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You know this one
Tom Morello, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Steve Stevens... go to the 1 octave up setting and have at it!
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The best chorus currently in production
This pedal is so versatile and sounds so good. Whether you want an instant "80s" button, or lush warm psuedo-hammond rotating speaker cabinet sounds, this pedals does it all in spades. Compact, easy to use, definitely my desert island modulation pedal.
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Great Volume pedal
Put a buffer in front of it and it's perfect. wide sweep, smooth feel, built like a tank. :)
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Simple but effective
This pedal might seem limited with only one knob, but if you use TC Electronic's Toneprint Editor software it is one of the most versatile reverbs on the market. Fantastic pedal. I use a toneprint that I wrote called "6550 Sunset Blvd" modeled after Van Halen's reverb sound on the 1st album using the EMT140 template.
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Secret weapon
The best buffer period. Nearly everything recorded recently by Guthrie Govan has one of these in the chain, its also the buffer that's in the old axess switchers, so whether you realize it or not, its probably a key element to many of your heroes' tones. Steve Stevens, Brad Paisley, to name a couple.
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Great Fuzz!
These pedals are built with so much love and passion over in Spain. I got this pedal because I'm a huge Mick Ronson fan. Luckily so is Roman Gil Romero, who builds these pedals. I wanted mine to really sound exactly like the one that the late great Mr. Ronson used to use, so I special requested that the pedal use a NOS OC75 transistor, and the pedal sounds fantastic. So present in the mix, and so much vibe to it. Also the internal bias trimpot comes in handy for tuning this fuzz to different guitars.
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when I was on a fuzz kick I really wanted one of these but never bought one! its the only tonebender I couldn't find original
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Great MIB
This is one of my favorite Marshall In A Box style pedals. It does a great job of making a Fender Twin sound convincingly like Marshall Superlead. Perfect for backline gigs!
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Great boost
I use the EP Booster in the "Vintage" setting which means it rolls off a little high end and really thickens up the tone a bit, great for beefing up a clean sound or just kicking a already distorted amp just a little harder. Great pedal when you just need a bump!
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The modern EP-3
This is my favorite delay unit. some key features I think really set it apart are: using a combination of the tape age, and the secondary functions of the bias, and low contour you can pretty comprehensively EQ the repeats which is really nice. The tap tempo is great and using the A B C switch you can change the tap subdivision. It also has a boost or cut function, great for integrating it into different parts of a rig. And it has optional buffered bypass should you need it, and reverb! Amazing pedal.
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Great Tremolo
This is a really cool unit that has a pretty innovative feature set. I like to set it for a smooth relatively fast fender sounding tremolo with just a little bit of the touch sensative envelope circuit in so it will fade out a little if i really dig in. This is great for all of the Mike Campbell tremolo stuff in Tom Petty's music or any of the CCR stuff.
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Seeing double
You know what's better than one awesome digital delay? 2 at the same time. Great pedal, capable of being a nice subtle delay to really beef up a clean sound or to create some wild soundscapes. Can't say enough good things about this pedal. Plus it's pink, so that's awesome.
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My kid would love it for being pink. So is it like 2 El Capistans in 1 box?
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@jimmarchi1 No its very different. I also have the El Capistan on by board the El Capistan is really focused on imitating sounds of old tape delay units like the Echoplex. The DIG is much more about 80s sounds with layered delays and specific rhythmic effects. The DIG is 2 seperate delay times simultaneously, not 2 different delay times to toggle between back and forth. Hope that helps clarify!
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Great 2 in 1
The Red Snapper side is great for just a bit of break up (think George Harrison or Ryan Adams) and is very transparent, and gritty in all the right places. The Blue Collar side is like a modded TS808. Makes a great "rhythm and lead" pairing for light gain settings.
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Change, nothing stays the same...
You know the song you know the sound. This pedal does it perfectly. One break, coming up....
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The real deal
There are myths and arguments that have made there way to all corners of the gear nerds universe about this pedal. You know what it does. My personal view: It adds a certain 3 dimensional quality to your tone that other pedals just don't have. It really makes notes jump out of your amplifier. And it has a very specific midrange EQ to it that really makes the notes sing. That's why I like it.
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Yeah, the Klon ain't bad. Wish I had kept the one I bought in the late 90s. I could use the money now! Oh well.