duhvoodooman
June 24th, 2007, 06:13 PM
There's a pretty cool feature article in the July '07 issue of GP that looks at 26 different effects pedals. It's not too useful if you're looking to decide between several possibilities for a single effect, because the almost every type of pedal you can think of is included, but generally only one or maybe two of each type. The one exception is overdrive/distortion pedals--there are a dozen of them included, ranging from blues-style overdrive to crushing metal uber-distortion. Still, it makes for a pretty interesting read, if you're a pedal freak!
Some of the names are very familiar (Boss, Digitech, BBE, MXR, Electro-Harmonix), while others are relatively little known boutique pedals. "Street" prices range from the $66 EH Little Big Muff to over $400+ for some of the boutique stuff. Of the 26 pedals reviewed, Editor's Pick status is conferred on four: the DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory (multi-effects pedal, $200), the Option 5 Destination Rotation Single (rotary speaker emulation, $229), the Seymour Duncan Lava Box (distortion, $99), and the Toadworks Phantasm Dynamic Phaser (well, phaser obviously, $375). Of those, I find the Duncan pedal attractive for it's down-to-earth price, and the DigiTech EX-7--which ain't cheap but delivers seven different pedal-controlled effects and seven different distortion models that can be combined with them--offers an amazing bang for the buck. The EX-7 also has several different signal routing options, adding even more flexibility to its impressive array of capabilities.
So check out the July GP if you want a good read about a diverse group of effects. It's the one with John Petrucci on the cover....
Some of the names are very familiar (Boss, Digitech, BBE, MXR, Electro-Harmonix), while others are relatively little known boutique pedals. "Street" prices range from the $66 EH Little Big Muff to over $400+ for some of the boutique stuff. Of the 26 pedals reviewed, Editor's Pick status is conferred on four: the DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory (multi-effects pedal, $200), the Option 5 Destination Rotation Single (rotary speaker emulation, $229), the Seymour Duncan Lava Box (distortion, $99), and the Toadworks Phantasm Dynamic Phaser (well, phaser obviously, $375). Of those, I find the Duncan pedal attractive for it's down-to-earth price, and the DigiTech EX-7--which ain't cheap but delivers seven different pedal-controlled effects and seven different distortion models that can be combined with them--offers an amazing bang for the buck. The EX-7 also has several different signal routing options, adding even more flexibility to its impressive array of capabilities.
So check out the July GP if you want a good read about a diverse group of effects. It's the one with John Petrucci on the cover....