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Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:08 pm
by jasonmitsch
An idea from the Pedals You Wish Existed thread: Imagine the worst possible pedal, all the features you would never want!
jasonmitsch wrote:DarkAxel wrote:something that combines things we love with things we hate
like a Tubescreamer in the Klon enclosure with CV input
CV would control how much bass do you lose
mindfuck
An EHX bass big muff, with a behringer buffer, 1 top jack and 1 side jack, runs on 6 C batteries with a larger enclosure etched with anti-gay rhetoric.
EDIT: oops, that's all things I hate.
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:13 pm
by K2000
The knobs are right next to the stomp switch (already a bunch of pedals like that).
The knobs are tiny with poor indication of position (Danelectro 'food' series).
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:21 pm
by retinal orbita
A $250 digital delay/looper that comes with 6AA batteries and no adapter
Oh wait that exists
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:40 pm
by bigchiefbc
A clean boost with a clean blend.
In a Source Audio enclosure.
Even thinking about that made me angry
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:44 pm
by skullservant
1590A enclosure but it's got no bypass footswitch on it, you have to plug in a second 1590A that has the bypass footswitch. 'top mounted jacks on both of the enclosures so you have to put them on your board width wise. No LED's, and it's just a buffer so you cant tell when its on or off
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:45 pm
by DarkAxel
how about
manual killswitch with clean blend
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:53 pm
by K2000
Requires a unique wall wart power supply (Whammy, Electro Faustus) or battery-only (early ZVEX).
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:53 pm
by rustywire
All controls would have to be internal trimpots.
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:58 pm
by Casavettes
A potato
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:02 pm
by woolyh
True bypass Spice Box.
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:06 pm
by skullservant
A bypass looper with a toggle switch instead of a footswitch that runs off of wall mains at 120v with a transformer and all to run the LED
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:10 pm
by watchyourscrew
Parallel Effects Loop that only puts out A Gilded Eternity when in use.
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:14 pm
by Achtane
HM-2 permanently set to no bass/full treble into Sitar Swami into chorus.
Just one knob and it's a volume control but it never reaches unity.
Output jack on right.
No power jack.
Enclosure uses proprietary screws that were poorly machined so that the lid never actually contacts the rest of it.
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:15 pm
by K2000
A whole lot of knobs, and none of them are labeled. Instructions say the effect is "intuitive" and 'just experiment' etc.
Manufacturer's name is huge on the label.
Embarrassing name or graphic.
Re: Imagine the worst pedal ever
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:17 pm
by skullservant
K2000 wrote:A whole lot of knobs, and none of them are labeled. Instructions say the effect is "intuitive" and 'just experiment' etc.
Manufacturer's name is huge on the label.
Embarrassing name or graphic.
Haha now I feel bad cause I never label Dirge stuff or include instructions