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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
 Posted - 03/20/2010 : 00:15:13
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I keep a record of all the stuff I buy and sell (nerdy, I know) and I just had a look back over the gear I've sold in the last 2 years. I've just realised that I have sold about 50 pedals (not including volume, expression, multi FX and switch pedals)! Most of these sales were because I upgraded, didn't end up liking the effect or couldn't find a practical use for the effect... I still own about 40 pedals at the moment but here are the Boss ones I've sold:
BD-2 - Superseded by Lauriepedals HZD
CS-3 - Superseded by a Pearl compressor which I also sold, looking for a Keeley now...
DC-3 [x2, Digital Dimension & Space-D] - Got the Space-D because I was collecting (not anymore). Sold both because I like the DC-2 better.
DD-7 - Supeseded by TC Electronics Nova Delay and Eventide TimeFactor
HM-3 - Also have an HM-2 which I think is better
LMB-3 - Never really used it, had to go
NF-1 [x2] - Used specifically for my EHX Germanium OD pedal which I sold. Couldn't find another use for these guys, so they were sold.
OC-2 [octaver] - Brilliant octave pedal, but superseded by EHX POG2
OC-3 - Rubbish octave pedal. Hated it.
PH-1r - Fantastic phaser, but a little full on... If only I'd had a Lauriepedals TLM back then I would have kept it. Superseded by the EHX Russian Smallstone
PH-3 - Yuck. Sure it's versatile, but it has no soul.
PS-2 - Accidentally bought it instead of my second PS-3.
PS-3 - Superseded by Eventide PitchFactor, I do still have another PS-3 though for sentimental reasons (it was my first Boss pedal).
PS-5 - Superseded by Eventide PitchFactor, plus it's not as cool as a PS-3
PW-2 - Not really my thing. Wanted to try it, now I know I don't need it.
RC-2 - Couldn't get used to using it, so I traded it. I then went and bought an RC-50 anyway...
SD-1 - Superseded by TC Electronic Nova Drive
XT-2 - I accidentally bought 2 off of eBay, still have the other.
I have a few Boss pedals I'm still evaluating... but they will probably go too. |
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krakatau
Copper Member
France
32 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 00:22:14
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TU-3 - Sold for a Polytune (TC Electronic)
PH-3 - Sold for a PH-1r (as natthu said fantastic phaser)
CE-3 - Sold for a CE-2B (+ mods) |
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Ollie
Gold Member
United Kingdom
729 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 00:27:47
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offtopic, but how you finding the polytune krakatau? I'm going one very soon, just need to sell my tu-2!
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krakatau
Copper Member
France
32 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 00:38:55
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| Simply fantastic ! This thing is incredibly fast and really precise and that's why i sold my Tu-3... |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 00:45:48
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PolyTune is awesome!! Got one yesterday...
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Mansun
Gold Member
Spain
564 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 02:40:17
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| Very interesting list, Natthu. Plus, we can see your opinions about your previous pedals, which is nice. |
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hateandwar
Gold Member
Australia
524 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 08:12:52
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It would take me ages to do a list. I can't think of all of them right now. But most of the ones I have sold, were to try out and see if I liked them. Then I kept them to try collect them all but I thought it was a bit pointless so I've sold a lot of them to fund better gear. I still do use a lot of boss pedals, don't get me wrong, but there were a lot that were just not for me. I still have 3 HM-2s because I simply love it (especially with my new amp) and I have 2 sitting there incase my 1st beaten up one ever dies. Same goes for my PH-1r, I have another sitting there.
And I want more! Hahah |
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MullyFX
Gold Member
Germany
753 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 09:59:38
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okay a list of stuff I've owned and sold
Ibanez Classic Metal (first pedal I ever bought - I have another one of it now)
Turbo RAT
BOSS DS-2
BOSS CS-3
BOSS PN-2
Marshall Shredmaster (got another one later on that I still own)
Marshall Jackhammer (recently got another one in a trade)
Marshall Edward the Compressor
Ibanez Tube King
Ibanez PDS-1
BOSS VB-2
BOSS SP-1
BOSS SG-1
BOSS NF-1
BOSS LM-2
BOSS FBM-1
Fulltone 69
Fulltone SoulBender
Ibanez GEL
BOSS DM-2
BOSS RV-2
Line 6 POD 2
Ibanez PH99
Ibanez AD99 (bought another one later on)
VOX Satchurator
Ibanez WH10
Some hand built pedal my mom's boss gave me when I was young.... that was a GREAT pedal no clue where it ended up... can't remember selling or tradig it
oh wait just the BOSS ones....
BOSS DS-2
BOSS CS-3
BOSS PN-2
BOSS VB-2
BOSS SP-1
BOSS SG-1
BOSS NF-1
BOSS LM-2
BOSS FBM-1
BOSS DM-2
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 10:50:35
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ODB-3 Sold cause the dirt channel in my Ampeg BSP preamp kills it.
LMB-3 Nice pedal, but I liked my CS-3 better.
DS-1 Not my flavour, my brother still has it lying around somewhere.
BF-2 This was MIJ, let it go to cheap.
BF-2b Fun to play with, hard to find a real use for it.
CS-3 One with a THAT chip, my DBX model kills it.
HM-2 My JCM 800 sounds better, can't beat a real amp.
OD-1 Nice pedal, but eats too much low end for my taste. DasBeef is happy with it now.
AW-3 I wanted to try it, but even in the bass mode it eats low end, so I quickly let it go.
Other brands:
crybaby wah x2
bass crybaby
Digitech whammy 4 Do I really need to talk about this one? 
Ibanez volume pedal
MXR dynacomp
Morley Power wah boost
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MullyFX
Gold Member
Germany
753 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 11:05:20
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forgot the DF-2
didn't have it very long so that's understandable |
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silvertone6120
Gold Member
USA
609 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 13:39:30
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I've never been one to turn pedals around that much.
My very first pedal was a Washburn Chorus of some kind; what a piece of junk...I traded it for a guitar stand. That's right, a guitar stand!
All that I can recall having pedalwise and no longer having are things like a Seymour Duncan Twin Tube(just in the last few years; sold it because I was using the Blues Driver), a Morley chorus/volume pedal(not a bad chorus effect on it...til the chorus quit working), a ProCo Rat pedal(my first distortion pedal; late 80s, early 90s).
Plus, of course, I can think of a few Boss pedals I bought and then either kept them briefly or just returned 'em because they were not what I was looking for when I bought 'em. Here's the list:
VB-2(yeah, I bought one thinking it was tremolo like on a Fender amp. WRONG! I blame Leo Fender for that. This was before Boss put out the PN-2. The pedal added vibrato, not tremolo. I'll do my vibrato myself if it's all the same, no pedal needed. Although I wouldn't mind one for the collection, such as it is)
CE-3(simply didn't care for it; it was to replace the Washburn for that effect, and in that light it was a long time before I became any kind of "fan" of chorus)
PS-2(I think...the pitch shifter with delay on it in any case)
AC-2(was not at all satisfied with that...because nothing on it sounded acoustic to me)
XT-2(a little too heavy for my tastes)
OC-2(the tones were not stable enough for me...although last year I bought a cheap "Octaver" locally because it was cheap and local)
There's probably more that I can't recall right now. Some that I do recall was in a BCB-3 that was stolen outa my car several years ago. The pedals inside were a BD-2, a CE-2 and a DM-2. Needless to say, that theft hurt. |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 14:41:48
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I really like the "why did you sell it" part of this thread... this is a stronger statement than "why it isn't on my board right now", so it tells a tale of pedals that aren't any use at all.
I tend not to sell pedals, but if I did...
MIT CS-3 (THAT chip) - useless unmusical POS
PH-3 - soul less
PW-10 - soul less
MIT DS-1 - stock version is just nasty
TU-2 - there are better options
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Miky
Silver Member
Czech Republic
184 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 19:12:15
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Ok, I don't like to sell my Boss pedals and I only sold a few, but they simply had to go to make way for new ones. I feel sorry for all of them now.
PD-1 - Rocker Distortion - bought this one long ago, wanted a Boss distortion and this came my way so I thought it would be better than buying a new DS-1... unfortunately it was a gigantic nasty pedal and the sound was a bit doubtful... well I was young and naive back then... plus all the rubber parts were turned to stone through the time so the pedal was a bit difficult to use
AC-2 - a good choice until you realize that acoustic simulation sucks
DD-3 MIT - this one went after the long chip came
OC-2 MIJ - poor tracking and no use for octave effect
DS-1 MIT - too blurred, too grainy, too gainy even with gain on zero
CE-5 - not bad, but without taste |
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Ollie
Gold Member
United Kingdom
729 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 19:14:37
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Originally posted by Laurie
PW-10 - soul less
I don't use wah a lot, but the PW-10 is alright for when I do  |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 20:54:30
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Originally posted by Ollie
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Originally posted by Laurie
PW-10 - soul less
I don't use wah a lot, but the PW-10 is alright for when I do
Don't get me wrong... its a great workhorse. But compared to a Vox or old cry baby, it is just missing something. |
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Pepe
Silver Member
Germany
230 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 23:22:45
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BF-2: I bought it to compare it with my BF-3. Had no benefit from it, but overall it's a good pedal!
CH-1: Also bought to compare it, this time with my Marshall SV-1. When I tested the units I had bad power supplies and my Marshall pedal did always hum, except when I used it with batteries. The CH-1 didn't really produce the sound I wanted (the Marshall Supervibe is up to now the best sounding chorus for me, but I want to test a DC-2 and DC-3 one day!) and a hate-factor was that one of the outputs produced a louder sound than the other one. It could have been faulty, so I have an eye on getting a cheap CH-1 to test it once again.
CS-3: I've got this thing for sale at eBay at the moment and it will be gone in a few days to perhaps make another guitar player happy. I just don't like it and I don't understand why some bass players swear on it. The Marshall ED-1 I used for years now is so much better for my uses than this thing. I think that many guitar players like the sound it produces, but I hate it for lacking a knob to regulate the compression value and the "Tone" knob influenced the original bass input signal in a bad way. It alters the input signal in every position - at least mine does it, and yes, it has the dbx chip inside. I'll stick to my Marshall compressor for bass playing. And for my stratocaster I now use my LM-2 which I got recently. This unit doesn't alter the sound much when turned to 12:00h.
DD-6: Sold it and bought a used but minty DD-7 for a total difference of 20 or 25 �. That was defintively worth it! The DD-7 delivers everything I missed at the DD-6, since I almost always use it in stereo for playing and especially recording. More stereo modes, a fantastic DM-2 simulation that comes so close to every demo recordings I have heard of the DM-2 so far and for fun sessions a 20 second STEREO looping mode (40 seconds, when used mono) - for small loops it definitively beats the RC-20(XL)! Oh, and it has an input for an expression pedal or footswitch again!
DF-2: I had two of them and I barely used them. The first one was MIT, the second MIJ. The MIT pedal produced hums even in bypass mode, so I sold it again (the humming may also have occured, because I used wrong power supplies back then). I got the MIJ pedal very cheap to test it once again. It didn't hum, but again I didn't play enough with it. But I'm looking for a third one... somehow I miss the feedback sound, which I always used without the DF-2's distortion! I don't like that distortion sound at all (I don't like the DS-1 either, which sounds quite equal) so I used it with gain at minimum and went into another one of my distortion pedals. This way I produced very neat and convincing feedback sounds.
GE-7B: This one was good, but I like the GEB-7 a lot more which I bought soon after I sold the older pedal. The GEB-7 with its optimized frequencies shapes my bass sound excactly how I want it.
ODB-3: I had two of them. The first one was sold (along with other gear) to finance a Korg synthesizer that never arrived at my place. The seller was a fraud and I lost 480 �. Big shit, but today I'm wiser. I bought the second one last year to test it again and I sold it soon afterwards. I don't like it and I don't need it. At least not THAT sound. It's too harsh. Maybe there will be an ODB-5 one day and then I'll give it another try.
PS-2: I bought it for a fair price, but the quality of the pitch shifter was not as good as expected. The delay was surprisingly good and 2 seconds delay time must have been astonishing way back in 1988. I rather want a PS-3 or PS-5.
SYB-3: I still have one! I love it and I will not sell it like I did with the two other ones I had before. I didn't use them too much and each time I thought that I won't miss it. But how I did! The second one was sold to finance other stuff again. But this will never happen again, exceptionally since I have a minty one now! It's love! 
XT-2: I love it! Really! I bought three of them last year and the third was finally in fantastic condition with box. The other ones have been treated quite rude and found their way back to eBay again (one of them will be sold tomorrow). The minty one will stay here. I know that it's the opposite of a boutique pedal's sound, but I use it a lot when I need really dirty and nasty distortion. |
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