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The more recent DOD pedals were really good if my Carcosa was anything to go by. One of those pedals I probably should have kept, great for stoner rock or as a dirty boost.
The actual cases were very different though... Hmm
https://www.jaimiemuehlhausen.com/guitar
It is saying here Loco Box was owned by Akai...
So maybe Next was owned by Panasonic ? Matsushita..
The actual cases were very different though... Hmm
https://www.jaimiemuehlhausen.com/guitar
I thought I would go inside my Next Analog Delay to try and fix it
,it seems the tiny switch inside is fecked..
Anyway False Memories...Because of the Purple on the knobs..Fnarr !!
I remembered the electrolytic Caps being Purple and Lilac..
They are not.. There are 3 Chips.....
One is 2 Stacked Chips Matsushita/Panasonic MN 3005 21
Stacked on a Panasonic 301 27
One is a Toshiba C401138P
One in the middle of the board has NE570N 8233
Lots of Green Film Caps but not the usual Dark Green ones..
It looks like they have a touch of the luminous slime green about them and you can see through the coating..
On the underside of the board it has AD 800 on it..
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
I have a golden eagle and recently acquired a Green Russian. Both exceptional quality, well built and comparatively cheap as chips.
Guyatone also did some dual pedals e.g. Chorus/Flanger around the same time and they sounded good.
Catalinbread - some good stuff and I really liked their Formula 5FS
JRockett/JRAD - are good, solid pedals but sadly, something about them didn't work for me and I always moved them on
Wampler are one of the more popular brands but I don't see them mentioned as much as I would expect to. Loved The Pinnacle and the EGO and their delays are good but my current hottie, the Plexi Mini Drive, is superb
Not a pedal but a rack effect, the Korg A2 and all those A series units and their Korg Rotary pedal
But I'm going to mention Behringer, because regardless of the above view, it has been a real force to put affordable pedals in the hands of many players who otherwise couldn't have afforded more expensive versions.
I'm aware that Behringer emotes a wide spectrum of views. It's haters will say they just copy other brands, their pedals are noisy, unreliable, and are cheap and nasty. Supporters will say that they make some really good pedals that sound great, are reliable, and are well made at the price point. I'm in the latter camp.
I have two Behringer pedals that I have been delighted with. The EQ700, which is actually a tad quieter than my Boss GE-7, and functions flawlessly and is tonally identical.
The other is a To800 Vintage Tube Overdrive. It cost less than £20 new and it's a great sounding pedal and I maintain is still one of the best TS cloned around with the original 4558 op amps and MA150 distortion diodes. A friend of mine really liked mine but was put off by the Behringer name and plastic case. So he bought a real Ibanez TS808 tubescreamer for £90.
We put them side by side and did a blind test on each other....and we both preferred the Behringer...plus it had more tonal range! So he then bought a To800, and like me it's the one on his pedal board, and the Ibanez just stayed in its box.
I've also heard a Behringer chorus and phaser, and they sounded great too.
So, whatever your views, I just thought Behringer deserved to be mentioned as underrated and sometimes unappreciated pedals, and given some love for a change.
I'll go and get my coat now,... and an umbrella to fend off the rotten tomatoes!
I have to admit to being slightly uncomfortable with them directly copying pedals which are still in production, but I can more or less forgive it since I don't think they are genuinely stealing sales from the original maker - usually Boss - as most people who would buy a Behringer either can't afford or wouldn't want to spend the price of the new Boss pedal, possibly not even a second-hand one.
I particularly like the SF300 Super Fuzz, which is an identical copy of the long-discontinued FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz - which is itself an upgraded copy of the original Shin-Ei FY-6/Univox Superfuzz, so perhaps there's a bit of poetic justice there.
I've also owned the Ultra Metal - a Metal Zone copy, but this time I don't think it sounded identical... slightly warmer and less harsh, which may make it less suitable for its original intended market, but for me an improvement.
The TO800 is in fact identical to an original, hyper-expensive TS-808 - there's a video by JHS pedals where he A/B's them in real time with a loop-switcher and there's no change in the sound at all .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Interestingly I just found some shoot out vids and several folk commented the same, ie it was slightly brighter, which is why I preferred it.
as many things Japanese were rebranded..
I have since read it Claimed a couple of places that Next was a Brand of Moridaira..
So I know the post sounds like it belongs elsewhere,but it is continuation of the comment on Next pedals..
I also don't know if my Next Switch is sortable and if that would be a financially sensible decision..
[Insert embarrassed emoji here]
We all used them,,the same idea as we were actually playing Matsomoku or Fujigen etc Guitars..
So maybe I am a bit obsessed..
I just remembered that there were Fender Branded Pedals in the Early to Mid 80s that were Next Pedals rebranded..
So it's another way to at least the electric circuit of that pedal again if you want one..
The other thing is of course,,the pedals may not be as good as you remember,
or the component values may have changed inside..