i can't use this pedal because...

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by somanytoys » Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:36 am

It's complicated.

The manual is too wordy.

All the shiny knobs and cool lights are distracting.

And a real, true killer sometimes:
THEY ALL HAVE TO BE FIRST IN THE CHAIN!

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-David

It's a boost booster, to boost your boost - it makes your tone much muchier.

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by boppy » Sat May 04, 2019 7:51 am

I can't find the sweet spot.

"The sweep is too violent. It gives me motion-sickness." *

It sucks tone like an aural black hole.

Is that a B-b-b-behringer?!?!

* I actually heard this at Long & McQuade from some dude trying out an MXR Micro Flanger.

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by Bert Camenbert » Sat May 04, 2019 8:23 am

It's fugly.

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by marqueemoon » Sat May 04, 2019 10:06 am

It has a noisy fucking switch.
It has relay-based switching that’s quiet but doesn’t work consistently.

Ugggggggh.

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by PJazzmaster » Sat May 04, 2019 10:18 am

...overall delay time is too long which makes it hard to dial in a good short one (that's a real problem)

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by Velouria » Sat May 04, 2019 3:03 pm

...it requires an iPad ;)

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by shoule79 » Sat May 04, 2019 7:27 pm

It doesn’t have tap tempo.

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by higgsblossom » Sat May 04, 2019 10:31 pm

boppy wrote:
Sat May 04, 2019 7:51 am
Is that a B-b-b-behringer?!?!
The Behringer Vintage Time Machine and Vintage Tube Overdrive are good pedals in ugly case designs. And even some of the cheap plastic pedals are simply cheap copies of classic circuits, with decent build quality. Behringer’s image is worse than the actual quality of their products...

I recently noticed that I have one pedal on my board which I never use: a tremolo. I don’t know what to do with that in my music...
"500€? That's the price of a J Mascis Jazzmaster!"

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by mynameisjonas » Sat May 04, 2019 10:42 pm

It’s not a Boss.

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by boppy » Sun May 05, 2019 4:45 am

higgsblossom wrote:
Sat May 04, 2019 10:31 pm
boppy wrote:
Sat May 04, 2019 7:51 am
Is that a B-b-b-behringer?!?!
The Behringer Vintage Time Machine and Vintage Tube Overdrive are good pedals in ugly case designs. And even some of the cheap plastic pedals are simply cheap copies of classic circuits, with decent build quality. Behringer’s image is worse than the actual quality of their products...

I recently noticed that I have one pedal on my board which I never use: a tremolo. I don’t know what to do with that in my music...

I'm A-OK with Behringers. I have several with my favourites being the Vintage Distortion, RV600 Reverb Machine, and the VD400 Analog Delay which is an amazing pedal for $25. I used it as a replacement for my Ibanez AD-80 when it was in for repairs. It did the job admirably.

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by BlueSparkle » Sun May 19, 2019 9:21 pm

...after paying $500 I discovered simply couldn't dial in a setting that I liked. So it went back.

Has happened to me once.

Some pedals aren't for everyone and while I will not divulge which boutique handmade pedal it was, the reality is that is was me and not the pedal.

Others have the pedal and I am sure they are happy with it.

I'd rather face the reality that I cannot come to terms with a device because of me, than blame the device.
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other non-offsets.

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by jorri » Mon May 20, 2019 7:50 am

Its a clone.

It won't fit my colour scheme on insta.

Strymon is for midlife crisis. Post-rock version of blues lawyers.

Its a multi-fx.

Its digital.

Its too complicated (anything with screen or more than 2 knobs)

Its always better to use amp distortion

No tap tempo (like wtf no.)

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by CS » Mon May 27, 2019 1:58 pm

It's unforgiving










I don't know what this means BTW

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by mackerelmint » Mon May 27, 2019 4:28 pm

I have no feet.
This is an excellent rectangle

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Re: i can't use this pedal because...

Post by higgsblossom » Mon May 27, 2019 10:22 pm

mackerelmint wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 4:28 pm
I have no feet.
/thread
"500€? That's the price of a J Mascis Jazzmaster!"

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