Went pawn shop/used store hunting today and got this for a good deal:

Found one of these for real cheap for my friend since he liked mine:

Request: New Board picture, chout

My bandmate gave me one of these recently to run my guitar through and use for whatever other purposes I like:



Kegmama:
There is a "regular" Big Muff that has a compressor built in as well in the original Electro Harmonix line. I think they reissued it. It's way more expensive, but I do think it's better than the Pi. However, on a budget the Pi is just fine, especially given your taste.

There's a Russian one on the market. You can ofcourse buy amazing vintage ones with different parts, the reissues have silicon transistors while the 70/80's versions ran op amps, these are better. I think that term Pi came when they made this design


The Pi is just a way of distinguishing that version between the russian one, it doesnt mean that it uses a secret custom mega transistor called Pi. And yes, that is the best 'new' muff around, and for the price youre getting, you should jump around in happiness, get it before its too late.

Well, I got 150 euros around so im gonna buy an original EHX Pulsar and a Russian Big Muff. The original Pulsar is said to have less volume drop than the stereo pulsar. and face it its beautiful

I got my 70's PI just like this on ebay for $38.

post some clips of that beast, master.

and then you sold it for 150 right?
I want new board pictures from yours man, right now.

Okay, what should I get now?????????


Fender Blender
Small Stone
Stereo Pulsar
Turbo Rat
Russian Muff

Turbo Rat since you've already got a muff right?

I just went down to Pianos 'N Stuff in Pittsburgh to get a DT-10, came back with a DT-10 and a DOD-250. I also tried an MXR Distortion + but the DOD-250 was 30 bucks and sounded better too.

Nice board. Is the little big muff nice? And also, is that frequency analyzer better than a moog?

Nice board. Carpet the motherfucker i say

The frequency analyzer is cheaper. I like its tone too.

Some people quote the DOD Preamp to be the best boost/preamp ever. Any Samples Spectral?

Not yet.

It is really gritty sounding in a nice way. I really like the harmonics it produces. And it doesn't get all icy with fender amps (my blues driver did.)

It sounds a lot like a 12ax7 being overdriven to my ear.

Ordering a Russian Muff and a Stereo Pulsar from the store next, they don't have them in stock I went there today so they have to order it. Except for if they give me a super deal on a Fender Blender

No, I still have it.
I don't have any recent pics, but it's not much different lately.

The Fender Blender's prices have dropped, lucky for you. I still don't think they're that special though.

Your board looks nice, spectraljulianisnotdead. I just wrote a song with my FA recently. I still can't decide which I like better, the moog or fa.

From what I have read, the Distortion + and DOD 250 are built very similar, just a couple of minor differences.

Yeah, but the DOD is way more subtle and more overdriven than than distorted . It can also boost, which the Dist + can't, Dist + is wimpy and gay

You're right it is the same circuit with different values, I really like the 250 a lot better though. The distortion on the distortion + sounded weak, the 250 sounded a lot smoother and had that nice tubey crunch to it.

...and I'm sure you've compared the two side by side?

I did, and I agree with King Buzzo actually. Except the gay part, the DOD-250 has a more abnormal sexual preference because it takes 1/8" for power rather than a barrel.

See, that's what I was thinkin'. Prejudice against the sexual preferences of guitar pedals is runnin' rampant these days.

Laugh+Spit cheese cake out from laughing

Updated shot

Get the rat first. After having more dirt pedals and then adding the bb it is gonna be way more fun to fuck around like that.

I can tell you that that site is not available.

When I got the DOD 250 the other day, I was gonna try out a used RAT for 45, but someone put a hold on it.

Anyone one here got the Vintage Rat? A great and versatile little beast. Shame I sold mine all those years ago.

ive got a vintage rat,

its a dream come true like,

They're great, aren't they? Probably the most "natural" distortion unit I've personally used. I've never tried any of those tube distortion pedals - wonder what they're like?

I've got what think is an 80's model of a RAT, which is alot better than the newer reissues, i have one as a backup and i can't dial in the tone that comes close to the vintage, which is a shame... there must be a difference w/ the transistors.. etc etc, or cheap parts or something...

A few years ago I believe Roland put a cease and desist order against Behringer for their blatant copying of Boss pedals. Just a matter of time before Electro Harmonix does the same thing. I just can't understand how after the legal problems they had with Roland they could turn around and try to do the same thing with yet another brand!

Electro-Harmonix is fully aware of what Behringer is doing, and I don't really think that they are the sort of company to throw a lot of big lawyers and money around. One of their top designers made a prototype "clone" of the Memory Man rip-off and dubbed it the Memory Babe.

I think they know that behringer stuff is a bunch of lamely built BS that doesn't sound as good as the real thing and has a crappy bypass.

ordered the tech21 sapbddi yesterday, picking up a secondhand boss line selector tomorrow (loop/clean blend usage)

so here's the rest of my wishlist to complete my pedalboard with:

-a natural sounding flanger, the dod flanger (white box) is cheap but i can't find sound samples, electric mistress is nice but huge and i don't want to spend that much on a huge ass flanger...

- a delay, simple delay below €100, small, just for basic delay stuff

-a replacement for my dano pepperoni phaser, someting that works better with bass...must be capable of doing extreme swooshy phaser sounds

-a very responsive envelope filter/auto-wah, considered a dr.Q first but it's not very agressive/over the top..so i heard, can't find the guyatone bottom wah rocker, i don't need the 'drive' option on the micro Qtron..., digitech envelope synth wah seems cool but again..it's a digitech.. and it's a synth ..thing..heh

-a pedal that can add one or two octaves UP instead of down (bass)..thinking about the digitech whammy actually... seriously..i'm not kidding..it can do a lot, but it's too exspensive for a digitech ..or am i wrong ?


anyone here that owns one of the boxes i mentioned, give me some feedback, tips are more than welcome, i'm in no rush... i just don't want to buy and sell over and over again because i'm lazy like that, by next year i'd like to be able to say 'yeah, this is just about it' ;-)

Heavium:
MXR Flanger, Danelectro PB+J or Ibanez DE-7, not sure on a good phaser or envelope filter for bass- most of the sweep ranges are done for guitar.

I have a behringer tremolo and behringer wah. They were super cheap and sound fine to me.

Is £180 too much to pay for a Fender Duo-Sonic?

Ummmm, No. sounds like a good price.

I may go for it. Tis red.