Maker: Line 6
Year: Currently in production
Fame: Line 6 has a growing rep.
Mojo Factor: Not much for a new modeling pedal.
Price: Reasonable
General Sound Description:
Every delay sound and the kitchen sink in one pedal.
Who it’s for:
Some that needs more than a tone control and is on a budget.
Controls:
Knobs:
Mix
Repeat
Time
Mod
Function Control
Trail on/off (slider)
Model Switch (3 way slider)
On/Off (footswitch)
Modibility:
Near Impossible.
Manufacturers Sales Pitch:
Maker: DOD
Year: Currently in production
Fame: None.
Mojo Factor: It hard to get the religious fervor work up over a budget eq.
Price: Affordable
General Sound Description:
A graphic equalizer.
Who it’s for:
Some that needs more than a tone control and is on a budget.
Controls:
8 sliders (1 level, 7 eq bands)
On/Off (footswitch)
Modibility:
None really.
Manufacturers Sales Pitch:
Maker: Maxon
Year: Currently in production
Fame: Maxon stuff is drooled over by pedal heads.
Mojo Factor: It expensive and has the word analog in its name that adds you quite a bit of mojo. I give it a few minus points for it pinkish color.
Price: Expensive.
General Sound Description:
Analog delay capable of long delay times.
Who it’s for:
Someone with cash to burn and is looking for a classic analog delay sound and long delay time.
Controls:
Time (knob)
Level (knob)
Feedback (knob)
On/Off (true bypass footswitch)
Circuit: 8 MC4107
Modibility:
a little expensive to mess and 8 IC’s complicates things.
Manufacturers Sales Pitch:
Just when you thought you’d have to go digital, Maxon unveils the new AD999 Analog Delay. The newest member of the highly touted Maxon Vintage Series, the AD999 is the most ambitious and practical analog delay pedal to come along in well, ever!
A few years back the hopes of analog lovers the world over were dashed when Panasonic/Matsushita closed their BBD production line for good. Immediately the price of all types of analog bucket brigade IC’s went through the roof, and many larger companies started buying up existing stock and hoarding it for the future. But Maxon is a tough company to hold down, and instead of making the switch to digital as so many other small manufacturers were forced to do, they took a very different approach to solving this problem.
With their vast knowledge of analog technology and their extensive network of contacts in the electronics industry, Maxon was able to source a completely different manufacturer of analog BBD’s. After critical examination and testing of this company’s product offerings, it was finally determined that these components were worthy to carry the Maxon brand name, and thus the AD999 was born!
Not a company to rest on its laurels, the AD-999 Analog Delay was created after careful examination of other analog delay units (including the AD900) in an effort to improve upon them. Each AD999 comes loaded with 8 yes, 8 Maxon MC4107D BBD’s for a total of 900 milliseconds of pure, rich, organic analog tone. Like past Maxon analogs, the AD999’s controls have been kept to a minimum to free the unit from unwanted noise and complex operation. Standard Delay Time, Delay Level, and Feedback controls provide a simple user interface and a wide variety of delay effects. To improve the unit’s versatility, Wet/Dry outputs were added to allow for panning of the delay effect between two amplifiers or channels.
The AD999’s tone is pure analog heaven rich, round and three dimensional, the AD999 is much more akin to the tone of vintage tape echo units than either the AD900 or AD9. In comparison to other Maxon delay units, the AD999’s fat, vintage tone is closest to the nowdefunct AD80, but with the added benefit of triple the delay time, yielding many medium to long delay effects that the AD80 simply cannot reproduce.
AD999 switching is handled by a Fujisoku 4PDT mechanical switch for transparent, noise-free true bypass operation. Lastly, the AD999 has been designed to run off 9 volts DC for easier integration into players’ pedalboards. An internal, replaceable fuse protects the circuit from voltage spikes as well as the accidental use of incorrect adaptors.
When you’re ready for the ultimate analog experience, the Maxon AD999 is the only serious choice in an otherwise digital world!
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Maker: Korg
Year: Currently in production
Fame: Fairly well know in it product class.
Mojo Factor: None.
Price: Expensive but a value if you consider how much would be spent to give you as many effect with separate units.
General Sound Description:
This thing does everything. It look like it should be on the space shuttle.
Who it’s for:
People looking for an all in one solution and do not mind modeling.
Controls:
More knob and button than you can shake a stick at.
Modibility:
Maybe if you have a Ph. D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Manufacturers Sales Pitch:
The new ToneWorks AX1500G is packed with 56 different effects and gives you everything from ultra-realistic models of great stomp boxes, amps and speaker cabinets to essential effects like chorus, reverb, delay, pitch shift, and more.
Features
48 preset and 48 user multi-effects programs, with up to 8 effects at once
2 selectable channels per program, just like a channel-switching amp
Expression pedal for real-time effects control
Super easy to use. Create the sounds you want by turning a few knobs
Illuminated display for excellent visibility ? even on stage
Phrase Trainer makes it easy to learn riffs by ear
Sample & Play function lets you record a phrase and loop or reverse it
Road-rugged metal body and parts
Korg auto-chromatic tuner and metronome built in
Korg’s proprietary REMS technology creates the most amazingly realistic digital models of popular effects, amps, and speaker cabinets
Year: 2006-
Fame: If you are bargain hunter you’d know it.
Mojo Factor: None!
Price: Super duper cheap! Under $15.
General Sound Description:
A simple echo pedal. Slapback and that it.
Who it’s for:
Anyone with $15 that doesn’t mind plastic.
Controls:
Repeat (knob)
Mix (knob)
On/Off (footswitch)
Circuit: Use PT2399 on SMD board.
Modibility:
High cause who cares if you break it. Circuit benders love it casue its cheap.
Manufacturers Sales Pitch:
The slap echo of yester year.
Maker: BBE Sound Inc.
Year: Currently in production
Made in:
Fame: This is one of the most popular boutique pedals around.
Mojo Factor: The rack mount version has rubbed a little off on the little guy. Pull just exactly what it does and how it does it lend toward the intangible rather than the obvious.
Price: Reasonable
General Sound Description:
It is subtle but effective often effect. Its rack mount and software siblings are often used in the mixing and mastering process. It is a finisher a processor delivering the wet blanket being lifted off the speaker effect.
Who it’s for:
Anyone who has there sound dialed but needs it add more clarity and life to there sound.
Controls:
Lo Contour (knob)
Process (knob)
On/Off (footswitch true byapss)
Modibility:
None really.
Manufacturers Sales Pitch:
Guitarists and bassists have been demanding a foot pedal version of the legendary BBE Sonic Maximizer and the wait is finally over!
Many musicians don’t have a spot for the rack mount unit, but long for the legendary clarity, definition and punch that only a Sonic Maximizer can provide. BBE took heed and carefully designed the Sonic Stomp foot pedal which delivers the same amazing sonic improvement as our popular 482i Sonic Maximizer.
Famous Users:
Jennifer Batten
(The Sonic Maximizer used by too many to count.)
Maker: MXR
Year: Currently in production
Fame: It has a great license calling attention to it.
Mojo Factor: Anything associated with that Dutch born
Price: Expensive
General Sound Description:
It is a high quality flanger with a lot control to adjust the sound.
Who it’s for:
Van Halen fans that need that flanged tone.
Controls:
Manual (knob)
Speed (knob)
Width (knob)
Regeneration (knob)
On/Off (footswitch)
Modibility:
The point of it is to have the Van Halen Sound!
Product Manual: link
Manufacturers Sales Pitch:
We’ve done it again! Dunlop has once again partnered with living legend Edward Van Halen to present a new spin on a classic tone. Everyone knows that it was the MXR Flanger that powered the timeless Van Halen tunes “Unchained” and “And the Cradle Will Rock.” Now you can grab a piece of that world-class tone with the new MXR EVH 117 Flanger. This amazing stompbox features the same bucket-brigade technology that provided the sweeping, whooshing magic of the original. But we didn’t stop there. We’ve also added the EVH Switch, which instantly calls up Eddie’s “Unchained” sound with the exact same Manual, Speed, Width, and Regeneration settings that he used to get one of the greatest guitar tones of all time. If that’s not cool enough, we painted the EVH Flanger with the rocking striped graphics that started a revolution. Get the MXR EVH 117 Flanger and hit the ground running. • EVH Switch activates preset Manual, Speed, Width, and Regeneration settings for instant “Unchained” tone * Original bucket brigade design for classic analog flanging * Indestructible die-cast housing in EVH-approved striped graphics.
Famous Users:
Eddie Van Halen
Famous Riff:
Van Halen-Unchained & The Cradle will Rock
the music biz or screwed nine ways to sunday