Members GreatDane Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 what was the very first effects pedal you bought? i think mine was a DOD metal maniac distortion pedal. i remember it was between that or the "thrash master" but i couldn't get on with the pink chassis of the thrash master. how about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chad Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion. Bought it new from the long defunct Capital Music Supply and sold it long ago. Acquired it mainly because I read an interview with Kurt Cobain and he said that's what he used at the time. *facepalm* Or might have been a Dunlop Crybaby wah. I can't remember for sure. Bought the wah from a friend for $40. Still have it and still works like a charm. Have replaced the pot, power jack, and switch to convert it to true bypass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Crybaby wah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrman56 Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Mine was a Univox Microfoot phaser in 1978. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Boss MT-2 Metal Zone. Because I wanted one pedal that could do it all, from mild overdrive to over-the-top, bonecrushing distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catalinagooseV2 Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 I bought a DOD Overdrive 250 because it was $19. That was the cheap imitation guitar players bought when they couldn't afford an MXR Distortion+. I still have it 32 years later and it still sounds as harsh and painful now as it did then. I don't understand why people want that pedal and consider it vintage. Just about any overdrive made today blows that 250 out of the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strung_Out Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Virgman wrote: Boss MT-2 Metal Zone. Because I wanted one pedal that could do it all, from mild overdrive to over-the-top, bonecrushing distortion. This was mine as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevman Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Analog delay from a company "gig". Wish I still had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 I bought 120 of them on my first puchase! I thought I might as well get them all in one package. DigiTech RP255 Guitar Multi-effects Pedal Features: 20-second looper 94 amps, cabinets, stompboxes and effects 24 amp/acoustic types 15 cabinet types Lexicon reverbs 30 tone and 30 effects libraries 120 presets (50 factory, 50 user) Up to five seconds of delay time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members koaguilds Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 EHX Big Muff Pi in 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bubkus_jones Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Carvin distortion pedal. They weren't available for long. Had a good sound, but the quality wasn't great (or maybe I just abused the **bleep** out of it) and I ended up wearing out the footswitch. That was it till I bought my POD XT Live several years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 A phaser, I don't remeber the model but I thought it was fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sailorofdarknes Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Ibanez "Sound Tank" tube screamer. Little plastic job I got free from AMS when I bought my second amp which was a Marshell Valvestate. Not too much good came from that thing, from what i remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voneville Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Univox Super Fuzz (The orange with blue pedal). I don't remember where I got it, but it had to have been cheap. I got either traded it or sold it to Black Market Music (later Uni-Vibe) in Walnut Creek, CA. It made horrible squelching noise and was uncontrollable so I figured it was broken. Also, I didn't play lead yet, so it just sounded like muddy **bleep**. I used to just dime all the knobs on everything, and wire my pickups directly to the input jack. We didn't have the internet back then. I didn't know that it was supposed to sound like that, and that sound was cool! Can't believe what they go for now, and I'd love to have another one, but not for the going price. I'll wait a couple years, when the Black Keys and White Stripes aren't cool anymore, and buy one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 8 Foot Manchild Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 A Dunlop 535Q wah that I saved up for a long time. It's a great wah, but I hate the 'toe-down' activation that Dunlop wahs use. Sometimes I'd be playing, thinking 'why does this sound so tinny and thin?', not realizing I hadn't stepped on it hard enough and the wah was still in it's highest position. I eventually sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Confession time... It was an 80's Boss DD-2, I only played acoustic at the time and used it to sing through my amp. My mates and I had fun with it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Felix959 Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 It was a Barber Direct Drive. I learned about it from reading this forum. I needed it because I bought a Twin Reverb Reissue off this forum. I bought the Twin because I was convinced that was what Keith Richards played through (most likely because of this forum).Having subsequently wised up about the usefulness of nuclear reactor-grade noiseboxes in apartments, I have relegated the Twin to my dad's house.But the Direct Drive still has a proud place on my pedalboard. So, uh, thanks, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theManfromAlabam Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 I think the first pedal I "bought" was an Arion SAD-1 delay $20?,..Two of my oldest pedals that always end up on my boards is a DOD FX40B and a BOSS CH-1.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted January 22, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Felix959 wrote: It was a Barber Direct Drive. I learned about it from reading this forum. I needed it because I bought a Twin Reverb Reissue off this forum. I bought the Twin because I was convinced that was what Keith Richards played through (most likely because of this forum). Having subsequently wised up about the usefulness of nuclear reactor-grade noiseboxes in apartments, I have relegated the Twin to my dad's house. But the Direct Drive still has a proud place on my pedalboard. So, uh, thanks, guys. i think the direct drive is one of my favorite OD/distortion pedals. it sounds amazing through everything, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I think it was either the Boss FLanger or Heavy Metal Pedal. I can't remember the order. It was in the mid 80's though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tone Deaf Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 The Korg G1 distortion board. Four pedals, nine distortions (well six, really) and a bit of echo. My first single pedal was a Boss phaser. I still have both of these, and I don't always hold on to pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BryanMichael Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 MXR 2000 series Distortion + (circa 1981-82 when I got it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Dano Cool Cat Chorus... weighed a metric ton, but sounded great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Bad Monkey then Fish N Chips. That's all I have got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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