Ok let’s do a classic here. What pedals do you most regret getting rid of or selling and why?
For me:
Catalinbread Echorec. I love multi tap delays and while I was able to get close to emulating this on my DD-500 it’s just not the same. The way the delays blend into each other and create this wash of reverb is sublime. Probably going to buy it again soon.
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion. It wasn’t that different from my DS-1 but damn I wish I still had it. Whenever I play my DS-1 now it’s just too harsh.
I had the black one a long time ago. I don’t regret getting rid of it because it had no power input and the jacks were reversed but man did that thing tear.
As a high school bozo I took a terrible trade-in value for a Zoom 9000 back in like '93 or '94. I think I got an Ibanez Sound Tank Tube Screamer. Looking at these listings it seems the market values are pretty close, but I had actually gigged with the Zoom and it was fine, and to lose so many other effects I didn't otherwise have at the time (and it had headphone out so I could practice late) was foolish.
Do you stack the DS-1? After watching the TPS episode on it I started setting my amp on the dirty channel, even just at edge of breakup, and that really did make a difference.
I don't regret getting rid of any pedal I've sold.
-Boss RC1 looper - noisy as hell - just played havok with the whole rig.
-Boss PW-10 wah - bought out of the blue for me by my dad. I've never been in to wah and this thing always confused me.
-Zoom 505 and 606 multi FX pedals - I hated these things
-Line 6 POD 2.0 - when I got it at first it was a revelation and I loved it. But then it turned out I just needed a half decent amp, after which it just lost all mojo.-
Boss DC3 Digital Dimension. I havent found a chorus yet that did what it does. I bought it for $120, sold it for $150 when I needed some money, and now I'm looking at TWICE that if I want to get another one.
I also used to own a Les Lius clone built by Mark Hammer. I bought it off of the man himself at a guitar show, and had no idea who he was. He was jus this really cool dude in overalls with a table full of pedals for really reasonable prices. I ended up selling it when I bought a Mesa/Boogie MkIII as it had all the gain I could use.
I still have an envelope filter and Harmonic Energizer clone made by him, but should have held onto that Les Lius clone one too.