Strangest/Ugliest Guitar Pedal industrial design, graphics and appearance.

[NegativeEase]

I know appearance isn't performance -so keep this thread light plz.... Let's poke fun at pedals that may be way over thought or no thought given to the industrial design, graphics, details and over all presentation. Skip pedals that have a funny name like "P*ssy Melter" if nothing else about the design doubles down on this with the layout, shape etc etc.

Here's my first submission Line 6 JM4 Looper

- I think I like everything about this except the chrome footswitches and the dumb vestigial classic Line 6 fake heat sink things on the sides.
The whole package has a unique feel for sure -to me there extreme success and failure in this pedal

-overall it has a aftermarket catalog chromed up lowrider car feel to me -doesn't appear to be stock, almost like a teenager dolled up his guitar pedal because he wanted to impress a girl.

Also, I find it funny that a looper pedals is the size of 4-5 pedals.

 

[GuitarStv]

This is a weird pedal . . . the main reason for the high prices is that it shows plasma that changes in intensity when you play guitar. Sound is fine . . . does your typical gated fuzz effect. The whole point of the pedal though, is to look down and giggle at the light show.

 

[Mincer]

Yeah, as looper pedals go, it wasn't a good one. Their DL-4 is a more creative pedal.
I always thought that this series of Peavey pedals was hideous. Bad colors, bad designs.

 

[Securb]

The BBE pedals are ugly but sound amazing.

 

[NegativeEase]

This is a weird pedal . . . the main reason for the high prices is that it shows plasma that changes in intensity when you play guitar. Sound is fine . . . does your typical gated fuzz effect. The whole point of the pedal though, is to look down and giggle at the light show.

For another thread, but my father built a plasma arc speaker with me in the late 80s. but to scale it up to Guitar Amp volumes would require intense energy

 

[NegativeEase]

Yeah, as looper pedals go, it wasn't a good one. Their DL-4 is a more creative pedal.
I always thought that this series of Peavey pedals was hideous. Bad colors, bad designs.

Jesus, those are hideous. I've never seen them before.

 

[NegativeEase]

I know these are good TS style klone abnd such pedals, in fact I set up a pedal board for a player you guys would all know -who swears by them.

but this thing kills my eyes despite any ergonomic functional features this shape may tout.

It looks like some crap Joe Bonamassa would slap his name on and sell in his webstore, cruise ship gallery, or merch table to me.

 

[NegativeEase]

This thing. The concentric pots on the front of the pedal. No. It is a huge PITA. I sold it.

Ha. also cat claw detail vacuum formed into the plastic!!

Kind of Amazing also.

 

[NegativeEase]

I mean, the original Rat is ALL FUNCTION no FASHION -so it's hard to knock

but this.... just ,.....

 

[NegativeEase]

On the fence on this Ibanez Vai one...

I mean this is so far the other way -it becomes amazing again... I bet it's f'in hot.

Someone notify Steve Dallas ASAP

 

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[CaptainWhizz]

I seem to remember the guys on an Andertons video not being able to read the name of this pedal. I think that people should be able to read the name of a product, but maybe I’m old-fashioned.

 

[PFDarkside]

i guess I get it, the started as stamps and progressed to screen printing but still.

 

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[PFDarkside]

Similar to the JHS, I like how they kept the graphics of the hand painted but dropped the cost by screen printing it.

 

[ErikH]

I know these are good TS style klone abnd such pedals, in fact I set up a pedal board for a player you guys would all know -who swears by them.

but this thing kills my eyes despite any ergonomic functional features this shape may tout.

It looks like some crap Joe Bonamassa would slap his name on and sell in his webstore, cruise ship gallery, or merch table to me.

Yeah. That enclosure design was hideous. Thank God they changed it to a more traditional, and better looking, rectangular enclosure.