Is there a quiet 7 band EQ pedal?

paulnb57

Fancied trying an EQ pedal and have now realised what Ive missed out on for years, seriously if you haven't tried an EQ pedal, do it…only issue is its noisy, as soon as a slider is moved from the flat position there is hiss

Granted its a Behringer and its going into the input of quite a high gain head, I only got the Behringer as its cheap and let me try an EQ out…
Is there a silent or more quiet option out there that wont break the bank?

Revolutions

Yes.

paulnb57

Revolutions said:

Yes.

Is it a secret?

matt_sefton

paulnb57 said:

Revolutions said:

Yes.

Is it a secret?

Johnny the shoeshine boy told me it’s a Boss GE7

Wazmeister

New GE7 are silent, as is EQD Tone Job.

TTBZ

Danelectro Fish & Chips used to get recommended a lot as a good quiet and cheap EQ, if you can stand the looks and can still find one. 

paulnb57

Thanks Chaps! A Boss will replace the cheaply…

matt_sefton said:

Johnny the shoeshine boy told me it’s a Boss GE7

Police Squad! That takes me back!

Sporky

There was a BYOC one too. Bit of a pig to build,  but worked well. I think I've still got mine somewhere. 

Flanging_Fred

TTBZ said:

Danelectro Fish & Chips used to get recommended a lot as a good quiet and cheap EQ, if you can stand the looks and can still find one. 

I use a Source Audio eq now for the presets but I also have the fish n chips and can confirm it’s really quiet (noise wise).  I actually like the sound of the Dano better than the SA, it’s sounds a little warmer to my ears.

Headphones

I've a Joyo one that does teh deed well.  I presume it's a clone of something...

TJT1979

How are the newest Boss GE7s in terms of noise? I expected them to make a fancy Waza version by now

ICBM

TJT1979 said:

How are the newest Boss GE7s in terms of noise? I expected them to make a fancy Waza version by now

The new ones are fine - although I’m still baffled it took them so long. I’m not sure what a Waza version could do better…

Wazmeister

TJT1979 said:

How are the newest Boss GE7s in terms of noise? I expected them to make a fancy Waza version by now

Totally silent

guitargeek62

TJT1979 said:

How are the newest Boss GE7s in terms of noise? I expected them to make a fancy Waza version by now

Yep, they’ve been great since the last revision in ~2021? I’m not sure if there’s an accurate way to tell prior to buying/trying though, so the secondhand market for them is still a bit pot-luck unless they have receipts and/or audio demos!

koss59

ICBM said:

TJT1979 said:

How are the newest Boss GE7s in terms of noise? I expected them to make a fancy Waza version by now

The new ones are fine - although I’m still baffled it took them so long. I’m not sure what a Waza version could do better…

In my opinion a waza one should have a switch to permanently have the EQ section turned on or off and the foot switch control just the level.
That way you could have EQ and boost in one pedal.

ICBM

koss59 said:

In my opinion a waza one should have a switch to permanently have the EQ section turned on or off and the foot switch control just the level.

That way you could have EQ and boost in one pedal.

That’s a very neat idea.