Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

[Larioso]

Hi
Long ago I got a Damage Control Womanizer that had this.
A parametric eq before tube and then post eq - so you determine which frequencies saturate tube first.

The basic idea is that you turn up gain quite a bit, then dial with frequency control for sweet spot how it saturate.

You can get anything from real boxy wah tone, to many other nice tones.

So got a (a couple actually) Artec that also have Q-value control to set how wide around frequency crossover, so you can dial real narrow if you want.

So using this before amp - eq controls on amp become like post eq as you please.

Did anybody fiddle with this?
- if not try it.

Artec I have is good, and real cheap, like $20, but is more noisy than i has to. So have three with different settings, and also has true bypass.

So are there ones with better circuits, that has to full control it offers - level, width, gain and frequency?
True bypass is a must.


Thanks.

[Chistopher]

Re: Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

The Seafoam Trident does something similar. It has a pre-distortion 3-band eq with independent drive, volume, and frequency controls.

The DOD Boneshaker also has a three band eq with frequency and boost/cut knobs.

I think it's a great idea in a distortion box, but it also goes against my rule of having distortion pedals be as simple and straightforward as possible.

[Larioso]

Re: Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

Thanks for your suggestions.
I looked at Elektron Analog Drive for many reasons, which has a mids parametric eq but no width control how narrow that works.
It also has 100 presets, but that tiny thing missing.

With width there is some extra tweak for sweet spot in how narrow the boost is.

[jeremy]

Re: Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

the duncan paladium has a parametric mids control which is a great feature, allowing a ton of different tones

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

https://www.stonedeaffx.com/product-page/pdf-2 Stone Deaf PDF-2 is great for this. The footswitch to go between clean boost and overdrive is really useful. Probably my most useful pedal.

[jeremy]

Re: Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

never tried any stone deaf stuff but that looks right up my alley

[Larioso]

Re: Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

PDF-2 seems wild - some good demos on this spot

https://tgt11.com/product.html/stone-deaf-pdf-2-parametric-overdrive

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

It really is awesome. I don't really own any other overdrive pedals anymore. I have a few choice fuzzes I use for big riffs but mostly I set the amp for crunchy and boost it with the PDF.

[uOpt]

Re: Parametric EQ - maybe the most interesting and underestimated pedal?

A parametric eq before tube and then post eq - so you determine which frequencies saturate tube first.

The basic idea is that you turn up gain quite a bit, then dial with frequency control for sweet spot how it saturate.

You hit the nail on the hat.

I also want to point out that having a cocked whawha in front of the preamp does a similar thing. You pick what frequency to push before the clipping stages.