half priced pedals you think are totally worth it

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Moen tops my list.
Kind of big but built solid and sound great.

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The old ones with the pointy knob that came in a wooden box are way better than the newer ones, I'd try to get one of those if you can.
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Mudfuzz wrote:
friendship wrote:
Mudfuzz wrote:Dod.
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I like the Arion bass distortion for some reason.
Guyatone... the little ones...


When I was in high school I really wanted that Black Noise pedal because it was marketed as a heavy industrial distortion. Youtube and the like did not exist at the time and no stores around me carried. I always wondered what it sounded like; I suspect probably really scooped?

EDIT: haha from an [url]ebay item descrip[/url]:

"It works. Tone-wise, it's a mid-scooped distortion. If you have ever had a Crate practice amp with the built-in distortion, and really wanted that in pedal form, you are about to find your dream distortion. "

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That sounds pretty damn good on bass!
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Steal of the century: Digi RDS-series rackmount delays.

All the fun of the PDS pedals with more control, options, and without the retarded price tag.
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hazelwould wrote:For me, I'd say:
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I am very intrigued by this right here.

Big fan of the Arion Stereo Chorus and the Arion Flanger. Both have their own really excellent sound.
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jrmy wrote:
hazelwould wrote:For me, I'd say:
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I am very intrigued by this right here.

Big fan of the Arion Stereo Chorus and the Arion Flanger. Both have their own really excellent sound.


I'd bet a Coke it's another clone of the Boss CE-5 like my $10 Starcaster Chorus is, except this one keeps the stereo output. The Starcaster is good for a shimmery, "etched" sounding chorus. The Guyatone MC-3 is better at a thick, warm sound which is kind of pulse-y like a Uni-Vibe. That's why I have both.
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jrmy wrote:
hazelwould wrote:For me, I'd say:
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I am very intrigued by this right here.

Big fan of the Arion Stereo Chorus and the Arion Flanger. Both have their own really excellent sound.

This thing is SO fat. I could get to pseudo bass boosted sounds. I've never had a chorus that really worked to add fatness and shimmer to your sound like that one.
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Rfurtkamp's Suggestion: Boss gl-100
Rack Format though.
But an awesome Palette of 80ies Boss stomp Box Sounds and highly customizable with parametric mid controls.
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Super cheap
Danelectro Tuna Melt
Danelectro French Toast
Digitech Digidelay
Digitech Digiverb
Digitech Bass Synth Wah

Kind of cheap
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Electro-Harmonix Germanium Big Muff
MXR Micro Flange (or anything MXR)
BBE Boosta Grande
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By 'half-priced', do you mean really cheap? If so, then I'd mention (by type)....

OVERDRIVE / DRIVE
Biyang X-drive
Behr. TO800
Digi. Bad Monkey
Daphon (aka Wholenote et al) E20OD
Boss SD1
Visual Sound garage tone Drivetrain
Dan. Cool Cat series v1 discontinued OCD and Timmy knock-offs
Joyo Ultimate Drive (OCD knock-off)
Dan. Daddy-O, v. cheap second-hand

FUZZ
Dan. French Toast
Behr. SF300
Dan. Cool Cat Fuzz v1

EQ
GLX/Beta Aivin GE7 knock-off

TREMOLO
Nobels TRX trem
Dan. Cool Cat trem
Dan. Tuna Melt

PHASER
Visual Sound garage tone Oil Can

UNIVIBE
Dan. Cool Cat Vibe
Moen Shaky Jimi
Dan. Chicken Salad

CHORUS
Dan. Cool Cat (big case) - v. cheap second hand
Dan. - Cool Cat series one

DELAY
Visual Sound garage tone Axl Grease
Behr. VD400

Generally, plenty of stuff by Joyo, Biynag, Danelectro, and Behringer.

I love good cheap pedals. :)
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I wish i lived on the same planet were $50 tr2s and de-7s where considered cheap..
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DOD FX20B... not the FX20C 4 stage version or the crappy two knobs FX20. The fx20b was basically a six stage small stone with more control.
The extra stages and resonance could make it pretty gritty sounding. It's not a do everything phaser. it does what it does. You will find it useful or not. It was the first pedal i ever owned, so maybe it's nostalgia.

Rocktron Austin Gold- This pedal probably would have been a huge hit had it included a tone control. I'll admit it will not work with a lot of amps. Sounds terrible through my fender twin.
I gigged with it for years and still have it around somewhere.
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