The world's most disappointing pedal?

lasermonkey

Boss Blues Driver. Horrible, raspy tone with a most unpleasant note decay.
 To be honest, I'm not sure I've heard any Boss dirt pedals that I like.

bbill335

Sassafras said:

bbill335 said:

Way Huge Pork Loin. Somehow either too boomy or too harsh, baffling not-clean-clean-blend. Probably kicks ass on bass but for six string, no thanks.

I understand the boomy bit, they do kick out a lot of bass, but harsh?

To compensate for the muddiness, I tried boosting the treble controls (inside and out). Just added an unpleasant amount of harsh high-end. Clearly, it works for some people but not me. 

Corvus

Marvel Drive for me, ordered from the US and waited. Sounded good on @photek rig so was really looking forward to it. Sounded either fizzy or spikey or too dull on the amp I had, couldn't find a sweet spot, and it was noisy. Quickly sold on.

Strangefan

Sassafras said:

bbill335 said:

Way Huge Pork Loin. Somehow either too boomy or too harsh, baffling not-clean-clean-blend. Probably kicks ass on bass but for six string, no thanks.

I understand the boomy bit, they do kick out a lot of bass, but harsh?







What not even the metal zone!!! 

tone1

Soul Food was thin and weedy...I might have been using it wrong though   

photek

Corvus said:

Marvel Drive for me, ordered from the US and waited. Sounded good on @photek rig so was really looking forward to it. Sounded either fizzy or spikey or too dull on the amp I had, couldn't find a sweet spot, and it was noisy. Quickly sold on.

I wonder if there were a few dodgy ones kicking around, there are several internal trim pots that bias the FETs (apparently) and they are not meant to be adjusted. I had 6 Marvels and the last one did sound a bit thin compared to the others.

Corvus

It might have not liked the amp, I can't even remember what that was now and I've got all different guitars too. All just the normal gear quest stuff but I couldn't get it sounding the way I'd hoped.

bbill335

Strangefan said:

Sassafras said:

bbill335 said:

Way Huge Pork Loin. Somehow either too boomy or too harsh, baffling not-clean-clean-blend. Probably kicks ass on bass but for six string, no thanks.

I understand the boomy bit, they do kick out a lot of bass, but harsh?

What not even the metal zone!!! 

I feel like the Metal Zone isn't a disappointment as it would (probably) meet my every (low) expectation, whereas I had high hopes that the Pork Loin would give me Bonamassa blue lawyer tonez but it didn't.

Still a Way Huge fan tho!

Carew

impmann said:

Here's my nomination...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-ADI-21-Acoustic-Amp-Modeler/dp/B000KITQK2

exactly what were you plugging into?  

were were plugging in an electro-acoustic with an onboard preamp?  if so, it's not intended for that.

were you plugging in an electric, expecting it to be an acoustic simulator?  it's not that.

Fuengi

Didn't like the TC Hall of Fame at all, sounded unnatural and not connected to my playing. 

Dan_Halen

Fuengi said:

Didn't like the TC Hall of Fame at all, sounded unnatural and not connected to my playing. 

I've had one for ages and it seems to sound great in isolation but I've never got it to sit right live. Like it's not there enough... turn it up a bit, bit more, bit more... then all of a sudden I'm drenched in a verby mess. Can never find the sweet spot. Always felt like it must just be me given the number of pros that have/had them on their boards.

Adam_MD

photek said:

Corvus said:

Marvel Drive for me, ordered from the US and waited. Sounded good on @photek rig so was really looking forward to it. Sounded either fizzy or spikey or too dull on the amp I had, couldn't find a sweet spot, and it was noisy. Quickly sold on.

I wonder if there were a few dodgy ones kicking around, there are several internal trim pots that bias the FETs (apparently) and they are not meant to be adjusted. I had 6 Marvels and the last one did sound a bit thin compared to the others.

Very possible

builttospill

Dod Milk Box Compressor 

builttospill

Marshall Shredmaster just awful!

UnclePsychosis

Gonna be honest, from what I've heard of the ADI21 I think it sounds quite good... 

Danny1969

impmann said:

Here's my nomination...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-ADI-21-Acoustic-Amp-Modeler/dp/B000KITQK2

I picked one up s/h on ebay for a tenner.

If you want a distortion box for your acoustic guitar, then this is the baby for you. The mid control is a distortion control. The pad switch is the 'make less fuzzy' switch. And the treble control is a 'make it hurt' control.

These are seriously shit. I think mine is going bin-wards, as I don't want to inflict it on anyone else.

Lol I love your description of the treble control  

It's quite possible it does sound as bad as that but it's also possible it's faulty. Over the years I've seen some terrible Behringer stuff and I had to buy myself 3 x ADA8000 ADAT converters, all brand new from CPC,  before I got one that was 100% working. I only kept buying em because at that time ,  it was the only bit of kit less than £400 odd which did the job. 

Godlykepower

I once played an original Klon Centaur back when they only cost £500. I wasn’t particularly amazed then. I’m not sure why they are quite worth such silly money now.

BBBlues

Lazy J Crusier deuce for me. Fizzy top end dirt. 

rico

Controversial maybe but for me it was the Timmy and Muffroom Cloud. 

The Timmy sounded completely generic and quite flubby and the Muffroom Cloud was just so ‘soft’. Very compressed and immediately lost in the mix regardless of eq. 

Kebabkid

Sassafras said:

bbill335 said:

Way Huge Pork Loin. Somehow either too boomy or too harsh, baffling not-clean-clean-blend. Probably kicks ass on bass but for six string, no thanks.

I understand the boomy bit, they do kick out a lot of bass, but harsh?

What amp and guitar? I've never found it to be harsh and bass can be tamed.

Have you checked the internal dip switches to see where they're set, if it's still with you?