Good EQ pedal

avntzen · Post by **avntzen** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:06 am

Reccomendz me one

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:09 am

boss. eq.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:11 am

i've heard good things about the danelectro fish & chips.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:08 am

Reece wrote:i've heard good things about the danelectro fish & chips.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:22 am

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:53 am

Mike wrote:For those interested in High Quality Boss Clones; Lean on Harley Benton (from thomann.de) in Europe

The new ones are metal

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_eq100.htm

Cheap as chips.

I've ordered myself one of these

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:34 am

lamp wrote:
Reece wrote:i've heard good things about the danelectro fish & chips.

I don't think you can beat this one for the price.

Post by **Doog** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:58 pm

lamp wrote:
Reece wrote:i've heard good things about the danelectro fish & chips.

They ('re supposedly/are) a Boss EQ clone with the "Sniper" mod.

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/archiv ... 16034.html

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:26 pm

Im surpised Boss/Roland haven't sued Harley benton yet. Might order the eq pedal and the DD-2.
meh...

avntzen · Post by **avntzen** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:10 pm

No ones mentioned the MXR one yet. Im guessing its insufficient?

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:11 pm

the mxr ones are a lot more responsive if you run them on higher voltages

less_cunning · Post by **less_cunning** » Thu May 14, 2009 9:22 am

are the MXR EQ pedals not any good? i don't want to buy a Boss EQ. so unless it was the Danelectro EQ or an older, used DOD EQ, i don't know what i would get. indecision is not fun!

actually, i would break-down & possibly consider the Boss EQ-20. anyone had any experience w/ that particular pedal?

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:13 am

I got one of these, use it quite often actually, especially when using the 'wrong' guitar for certain songs. Usually trying to make a Hagstrom Viking sound solid-bodied. It EQs shit up fine, boosts certain frequencies and cuts others. I wouldn't say the EQ'd sound is particularly nice or natural sounding, but I've never heard an EQ pedal that does sound nice.

It's sexier than other pedals cos the tip of all the sliders light-up.

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:15 am

Do you find any white noise is added when you up the sliders? That was the only problem with teh Boss GE-7 I had. I don't really find the need for an EQ pedal these days, but they can definitely be a boon if you have very different guitars and don't want to mess with amp settings.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:30 am

Yeah it's a bit hissy, but then the guitar itself if quite noisy too.

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:38 am

Guitars produce hum, not white noise.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:40 am

The hum is hamplified by the hissy eq. If I were using a solid-bodied guitar with any shielding there'd be less noise all round.

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:44 am

Nope. The hiss is coming from a poorly filtered series of notched amplifiers.

Hiss and Hum are very different things and you can see them clearly on a 'scope. Hum is around 50Hz/60Hz depending, Hiss way up in the 10KHz+ region and is generated by electronic noise in amplification stages, either poor quality resistors or a lack of filtering on amplification stages. It is likely the latter and that it sufferes from from the same design flaws as the Boss pedal.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:06 am

Furry nuff. I think I'd care more about eq pedal hiss if my guitar weren't a noisy bugger to start with.

less_cunning · Post by **less_cunning** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:30 am

the Overdrive pedal i rely on kills the bass tone. been trying to remedy it w/ a bass distortion but i guess i really need to either get an EQ pedal, a bass boost pedal or just buy a Rat. i had my heart set on the MXR 10 EQ. but now i am not so sure...

sorry to have troubled you w/ the n00b toddler questions & sorry to have bumped the thread i am deeply sorry for any trouble or inconvenience it has caused. it is w/ heavy regret that offer my most heartfelt apologies.

mea culpa...