EQ Pedals

[midnite_man]

Do you use an EQ pedal in your rig? I'm debating whether or not to try one out with mine. Which brand/model is your favorite, and why?

-Bob

[Duke of Metal]

Re: EQ Pedals

When I used to run pedals before, I had the Boss GE-7, I didnt think it was useful before I got it, but after I got it, I couldnt play without it. Its awsome.

That EQ.. or check into the Carl Martian Parametric EQ.


Good luck,
Duke

[some_dude]

Re: EQ Pedals

Yes.

I like using an EQ after my distortion. I also have a rack mount in my effects loop.

Pedal - Boss GE-7 - I had mine modded by Kevin at www.tone-jam.com. He does some stuff to improve the clarity and remove the hiss that pedal normally adds when boosting.

Rack - Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ/Preamp

[SKiLLeDSLaSH]

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What about the MXR 10 band graphic EQ? I was looking into those. What do you guys think of them?

[y2stevo]

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I use the Boss GE-7.. Great Pedal although i haven been playin my rig alot since i got it cos i got it a Day before i went to france and not back long so hopefully i'll get time to mess about with it.. The Pedal doesn't colour the tone , the only drawback it that hiss when boosting that screamingdaisy mentioned but if you boosting it for lead solos you cant hear the hiss so its not that bad...

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: EQ Pedals

Do you use an EQ pedal in your rig? I'm debating whether or not to try one out with mine. Which brand/model is your favorite, and why?

-Bob

Hello buddy...I get good tone with my effects and my guitars and amps and don't currently use an EQ pedal...Years ago I used to use the GE7 with my combo JCM 800 2X12 amp to get more lows from it..I remember the GE7 doing the job but it also added alot of extra hiss to everything...It's a great pedal but it isn't a quiet pedal...I'm guessing there are better EQ pedals than the Boss?

John

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Hehe there is alot of things better than Boss....but they usually gets the job done for a reasonable amount of money.

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Hehe there is alot of things better than Boss....but they usually gets the job done for a reasonable amount of money.

Yes the GE7 did get the job done and the pedal was inexpensive when I bought mine...Everyone likes the GE7..

[SKiLLeDSLaSH]

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MXR 10 band graphic EQ?????? don't mean to spam but anyone know anything about this EQ pedal??

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Yeah it is easy to use, I had one some years ago, the hiss drove me crazy though...
I have a love/hate relationship with eq's...haha
I mostly use parametric eq's now, if I use any at all.

[some_dude]

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Yeah it is easy to use, I had one some years ago, the hiss drove me crazy though...

Mine doesn't hiss

I found the link to the right page. He charges $45 for the mod and free return shipping worldwide.

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: EQ Pedals

Yeah it is easy to use, I had one some years ago, the hiss drove me crazy though...
I have a love/hate relationship with eq's...haha
I mostly use parametric eq's now, if I use any at all.

See,I guess the hiss goes with the territory with some EQ pedals? I'm surprised most of us would need an EQ with all the adjustments we have on our amp,guitars,and effects though?

John

[Jeff_H]

Re: EQ Pedals

Bob -

I have a DOD 7 band eq somewhere around here collecting dust. I used it for quite a while, but wanted one to match my other Boss pedals, so I traded another pedal for the GE-7. The DOD is missing one of the slider knobs, but other than that is in perfect condition.

If you're interested in trying it out to see how an EQ works with your rig....give me a holler and I'll ship it to you. It's just going to waste here.

Jeff

[midnite_man]

Re: EQ Pedals

That "hiss" thing seems to be a problem with many Boss pedals. My DS-1 and SD-1 effects that John modded don't have any of that, but a Boss compression/sustainer pedal I have certainly does, and I stopped using it. I did score a Guyatone c/s pedal recently that I'm waiting for to arrive in the mail, and will give a review for here when I get it.
The EQ pedal has been something I've thought about using in the past, but with all the tweaks, mods, and adjustments I've done to both guitars and amps of mine and still hearing some line noise, I thought I might be able to cut some of that down or eliminate it with an EQ.
What do you all think of injecting a Boss LS-2 line selector pedal into the scheme of things, dividing up the effects to where I have distortion-type pedals going through one channel of the Selector and modulation effects going through the other? I'd also be able to not go through any effect pedals at all and run straight into the amp from my guitar if desired (and I think with a set of Antiquity's coming that I'll install into my American Strat, I'll be wanting that often) I have a LS-2 that I've never used yet, and perhaps with the several pedals I have in my chain that I'm sure aren't helping that noise, perhaps using the LS-2 might be a good way to reduce or eliminate the noise?
But then there I am again with another Boss pedal, and another possible "hiss" issue again. Guess there's no way to tell unless I try it.

[SKiLLeDSLaSH]

Re: EQ Pedals

Would the Boss NS-2 Noise suppressor thing do that? I'm not a big expert on pedals