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I was sorting out a cupboard in the studio today an I came across my Zen Drive. I've owned it for years, every now and then I get it out yet although I would agree it is a great pedal it just doesn't do it for me. That said, I keep it in the hope that one day we will click.
Is there a 'great' pedal that you just couldn't get on with?
Not that you thought it crap, over-rated or plain old snake oil. A pedal that you understand the love for and have seen other use beautifully but it was never going to be a Scott and Charlene type love between you.
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I used to think the suhr riot was very over rated but once I tweaked the loop levels on the g system is came to life and sounds great.
I can think of two pedals that I failed to get on with in the past - Ibanez SD9 and a keeley ds1 - both were purchases based on their reputation and both sounded bland to me - I assume it's the way I was using them but they didn't last very long.
Most Boss Distortion pedals, they don't sound right to me. They always sounded too harsh (Metal zone etc) I have a Boss Mega distortion which does the job, but is still a little harsh. I only use this for practise making sure I can keep strings quiet, and picking clean under a huge amount of background noise.
I am starting to like their O/D pedals now though - SD-1 and SD-2 both sound good to me.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Can't think of a pedal I never bonded with. I can usually get "something" out of everything. Thats probably why I have so many!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Although it amounts to sacrilege I preferred the sound Lovepedal Amp 11 to the Timmy or Tim. They are virtually identical (bar small variance in the tone stack) but I think it is down to the 4558 chip vs the 4559 in the Timmy. In like for like circuits I have always preferred the 4558. I have such a fierce hate of guitar compressors. When I was a youngster I used to think 'I love Gilmour's tones so I need a compressor'. I tried so many and detested them all. I was a source of great frustration. Now I listen to the Gilmour cleans or light drives using a compressor and realise that I don't really dig that tone.
I had a Lazy J Cruiser and was very underwhelmed with it to begin with, but after spending some time with it and really dailing it in, I love it.
(formerly miserneil)
I can't think of any of the classics offhand that I don't at least like, for certain things.
Fulltone Clyde Wah Deluxe too
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Meh.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein