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Re: Opinions on most under rated effects

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12/20/1999 3:07 AM

Re: Opinions on most under rated effects

Here are my picks:

Boss DC-2 "Digital Dimension": These pedals sound amazing. I have owned quite a few chorus pedals and this one wins!

Ibanez SD-9 "Sonic Distortion": The best crunchy sounding distortion pedal I have heard. These things are climbing in price so grab one while you can.

Boss CS-2 "Copression/Sustainer" The best for the buck. Much better sounding than the CS-3.

12/21/1999 4:08 PM
Anders Westerberg	My votes go to: 1. BOSS OD-2 Turbo Overdrive. One of the best BOSS distorsion/overdrives IMHO. 2. Ibanez CM-5 Classic Metal (Soundtank). Really not that much heavy metal actually. This is the only soundtank pedal I've tried but some of them are supposed to be quite good. I hate the plastic appearance though.

12/21/1999 11:13 PM
mr. natural	Dunlop 2.0 mm pick (the purple one) - it doesn't bend at all. Amazing improvement in note definition, power of guitar output signal. Try one, you'll see.

12/22/1999 9:21 AM
Anders Westerberg	That's actually the pick I use too (I play the bass). My only problem is they get a bit slippery when I start to sweat so I cut grooves into them with a knife and/or rub them against a concrete floor. I find them a little to heavy for the guitar.

1/4/2000 4:24 AM
Bill	Hey, I thought I was the only guitar player that used those things! Err, used to use. Actually, I used them for a couple of years. At the time, they were definitely part of the sound. Cool stuff!

12/23/1999 1:40 AM
Doug Scarrow	Can't believe no one has mentioned Vox Valvetone! Having tried most of the boutique pedals out there I am happy to go back to my Vox valvetone V-810 Is it because it does'nt have a snobishly high price?

12/23/1999 7:22 AM
ted matsumura	Boss DS-1 is a must have pedal, especially at the $39 or $49 they go for new discounted. For me, Fulltone '69 pedal is also a great fuzz/overdrive. 1/3 rack space Alesis Microverb is the simplest mono reverb/overdrive I've found. The DanEcho is also great and gives 95% of an echoplex in a small pedal.

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