Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by tunghaichuan » Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:32 pm

visserman wrote:
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I think the DOD's are great, compare them to the Boss ones and you will notice how they differ: They are far more crude, but I like that idea.
I have maybe about 8, one of them is a Enhancer, like the Boss EH-2. The DOD does have Led's for both sides, cool! Also have a Reverb do you not see often. Far more primitive then the RV-2.
I'm a big DOD fan as well. I used to have a bunch of them, but sold most of them off a while back. One problem I had with DOD pedals, particularly the vintage ones from the 80s and 90s is that they are too noisy to use more than three or four at a time, at least for me anyway. They do tend to show up fairly cheap on Craigslist, although they don't show up as often anymore.

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by tunghaichuan » Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:52 pm

I finally had a chance to check out my DigiTech CabDryVR pedal. Essentially it is a cabinet simulator pedal meant to go on a pedal board for use directly into the PA. It works well for recording, as well. The idea is to plug the dirt pedals into the CabDryVR and run the ouput into the modulation, delay and reverb. Then out into an interface or to the PA, thus eliminating the need for an amp. It comes with a nice rubber thingy to put over the pots to keep the settings from being inadvertently altered.

The cab sims sound pretty good. It has two banks of sims, one for guitar and one for bass. There is also a size control which adjusts the resonance of the cabinet model. It is also stereo with two idendical banks of sims and a toggle switch to select either guitar or bass.

One downside to the pedal is that it must be powered with a wall-wart adapter, there is no battery compartment. The sims are set as well, it does not load third party IRs as some pedals do. Essentially the user is stuck with the on-board sims. Although the size/resonance control does allow for some flexibility. Another downside is that the pedal doesn't come with the adapter, so it must be purchased separately. I don't know why Digitech didn't just box the pedal with the adapter and charge $20US more.

I tested the pedal with a Boss MT-2 and a BC-2. Both sounded very good through it. Like most sims of this type, it eliminates the fuzzy, fizzy character of a dirt pedal, making it sound closer to a real amp. It's not perfect, but it might be a nice back up for a gig in case an amp malfunctions.

They run about $169US, which I think is way too much. I got mine on a Musician's Friend Stupid Deal sale for about half price.
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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by visserman » Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:36 am

tunghaichuan wrote:
Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:32 pm
visserman wrote:
Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:40 pm
I think the DOD's are great, compare them to the Boss ones and you will notice how they differ: They are far more crude, but I like that idea.
I have maybe about 8, one of them is a Enhancer, like the Boss EH-2. The DOD does have Led's for both sides, cool! Also have a Reverb do you not see often. Far more primitive then the RV-2.
I'm a big DOD fan as well. I used to have a bunch of them, but sold most of them off a while back. One problem I had with DOD pedals, particularly the vintage ones from the 80s and 90s is that they are too noisy to use more than three or four at a time, at least for me anyway. They do tend to show up fairly cheap on Craigslist, although they don't show up as often anymore.
Yes you are right about noise. You know what it is? It is the cabling and how it trails around various points where it can pick up noise. Just a cheap way to get around a certain problem. When you try them with batteries they are a little less noisy. The shielding is not great!

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by The_Doc » Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:09 am

I’m having a sort out of my photos and came across this one of some of my overdrives. I’m sure I’m going to find some more interesting ones which I can post here if anyone is interested?

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by Old_Iron » Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:58 am

Man you make me be all shriveled up in good envy. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yes Doc, please post more pictures of your collection! 👍

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by The_Doc » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:36 pm

Old_Iron wrote:
Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:58 am
Man you make me be all shriveled up in good envy. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yes Doc, please post more pictures of your collection! 👍
:lol: :lol: Thanks Old_Iron ! Sorry about the shrivelling :lol: :lol:

I’m sure I can find some more pix of the collection. If not, I’ll take some new ones.

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by The_Doc » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:24 pm

Here’s another one Old_Iron. My MXR group is the next biggest in the collection after Boss.

I’ve had a couple of these for a long, long time. The mustard boxed block Distortion+ and the red boxed block DynaComp were among the first pedals I bought when I was gigging in London in the 70’s, along with a Top Gear Fuzz, a Coloursound Sustain module and a Highfield (Vox) Treble Booster (I think this is late 60’s early 70’s clone of a Rangemaster but I’m not sure).

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by Old_Iron » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:05 pm

Wow! This is pedal porn! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Beautiful !

I have been very radical with myself against the idea of collecting another pedal brand but the Boss compact line, I know that I would dive into and would have to start a criminal career in order to fund that. :lol:

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by The_Doc » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:23 pm

:lol: :lol: Thanks Old_Iron :)

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Re: Other Brand Pedals Photo Thread

Post by Old_Iron » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:45 pm

This is my humble non Boss people, the majority of them I have from before the Boss collection, and different from the Boss collection (60% ish), I have most of the boxes (95% ish), but they are stored. I like to have the box stored and the pedals at the reach of my hands.

As you can see, I was never a modulation kind of guy.

Missing here are 2 Polytunes Mini placed in 2 different BC-60 pedalboards (stored) and a Boss OD-20 (this one I need to look for it, it's AWOL).

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