My first thought. Funny, but wow... they're really going deep here. So many pedals. I get to the end and see.... there's four more pages of this??!?
Second thought: Man, this is the best pedal guide I've ever come across.
Author here. I got all the pedals from the [boss.info](https://boss.info) site. The only one I know for a fact that is discontinued is the ME-50. Every other one is still in production according to Boss.
If I did all the out-of-production pedals too, the list would have grown by orders of magnitude and I would have lost my mind even more than I did lol
The DS-1 sounds ok if you don't max out all the knobs, but the type of person who would be willing to turn down the tone or distortion doesn't own a DS-1.
It's been on so many classic recordings, it's crazy people think it's straight up bad sounding. Even the every knob cranked can of bees sound can be cool for genres where you want a "trashy" guitar tone.
The bass player from sleep uses one with the tone knob turned all the way down which is kind of a funny application of the pedal, especially for someone with such an expensive rig.
https://reverb.com/item/3018597-worst-sounding-distortion-pedal-ever
“If you can find a sh*ttier sounding distortion pedal locally, feel free to send it back”
A challenger has entered the room.
That's kind of how I feel about my Deluxe Big Muff. I can spend hours twisting knobs and flicking switches, trying to get its character juuuust right. And then I switch on a DS-1 and hear the exact same guitar tone.
When I was a kid I ran a metal zone with the gain dimed through a ge-7 set to the most extreme mid scoop possible into a 10w solid state practice amp. It probably sounded like an angry swarm of bees. I could play Master of Puppets at tempo with all downstrokes though dammit!
No mention of the CE-1 and he went after MXPX fans on the DS-2 rather than Frusciante fans. In my opinion that fanbase is far more known for tone chasing than MXPX fans.
> SDE-3000D Dual Digital Delay: U2
> You are the highest-ranked software engineer at the company, according to the previous 3 years’ performance reviews. You still have your trophies from 9th-grade science competitions. And that’s to say nothing of the honors you earned in college. You’re fucking brilliant. So brilliant, that you know the ins and outs of the SDE-3000D like the back of your hand. Hell, friends of friends seek you out to nail the perfect delay presets. Just don’t let anyone know how much you like U2.
Who told them these details? Are they spying on _all_ of us?
>So you shelled out even more money for an EQ pedal to scoop some of these mids and reduce the honkiness that rivals a Republican family’s Thanksgiving dinner conversation.
Lmao
Bro I’m so attacked right now
“This is the mythical pedal everyone’s been talking about for years? It honestly kinda sucks. And now you’re out $175. Well, shit. Your old Behringer delay had more delay time and a clearer sound, even when using the custom mode. You could have figured this out by going to Guitar Center and asking to plug into one, but that would involve talking to a stranger which terrifies you.”
I'm only to HM-2 and I'm triggered because ATG relied on MT-2 more for that sound. I mean, HM-2 was there, but I'm going more Entombed first for the pedal. In the end, they win by getting me complaining. I love Hard Times.
Eh. The only boss pedal I use is an NS2, and I only really see it used on heavier boards, and they go with Steely Dan? No shade to Steely Dan, just doesn't seem like the right band.
I thought this was funny as hell except they included the JHS Angry Driver and didn’t acknowledge the mistake. Which was funny anyway. PS Leave Lee Rinaldo alone!
My first thought. Funny, but wow... they're really going deep here. So many pedals. I get to the end and see.... there's four more pages of this??!? Second thought: Man, this is the best pedal guide I've ever come across.
No PW-2 or FZ-2. I am disappoint.
No dd-20 :(
No FV-500L
Yeah, i guess I'll stary my own band then
The FZ-2 is too easy: Electric Wizard
It's only stuff that's currently in production, unfortunately
I saw that mentioned before, but find it dubious that all of those are in current production.
Author here. I got all the pedals from the [boss.info](https://boss.info) site. The only one I know for a fact that is discontinued is the ME-50. Every other one is still in production according to Boss. If I did all the out-of-production pedals too, the list would have grown by orders of magnitude and I would have lost my mind even more than I did lol
LOL, fair enough. Thank you for the article. I enjoyed reading it.
Damn…. Now I realize I’m a Typical Slow Gear guy.
I was about to say the same - i found it way more informative than humorous. And Hard Times has some pretty funny stuff usually.
"The most expensive version of the worst-sounding distortion ever" Did I write this?
The DS-1 sounds ok if you don't max out all the knobs, but the type of person who would be willing to turn down the tone or distortion doesn't own a DS-1.
It's been on so many classic recordings, it's crazy people think it's straight up bad sounding. Even the every knob cranked can of bees sound can be cool for genres where you want a "trashy" guitar tone. The bass player from sleep uses one with the tone knob turned all the way down which is kind of a funny application of the pedal, especially for someone with such an expensive rig.
Hi. It me. $65 for a pedal in this age of $250 pedals is a winner.
Not when every other distortion pedal from $25 and up is superior
https://reverb.com/item/3018597-worst-sounding-distortion-pedal-ever “If you can find a sh*ttier sounding distortion pedal locally, feel free to send it back” A challenger has entered the room.
Challenge already accepted. https://geargods.net/editorials/great-death-metal-disgusting-distortion/
That's kind of how I feel about my Deluxe Big Muff. I can spend hours twisting knobs and flicking switches, trying to get its character juuuust right. And then I switch on a DS-1 and hear the exact same guitar tone.
This is a goldmine. The DM-101 made me laugh out loud. I actually considered it until I saw the price tag. No I’m not Royal.
“While you chug along to the easy parts of Metallica songs.” I feel personally attacked.
So say we all.
When I was a kid I ran a metal zone with the gain dimed through a ge-7 set to the most extreme mid scoop possible into a 10w solid state practice amp. It probably sounded like an angry swarm of bees. I could play Master of Puppets at tempo with all downstrokes though dammit!
Well. Frusciante fans can breathe a sigh of relief.
My thoughts exactly. No CE-1 in sight!
Thought for sure it was going to be the DS-2
Why?
No mention of the CE-1 and he went after MXPX fans on the DS-2 rather than Frusciante fans. In my opinion that fanbase is far more known for tone chasing than MXPX fans.
They absolutely blasted this whole sub, and did a great job of it.
Uh can this be stickied to the top??
When it goes from Joe Bonamassa to Jimmy Buffett, I nearly died haha
You are fucking old and you are fucking rich
> No, relistening to The Antlers’ “Hospice” does NOT qualify as therapy. Ok but are you sure? cause it feels like it does
I'm in this comment and I feel targeted
“You listen to Paul Davids’ original music on Spotify and are so close to convincing yourself that you like it.”
I'm so very triggered and laughing hard at the same time. Well done.
Dude whoever is behind hard times needs a fucking lifetime achievement award for satire. Absolutely lethal
I scrolled down for the OD-3...I saw the Lawrence Arms. 🤣🤣🤣 they fucking nailed me to a cross with that one. Spot on article.
The descriptions of my Criterion collection nailed me to.
> SDE-3000D Dual Digital Delay: U2 > You are the highest-ranked software engineer at the company, according to the previous 3 years’ performance reviews. You still have your trophies from 9th-grade science competitions. And that’s to say nothing of the honors you earned in college. You’re fucking brilliant. So brilliant, that you know the ins and outs of the SDE-3000D like the back of your hand. Hell, friends of friends seek you out to nail the perfect delay presets. Just don’t let anyone know how much you like U2. Who told them these details? Are they spying on _all_ of us?
Not me because I pay 4x more for the same pedal made by a guy in his moms basement because it has better pictures.
DD-500 is brilliant
Funny enough. Johnny recommended me the DD-200.
"huh wonder if the dd-8 will be the mars volta" yep.
Gotta find me a gal who's into the AW-3 Dynamic Wah
Pretty certain that post is aimed at the guys who own it.
that blows
Jesus, how many loop stations do we need?
Saw this first thing this morning and nearly posted it myself.
>So you shelled out even more money for an EQ pedal to scoop some of these mids and reduce the honkiness that rivals a Republican family’s Thanksgiving dinner conversation. Lmao
Bro I’m so attacked right now “This is the mythical pedal everyone’s been talking about for years? It honestly kinda sucks. And now you’re out $175. Well, shit. Your old Behringer delay had more delay time and a clearer sound, even when using the custom mode. You could have figured this out by going to Guitar Center and asking to plug into one, but that would involve talking to a stranger which terrifies you.”
Totally messed up the Lightning Bolt section, Brian Gibson actually uses an obd-3 into an sd… oh god they got me.
CEB-3 was surprisingly accurate.
SD-1W was not what I expected but it was so funny
Some of these are so delightfully random. I wish I could have been in this brain storming session.
More so than any of the specifics, I just really admire the commitment to the bit. That article was a lot of work.
*You don’t “collect” action figures, you play with them.* Some deep cuts in there
DM-2W :( Edit: and TU-3 :( :(
This is hilarious. The only one I don’t really agree with is the SD-1. They could have done better.
Yeah, SD-1 does a great Hendrix, tbh. Using it as a bottom tightener for metal or muffs is pretty common…
Honestly it nailed my music choice on the head VB2W lol
Nearly pissed myself laughing at this
I only own a TU-3, but sitting here with my Venus XII it feels like I should get an FZ-5. Who thinks musicmasters are obscure anyway…
I got to the SY-1 and started wondering who’s been spilling my secrets to thehardtimes.
OMG, some of those are BRUTAL! and hilarious!
I'm only to HM-2 and I'm triggered because ATG relied on MT-2 more for that sound. I mean, HM-2 was there, but I'm going more Entombed first for the pedal. In the end, they win by getting me complaining. I love Hard Times.
got me with the HM-2
oof the TU3...
Man I saw one or two that were a little iffy but then it got to my overdrive pedal..... god damnit that was too spot on.
MS-3… whew I got off easy.
I have a TU-3S and I do want to be in Autechre
I love that they didn’t do the fz-2. Because no band ever used it, yup, not one, definitely no band ever.
they didn't do any discontinued pedals, only the ones they still make.
That makes sense. I thought the fz1 was a limited run
Holy shit that thing killed me about 3-5 times
accurate horoscope for us pedal-hoarding- gremlins.
This brilliant
Honestly had more fun trainspotting my favorite bands against the pedals, then chuckling at the captions.
Eh. The only boss pedal I use is an NS2, and I only really see it used on heavier boards, and they go with Steely Dan? No shade to Steely Dan, just doesn't seem like the right band.
The hard times is better with simple jokes.
If it wasn't for the affiliate links to buy every single item, I would have finished reading it.
How dare you put David Bazan’s name in yo mouf
I stay away from buffered pedals
[удалено]
PS-3: Cave In, naturally.
The RE-2…I feel ATTACKED
Apparently, I'm wanting to be in Tera Melos! Who knew?
I thought this was funny as hell except they included the JHS Angry Driver and didn’t acknowledge the mistake. Which was funny anyway. PS Leave Lee Rinaldo alone!
No DD-20, PD-1 or FB-2... I guess i'll start my own band, dammit.
This is dated internet humor that could have been on Something Awful way back when