Whats the most uslessly AWESOME pedal you own?

[lovesickmusic]

We all got em folks....pedals that we love to mess around with and may love the sound of, but you just can seem to find a use for it in a "live" setting for whatever reason...but you still think its Bad-A?

i have a clone of a crazy fuzz pedal...somehow the guy wired it to where it has an internal feedback loop that i can tune to pitch.....i love it...but it doesnt get ny use live....


whats yours?

[Stratobuc]

Fuzz Factory

[Matt L]

Line 6 FM4. Probably doesn't sound as good as any of the real things, and the tracking is pretty annoying sometimes, but damn if it isn't fun.

[JPF]

Fuzz Factory.

I love it, but it's challenging to dial in what you want quickly on the fly.

[Triangle]

Delay pedals.
Fun at home, but they just make really boring stuff sound complicated and interesting. I stay away from them at jams.

[Enjoyer]

Pefftronics Rand-O-Matic

[BrianmKillebrew]

for me its the de7 set to oscillate. its fun, and it sounds way cool, but it doesnt fit my band's music at all! so it just sits there.. lonely.

[Bluedano1]

for me its the Dano French Toast- fun to show off to guitar buddies at a house jam, but I really don't play anything needing that sound, so I have never used it on a gig -I bet I have had mine 10 years, and it is "brand new"- still it's not going anywhere!

[cribcage]

Mine would be the Electro-Harmonix HOG (http://www.ehx.com/products/hog) (Harmonic Octave Generator/Synthesizer). It's a crazy-fun pedal to play with, but the fun factor is way out of proportion to the pedal's utility and how often I actually use it.

The HOG exists in this weird place where logically, I should probably sell it, but I won't because I know I'd regret it if I did.

[NorCal_Val]

It was my Prescription Electronics "Experience" pedal for the last 14 years.
I was able to conjure all sorts of beautiful & ugly fuzz tones from it, but it
just didn't "fit in" with my playing.
Of course, just when I think I should get rid of it, I find a use for it.
FINALLY.

[Class5]

Back in the 80's I had this old Roland Phaser~a big brown thing~it made the strangest sounds and I loved it. Little did I realise that it was faulty and when the switch gave out, the repairer fixed the said fault. When it worked like it was supposed to, I thought it was boring.

[sonic_777111]

A cruddy Dano flanger. I like to make funny clangy sounds with it, but when I try to use those sounds in a band context they sound completely unrelated to anything I can play.

[Lolaviola]

Wah wah
Mutron III

[Matthew John Bell]

Zvex ooh wah.

Just never have a moment where I thing "I need to kick on my ooh wah."

[Steve73]

Probably my Mini QTron. I use it once and awhile when I do a funk/jazz gig but it is such an over the top specialized sound that it doesn't get used much. What a sound though!!

[zephaniah zion]

Turbo tuner. I suppose I could deal with all the runner-up tuners out there and be somewhat in tune but alas, the Turbo Tuner. I'm joking of course but I love the Turbo.:D

[Don A]

Fulltone Octafuzz. I love it but have no use for it in the band I'm in.

[Martin82]

Vibrato. Love the sound. But, I don't know what to use it for.

[digiTED]

I find my Fuzz Factory MORE useful than my Geiger Counter 99% of the time, but when I want to add some 80's video game melodies to my playing, the Geiger Counter's crushing 8-bit lo-fi magnificence is hard to beat!

[KindaFuzzy]

Filter sample hold clone, sounds wicked cool, but not terribly useful.

[FuzzGazer]

Fuzz Factory

[AXXA]

Honestly, my fuzz pedals, though I used to use them in my band. I still use octave fuzz on my board, but only the foxx tone machine variety (ultimate octave and octron 2) . Octavia style never sounds how I want it to in a band context, but foxx style works like a charm for me. I still keep my octafuzz, fuzz factory, maestro clone, and big muff around, but I don't ever use them in my band.

Also, I've had an EHX Freeze since they came out, and I love it, but it never stays on my board. I can/have worked it into songs, but I usually end up taking it back off my board. I could never sell it though! Had some good band song writing sessions with it last week actually.

[ERGExplorer]

I'd have to lump all the pedals normally prized by guitarists into this category. I just don't use most dirt pedals unless I'm going for a synth tone....

[Iggster]

Devi Ever Bit Mangler. It has really unique sounds that are "out there" but I can't find a place for it live. But hey, it has a joystick, so I'm keeping it around anyway!

[atomicmassunit]

Soda Meiser. I love it, but it dissappears in the mix live.

[blueprint]

Any ring mod...
I have the Moog, but I don't even think about using it live!

[mullytron]

Mid Fi Pitch Pirate. Love it. Need to find or start a band that calls for it.

[bbrunskill]

I love my Echo Park, Timefactor and Barber LTD SR.

[NakedInTheRain]

fuzz factory.

[Mr. Limbic]

Line 6 fm4 same reason mentioned before about bad tracking and not up to par with the indivual pedals...also my old boss hm2 is pretty awesome, but pretty useless to me live

[SunnyRollins]

Boss CE-1...awesome sound, if you need a chorus (I don't), bigger than life box...but sounds great!

[Clean Channel]

For me it's the Audible Disease Convulsion CN-2. Love all the weird stuff I can squeeze out of it, but never use it live.

One person above said ring mod. When I tune my EHX Ring Thing to whatever key we're in, then run it in front of my Musket, it does a great (and very useable) job of inhancing the sense of consonance and dissonance within the scale. It's a filthy sound, but extremely useable (as long as I eventually let everyone find some peace on that nicely tuned tonic every once in a while). If I use the ring mod then take it away, the melodies sound boring by comparison.

[flintstoned]

Mold spore. Doesn't belong in any song, but will NEVER get rid of it!

[teleclem]

I've owned/own the ff that I rarely (if at all) use live:

Analogman Chorus
Fuzz Factory
Semaphore

[TopBoost323]

Old orange Kay Fuzztone.

Huge sounding, weird, fragile. Love it, but I'd never trust it out live.

[Keasley]

I find the Fuzz factory both awesome and very useful. I use it frequently with my band, not only when I play guitar but sometimes when I switch to bass too.

That's not really the question being asked, but with so many people answering fuzz factory I thought the green monster deserved some props.

[Delayed Delay]

Pitchfactor... So far. I'm still trying to dial it in and become accustomed to it, because I definitely want to dial in more synthy leads since we have no keyboard player, but it's just such a ridiculously in depth and complex pedal, it'll take at least a full day of tweaking and practicing just to find some usable sounds for a live setting.

I should also add that I DO use the crystals setting live, but I would like to implement a lot more than that of course.

[UncleLarry]

Vox Satchurator. Love to put on my sunglasses and make weedly-weedly sounds. :cool:

[Krayon]

Synth wah.. Fun to mess around with .. but useless live.

[dcmak5]

Crowther Prunes & Custard

I want to keep this, but I could also swap it for something else I want and could use a bit more...

the tone is great, but I find it a little bit thin. and it needs to be LOUD to really hear all of the detail

[bjjp2]

Octron.

[digiTED]

Octron.

Yeah; I LOVE mine, but I have yet to find a use beyond super raging evil robot sonic destruction. In a good way :)

[JohnRegular]

Gonkulator.

[duckbunny]

Octave pedals. Fun to mess around with, but I've yet to find a use for it in any live situation!



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[TopBoost323]

Gonkulator.

Weird pedal. Crazy tones. Good call.

[corn husk bag]

I have an old Maestro Phase Shifter with the 3 color rocker switches. I am constantly dragging it out. The rocker switches are deteriorating on it. Its cool and I have had it since the day they were made available, but it is not good for anything I do! But its always been fun to drag out.

Kind Regards,
Steve

[corn husk bag]

I have an old Maestro Phase Shifter with the 3 color rocker switches. I am constantly dragging it out. The rocker switches are deteriorating on it. Its cool and I have had it since the day they were made available, but it is not good for anything I do! But its always been fun to drag out.

Kind Regards,
Steve

By the way if anyone has a broken one or knows where I can get a replacement rocker switch for it let me know.

Kind Regards,
Steve

[wingwalker]

I have several pedals that I love and have yet to find a real use for but the WH-1 Whammy and ZVex Seek Wah are the 2 that spring to mind!

[MarkF786]

Everything I own is uselessly awesome.

[MjCartney]

I have a few that I love but have no use for live. One more for the Z.Vex Ooh-Wah and Fuzz Factory. Digitech Brian May pedal. The Soundblox Distortion is fun to play with too, but no use to me live.

The most awesome but useless for me is the EHX Freeze. I love it, had it on the board for a year. Used it all the time to noodle with, jam during down time at rehearsals, and one one recording. Never once live. Finally pulled it off the board a month ago.

[GuitarPlaynTaylor]

I think my butler tube driver falls under this category. I bought it cause I love EJ... just cant use it live. Band overpowers it even cranked and it feels like it needs a marshall

[JohanSolo]

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[blueprint]

Up to now, the Fuzz Factory is the clear winner!

[NorCal_Val]

Wow!
That UglyFace pedal is brutal!!
Nice.

[Brian Johnston]

A Boss SL-20 Slicer (Audio Pattern Processor)... a strange pattern repeater... almost like a retarded echo of sorts. You fool around with it and it sound decent on it's own, but try to match up the patterns to various time signatures... even basic 4/4, lol. It does have a tempo button, but even then...

[Clean Channel]

Everything I own is uselessly awesome.

Ha! I'm changing my answer to this.

[basti]

Hey,
I still got the EHX KnockOut on my pedalboard.

Love it when playing alone but I just can´t find a usefull setting when I play with the other guys....

[Ides of March]

My EVH Phase 90, love playing with it, but can't find a use for it on any of our songs really. If I record by myself then I use it sometimes. But not at practice with the full band.

[redbeardrob]

POG2 - at home it's incredibly cool, but at live jams it's useless unles the organ guy doesn't show.
Q-Tron - super funky and fun, but being more of a blues guy these days, i seldom have a need for it.

[dirk_benedict]

I have a boutique clone of a Boss Slow Gear...I love it, but it's impossible to use live.

[bshields]

sad face. I love my fuzz factory, i have a whole song that just uses it on a heavy gated fuzz setting. lots of bendy riffy goodness :P but I still find my other fuzz box getting more love. I think its a psychological thing - its not like the other fuzz box (pharaoh) is any easier to play through (though it does stack better) but the fuzz factory has a certain mystery to it, EVEN if you know how to dial in tones. the pharaoh is safe!

[AXXA]

I have an old Maestro Phase Shifter with the 3 color rocker switches. I am constantly dragging it out. The rocker switches are deteriorating on it. Its cool and I have had it since the day they were made available, but it is not good for anything I do! But its always been fun to drag out.

Kind Regards,
Steve

No joke, those are awesome! I had the pleasure of borrowing one for a couple years, just had to give it back earlier this year:cry: I love the way the speeds shift into each other. Its best not to use the switches with your feet, since they aren't very sturdy. It was actually made to be put on a stand! I'm surprised there aren't clones of some sort around. None that I know of at least.

[John Hurtt]

Fuzz Factory


This...very cool to experiment with but found it too uncontrollable for my rig.

[jonlarsen002]

Pog2... pretty cool pedal, but I never really used it for the fake organ sound. I tried doing ambient swell stuff, but it just sounded pretty sterile compared to just using an analog delay with some modulation.

[mysticaxe]

POG2 for me - I ended up selling it last Friday.

[Brian Johnston]

I'm wondering about the EH Sitar pedal that was released this year... many on this board think it's pretty cool... but to develop songs and use it with a band... what are your thoughts now?

[haslar]

Boss SL-20 Slicer.
Any Octave pedal (lower octaves, upper octaves are useful for that Hendrix thing).
Any Harmonizing device.
Most EH pedals.
Flanger pedals.
Phaser pedals.

All of these, and probably more, are of no use whatsoever for my live uses, but I love them at home!

[H.P. Lovecraft]

MXR Blue Box

[Magicpad]

Zvex ringtone.... people give me the weirdest look when they hear it

[fieldsroyal]

My vintage Menatone O-Ring - I haven't found a use for it buy it looks so cool.

[musica23]

MXR Blue Box

Somebody beat me to this!

Also, my Geiger Counter, Goatkeeper, Devi Ever Eye of God, Electro-Faustus Guitar Disruptor, Radio Havana...all keepers!

[szecheut]

a vintage ce-2. had it for years and it was the best sounding analog chorus pedal i ever came across. end up selling it, never used it live. :(

[Wes Mantooth]

I'm not the most creative when it comes to using my Snazzy FX Mini Ark, but it's still awesome!

[macruz94]

I've been using a Boss PS3 on mode 5 I think. It gives an almost metallic sounding chorous to my swells, and sounds cool when playing semi-acoustic sets to wet-up lead lines. But I turn it on once a set, maybe.

[madmanmike777]

BIG qtron, and possibly my version one zvex seek wah

[Improbable Joe]

My full-sized Electric Mistress is great at what it does, but it is rarely useful. Come to think of it, I'm not sure why I bought it.

[Yonderwanderer]

EQD Rainbow Machine. It's awesome in so, so, so many ways. But, useful.. I'm still figuring that out.

[drbob1]

I have a LOT of those pedals, things like the Infinite-phase or the Foxrox TZF that great sounding but too complicated and gigantic to use on stage. Or various envelop phasers, the mooger fooger pedals, my guitar synths-very cool but just too big and complex. But probably the most frustrating is the Adrenalinn III. The interface is just SO hard to work with and completely unuseable live. And yet it does the coolest sounds ever!

[mc2]

I guess mine would be the pigtronix ep-2. It's filter and phaser are so dang fun to Play with at home, but I have to really dial it back when I play with anyone else. But when the wife is gone-I crank it up and get as funky as daddy whitebread can!

[lamf]

my zvex seek wah

[technicoloraudio]

i really wanted to say EQD Rainbow Machine, then i realized how much i love the sound of my blue box into my GK3 with a boatload of delay.
i don't know the difference between right and wrong anymore.

[Guitargumption]

Scott Pemberton makes all these type of pedals sound awesome live. my 2c.

[Progbusters]

Homebrew three hound chorus

[jpopxfile]

Digitech XP-1000. So many effects in one pedal, but I can't really find a use for them live, except maybe the pitch shifter.

[sketches]

Penny Pedals Fingerprint.

Hard to distinguish in a mix besides the usual reaction of "an awesome over-driven fuzz sound". Recorded? Rip and roar heaven. It can handle whatever complex chords you throw at it and come out sounding trumps and has this quality to the decay that I think is unmatched. Even when I had my Snowdirft which is supposed to be a direct copy it sounded the same live but no where near what the Fingerprint can do for your pedal-rig/overall-sound in a recording atmosphere. I rarely have it on my board except to use at home or whatever as I have hoards of ODs that do the live thing in spades to risk damaging the Fingerprint.

[therealzeke]

Zvex Seek Wah II
Whammy WH-4
Zvex Lo Fi Loop Junky

All great pedals which I wouldn't part with but have no place in the music I play in my band, often I come up with song ideas with them but they never ever make it to a live situation.

Fuzz Factory is an awesome fuzz but it's sometimes uncontrollable, plus in our rehearsal room it picks up radio ;)

Oh and the Subdecay Octasynth, unless my band starts doing 8 bit video game music! Love the pedal though!

[Mullenski]

Boss SL-20 Slicer

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