So having just bought a Bad Monkey and being the owner of a Joyo Ultimate Drive as well. I thought maybe we could pool our collective knowledge and create a thread based on the 'Pros & Cons' of all the sub £40 drive pedals out there.
I think under £40 new is the basic threshold and also they have to be currently available / still in production.
Maybe some reviews and links to schematics with mods as well.
The idea being anyone on the lookout for a cheap drive could use this as a resource instead of wasting hours scouring the web. I really think we want information based on actual user feedback and gigging / recording use. Not stuff just copied and pasted from the web and based on 'general consensus'.
There are some great bargains out these and maybe if we could create this and get it updated frequently, then we could move on to doing thread about other pedals as well i.e delays, chorus etc
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That being said, I'd still second them too ) (As you said, though, I think the hot head is a glorified ds1 and is even cheaper again.)
Admittedly the build quality is the problem with the likes of joyo. For just duffing about at home and figuring out what I like, they're great. I'm not sure I'd trust them for gigging.
Since Digitech was mentioned, the screamin blues is pretty nice too, apparently it's a glorified BD2.
But behringer. Seriously, they have every flavour of drive for about 20-40 quid. They're probably not that reliable, but for 20 quid, it's more about 'sound seeking' than it is 'performance quality' and I think that justifies their inclusion.
Just built the pedal parts zendrive clone.
Oh what a sound.