Pedals you bought in 2024

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I don't think we have a thread like this yet. Let's list the pedals we bought (and maybe sold???) in 2024 and give our thoughts on them. I'll go first:

Eventide H90: It has some really good sounding effects (and some not so good sounding) but it takes a lot of getting used to and I find the separate algorithm and preset hierarchy a bit fiddly. I'd rather choose an effect and have generic default settings, instead of having to tweak a freaky preset into something I want. A bunch of the presets are ass. Latency performance is poor, but you can run two separate signal chains. Sold. Only used a few algorithms so it felt like a massive waste. Traded it for a bunch of eurocrack modules that I have no idea how to use, but they sure look cool.

Meris Mercury X: Fuck yeah. This thing makes me happy. Absolutely beautiful reverbs with 8 distinctly different algorithms with well thought out parameters, a very nicely featured delay section and lovely effects that can be inserted in a bunch of meaningful places in the signal chain. Pitch shifting could be better. Worth it for the reverbs alone. The menu system is a bit slow but I find it otherwise fine to use.

Tasty Chips Integral: Feels like a beta test. Clips super easily, which suuuuuuucks with synths. I had a better experience using it with guitars. Dual IR loading is kind of cool, but they are always parallel. Sounds as good as the IR you use, I guess? Sold. Too damn buggy and a pain to use. And the clipping, holy shit

Meris Mercury 7: Bought a used one to use as a master reverb in my mixer send. Beautiful reverbs with slightly annoying secondary parameters on the knobs.

Not too many, but a buch of money wasted in search of TOAN
 
Bought:
  • Hotone Ampero 2. It was an impulse buy when someone was selling the limited edition red model right next door from me. Still surprisingly pleased with what it can do.
  • Strymon Flint V2. I had a V1 a few years back and liked its simplicity, so I bought a V2. A true meat-and-potatoes pedal.
  • Strymon El Cap V2. Wanted to see if this could replace my bigger Volante, and I'm still on the fence. It's a keeper tho.
  • Source Audio Nemesis. Planning to sell it as it's good, but I prefer the El Cap and Volante.
  • Boss EQ-200. Was interested to see if a graphic EQ would be useful for my setup.
  • Boss FZ-1W. Get all the fuzz I need from this, I just wish it could be set to default to off state.
  • Hotone Ampero 2 Press. Expression pedal. Seems well made, and a nice compact size.
Sold:
  • Fractal Axe-Fx 3 Mk 2. It's a great box, but I just didn't need all it can do and wanted to hop off early to see if some more interesting modelers come available, or Fractal releases a new gen. I was a bit optimistic about the timescale tho as it looks like that might be a few years away, and other manufacturers haven't put out anything relevant either.
  • Strymon Nightsky. Just didn't feel like keeping it when I used it for more basic reverbs, which can be achieved easier by my SA Collider or Strymon Flint V2.
  • Strymon Iridium. Didn't need a modeler.
  • Boss EQ-200. Found I just don't have a real need for a graphic EQ. The 3-band low/high shelf + mid filter EQ on my BluGuitar is enough.
Plans for next year:

Not much in terms of pedals, but I kinda want a tube amp just to own one. But it's very likely I'll just wait for the BluGuitar Amp X to release and buy that instead.
 
laxu said:
  • Fractal Axe-Fx 3 Mk 2. It's a great box, but I just didn't need all it can do and wanted to hop off early to see if some more interesting modelers come available, or Fractal releases a new gen. I was a bit optimistic about the timescale tho as it looks like that might be a few years away, and other manufacturers haven't put out anything relevant either.
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Sir, please don't step on the Axe-Fx 3
 
Pedals sold in 2024 but bought earlier:
Quad Cortex: Really cool in a lot of ways, but just not for me.
Boss SY-300: Real synths are infinitely better. The UI is the biggest asshole in the MI gear industry.
HX Effects: Cool pedal with a lot of nice effects. Delays are a highlight for me. But the reverbs... Fine for basic guitar use, but a bit lacking for me with more demanding sources.
 
I bought the following

Wampler Ego76
MXR 10 Band EQ
This is to compliment my Synergy Set up going into the front of it. Very pleased with the Wampler as I'm using for a boost and also for some 80's sounding clean.
The MXR is more for tweaking pickups etc - just little changes.

I also have a BOSS IR-200 waiting for me on xmas day which I managed to get for the same price as an IR-2 - will be interesting to seem if longer IR's will do anything for me
 
Looks like I purchased 22 "pedals" this year (21 if you don't include the Cioks power supply bundle as a "pedal" purchase).
  1. Hologram Chroma Console
  2. Demonfx GLADIATOR Preamp
  3. Demonfx The Dual Gun Overdrive
  4. Strymon Flint V2
  5. TC Electronic Ditto+ Looper Pedal
  6. Browne Amplification Protein Dual Overdrive V3
  7. Wampler Tumnus Deluxe
  8. MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive
  9. ANALOGMAN Boss GE-7 Equalizer (Black Label) MIJ Japan 1988
  10. TC Electronic Spark Mini Booster
  11. Xotic BB Preamp v 1.5
  12. King Tone Guitar Mini Fuzz V2
  13. CIOKS SB15 Super Power Bundle (DC7+C8E) Pedal Power Supplies
  14. Empress Effects ParaEq MKII Deluxe Parametric EQ
  15. EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master
  16. Keeley Super Rodent Overdrive Distortion
  17. Lichtlaerm Audio The Key & The Gate
  18. Walrus Audio Monumental Stereo Harmonic Tremolo
  19. Lovepedal Purple Plexi + Boost (gift for step dad)
  20. Line 6 Pod Express (gift for step dad)
  21. Fractal VP4
  22. Hotone MIDI Foot Controller
Season's greetings & happy new year to my fellow gear junkies.

:beer
 
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I think 2024 was fairly gear-less for me. I can’t remember when my last Lovepedal(s) came in, but it may have been ‘23.

Fortin 33 pedal- Hate it. Need to list this. It just does the opposite of what I love about heavy guitar tones, but I can see how the ERG/drop G guys dig it.

PastFX Patriarch- 90’s era Gilmour in a pedal, it’s fanfuckingtastic and I can’t wait to explore it some more.

Damn, yeah that was really it for gear in ‘24 for me. The Metallica and Gilmour concerts + travel took up whatever funds I had for gear.
 
Oooh, not a pedal but I got my first Strymon! I bought a used Magneto for a really good price. Really nice delay, basically a Volante with more power I guess. The varispeed pitch shifting is really good, just wish the intervals were adjustable. There's quite a lot of hands on control and the motor speed can be quantized to a scale. The spring reverb is pretty good for that vintage thing. I wish it had all the options for head spacing that Volante has. Three thumbs up.

A Starlab would be nice but I'm not made of money
 
  • Tonex One: Immediately returned after 1 hour with the PC app. Current status: returned.
  • Eventide H90: Kept it for a month. I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand it’s absolutely incredible, and I love that it has loops and can do 4CM. If it had a noise gate outside of the algorithms like Fractal does with the VP4, or had any semblance of quality overdrives, I would have kept it. I did use it briefly as a delay/reverb box in the loop of my amp, but ultimately for me it was a cool tool that just wasn’t practical enough, and I feel like my Fractal gear does everything this box can do plus a whole lot more. Still an absolutely awesome piece of gear though. Current status: resold it.
  • Mooer Preamp X: This pedal was honestly everything I wanted out of the Tonex One. I was able to find captures online of tons of amps that fit the pedal and my playing perfectly. The only drawback I saw was the IR implementation. Having only one IR static for the entire set of presets was a dealbreaker. Their older Mooer Preamp Live was more flexible and even if it’s not as good of a capture device, I feel it handled IRs and outs (switchable IR for XLR along with off for 1/4” outs) quite a bit better. Current status: resold it.
  • Digitech Whammy Ricochet: I already had one, it’s a nearly flawless pedal for what it does, so I bought a second one for my other pedalboard. My favorite whammy pedal. Current status: I own two now.
  • Pigtronix Maxon 808 40th anniversary edition: Hells yes, this is the perfect tube screamer. A bit hotter and bolder than my Grid Slammer, but not as bright as my 33. Love it, was so happy to see one at a reasonable price. Current status: Will ask the wife to bury it with me.
  • Xotic FX RC Booster: I wanted a pedal that could be a combination of the BB Preamp and the Mesa Tone Burst, primarily to push or add gain to a clean sound. This does the trick for both with its 2 modes. Current status: Keeping it.
  • Fractal Audio VP4: This, an expression pedal, my amp, and a ton of cables makes for a great rig. It’s the best effects for the best price you can get IMO. It has its drawbacks for sure, but what doesn’t? I think in this weight class, the HX Effects is an easier, more manageable unit with better connectivity and features. The Fractal VP4 is frankly is not as good as a standalone pedalboard and requires more fine tap-dancing. If it had more buttons it would fix this. On the HX effects, if I want to switch from preset to effects mode, there’s a button for that. On the VP4, you have to hit two buttons at the same time, then hit another button within 3 seconds when you really should be focused on playing guitar. I may possibly snag an HX Effects again and use it for everything but delays and reverbs and just run those from the VP4. The HX Effects can switch channels on an amp, has two loops, and allows for stereo out at the end of a 4CM run. The VP4 cannot do any of those things. Straight up the HX Effects is a better overall practical unit, but there is zero doubt Fractal’s actual effects quality is light years beyond Line 6, especially for reverbs and that awesome Plex Delay block.
While not a pedal, I also picked up a broken G Force this year, refurbed it, and stuck it in a rack. I’m so happy with it, but it’s a 2000s thing IMO and you probably had to be a player then to appreciate what it did then and what it still can do.
 
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Mongillo19 said:
Are you One of the few on here who still stuck with it?
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still have it, but don't use it much..

I bought it for a "set it and forget it" setup with my 4x12 for when I just want to be obnoxiously loud.

Not a fan of the software at all
 
I bought a mix of stuff this year:
-EHX DMM 550TT - I wanted a DMM and this was on sale.
-EHX Nano Op Amp Big Muff - This was an impulse buy, but I wanted to check out the nano sized muffs for a while.
-EHX Germanium 4 Big Muff - I wanted this garage rock sounding distortion and saw it was getting discontinued.
-Keeley Fuzz Bender - I had been eyeing this pedal for a while. It’s a different flavor to what I already had.
-Boss PH-2 - I always wanted the Incubus phase sounds and I got it with this pedal. Still need a Phase 90 though.
-AMT R1 - I read good things about the AMT preamp pedals so I started to buy them up to throw in the return of my 6505. All are fun.
-AMT B1 - I really like this one.
-AMT E1 - I just got recently and haven’t had enough time with it.
-Proco Rat 2 - I have a bunch of cheap clones, but wanted to see what the Rat 2’s filter was like. I paired this with my AC15.
-Maxon OD808 - It’s a TS but different enough from my BBE Green Screamer to justify it. I mainly wanted to pair it with my 6505.
 
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When trading in and purchasing some guitars and amps, I went on a bit of a Strymon binge. Until this I just had a Volante.
  • Strymon Timeline – I finally bought one of these as the reputation after all this time remains and I love the Volante. And it was on Sale at the time. One of these days I’ll figure out how to use it. I always seem to do this with complex Delay pedals like my Meris Polymoon: play with it a few hours, set it to Slapback, swap it out for a simpler pedal and get back it in a few months and repeat. The Volante seems very simple and intuitive now.
  • Strymon Deco II – I really like the tape saturation now at the start of the chain. A nice tone sweetener. I’ll have to explore more of its possibilities.
  • Strymon Ultraviolet – It looked good in the store and has since become a bit of a favourite. I had no idea I liked Vibe!
  • Strymon Cloudburst – I pair it with the Timeline sometimes. I do like some ambient noodling on occasion. I don’t regret it, but it is a tad expensive when I already have 2 EQD Afterneaths.
  • Boss JB-2 Angry Driver – I had a honeymoon period with it but have since changed to other OD’s I have. I must try it again, but it’s an OD with so many options I end up twiddling with the pedal rather than playing. No such issues with a BD-2w or SD-1.
Why the hell I buy complex pedals (Spaceman, AmpTweaker, Meris) then don’t use them because they are too complex baffles me but seems to be part of my GAS problem. Even a Wampler Pantheon can get me this way. Like my Spaceman Artemis – so many cool options and tones and I set it in one place, mark it, and dare not move a thing.

Advertising Susceptible Online Brain – look at/hear all those tonal possibilities! I’d be mad not to get one! It’s on Sale!

Reality Sets In Brain – I just want to step on a couple of pedals and make some nice sounds, and all these options aren’t helping…
 
Strymon Deco. It was meh. Traded it for some Lollars.

Magnetic Effects White Atom. I typically hate fuzz pedals. However, this one is excellent.

Tonex One. Totally fun and amazing.

HX Stomp. Gives me choice anxiety. I’ll probably keep it.
 
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The only 2 pedals I bought were Pod Express and Fractal VP4.
Both are great, I don't see selling them anytime soon.
 
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