YourGuitarist
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We don't write music here...
Your best and worst pedal hot takes? 🔥
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jessenator
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That's just common internet forum courtesy right there
GizzWizzKing
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This is pretty much how I improved my chops. 4 hour jam sessions and endless looping at home. Sadly they can kinda suck your tone.
YourGuitarist
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Suck as in buffered bypass?
GizzWizzKing
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I say they. I have a Boss RC-50 which I love, and yes it is buffered bypass, but there is a noticable difference in my guitar tone having it in my chain/fx loop. It's not terrible but I personally much prefer the sound of my amp without it. I only notice it being a negative with my Friedman amp. Generally I have not noticed it into my 212 Boss Katana or back when I had a Fender Bassbreaker 18/30 or FM 212R. Also a I remember that tube amps don't love the drum loops being run through them due to it forcing compression and sag for the kick.
Aentons
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Yes, almost all of the ones I've played were noticably never bypassed, as in the signal is always going thru the ADC/DAC
This is the name of my EDM band that only does AC/DC covers.
Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
Love my Switches is overrated. A necessary evil for diy 
Erik S
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Is it?
I think I bought something there once, but it seemed expensive compared to all the other options. I usually forget they exist.
Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
yeah, unfortunately I had to order some knobs from them
Headstock clip on tuners are amazing.
Solid state is just as cool as tube gear.
Digital gear is great too.
Load boxes and IRs are useful tools. Caveat - just give me one WAV file that sounds good. I don't need 100 different IRs where the mic has been moved 1cm at a time.
JHS doesn't make me mad.
Guitars should only have a volume knob and pickup selector.
Drums and bass are more important than guitar.
Big, complex, midi-fueled pedal boards are way cool but also way useless.
I think tap tempo is unnecessary in most situations.
Solid state is just as cool as tube gear.
Digital gear is great too.
Load boxes and IRs are useful tools. Caveat - just give me one WAV file that sounds good. I don't need 100 different IRs where the mic has been moved 1cm at a time.
JHS doesn't make me mad.
Guitars should only have a volume knob and pickup selector.
Drums and bass are more important than guitar.
Big, complex, midi-fueled pedal boards are way cool but also way useless.
I think tap tempo is unnecessary in most situations.
giovanni
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Overrated and overpriced.Love my Switches is overrated. A necessary evil for diy
comradehoser
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I think I might have to move home just so I can marry @Nostradoomus. Last two songs I learned wereJumper by Third Eye Blind. Get into it.
Also I just ordered the 2xLP copy of that album because of nostalgia…but it’s also a great fucking record so I don’t care
Also, shittily recorded pedal demos is one thing (is the string playing acoustically overlaying a tinny-ass amp audio recorded on phone mic? Booo), but I actually really dislike demos of guitars or pedals that smother them in other tangential elements like reverb, other effects, and a highly colored amp. This is from a one-pedal-at-a-time player, so take that with a grain of salt, but I find them a little disingenuous.
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spi
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Really? I find their prices to be the same or cheaper than other US-based alternatives (especially their foot switches, which are under $3). I also like SBP, but I can shop the same cart from both stores and LMS come up cheaper.
Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
LMS has a very limited selection. It's mainly knobs, jacks, switches and enclosures. Unless it's specific knobs I generally stick to SBP. Tayda used to be resistors and caps mainly. Now I don't build as much so it's mainly SBP. But, I wanted real davies knobs so LMS got my lunch money this time
falco_femoralis
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My dog's name is Roscoe
jessenator
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They're also the only popular/smaller diy supplier that has those plain jane toggle washers (at least last time I looked)
Find some good ones at Ace, but unless you buy a whole box, they're 85¢ each… blech
(at least last time I looked)Find some good ones at Ace, but unless you buy a whole box, they're 85¢ each… blech
BuddytheReow
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Here's a hot take:
-Ring mods are expensive noise makers that aren't musical
-Ring mods are expensive noise makers that aren't musical
falco_femoralis
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That's just the truth