haven't played a version 2, but I highly recommend the Version 1 I own. Its based on the Fulltone OCD.
I do find it funny though thinking Im using a €25 pedal with a €1000 head, and loving it!

I thought the Transparent Overdrive is based on a Tim/Timmy by Paul Cochrane? I heard Danelectro changed it for Version 2 because Paul Cochrane was giving out :pac:

Squidgy Black

El Pr0n wrote: »

Behringer make great copies of other people's pedals. Which one have you got stetyrrell? The Vintage Phaser is a Small Stone clone, I'd love to hear how it sounds compared to an EHX Small Stone. I'm looking at getting the Behringer Ultra Vibrato, their clone of the Boss VB-2. And the Vintage Delay (DM-2/3 clone) is meant to be unreal too.

I have the Classic 90, it's basically a copy of the MXR 90 phaser. The main reason I love it is because the dry signal is louder than the wet for some reason, so it's quite subtle. So the wet signal fault is actually the best thing about it :P

Then again, I have one of their octaver copies, and it's absolutely horrendous. Terrible casing and build quality, and the sounds even worse.

rcaz

stetyrrell wrote: »

I have the Classic 90, it's basically a copy of the MXR 90 phaser. The main reason I love it is because the dry signal is louder than the wet for some reason, so it's quite subtle. So the wet signal fault is actually the best thing about it :P

Then again, I have one of their octaver copies, and it's absolutely horrendous. Terrible casing and build quality, and the sounds even worse.

Yeah that's a problem with loads of phasers, wtf world?

And dodgy octaves can sound cool :P

quicklickpaddy

El Pr0n wrote: »

Yeah that's a problem with loads of phasers, wtf world?

And dodgy octaves can sound cool :P

I have the Arion Octave pedal. It's hilarious sounding, it sounds really really MIDI. Even more so when you throw a fuzz after it. And it oscillates really badly as soon as you play any harmony to the single note - but that's probably the best part... Bad as an Octave pedal but definitely useful as it is! I also have a PSK Analog Delay. My brother picked it up cheap years ago and I found it a while back, I preferred it the the Boss Digital Delay so their both staples in the pedalboard now. PSK stands for "Pride of South Korea" apparently?? :pac:

Dunlop CryBaby is worth a shout here too I reckon! I bought my HR-2 Harmonist for €40 on adverts but you wouldn't usually find them that cheap. I also have the Behringer Compressor (I had the Boss before it but it stopped working so I brought it back and got the cash and bought the Behringer cos I tried my mates and didn't think the Boss one was worth the extra €50). That said they're both muck. Gonna get the PigTronix Philosophers Tone - good value but not really a cheap pedal.

I'd definitely get the Tremolo too if I didn't have to pay €15 to get it shipped. Oh and I also have the Bespeco Volume... A bit jumpy in terms of pinpointing a volume but decent tone clarity

eoin5

I've a brandless pedal that just says 'Distortion' , not going to change the world but works fine!

boycey

El Pr0n wrote: »

I thought the Transparent Overdrive is based on a Tim/Timmy by Paul Cochrane? I heard Danelectro changed it for Version 2 because Paul Cochrane was giving out :pac:

Yeah, I've heard that story too.
Here's a little side by side vs the OCD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XNXu3jvrSo

Forgive me, after knocking around here for a few years I still can't figure out how to embed a youtube vid properly

Gaspode

eoin5 wrote: »

I've a brandless pedal that just says 'Distortion' , not going to change the world but works fine!

Now that you mention it, I've a nameless pedal too. It's an overdrive and was possibly a homemade thing, cant even remember where I picked it up. Works, but tends to dull the tone of your guitar a bit.

-=al=-

Ive 3 behringer ones and a danelectro talkbox!

the phaser, tube screamer thing and equaliser...

Ash.J.Williams

-=al=- wrote: »

Ive 3 behringer ones and a danelectro talkbox!

the phaser, tube screamer thing and equaliser...

what are they like? i heard the pitch shifter is a better buy then the Boss at 1/4 the price

MetalDog

stetyrrell wrote: »

I have a Behringer Phaser that cost me 20 quid and does me grand for what I use it for.

Haha I bought that off you on Adverts, and it works just fine.

kranog

The Dan-o-Wah is THE BEST wah pedal I've ever used.
It just looks stupid - seriously who thought it was a good idea to build a pedal that you actually put your weight on out of plastic and shaped like a feckin' car?
My brother broke my last one when he used it - he's a big guy!
I was gutted as they aint too easy to find anymore!
If ya see one - let me know!
http://homepage2.nifty.com/sampodo/effect/ala/danowah01.gif