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Cody_Pole wrote:

modernage wrote: it's an unspoken rule around here that you're a moron and don't know how to spend your money if you pay more than $200 on a pedal that can't do shoegaze, sludge/doom or useless bleeps and screeches.

I agree however I modified this statement cuz I hardly think sexual preference should enter into the equation.

mathias wrote:Also (double post!)

Screw the 250/D+. If you like the sound of it, build your own. If you really can't build it, you can get a EQD White Light, which sounds way better IMHO.

mathias wrote:Music gear is choose your own adventure, not buy-mass-market-crap. OR at least it should be.

modernage wrote:

Cody_Pole wrote:

modernage wrote: it's an unspoken rule around here that you're a moron and don't know how to spend your money if you pay more than $200 on a pedal that can't do shoegaze, sludge/doom or useless bleeps and screeches.

I agree however I modified this statement cuz I hardly think sexual preference should enter into the equation.

No you can leave it. I took a survey of all my gay friends, and they agree. They're not interested in any of that.

modernage wrote:
I'm interested in the White Light. Is it based off of an existing circuit, or is it an EQD original?

The EarthQuaker White Light Overdrive is not a “transparent overdrive pedal.” Your guitar sounds different when you turn it on versus when it is not on. I like this. I do not wish to be stabbed by Bro and I do not wish to stab Bro.
Like its DOD Overdrive/Preamp 250 forebears, however, the White Light does not change the basic tone of the guitar quite as much as some other common overdrives. The Ibanez Tubescreamer and Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive (and many within the universe of pedals which are based on such designs), for example, both trim the lows and highs while boosting the midrange (which, in turn, seems to further diminish the lows and highs to our ears). The WL bumps up the mids and highs just a tad and the “Weight” control tailors the bass response.
The Weight control might have more aptly been called the “Diet” knob. The more signal the pedal is fed, the more girthsome the sound gets. Reduce the amount of signal going in to the pedal and the sound gets skinnier. With the control turned fully clockwise, you’re pedal is dining on bacon cheeseburgers and your sound might get a bit mushy, especially with the gain up high. All the way counter-clockwise, it’s getting rice cakes and will sound a bit anemic. In between the poles is a nice range of meals.

mathias wrote:Tubescreamers are overpriced for such an old, simple circuit. The boutique clones are worse, but I understand the labor that goes into a lot of those.

The DL4 costs a lot while no longer being the king of features. And their quality sucks until you send it to drasp.

The ZVex stuff is all overpriced IMHO but again, I understand the labor that goes into handbuilding and handpainting each. And that makes me realize that Zvex is one step up towards corporations & factories from builders like Tom, who I would rather support because the Algal Bloom sounds wicked!

madmax1012 wrote:the DL4 is absolutely overrated, when for $100 more you can get an M9, which doubles the loop time, and does EVERYTHING. i thought it was overpriced at first, but for everything it does, it's worth it. i think some of the Boss pedals are overrated. for example, the DD7 has tap tempo, but it's really only usable if you buy the footswitch to control it, unless you feel like holding the pedal down for 2 seconds, and then tapping in the tempo. i hate that stuff, when you pay hard earned money for something that you can't access all of it's features.

Cody_Pole wrote:Hey their guys and gals thought I'd post a topic about effects pedals that are outdated but yet still retain or acquire a hefty price tag.

My example being the PDS-8000 its pretty old and their are pedals that can approximate what it does that are cheaper, yet I've regularly
seen these for around 300/350.

Anybody got any other examples?