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I have lots of relatively inexpensive pedals. I also have some expensive ones. You can get great sounding cheap pedals, as well as great sounding expensive pedals.

 

Probably my favorite "cheap pedal" is my Danelectro Fish & Chips EQ. I have it "on" far more often than not.

 

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i used to have the metal zone. i gave it to my niece as a christmas present. the reason is the metal zone lacks mids and has too much bass. i can't seem to hear it well i have to boost the midrange all the way up.

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Behringer's Ultra Shifter/Harmonist is probably one of the sweetest pitch shifting pedals you can get, combine it with a cheap zoom expression pedal and you have an amazing polyphonic shifter pedal that beats up on digitech and ehx all day long for a fraction of the price.

 

I also like cheap dirt pedals ala digitech or the newer marshall guv'nor 2. MXR's dirt boxes can be had new for under $100 and sound great also.

 

Also digitech digidelays are fantastic for the price new and used. I pull them out to play with smaller combos all the time.

 

So for the most part, I'm a fan of cheap effects. I am definitely no stranger to them. :)

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In my studio I have an extra amp setup for Guest guitarists with a pedal board full of Behringer pedals.

I don't think I paid more then $25 for any of them.

 

The best in that bunch are the Tube screamer, Big Muff clones and the 24 bit Digital Echo are excellent for the price.

Theres an MXR compressor clone that isn't bad if you like that kind of compression

The Chorus and Phaser aren't the best but you can get by with them.

 

The Fuzz is a copy of a Univox Fuzz and gives you an octave harmonic. Not exactly my cup of tea but its not the fault of the quality, just not something I prefer.

 

The GDI21 and BDI21 V Tone, active DI boxes aren't bad for the price. They are both Sans Amp type clones for bass and guitar and you can dial up a decent tone for recording. They are quiet but not overly versatile. I also have the Bass limiter which is pretty good for pumping up bass recording or live. Its not mushy like a compressor and has a tone knob which is tuned to bass frequencies. Good for getting a little slap to the bass when turned up.

 

I have dozens of other pedals which are higher quality like Boss, Morley, Maestro EH etc., all of which I paid much less then retail.

 

They key is not to be in a rush to buy. In the past I'd get some money and couldn't wait to spend it, often times spending more then I should have for gear. Now I check pricing on items I may need. If most places list it at say $100, chances are you can get the item for $60 or even less is you keep trolling around on places like EBay. You have the money available so when that deal comes along you can jump on it.

 

 

 

 

 

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I've tried some Beringer effects pedals and I was impressed by the sound quality of the pedals.

One draw back, is when you press down to engage the pedal, it's noisy. I solved the problem by using a RJM Mini Effects Gizmo 😂

Those plastic enclosures are sure noise.

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eBay is a great way to get gear for cheap, Reverb is another source too.

Back in the day , I bought a Johnson Millennium 250, an amp that was way way ahead of it's and gave me so much tonal options. It broke my heart to sell it , I bought it new and I had to pay an arm and a leg N half.

Now you can get them at 40% of the cost of when they were new.

Right now, the Line 6 Helix is the rage .... wait a year and the puppy will not be as expensive.

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I bought a Joyo Vintage Overdrive yesterday for $23 with free shipping.

 

Its a Tube Screamer clone that uses the same RC4558 chip and pots as an Ibanez.

 

Many people rate them as high as an Ibanez running them in a side by side comparison, and there isn't even any tweaking needed to get them to sound the same. you can set the knobs the same and get the same results.

 

When you add up the cost of parts and having them shipped to you I couldn't even buy the parts to build a TS that cheap.

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By the way I got that Joyo Vintage overdrive in this weekend and get to use it all weekend both recording and playing through an amp.

Sounds as good as my old TS808 did. The build is very good and its got decent pots in it too. The pots are packed with conductive grease which gives you that slow smooth feel to it. Makes it difficult to accidentally kick the setting with your feet.

 

I used it recording before an amp emulator unit set for clean. You do notice the drop off in bass like you would most tube screamers. I may do that bass boost mod on this one just for recording purposes. You don't need it for leads but for chords getting some response below 200hz might be worthwhile.

 

Simple mod in any case, you just add a second cap in series with a switch. There's a couple of others which are pretty simple too. One to make it sound like a TS9 and one to boost the gain. I really don't need those mods but I know I can make them if I want.

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I decided to order the Joyo Ultimate drive yesterday. Its supposed to be a Fulltone OCD clone. I listened to a couple of You tube videos and it sounds close enough to satisfy my curiosity.

 

The pedal produces drive between an overdrive and a distortion pedal. It can be gained up to get in the AC/DC metal territory, but its not a heavy metal pedal. I already have several others that can get that kind of gain, especially my Marshall Governor.

 

I'm thinking about modifying my chain order using these pedals.

 

This is essentially what I have. I have several others like a Big Muff and Silver dragon in an additional loop but this is my main loop.

This gets the job done well for allot of the music I play.

 

Snarling Dogs Very Tone> Morley Volume Wah> Marshall Compressor> Maestro Parametric/overdrive > Tube screamer clone> Marshall Bluesbreaker > Marshall Governor> Marshall Chorus> Leslie simulator> 24 bit stereo echo.

 

I'm expanding my main loop to include some new/additional pedals.

 

Morley Volume Wah> Marshall Compressor > Moserite Fuzzrite> Joyo Tube screamer clone> Marshall Bluesbreaker> Joyo OCD clone > Marshall Governor > Joyo Classic Chorus > Marshall Chorus> 24 bit stereo echo.

 

 

 

Not sure If I have the right order on these Moserite Fuzzrite> Joyo Tube screamer clone> Marshall Bluesbreaker> Joyo OCD clone >

 

I may have to swap the Fuzzrite, TS, Bluesbreaker and OCD around to get the best results. Normally I set pedals up with the lowest gains first working up to the highest. This way I can gang them up in stages using a low gain pedal to drive a higher one if I choose.

 

Any Suggestions?

 

The Bluesbreaker and the Very tone both have clean boost settings too if I choose to use them too.

 

I'm likely dumping the Snarling dog and the Maestro. They are big pedals and I just don't use them allot. The Wah does most of what the Maestro does. The Very tone is a rare and unique pedal. Its essentially a Gibson Varitone circuit with additional preamplification and gain and allows you to get 60 separate settings at various levels. It lets me make a Fender sound like a Gibson or Gibson sound like a Fender using various EQ curves if you choose. I like it over a regular EQ because it has fixed settings that nail the sound without fussing around, but I really don't use that one allot. .

 

 

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