The Official 'Budget gear that impresses you 2017' Thread.

Winny_Pooh

Sesh said:

G&L Tribute Fallout in sonic blue for £300. Punches above its weight.

Agreed, I dont own one but they are great.

Mine:
EH have a reputation for unreliability but their memory toy is a great sounding true analog delay. 

Fender bass and guitar strings

Nobels ODR-1, really great with bridge single coils. If you play with buckers then stack a td/sd in front.

Revelation guitars, particularly the thinline jazzmaster

earwighoney

Marlin Sidewinder.

steer

All the effects and amp sims that Zoom kindly made available for free on my MS100bt Multistomp pedal 

scrumhalf

earwighoney said:

Marlin Sidewinder.

More bodge-it than budget.

Budgie

A Seagull Merlin... a sort of Appalachian dulcimer. It’s great fun. It cost about £120 I think.

dindude

TC Afterglow chorus and Mooer ElecLady - both cost about £2.50 and go as far as flange and chorus need to for my occasional needs, both very impressive.

rlw

Juketone Royal Blood 10.

EricTheWeary

rlw said:

Juketone Royal Blood 10.

@thecolourbox did you see these? 

stickyfiddle

NINEvolt Surfing Bear. Tubescreamery loveliness for £50. And it has a bear on it

thecolourbox

EricTheWeary said:

rlw said:

Juketone Royal Blood 10.

@thecolourbox did you see these? 

Thank you Phil for thinking of me, I'll had be a look though the lack of master volume or reverb may be a factor... Worth a look though me thinks, thank you

stimpsonslostson

Riffstation app. It gives you a scrolling chord chart for your favourite songs allowing you to play along, even letting you add a capo to change key etc. 
Best of all, there's a free app version for iOS. 

That's a bargain! 

Rocker

Blackstar Fly Bass

A well used Pod 2 I got earlier this year. Not really into pedals, this little red thing makes some interesting sounds. Must try it into a PA amp...

Teetonetal

Got a boss sd1 for £15 loved it so much I've been collecting s/h boss pedsls ever since.

Another shout for bright onion. Very competitive prices.

rlw

thecolourbox said:

EricTheWeary said:

rlw said:

Juketone Royal Blood 10.

@thecolourbox did you see these? 

Thank you Phil for thinking of me, I'll had be a look though the lack of master volume or reverb may be a factor... Worth a look though me thinks, thank you

I use a NiteLite Junior which is very effective on the volume.  Buy a good pedal for the reverb.

darthed1981

Squier Bullet Strat, hundred squid and it plays great.  I actually own one of these and like it a lot more than my 2003 Mexican Strat.  Go up the range to Classic Vibe, and you are in hog heaven... 

Bargain of the year remains the Boss Katana 50, everything the amateur/home player needs for £170.

richardhomer

Not strictly ‘budget’ - but certainly ‘affordable’ - old Boss pedals. I’ve acquired a Japanese CS-2 compressor and a Taiwanese CE-2 Chorus recently - both sound superb.

JayGee

I’m going to be really boring and nominate my Boss Katana. Slightly less budget on account of it being the 2x12 version but still utterly insane, ridiculous, impossible value for money.

thecolourbox

rlw said:

thecolourbox said:

EricTheWeary said:

rlw said:

Juketone Royal Blood 10.

@thecolourbox did you see these? 

Thank you Phil for thinking of me, I'll had be a look though the lack of master volume or reverb may be a factor... Worth a look though me thinks, thank you

I use a NiteLite Junior which is very effective on the volume.  Buy a good pedal for the reverb.

It's more the fact that my usual use cases would be a loud clean (as I'd only ever play quite clean in public as I play solo and overdrive doesn't work) and quieter drive for home.

Anyway, back on topic, I'll go for the Marshall Edward the Compressor pedal that I picked up for £22, decent, does what you'd think it does, and hurts sufficiently when you drop it on your toes.

usedtobe

Joyo American Sound. Katana. Yup, agree with both of those!

Wolfetone

I think if you're talking astounding value or your hard earned buck, then JOYO pedals are the  winner. True bypass and really quiet in the chain.

Nothing clever enough for the WOW factor but I have a few and they don't disappoint.