Members noisebloom Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 It was either an MXR Phase 90 or an Echoplex. It may have been the Echoplex, because I got it really cheap, and even then I got ripped off, because I could never get the **bleep** thing to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D-log Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Rocktek overdrive pedal. At the time I thought it was a steal... Still have it just for the nostalgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twisty571 Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 A Bad Monkey as suggested by this forum when I 1st joined. I thought I didn't like it but honestly I didn't give it a chance or I did but was using with the wrong kind of amp,I had a clean amp with no gain to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MesaMonster Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Boss DS-1 and Boss Flanger. Bought in Atlanta in 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aj_guitarist Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Boss SD-1 - Still have it. Before then i got given a marshall shredmaster (one of the greatest pedals ever made) and a BOSS CS-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 The DOD Grunge!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rishabhsachan Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Ibanez Soundtank Powerlead. I still have it somewhere. I honestly used it more for the crunchy tone it had for rhythm than for soloing. When I bought a new amp, I made sure it sounded like that pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 D-log wrote: Rocktek overdrive pedal. At the time I thought it was a steal... Still have it just for the nostalgia The first pedal I got was a Rocktek Compressor in the late '90s. I still have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcooper830 Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 My first pedal.... my dad bought it for me in 1982 when I was 12... Foxx Fuzz Wah and Volume!! But I don't know how to post pics of em in this new format.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Back in 1982... I didn't buy my first pedal. My girlfriend's step brother stole it and gave it to me. It was totally the wrong thing to do, but his heart was in the right place. I had just tried it out in a music store even though I had no money. I was the only one with a driver's license and we were waiting in the car wondering WTF is he doing. He came running out of the store, jumped in the car and told us to hurry. "Why?" Then he proudly pulled the pedal out of his jacket pocket. I was driving my girlfriend's dad's Chevy Blazer while his step son is stealing s.hit and giving it to me. I was in a quandry and just went with it. Fast forward to 1994 or 1995. I had quit playing for a few years. I'd already replaced the pedal with a ProCo Rat, so it was of no use to me. I just gave it to a coworker's son who was starting out on guitar. A vintage MXR pedal would probably fetch me good money today, but oh well- I paid it forward, errr something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Boss overdrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gdsmithtx Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Back in 1990 a buddy sold me his Butler RealTube pedal, which I still have. A few years ago I dug it back out and found it all crackly and fizzy/harsh sounding, so I used some Deoxit and replaced the original 12Ax7 tube with a NOS 12AU7, and it sounds pretty d@mned good. Of course I rarely use individual pedals anymore (in favor of my Rocktron Utopia G300), so the RealTube sits in a drawer, whining like a lonely puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted January 23, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 wow, some of you guys really scored excellent pedals as their first. impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted January 23, 2013 Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 My first pedal was a Big Muff, because Mudhoney. It was the NY resissue version, and it was nice, but Ieventrually traded it because I like mids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grungehack Posted January 23, 2013 Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 Crybaby, Boss Flanger & Delay. Don't know which ones, they were bought around '99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FlyingV Posted January 23, 2013 Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 Boss SD-1, still gets a place on my pedalboard now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted January 23, 2013 Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 I know the answer to this It was a DOD Chorus pedal. Still have it. Very rarely even touch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paulisme Posted January 23, 2013 Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 My first pedal was an MXR Phase 90 because I wanted to be Eddie Van Halen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted January 23, 2013 Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 Coloursound Tone Bender Fuzz - cost more than a weeks wages used, even back in the 70s, and followed shortly by an Italian Jen Crybaby. I still have both, although the wah needs the switch under the pedal replacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted January 23, 2013 Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 This. Has great tone but is lacking in treble/clarity and s/n ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted January 23, 2013 Members Share Posted January 23, 2013 Crybaby. Still use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lerxst1031 Posted January 27, 2013 Members Share Posted January 27, 2013 1998. Played through middle school and high school with the Ibanez PT3 and Crybaby I got for Christmas, then in college I saw this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted January 28, 2013 Members Share Posted January 28, 2013 This is the one. I had to build it myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted January 28, 2013 Members Share Posted January 28, 2013 ElectroHarmonix Little Big Muff ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted January 28, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 28, 2013 jelloman wrote: ElectroHarmonix Little Big Muff ? jello! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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