Crap pedals you'd never want?

[laterallateral]

Well I've found alot of the Danelectro mini effects to be pretty underwhelming. Even taking into account the very low pricepoint.
I had the DJ-1 for a little while and the parameters on it were a sad little joke. They should have invested what little money was dedicated to putting pots and knobs on these and used it to design a better base effect. Chalking it up to an okay sounding, on/off only device would have been a better idea.

Behringer gets my money in the dirt cheap effect game.

[Mudfuzz]

Well I've found alot of the Danelectro mini effects to be pretty underwhelming. Even taking into account the very low pricepoint.

I will admit to owning a chili-dog, it got in on El-bay for $17 a few years ago, it's in a box somewhere.....

[Ghost Hip]

The buffers on the mini danos are fuzz-fuckers. I gave my milkshake chorus to my friend, it works quite well for him though.

[laterallateral]

I gave mine away for five bucks at a gear swap to a dude that came by my table three times, trying to haggle the pedal down from 7 bucks. We chuckled as the dude walked away with it, imagining the face he'd make when he'd realize what a turd pedal he'd spent his paper route money on.

[Blurillaz]

and some pedals just look fugly.

[laterallateral]

Vrooom... VROOOM fuck off.

[effetebomb]

And I'll never own a compressor.

But... Why?

I can't see myself using one... I don't get why people use them. I'm all about picking dynamics, and if I'm not mistaken a compressor makes you playing the same volume no matter how hard or soft you pick. It sounds too predictable and boring.

a properly set compressor turns guitars and basses into feedback machines instantly. I think you underestimate the advantages of tiny hum being compressed up to high volumes. compressor is one of my favorite effects and certainly not because it tames shit. because it don't.

[Blurillaz]

Yes, I like using mine as an Overdrive, even sometimes Crank the amp and use it as a Clean/Dirty switch... not sure how it keeps it the same volume though...

And he is right, you can get clean guitars with feedback at some settings.

[eti]

Any pedal made mostly of plastic.

But I'm not too picky insofar as I can usually find a use for just about anything.

[godofthegrove]

Any pedal made mostly of plastic.

But I'm not too picky insofar as I can usually find a use for just about anything.

I agree with the Plastic pedals........what's worse is a really good pedal in poor housing that falls apart after a few stomps.

[laterallateral]

If you mean the Dano Wah, I agree 100%, if not only for the weird bonus fuzz circuit.
Shame they had to make it look so risible.

[Ghost Hip]

I can't see myself using one... I don't get why people use them. I'm all about picking dynamics, and if I'm not mistaken a compressor makes you playing the same volume no matter how hard or soft you pick. It sounds too predictable and boring.

a properly set compressor turns guitars and basses into feedback machines instantly. I think you underestimate the advantages of tiny hum being compressed up to high volumes. compressor is one of my favorite effects and certainly not because it tames shit. because it don't.

That's a part of the reason I use clean boost, it makes pedals feedback more easily. I'm not saying compressors are crap pedals, I was more focused on that I don't think I'll ever have one. The only one that has ever itnrigued me is the philosophers tone, but thats because of clean blend fuzz part.

[SilliusSodus]

Any pedal made mostly of plastic.

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I agree with the Plastic pedals........

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QL-6eTHSHQ[/youtube]

[bigchiefbc]

I own three different behringer pedals, two of which are on my boards and aren't going anywhere. And yet I also have owned half a dozen different pedals that each cost over $300 a piece. Some of them were great, some of them sucked. Same thing can be said of the Behringers. I wonder what it all means.

[Blurillaz]

Hey guys, meet ShortScaleGearDemos...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QL-6eTHSHQ[/youtube]

Plastic is pretty tough.

Except at my shows, I light all my pedals on fire at the end, and the plastic behringer and danelectro ones just melted away! Can you believe that!