'Free' pedal - but which to choose??

57Deluxe

Following on form the Thomann review-to-get-euros thread, I approached them for my points/euro voucher and is on its way apparently. Strangely it should be 45 euro but they are sending only 30 euro? Anyway has to be used by March, so rather than lose it I suppose can get a cheapo pedal...

So bearing in mind is 10euro delivery, the candidates to get at least the pedal for 'FREE' are:

Bad Monkey

or

(JOYO) Harley Benton  - UlLTIMATE DRIVE  - or VINTAGE OD  - or the ACETONE (a bit hissy though)

or to be totally boring - the Harley Benton Powerplant at 38euro - we always need more power don't we...??

Hmmmmmm...... itchy beard-time..... which??

JDE

From those, I'd be a boring bastard and get the power supply, personally. Although if I needed a TS pedal, I'd get the Bad Monkey. Particularly if played Strats.

gjonesy

leftfield suggestion but the t-rex sensewah is cheap @ 29euros

or the power supply

ThePrettyDamned

gjonesy;148584" said:

leftfield suggestion but the t-rex sensewah is cheap @ 29eurosor the power supply

Wisdom for Sir.

jonnypioww

I've just ordered the Harley Benton Powerplant Junior which is a possibility if you're up for changing the plug on the end of the power chord. If you're interested I'll let you know how that goes.

ICBM

Of the original choices I'd get the Bad Monkey. It's just a better quality pedal than the Joyos, and if you don't have an emergency direct-to-PA backup already, the Monkey will cover that too.

Bidley

Get the Powerplant Jr and a load of strings and other sundries.

Dave_Mc

ICBM said:

Of the original choices I'd get the Bad Monkey. It's just a better quality pedal than the Joyos, and if you don't have an emergency direct-to-PA backup already, the Monkey will cover that too.

+1. I'm not sure there's much difference in sound (in fact the joyo might well sound marginally better if you're after ts-type tone, though the BM is more versatile with the bass knob) but I'd trust the bad monkey more if i were in a situation where I couldn't afford it to fail (e.g. gigging).

The screamin blues is pretty nice too if you want a more transparent type pedal.

The acetone sounds quite organic.







Sorry that was a terrible chemistry joke. I haven't tried it. >:D<

Where's this Thomann reviews for Euros thread? Just out of interest, I don't really want to write reviews and get paid for them... EDIT: never mind, found it. I should probably check off-topic more often )

57Deluxe

@Jonnypioww - Thanks mate - appreciated - have a Wisdom tooth out!

57Deluxe

@Dave_Mc - 

If you have a bought anything from Thomann you will have a customer account nos and login - click the Customer Centre then click RATE PRODUCTS and anything that you have bought and that is in their current inventory will show. You get 5 euro for 'star-only- rate' or less than 30 words and 10 euro for more than 100 words review.

ICBM

Dave_Mc said:

The acetone sounds quite organic.







Sorry that was a terrible chemistry joke. I haven't tried it. >:D<

lol

Best geek joke on the forum so far .

d8m

BM.

I paid for mine and would buy another one again If anything happened to this one.

£25 is a bargain but 'free' is a no brainer!

ToneControl

write a couple more reviews!

the powerplant is not isolated outputs, and this will cause nasty hum for many people

the powerplant junior is isolated, and works a lot better

Dave_Mc

57Deluxe said:

@Dave_Mc - 

If you have a bought anything from Thomann you will have a customer account nos and login - click the Customer Centre then click RATE PRODUCTS and anything that you have bought and that is in their current inventory will show. You get 5 euro for 'star-only- rate' or less than 30 words and 10 euro for more than 100 words review.

Thanks

ICBM said:

Dave_Mc said:

The acetone sounds quite organic.







Sorry that was a terrible chemistry joke. I haven't tried it. >:D<

lol

Best geek joke on the forum so far .

Hehe I dunno about that, I was a bit embarrassed by that one. Not to the extent of not posting it, though

jonnypioww

My Harley Benton Junior arrived... it's really small! And it works nicely with a Euro to UK plug adaptor. Hopefully later this week I'll get time to lop the euro plug off and re-wire a UK plug onto it, which should be easy enough as it's got an earthed Euro plug.

guitargeek62

57Deluxe said:

@Dave_Mc - 

If you have a bought anything from Thomann you will have a customer account nos and login - click the Customer Centre then click RATE PRODUCTS and anything that you have bought and that is in their current inventory will show. You get 5 euro for 'star-only- rate' or less than 30 words and 10 euro for more than 100 words review.

Cheers! I've just gone back through my history on there and wrote a few. It does say that accessories don't qualify for the "field report" type review (>100 words) so I'm assuming I can only earn 5 euros for those ones. Still, it all helps!

equalsql

jonnypioww said:

I've just ordered the Harley Benton Powerplant Junior which is a possibility if you're up for changing the plug on the end of the power chord. If you're interested I'll let you know how that goes.

Good choice cos that's the one with the truly isolated outputs. I've just waiting for a couple of them to arrive myself as I plan to bolt the two together.

57Deluxe

UPDATE:

Is not gonner be a Bad Monkey and a polarity inverter cable now... had a re think... gonner put some dosh in to - so is gonner be either: EHX East River Drive, or their Nano Grail or Memory Toy... or a Ditto...

I hate having 45 euros burning a hole...!!

guitargeek62

I went for the Powerplant Junior, so can't really help you there!

Why not the EHx Soul Food though, or do you have a Klon(e) already?

57Deluxe

guitargeek62 said:

I went for the Powerplant Junior, so can't really help you there!

Why not the EHx Soul Food though, or do you have a Klon(e) already?

I just bought a Joyo Deluxe Crunch that is a clone of the KLON KTR/Soul Food/PlimSOUL... for only £27.76 new from a Joyo dealer in Japan... was rude not too! Arrived in only 6 days and nails those tones too...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Joyo-JF-39-Deluxe-Crunch-Distortion-Guitar-Effect-Pedal-FREE-SHIPPING-WORLDWIDE-/111266339476?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item19e7fd9a94

ThePrettyDamned

The memory boy is only a few quid more and is a much, much better pedal than the toy.

GET ONE!