I've gone toncore crazy (cheap Line 6 pedals)

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:46 pm

After selling so much gear recently, I've been hankering after a few new pedals. Then today i noticed andertons.co.uk are selling off their line 6 stuff, so bought:

Line 6 Liqua Flange (with stereo tonedock) - Â£40
Line 6 Dr Distorto module - Â£10
Line 6 Space Chrous module - Â£10

Anyone here had any experience with any of the above? Hurb??

Liqua flange sounds well trippy on the Line6 website so dead excited about that (actually been using flange more than chorus or phase recently with a low depth for subtle modulated sound). The Dr Distorto is a feedback unit, which creates fake feedback of either the note you're playing or of an octave up - should be interesting for experimental stuff.

Only bought the Space Chorus cos it was cheap - all these should fetch ok prices on ebay if they're crappy.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:49 pm

They won't sell that high on ebay because these cheap offers have been around for a long time on several sites. I bought a Crunchtone for Â£19.99 to get a dock and bought the Echo Park module from Hotrox for Â£35. I demoed them both and sold the Echo Park to Hurb and gave the Crunchtone and dock to Fran.

Anyway, I'm a fan of the Tonecore pedals - the module idea is cool if you want to get hold of a few and play around and some of them sound great.

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Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:50 pm

BTW, the Dr Distorto is similar to the Boss DF-2.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:51 pm

they also have the Echo Park with stereo dock for Â£49.99. B-grade, but with 12 month warrenty - buy it with a few modules, thats a bloody bargain.

I decided against the EP cos it cant be daisy chained with other boss pedals. Actually considering buying the Behringer Echo Machine clone instead - no noise issues, no volume increase - Behringer are released IMPROVED versions of line 6 gear! how cool is that.

EDIT: yes mike i saw your EP demos - have wanted one since i heard it. Much more versatile than the boss delays (i like the modulation stuff)

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:55 pm

Mike wrote:BTW, the Dr Distorto is similar to the Boss DF-2.

Yeh i figured. Teh demo on the line6 site is interesting - you can turn the distortion off, and use it as a feedbacker with your favourite distortion pedal. Should be an interesting one to try out, especially for Â£9.99.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:03 pm

aphasiac wrote:they also have the Echo Park with stereo dock for Â£49.99. B-grade, but with 12 month warrenty - buy it with a few modules, thats a bloody bargain.

I decided against the EP cos it cant be daisy chained with other boss pedals.

Actually that's internet bollocks. It daisychained fine when I had it and Hurb was fine with it too.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:08 pm

I've been looking at the RotaMachine module to get that cheesy Clapton "Badge" sound, would be good on my Yamaha keyboard too. But the module costs about the same as a Behringer RM600 pedal.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:10 pm

Mike wrote: Actually that's internet bollocks. It daisychained fine when I had it and Hurb was fine with it too.

Really? What power supply do you use??

I meant it produces noise and hiss when daisychained - did you notice any?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:12 pm

aphasiac wrote:
Mike wrote: Actually that's internet bollocks. It daisychained fine when I had it and Hurb was fine with it too.
Really? What power supply do you use??

I meant it produces noise and hiss when daisychained - did you notice any?

I tried it with a humble Power Bank (Â£19.99 from Maplin) and my Diago Power Station (Â£50 from http://www.diago.co.uk) and it was fine.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:12 pm

I bet that noise and hiss was just thanks to a power supply lacking in mA, or generally a crappy supply. I picked up a cheap 9V multiadaptor thing and it made my board hum, no matter what pedal it was hooked up to.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:13 pm

I bet the noise was due to retards.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:16 pm

Mike wrote:I bet the noise was due to retards.

Pfthahaha, I just had to answer the phone with images of spak noises eminating from someone's amp in my mind's eye..

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:22 pm

WORKLOLS

The guitar you are attempting to use is being held by a spacker

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:46 pm

You should get the behringer echo machine instead of the echo park.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:48 pm

You would say that Hurb

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:49 pm

yes, yes I would.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:50 pm

I would too actually. It sounds just like the Echo Park.

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:51 pm

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:54 pm

And it's cheaper and sturdier. The knobs on the ToneCore modules aren't very much cop, one broke in transit on my Crunchtone and that was in it's own box and everything.

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:57 pm

It's strong as shit!

The only slight grumble I could have is the knob that selects the different modes is just like a regular pot it doesn't have a click for each mode...Like I say not a huge thing.