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I mean like Boss, Digitech, DOD, MXR, Line 6, etc. I always seem to be reading about someone wanting a $200 fuzz box or a $250 phaser to get that perfect sound. I mean I just have "average joe" brands like the ones I mentioned above and I think they sound pretty good. I'm playing over 25 years so its not like I'm a beginner. Maybe I'm just not as anal about my tone as some.

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Ibanez Tube Screamer, Boss OD-3 are some of the best pedals I have used and are not considered boutique. I am not sure if you think Maxon is boutique, but I think the CP-101 compressor, PhaseTone PT-999, AD-80 Analog Delay are some of the best pedals on the market.

I also think the EH Small Stone, Small Clone are cheap and exceptional. Lots of choices that are non boutique.

Jack

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Originally posted by fenderguitar

Maybe I'm just not as anal about my tone as some.

 

 

for sure a possebility.

 

but i think that most people around here have mass produced pedals also. and there is enough talkin about them on this forum. a vague term 'mass produced' btw.

 

i use some ehx pedals and a dod and a digitech pedal and even have a behringer micromixer on a board. my trusty vox valvetone is taking a break at my nephes house who just gets into electric playing.

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Only boutiques I own or will shortly own:

Cat's Eye Mista Fuzz
Lovepedal COT50

I have a Fuzz Factory/Ultra Fuzz clone that I guess would be considered boutique, as it was a custom job from a friend of mine. My other pedals are Vox, Dunlop/MXR, Dano, EHX, Ibanez, Line 6 and Yamaha. I get good tones. :thu: I think fuzzes are so quirky that they often need to be boutique.

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I've swung back to the mass produced sleepers bigtime.... EH USA big muff, Small Stone, Yamaha flangers, Boss RPS-10, Dimarzio Very Metal, EchoPark, DOD FX96 analog delay....

you've just gotta sift through the loads of average effects until you find the mass produced ones you like.

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Sure. I have a lot of Electro Harmonix stuff, they're probably my favorite pedal maker. I also have a Boss Noise Gate and some less familiar but definitely not-boutique stuff, like hughes and kettner.

Truth be told, though, I don't buy much of the mass-produced stuff because it's not as sexy and the stuff I've tried the last couple of years from boss and digitech just didn't sound all that good to me.

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I don't TRY to buy boutique gear on purpose.
It just seems those guys are making what's interesting to me.


I have a Strobostomp and my BOSS DD3 (AnalogMan modded).

I've heard NOTHING like the Screw Driver, and lovepedals are holy. :thu:

I have a friend who gigs about four times a week here in Denver.
Has GREAT live tone too. He has amongst his stuff, DL-4, original 808, Whammy IV, 2in1 and a cheap ass Crybaby I STILL don't know how he gets to sound good.

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Originally posted by fenderguitar

I mean like Boss, Digitech, DOD, MXR, Line 6, etc. I always seem to be reading about someone wanting a $200 fuzz box or a $250 phaser to get that perfect sound. I mean I just have "average joe" brands like the ones I mentioned above and I think they sound pretty good. I'm playing over 25 years so its not like I'm a beginner. Maybe I'm just not as anal about my tone as some.

 

 

 

All my pedals are "over the counter" brands that I bought used. Ones I have been using lately....

 

Roland AP-II phaser.

 

Thomas Organ "TDK" CryBaby.

 

Ibanez DDL10 delay.

 

Boss FT-2 Dynamic Filter.

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Originally posted by fenderguitar

I mean like Boss, Digitech, DOD, MXR, Line 6, etc. I always seem to be reading about someone wanting a $200 fuzz box or a $250 phaser to get that perfect sound. I mean I just have "average joe" brands like the ones I mentioned above and I think they sound pretty good. I'm playing over 25 years so its not like I'm a beginner. Maybe I'm just not as anal about my tone as some.

 

 

Check out my sig. I wouldn't exactly call it booteek

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