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colabonham · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:54 am Post subject: Epiphone Distortion Pedal

Just spotted one on thomann for 19,90€. True bypass and everything! I thought of buying one sometime just for the lulz, since a) it's dirt cheap b) I can't find any info on it, which says a lot c) non-dano-homophobe

Any experiences?

LOOK IT EVEN HAS THE METAL/PUNX FONT ON IT! PURE EVILCHAOS I TELL YA! ADD A PENTAGRAM AND IT'LL DOUBLE AS A OUIJA-BOARD! HOW COULD IT BE ANYTHING SHORT OF AMAZING IS BEYOND ME!

Did I mention it's really cheap?
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Progrockabuse · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 3591 Location: Epping Forest

i've seen that a couple of times in the adverts. keep thinking of giving it a shot for lols.
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wwrrss · . Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Posts: 126 Location: Liverpool UK

even if it's rubbish you could probably reuse most of the components and enclosure to house something better.

Dave · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:41 pm Post subject:

I might be mistaken here but that pedal and the font used looks incredibly similar to some no-name cheap pedals you can get new in cash converters here in southampton except there's no Epiphone branding. It might be a generic build that epiphone have slapped their name on. Maybe.
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GeorgeF · . Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 1148 Location: UK

I get that vibe.

VIIIIBE. Dig?

Dave · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:08 pm Post subject:

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hotrodperlmutter · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject:

i would say it's probably a ds-1 or dist+, not a fuzz.

Mages · . Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 5622 Location: Si'ahl

according to effectsdatabase.com it's the same as any of these:

and a bunch more.

Doog · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:03 am Post subject:

It's funny how many banners the same pedal can come under. When looking up some delay pedals a few days ago, I found out GLX, Boston Engineering, Harley Benton, Beta Aivin, WSL, Riot, Cool, Groovin' (those two, fucking hell) and Legacy pedals are all the same.

Makes it dead handy for finding the cheapest one on Ebay, though!
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Progrockabuse · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 3591 Location: Epping Forest

i've tried the modtone version and it's really good. didn't know it was one of the belcat re branded. the cheap purple belcat delays are really good too.
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Mike · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:35 am Post subject:

I imagine it's a RAT

Zeezee · . Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 58 Location: London, UK

At that price, there's probably just a bee inside it. Laughing

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