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@dooks
Hello,
The ongoing austerity binge means yet more treasured possessions being sold off to keep the wolves from the door. This week, guitar pedals:
1 - Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tubescreamer. Has 4 settings, TS9 is identical to an original TS9 the other three boost level and bass exponentially but despite being named "+", "hot" and "turbo", actually provide less overall gain. Possibly useful but failing that the TS9 setting is the all time classic overdrive. I've used it on countless recordings and gigs. Well loved but fully working, with original box and blue led! £145 new. I paid £80 (as you can see). LFGSS price £65.
2 - Digitech Bad Monkey. Consensus seems to be that this little green box is the best all round Tubescreamer "clone" (it has seperate treble and bass controls making it more versatile than the original) for the money. I haven't read a bad review of and plenty that proclaim "future classic". They're insanely cheap for the sound and build quality at £39 new. This actually took over from the TS9 as my main OD pedal. I will definitely replace mine when i'm less hard up and am playing more electric guitar. Nearly new and boxed. £25.
3 - Danelectro Cool Cat Fuzz. Bought this as an experiment in cheap and nasty fuzz but to be honest I did't really have a use for it. Totally ridiculous levels of volume and filth. They're cheap new (£35-40). £20.
4 - Boss OC2 Octaver. Creates 1 and 2 octaves below your input signal with mutable volume controls for your original signal and each of the two octaves. Handy for White Stripes style ocatve riffing heaviosity, beefing up single note lines or (what i used it for) standing in for bass guitar on demos. They're £95 new. **£35. **
5 - Marshall BB2 Overdrive/Boost. Has a "drive" setting with tone, gain and volume or a clean "boost" setting with volume only. The OD is smooth and sustaining rather than raucous. I used it on clean boost into a TS9 for years. That way I could either use it alone to push a tube amp into natural overdrive or in front of the TS9 to push that into really singing sustain. For some reason clean boost pedals are all ridiculously expensive, at £45 new this was a great sounding bargainous solution. It's well built and well used but the volume knob is slighly bent (been that way for years) and the battery compartment catch is held on with blu-tac. Tatty but boxed. £20.
6 - Behringer CS100 Compressor Sustainer. Cheap as chips plastic bodied compressor. Bought to be used a clean boost for solos in a band where distortion was verboten. Used only a couple of times. Actually sounds great at extreme levels as a boost or more sensibly to smooth out rhythm playing. I wouldn't think the plastic body will last a lifetime underfoot though to be honest. Cheap and cheerful at £18-25 new. £10.
All pedals are in SE11 (Oval) for collection from there or SE1 (Southwark) by arrangement. Dibs followed by PM and cash only please. No posting. Pics coming now.
Thanks for looking.
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