vicar Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Hi. After some really good input from you guys on here about Behringer pedals I was wondering what feelings were about other makes? How do you rate Digitech? Better than Behringer but not as good as Boss? And what about MXR? The best, or overated and over priced? I am after a flanger or a chorus. Not sure if I should go new Behringer/Digitech or second-hand Boss/MXR. Confused :-( Quote
GarethFlatlands Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Personally I'd try and pick up a 2nd hand MIJ Boss BF-2 or a CS-2. They're classics for a reason. I still regret not getting an old CS-2 when I saw one in a guitar shop in Leeds for a mere £45. I prefer older Boss pedals to the newer equivalents. I don't like the switches on the Digitech pedals and the sound is nice but not very transparent. The Hardwire stuff is much better build and sound quality. I've only ever tried 1 MXR pedal (Carbon Copy) but I really like it and was considering them when I was looking for distortion pedals recently, although I went with a harmonic percolator clone in the end. Quote
vicar Posted October 22, 2011 Author Posted October 22, 2011 Hardwire don't appear, from their website, to do a BASS chorus or a flanger of any description. Quote
GarethFlatlands Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 No, they do a stereo chorus but not bass specific, and no flanger at all. You might have more luck with the standard Digitech stuff, I had problems with the switching on my bass distortion but liked the reverb. Quote
chrismuzz Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 I've only tried a Digitech chorus. Sounded really great, but as has already been said it wasn't very transparent. Having the effect bypassed really sucks the life out of your tone Quote
paul_5 Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 I've never been overly impressed with any digitech kit, I've had lots of good Boss and MXR kit, and some good Behringer stuff. You can pick up used EBS pedals on here for not too much - they're REaLLY good. Quote
basstech Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 I've found digitech quite naff. MXR kit is really well made and works well - with Boss coming in 2nd. Quote
Higgie Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 It's really not worth asking which brands are "better" than others. They will all provide different sounds and it really just depends on what you want for your sound. Just because someone doesn't like the DigiTech, doesn't mean you should rule it out and go for the Boss. By all means ask for opinions on specific pedals, but to disregard entire brands is overkill IMO. Moral of the story: Try what you can, and buy what sounds good. Quote
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