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Carl Martin fx: good reputation?


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They seem extremely well made to me, especially with the added headroom that most of their pedals offer. The pedals I've tried are most excellent.

 

I know their delay took some heat for being too bright, and their newer delay has an analog clean sound mixed with digital echoes, which apparently sound good. And I know they're not true bypass pedals either.

 

I see that their pedals don't necessarily hold resale value well, and I was wondering if this was in part due to high European prices relative to the dollar coupled with distance from Denmark, which makes repair shipping more expensive. Because I can't find anything at all to fault in these pedals.

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I had not seen a signature filled with so much ignorance...

 

Anyway, I've used many CM pedals and liked them all. Some do not run on batteries and were a bit large, so that was my only complaint. Other than that, they never gave me problems and sounded good.

 

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CONTOUR'N BOOST

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My experience with Carl Martin was pretty disappointing. After buying a number of lower priced compressor pedals and not getting the sound I wanted, I decided to shell out some bucks and get a Carl Martin. Unfortunately, when I plugged it in at home, it was picking up a spanish-speaking radio station. I took it to a tech and he tried everything he could to block the RFI, but no luck. The strange thing is that I have lots of gear in my studio, including a lot of cheaper stuff, and nothing else picks up radio interference. I contacted the company and I got a prompt response, but all they could say was that it happens in a small percentage of cases. I'm not knocking the company - I know they make some great products, but unfortunately, mine wasn't so great.

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^could we get the story...just one more time...hehe

It is just unlucky that it did so, I had radio all over in the late 80's and early 90's when I was practising with my bands back then....I could tune into Radio Moscow and Luxemburg with my volume knob, then I could switch guitars and it was gone, radiowaves are a pain!

Niels

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