Most Positively Surprising Cheap Pedal

I know I've mentioned the $19 Dano Fab Chorus on these "cheap pedal" threads in the past. I'm not a chorus-holic so this does everything I need for electric and acoustic.

But today I'm going to throw out the Behringer ADI21 acoustic preamp/DI. I got mine used for $20 at GC on a whim (but they are still just $33 new). It has a simulated tube preamp can be blended in to mellow out piezo quack. And while it doesn't have a dedicated feedback or notch filter, the sweepable mids work well for both tone shaping and feedback suppression. I've used with acoustic guitars, uke, and a mando with a cheap stick-on piezo.

 

Behringer , Heavy Metal HM300, Graphic Equalizer EQ700,Bass Overdrive BOD400 Bass Overdrive BOD400

JOYO, Uzi, distortion,

WAVES PLUGINS WORK REALLY WELL STABLE BOTH SPECIFIC IN FUNCTION AND
VERSATILE

 

Joyo - Vintage and Ultimate drives. both great straight out of the box once i read up on the mistake/ mod on the UD, i fitted a red LED and its monstrous now

donner trem - very good; in fact a lot of Donner/ Mooer are excellent. the Blues Crab is a relatively cheap way of getting the marshall bluesbreaker pedal

Tone City - all really good. the Angel Wing chorus is excellent. @NiceTele - if you want a more robust pedal, the TC Sweet Cream is great if you can get your hands on it

Boss SD1 - really, really good

 

Off the shelf RAT

 

M-Audio Crunch Box clone with 4 knobs, all very useful and variable. High gain or overdrive, depending on settings. I run mine at 18v with improved "fidelity" and no issues.

Mooer Tremolo that sounded smoother and more analog to me than the others on 3 blurry youtube comparison vids, and it really impressed me at home. Only way I could replace it is if maybe a fender-style "surfytrem", if I will even like it, could interest me.

 

I'd give $20 to see the owner record and youtube Smoke On The Water on this priceless guitar - and played on a single string. With one finger.

 

Caline Pure Sky.

 

These are the best sub $30 pedals out there for piezo acoustic instrument pre-amps. I've got much pricier ones, but I keep this for emergencies. It worked with everything I thru at it, including upright bass. Yes the sweepable mid is really good. And, you can sweep the gain on the switchable tube emulation so that it functions like a mute - very useful.

 

The Behringer compressor is pretty good

had a few months and now I have it on Craigslist, I'm just not really a petal guy

 

Got one new for $28. Use it for DI recording.

 

Joyo American Sound and Boss OD-3

 

Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer. I bought a used one for $15, and liked it so much I ordered another one online, for just $30 shipped.

The seller of the used one said they're based on a similar Boss compressor; in any case, it works well.

 

I just bought one last week. Haven’t tried it yet the reviews are a bit mixed but it seems the negative ones aren’t using the pedal properly

And I have an acoustic, a uke and mandolin which I put a stick on piezo on. So thanks.


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The king of distortion. Accept no substitute.


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Brilliant peda. Lush and sturdy. +1


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Did exhaustive research when I was doing my cheap mini pedal board project a couple of years ago and found one superlative delay pedal for around $30.

The Donner Wave Analog delay sounds as good as my Carbon Copy. At about 1" x 2" it also takes up almost no real estate.

 

Joyo d-Seed delay. I've owned other better delays (EHX Canyon, Keeley Caverns v2), brand-wise, but they're all gone and the Joyo is still here. I paid a hundred bucks or less for it years ago, can't remember the exact price, but for 4 different delay modes (Analog, Copy (Digital), Modulation and Reverse) and the ability to save 2 presets and toggle a 3rd selection manually...it's amazing. It has tap tempo too, but I've never been able to figure out how to use it without getting it stuck on a weird setting. That's the one downside...the instruction manual that wasn't. Basically useless. But I've used this thing to simulate light reverb, to cop a Sun-style slapback, to do glorious worship stuff (modulation) and to get trippy and weird (reverse). It's a keeper. One of these days I'll get another one...either this model or the new one they came out with last year. Fantastic!

 

Joyo Ultimate Drive- on my rehearsal space mini board to as an OCD. thumbs up to that "mistake mod"

Caline Pure Sky- on the home mini board as EHX Crayon substitute. im even thinking of buying a backup in case it dies

Caline midlander-TS sound alike