My cheap pedal habit

I have a new bad habit which is late night browsing Ali and ordering pedals which may or may not arrive. May or may not work.

I never did this before because I was ashamed and "clones are stealing", but...I got my first clone and realized.. this is really good! Apparently it was a gateway pedal. I have another on the way.

Should I just keep this to myself?

Dill or sweet?
 
Does it the era-correct thumb screw though? Does it? DOES IT!?!?! DOESSS IT!?!?!?!?!!

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I have a new bad habit which is late night browsing Ali and ordering pedals which may or may not arrive. May or may not work.

I never did this before because I was ashamed and "clones are stealing", but...I got my first clone and realized.. this is really good! Apparently it was a gateway pedal. I have another on the way.

Should I just keep this to myself?
I got the DemonFX Klon and King of Tone knock-off pedals last week for about 80 EUR off a guy on a local forum. Those pedals have a lot of great tones in them.
I don't have it in me to fork out the $$ for the originals; these get the job done.
 
The Amazon Basics Tube Screamer is awesome. 20 bucks. I think they call it Kokko now.
TC Electronic 3rd Dimension is also great. I just sold my old Dimension C because I like the TC better. $50.
 
The Amazon Basics Tube Screamer is awesome. 20 bucks. I think they call it Kokko now.


TC Electronic 3rd Dimension is also great. I just sold my old Dimension C because I like the TC better. $50.
The Kokko comp is very good too!!! Mine was 20 bucks.... perfect.

That whole tc line is great too!!! Especially used.
 
I’ve got a few, they ended up being great. The behringer super fuzz, mooer yellow comp, and joyo ultimate drive. I’m not a big fan of the idea generally, but at the time I wanted some new pedals for a rig idea I was building out and my funds were super limited. $60ish instead of $600ish was the right choice for me at the time.

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Just that there's very little really decent EQ pedals out there.
That's the one pedal I should get. Analog that is.
I have an early generation Source Audio eq, and it's good, but it colors the signal just a bit more than I like, even at flat setting. The feel isn't quite there with me. Could be a conversion+latency thing. I'm sure an MXR or Boss would be just fine though.
 
I bought a Caline "Heavy Metul" for like 18 bucks I think. I bought it specifically because the pic of the pedal in the ad had the misspelled "metal". When it arrived, they had fixed the typo. Was disappoint.
Hahahaha, I have their "Reflector Tremelo" that I bought for the same reason (and because it reminds me of Twin Peaks), but in this case they didn't fix it. 😂

It's a run-of-the-mill tremolo and cost me 20€. Not bad. 🤷‍♂️

I even like it better than the EHX XO Pulsar that I sold on due to noise issues.
 
I've had a few cheap pedals - the Moore noise killer has been in my rig for at least 10 years now and has been perfect.

I also have the demonfx 33 clone which has been fineq, a mosky buffer which I think is a clone of a jhs little black buffer. My most recent one is a horizon precision drive clone from joyo - the Argos boost, which has been fantastic
 
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