Hey wanna hear a bad pedal?

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:06 am

you are in luck
[youtube][/youtube]

This is the digitech screaming blues. I got it back about 5 years ago i think. good lord, maybe its just me but this pedal is horrid to my ears.

thought i would make a demo of it just because i had it lying around.

By the way, you can check out my blog that has all mah vidz and other stuff on it too. fun times gear blog. at www.isaaclovessound.blogspot.com

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:11 am

dude my first distortion pedal was an ibanez thrashmetal for 20 bucks new.
it was 20 bucks retail, at a store. so you know it was crap.
altho i would love to get another one just for fun.

riotshield · Post by **riotshield** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:20 am

it doesnt sound that bad from the video. lots of 90s in there

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:00 pm

sounds like the distortion on my solid state ashdown amp when the gain is lower.
that horrible high frequency content that if you try to dial out makes it sound muffled.

up high it gets a bit better and thicker.

fuck knows why they called it the screaming blues though.

dawnofzion · Post by **dawnofzion** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:20 pm

robert(original) wrote:dude my first distortion pedal was an ibanez thrashmetal for 20 bucks new.
it was 20 bucks retail, at a store. so you know it was crap.
altho i would love to get another one just for fun.

I have one of those pedals. haha.

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:46 pm

Yeah, im planning on keeping this forever. just to remind my self about what I thought was good tone. ahahah, The screamin blues has a special place in my heart. even if that place is in the dark dusty back corner. its there.

Oh first pedals, you bring so much embarrassment and joy at the same time.

what was everyone's first pedal?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:50 pm

zoom pd-01. i did well. i played guitar for a good 2 years without ever using pedals so i knew enough by then to do me research.

it's now danheron's. i think it might be have been his first pedal too although i'm not sure.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:42 pm

i think that screamin blues thing sounds quite good.... i'm going to keep my eyes open for one of them.

my first pedal was a boss DD-3 that i got on denmark street in london when i was about 16. it was a sweltering hot day and i almost got into a fight with one of the shop workers cos he was being a total knob.

howzat for memories?

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:44 pm

Yeah I have pd-01 now, I kind of consider it my first pedal... but I was once given one of these:

I got it as a gift when i was like.. 12? Ages ago. Never used it, I still don't know properly what it sounds like.... its just under my bed or something.

Thats why I consider the pd-01 my first pedal.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:50 pm

I'm reading reviews about the Bespeco Weeper pedal, i got as a gift years ago and never used (see above post). It doesn't sound good:

"Well, basically, it is made from plastic, with a tacky 'tread' design moulded on the casing. I think that was designed to give the illusion that you were operating the accelerator of a sports car, when really all you are doing is foot-wanking a piece of easily-broken shit."

and

"One word.

'Shite'."

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:58 pm

haha, i had a bespeco volume pedal, fucking dreadful, cheap nonsense. i painted it to look like a pint of milk, for some reason...

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:52 pm

My first pedal was the old school DOD Grunge, which i still have, 13 years later...

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:07 pm

GMD's demo is about the same, not my fav pedal but it has it's niche i suppose

[youtube][/youtube]

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:45 pm

My first distortion was an Ibanez TS-7 tubescreamer.

Peavey T-60 ----> Tubescreamer -------> Marshall MG-30 = Rig of 12-year-old AWESOME.

william · Post by **william** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:34 pm

my first pedal was an NYC big muff. no funny stories

i got it to be more like jack white and billy corgan, if i recall.

i was so young then. now i get pedals to sound more like seth jabour and kevin shields.

bassintom · Post by **bassintom** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:13 am

Mine was a MXR distortion+.Got it back in the late 70's,still have it and it works fine.

Ty · Post by Ty » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:42 am

My first pedal was a DS-1, I sold it so I could buy recording software.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:11 am

My first ever guitar pedal was a Boss XT-2 "XTORTION". I kind of wish I still had that. That thing sounded cool, in cowabunga kinda way.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:17 am

i wish there were more demos of crappy pedals. kinda like threads about fucked up/ugly guitars. don't know why, but i enjoy em.

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:05 am

The video's actually make it sound pretty neat. It sounds like a very useable distortion pedal.