whats the most you've ever paid for a pedal/effect?

George · Post by **George** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:22 am

following on from our current memetopic...

i think the mbm janglecomp for around Â£100 or something. i have a dream box in the oven that will cost god knows how much.

come on shortscale, what frivolous pedals have you bought to avoid honing your chocolate fingers? i know some of you nutters have spent like Â£350 on delays. dont hide.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:36 am

if you ask my wife all my pedals never cost more than Â£35

George · Post by **George** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:39 am

my girlfriend doesn't really know about my cycling of pedals. they're a lot easier to sneak into the house than guitars

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:42 am

I think the priciest I ever has was a Maxon AD999. I got it shipped over from the US back when the exchange rate was pretty good and not all packages got stopped for VAT + added comedy tax. I think it was about Â£150, I had it for about 5 years and sold it for the same price.

I had a Moog Ring Modulator once too, that was pricey but I have no idea how much it was, that was shipped from the US too and sold for more than it cost me.

moogmusic · Post by **moogmusic** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:20 am

Pedalwise, I think I've a few which about draw - a custom MBM Dreambox, a ZVex Fuzz Probe and an EHX POG2 which all cost about Â£120.

And my old GT-6 which I bought new pretty much as soon as it came out for Â£330.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:39 am

Â£233 for my Lunar edition Moogerfooger Freqbox and around Â£210 for my POG.

I suppose as a counter to this, and before the thread pops up anyway, I also paid Â£20 for a copy of a ZVex Woolly Mammoth (hint: it's really good for Â£20, it's really shit for the RRP of Â£200+ or whatever) and around Â£10 for a copy of the Fuzzgun, made by the same guy. In terms of shop-bought pedals I got my Big Muff Tone Wicker for Â£30 which was faaaaab.

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:43 am

Â£200 for my Blackout Effectors Twosome. Annoyingly, I think I frefer my big muff tone wicker compared to the musket in the twosome. The fix'd fuzz is good though.

Will probably buy the minifooger drive. That's pretty pricey at Â£140.

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:54 am

Brand new OCD (v4) bought from Guitar Center Manhattan when I was in NYC a couple of years ago - can't remember what it cost, but it was cheaper than buying it here.

(Oh, and it's the best dirt pedal ever.)

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:57 am

I think Â£65 for a Russian Green Muff from Mike. Just had a closer look and its dated September 2008 :o

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:08 am

Â£113 for a Dwarfcraft Shiva. It stopped working around this time last year and I keep forgetting to actually get it fixed.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:45 am

Excluding the M13, because that's a multi effect, it's either (depending on the exchange rate at the time):

- Â£147 for a TC Flashback x4 (last month, it's a cracker, wanted a second delay and a looper - why did I ever sell the M13, I hear you cry...)
- $200 for a Skreddy Ernie (2011, hankered after one for years, immediate and overwhelming buyer's remorse)
- $199 for a Paul C Tim (same time as the above, hence it's inclusion and me overlooking the dollar difference; always hankered after one, means I've got a monogrammed pedal, and wanted to support an independent builder who's also a lovely fella: that it's a brilliant pedal really helps)

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:56 am

Either my Boss RC-3 or MBM Multiplex Echo Machine. Both were about Â£170 IIRC. Both ace - no regrets whatsoever on either.

Having been sniffing around reverb pedals recently though and some of those are pretty toppy.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:05 pm

I have a Strymon Timeline....

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:48 pm

Probably about Â£135 for one of my Catalinbread pedals (DLS and FN5).

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:18 pm

I come in 2nd to Gabriel... Â£250 for the Strymon El Capistan. Worth every penny.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:46 pm

Yeah in fairness I don't at all regret spending so much on my Strymon. It's the best pedal I've ever owned and I've hardly scratched the surface of what it's capable of doing.

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:13 pm

$270 for a death by audio echo dream 2. I needed it.

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:19 pm

lorez wrote:if you ask my wife all my pedals never cost more than Â£35

LOL mine too....

my most expensive pedal was a catalinbread sft for about 170â‚¬

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:09 pm

I picked up my EHX Cathedral for Â£140 or so. My RE-20 was even less than that - Â£120 or thereabouts. I felt like I'd got a proper bargain for a change, because those bargains on the 'bay that everyone talks about always seem to elude me and I end up paying normal RRP for everything (Re: the Cathedral).

I don't regret either purchase though. Both are excellent bits of kit.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:26 pm

Poly Chorus but I don't remember what they cost back then. They went up to far more later but it was still a lot, over $200 I'm sure.

Most of my expensive pedals were around the $150 mark: Digitech XP-100 Whammy/Wah, RAT Deucetone, Fulltone Supa-Trem, Akai Headrush... and I don't like even spending that much on a pedal, as there's been no effect I haven't gotten tired of eventually. Fun to experiment with but not something I want to break the bank on, nowhere near as important as guitars or amplifiers at the end of the day.