which are the best wacky pedals ?

Paul_C

I know a little about compressors, flangers, phasers etc. but not so much about the more esoteric (or completely mad) pedals out there.

Any that are more useable than others, any that just startle old ladies and small children?

ThePrettyDamned

Digitech synth wah.

meltedbuzzbox

It depends what you call usable I guess

The digi synth wah is awesome fun but it is useless in a band context.

Langtronics bone collector is good fun

Mr Black Downward Spiral

EQD Organizer is good

EQD Rainbow machine can be fun and surprisingly usable when dialed in

Boss Tera Echo

Lovetone Ring Stinger/Meatball/Doppelganger/? Flanger - properly pricey though

EHX B9 organ thingy

Digitech whammy mk iv or v (Adolph) can be fun

Ebow

Line 6 FM4 has some mad settings on it

They're all a bit quirky and entertaining depending on how you tweak them

ragingben

WMD Geiger Counter is a great and really a fun pedal if you don't mind things getting pretty full on, can be a bit hard to tame at times though, but really rewarding. In the same vain the Catalinbread Heliotrope is pretty fun. I think the Boss Slicer looks like you could have a good laugh with it as well, but not a cheap option.

hubobulous

WMD Geiger Counter....bonkers

Paul_C

I'm not bothered about a band setting, I'm looking for fun ways to spice up solo acoustic performances - I already have a setup with a multi fx and a couple of other pedals which works well (with an acoustic amp to monitor things) so I'm looking for some weird and wonderful pedals to mess around with.

hubobulous

I assume you've seen the Korg Miku thread!!

Paul_C

I have - it would be a laugh to see people's faces, but £100+ is quite a lot for a laugh

hubobulous

The Adrenalinn III

RMJ

Fuzz factory is bonkers

Paul_C

having said that, I have owned two FM4s and I do have the B9 Organ Machine here, but it's a gift for a friend - having tried it out I shall buy one for myself sometime soon.

richardhomer

Flangers can get quite extreme.

ThePrettyDamned

For cheap thrills, I still say synth wah. My mate gigs his regularly (on bass, uses guitar version) and it sounds great - it's for a really heavy synth tone.

It's a bit bonkers though - whether it's useful or not for you, gawd knows.

EricTheWeary

Paul_C said:

I'm not bothered about a band setting, I'm looking for fun ways to spice up solo acoustic performances - I already have a setup with a multi fx and a couple of other pedals which works well (with an acoustic amp to monitor things) so I'm looking for some weird and wonderful pedals to mess around with.

there was a recent Discussion about loopers and electro acoustics and there are some cheaper options now. Maybe not wacky but you can get some level of annoying an audience out of one.

fretmeister

Digitech bass synth wah. Far better than the guitar one on guitar or bass.

DOD Gonkulator. Mental and pointless. Totally awesome.

Paul_C

I have an RC-50 for looping, though I might get one of the small ones too.

fretmeister

Death bu Audio Robot.

hubobulous

Paul Gilbert's Flanger with an expression pedal. Quite interesting

ThePrettyDamned

fretmeister;346592" said:

Digitech bass synth wah. Far better than the guitar one on guitar or bass.



DOD Gonkulator. Mental and pointless. Totally awesome.

I've never heard the bass one I love the guitar one on bass though, it's genuinely got some useful sounds, I just wish the filters were on a treadle (see other thread).

The guitar one on guitar is quite good, but maybe I should get a bass one. Hmm...

Paul_C

the Pigtronix Mothership Analog Synthesizer looks like it might be fun too

Paul_C

hubobulous said:

Paul Gilbert's Flanger with an expression pedal. Quite interesting

just had a look at that, it might go on the list