What cheap effects pedal

[crofty1984]

OK, I've got about £70 to spend on a pedal(s) to tide me over until I can find my Digitech RP6. Mainly blues rock type stuff. Guitar is a Squier strat with a HSH setup I built - it has a really sharp bridge pickup.

Any ideas? To be honest, I'm tempted by a cheap boss multi-effects thing. but I've seen some joyo (??) pedals at about a tenner each and might make a cheap board if they're not horrendous. Amp is a fender Bass amp or a wee fender practice thing. I like odd mix n' match sounds - anyone can plug a Les Paul into a Marshall Half-stack!

[Justin Cyder]

At a tenner a pop. they will be awful. At 70 sheets, you'll struggle to find a decent multi fx. Get to the bay, pick up a second hand tonelab. They're alright & you might get one for that dough.

[crofty1984]

In the words of Gorgeous George: "Ooh you bd!" That's me £95 lighter
Seriously though, thanks. Lovely Vox Tonelab on its way.
Man Maths at its best.

Need a pedal short term, there must be a Boss 505 for 30 quid somewhere.
Ooh, there's a better looking multi-pedal for £50!
Postage is £20, well I guess £70 isn't bad.
Outbid. PH help me!
Ooh, a Vox! Well 90 isn't that much more than 70, and a fiver postage is basically a bargain compared to the last one...

[Justin Cyder]

I miss my tonelab. That thing would more or less reproduce any sound you ever heard on record. Then you could store it as a patch & live you were set.

The only flaw I ever found in it was no silent tuner which for live work was a bit amateur, but no biggy.

[Big News]

Justin Cyder said:

At a tenner a pop. they will be awful.

Au contraire! The 'Ultimate Drive' that I have is near-as-makes-no-difference a perfect replica of my mate's OCD v4, and the 'Vintage Drive' is known to be a very pleasant sounding TS808 clone. They're not exactly rugged and I have no clue about their other stuff, but the tone would be impressive at ten times the price.

[Justin Cyder]

Fair enough & delighted to hear it. There are lots of chaps knocking out pcb kits you can assemble in cases & I've been tempted to build a TS808 clone myself. But in general you gets what you pays for & the JRC4558D chip for a TS808 build will set you back all of a fiver.

[gazza285]

Big News said:

Justin Cyder said:

At a tenner a pop. they will be awful.

Au contraire! The 'Ultimate Drive' that I have is near-as-makes-no-difference a perfect replica of my mate's OCD v4, and the 'Vintage Drive' is known to be a very pleasant sounding TS808 clone. They're not exactly rugged and I have no clue about their other stuff, but the tone would be impressive at ten times the price.

I've got the Ultimate Drive and it's great to be honest, and it is very rugged, with a full on die cast housing. I've also got the Joyo tremolo pedal and that is pretty good too, although I have modded mine to include an external volume control. Great pedals however much they cost.

Haven't tried any of the others Joyo stuff though, but you can Google "Joyo and Freakish Blues" for a Chinese Vs boutique pedal based laugh.