What is/was the worst pedal you ever had?

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czarokrates said:
17 posts and nobody mentioned Boss Metal Zone....

What's up ? :firing:
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Forgot. Yeah, I had a Metal Zone twice, and both times I ended up thinking it was terrible. I would have loved it when I was a kid with an 8" practice amp.
 
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Little Pigbacon said:
Forgot. Yeah, I had a Metal Zone twice, and both times I ended up thinking it was terrible. I would have loved it when I was a kid with an 8" practice amp.
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Haha, I can't believe I forgot that.The only setting where it sounded 'somewhat' decent was in the factory preferred heavy metal setting.The rest well...

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Nostalgic Distortion said:
LOL, every pedal Danelectro ever made!!!

Actually, I've got a love/hate relationship with the original Fab Tones. It was the only pedal I owned from the ages of 15-17 & I kinda learned to embrace the "Cheesy-ness". I still have one but it doesn't quite have the same appeal it used to for some reason, probably because I have guitar picks that had more thought go into their design & tonal quality???
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Actually, I dug the Surf & Turf compressor, which sounds and works really good for all sorts of signals. I still use mine.
 
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This bad boy:

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If you were on a tight budget in the mid 90s, chances are you had one of these at some point.

Soundwise it was probably better than the un-modded Metal Zone I used to have.
But it was so flimsy and noisy it loses.

Also, the EHX Metal Muff + Top Boost. A slightly more flexible Metal Zone with the same fake, congested and stiff high-end.
I had a Metal Zone with the Diezel mod and I swear it killed the Metal Muff tonewise. Sold them both in the end.

I've had other pedals I haven't liked (MXR Dynacomp...) but those are the only ones I thought were honestly dog****.
 
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I used to have a Metal Zone too. Hated the distortion too, but as a very dirty/gritty boost it was usable. Kinda.
 
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Empty Pockets said:
Digitech RP series. I'd rather plug my guitar into a Sega Genesis.
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I've had an RP-6, an RP-14d, an RP-50, and an RP-100, and they all sounded like dry macaroni from a 49-cent box.
 
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The Dano Fab Overdrive was a great pedal in a plastic case!

I have to put in a vote for the Metal Zone too, I've seen clips on youtube of modded ones that sound pretty good, but even with a lot of mods, I've never been able to find a use for one.
 
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Little Pigbacon said:
I've had an RP-6, an RP-14d, an RP-50, and an RP-100, and they all sounded like dry macaroni from a 49-cent box.
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Without ever trying one of those Digitech RP units myself, I'll take a shot and say the Zoom 505 a friend gave me to try for a week when I was 16 was just as bad, if not worse.

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I totally forgot about the Zoom because I never owned it, but holy **** was it awful.
The bypass was so bad it buried every frequency over 4k or something.

I just cannot imagine anything being worse than that damn Zoom pedal. Easily the worst multiFX unit I'll play in my life.
 
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Well, the 505 and 505 II did blow wide open ass, and they were probably worse that the RP's I mentioned.
 
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Little Pigbacon said:
Even the worst pedals I've ever owned were probably better than I thought they were at the time. I guess I'll pick on Danelectro. The Daddy-O didn't sound like much to me, regardless of how much I wanted to like it. I just couldn't imagine someone making a pedal sound like that on purpose. The Cool Cat Metal had the misfortune of placing concentric knobs on the front of the pedal; I got fed up with the ergonomic arrangement and sold it. Kind of a shame, because it didn't sound bad. I ended up with a Mesa Throttle Box.
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The Daddy O is a miserable ***** to dial-in because all three EQ bands are very interactive--you change one--even a teeny bit, and it'll change the others too. Once you have it dialled-in though--wow. Great, great OD/Distortion.
 
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Thomas Organ CryBaby. Wasn't a wah pedal, it was just a wh' pedal.

Second place is the boss metal zone my parents gave me for my birthday one year. It was in a briefcase with my cables that got stolen at a gig. God I miss those cables.
 
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beaubrummels said:
Thomas Organ CryBaby. Wasn't a wah pedal, it was just a wh' pedal.

Second place is the boss metal zone my parents gave me for my birthday one year. It was in a briefcase with my cables that got stolen at a gig. God I miss those cables.
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Surprised to read that the wah pedal didn't work out.Was is just too retro?

If my metal zone was stolen along with cables, I too would miss the cables lol

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Little Pigbacon said:
Forgot. Yeah, I had a Metal Zone twice, and both times I ended up thinking it was terrible. I would have loved it when I was a kid with an 8" practice amp.
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The only reason I'm replying is that recently I tried the vst PA version and thought that it was brilliant for leads and certain combos. But the pedal I always hated. Then again, the DS-1 was a pedal I always liked, but I hate the PA version.

Go figure.
 
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atf said:
Surprised to read that the wah pedal didn't work out.Was is just too retro?

If my metal zone was stolen along with cables, I too would miss the cables lol

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The key phrase there is Thomas Organ. There are many different versions and constructions of the CryBaby. Thomas Organ was the bottom of the heap. It sounded like Thomas' organ.
 
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Boss Power Stack, sounds ok but just too noisy. I can keep the noise under control with the ISP Decimator Gstring ii but don't you dare let a note to naturally decay as it will bring that horrible noise very quickly. And I have not been able to sell the damn thing.
 
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I can't fully remember if it was truly bad, or just a reflection of the garbage my friend was running it through, but I wasn't impressed with the hot pink DOD Thrash Master. I don't hear many people pining for them today either, so it must not be considered a timeless classic....

Of course, we were using it with his POS Squier Strat through an even bigger POS Gorilla 1x8, so it did have an uphill battle!
 
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