Surely you have owned and resold more pedals than you would care to remember but have you ever regretted parting with one to the point of buying another one?
I have recently bought a Memory Man with Hazarai again. I had owned one for a few months some years ago and sold it as I could not really get a good use out of it (and also partly because I was convinced I would never want to use a digital delay .. cork sniffing hmm hmm ...) I am having so much fun with it now :-)
The only other pedal I ever regretted is a DOD FX-17 Wah/Volume. I can't even remember why I sold it. Perhaps needed money. It's such a nifty pedal though, small and with a 5v CV output. The Wah circuit was nothing to write home about but definitely usable. I would love to get another one for it's size and to control CV pedals ...
They pop up on ebay regularly but for ridiculously high prices ... I'll keep watching ...
I've sold some pedals that I regret, even though I have not bought them again. These were all sold before I started building pedals in 2006. I couldn't justify paying the high price for one of these now.
Boss DM-2
Vintage EH Deluxe Memory Man
Dave Fox Captain Coconut 2
Dave
I recently sold my Formula #5 build, just ordered parts to build another.
Probably only my El Cap delay...even though I could easily buy another...
More times than I care to admit. The worst was trading s guitar, but it managed to get it back about a year later.
I have a tendency to binge and purge with pedal purchases, so it happens to me pretty often. There are several pedals where I've bought one, sold it, and bought another one. I think there are even a few I've done it multiple times.
The one I miss the most though is my Green Russian Big Muff. I know I could get close to the sound with a DIY build, but that case looked cool as heck. Plus, I couldn't get one for less than twice what I paid for mine now.
There are 2 that I absolutely regret parting with. One I have bought and sold 3 or 4 times now, I just always come back to it. I own one now and will definitely hold to it. It is the Ibanez DE-7. I don't know why but I love the way the Echo section of this pedal is voiced. The second is the Line 6 DL-4. I had modded this pedal Heavily and loved it, but, I needed some cash and you all know how the story goes. I will get another DL-4 hopefully soon and mod the hell out of it again but until then. Below is the demo video I did for the Line 6 pedal.
I stupidly sold off my first pedals when I got married the first time to a gal who didn't like my noise. That marriage didn't last long but when I got back into gear I missed the DOD MEAT BOX I sold the most. I still haven't been able to replace it. I also sold off some gear a few years ago to fund a Bass VI purchase and got rid of my Devi Ever Bit Mangler joystick fuzz. I miss it enough that I'm saving up for a new one.
Not a pedal, but one of my guitars. My Ibanez s540 which I sold to pay my rent in the 90's. I still look for it on eBay. Someday I will get it back...it has a very distinctive chip on it.
I miss my first real pedal (or pedal that wasn't a plastic multi-digital POS made by ZOOM) which was a block letter Phase 90. As a 15 year old who only had a bass it was something I really didn't need at the time and I was an idiot and sold it. I think about getting rid of my Rat all the time since I don't really love the sound of it and it's crazy noisy, but it was my first dirt box so I'mma holdin' on.
Quote from: gtr2 on January 08, 2015, 01:33:37 PM
Probably only my El Cap delay...even though I could easily buy another...
THis for me also, I sold my El Cap when the Timeline was released to help fund it. Little did I know I could not cop the same sounds with the Timeline due to the multihead settings of the El Cap. One day I will pick up another.
Cody
Quote from: drolo on January 08, 2015, 12:28:19 PM
The only other pedal I ever regretted is a DOD FX-17 Wah/Volume. I can't even remember why I sold it. Perhaps needed money. It's such a nifty pedal though, small and with a 5v CV output. The Wah circuit was nothing to write home about but definitely usable. I would love to get another one for it's size and to control CV pedals ...
They pop up on ebay regularly but for ridiculously high prices ... I'll keep watching ...
I just got a broken one for 15€. It is on its way to me so I don't know if it is repairable
The Boss OC2 i had when i was 16 years old... ...should have never sell that.
Quote from: flanagan0718 on January 08, 2015, 02:10:13 PM
very cool mods :-)
Quote from: GrindCustoms on January 08, 2015, 10:33:10 PM
The Boss OC2 i had when i was 16 years old... ...should have never sell that.
true, miss mine too now that you remind me of it. Luckily these can still be found at a fair price (or you can build one)
Quote from: micromegas on January 08, 2015, 10:27:44 PM
I just got a broken one for 15€. It is on its way to me so I don't know if it is repairable
suertudo :-)
I'm sure there should be nothing that can't be repaired or replaced in this
(but if you ever give up, let me know ;D )
I'm a dusty old fart so have been thru a ton of pedals but the ones I miss the most were stolen. I sold a Boss CE-1 for peanuts and still regret it. Stolen ones were an original Dyna-Comp, Univibe with the controller pedal and box, DMM, original Small Stone, and original Phase 90.
CE-1 and Univibe I've never been able to replicate but have come close. All else I have acceptable substitutes. On the plus side, I can build stuff I could never have afforded (or ignored) back in the day...Mutron III, A/DA Flanger etc...
I've probably mentioned it before, but I should have never gotten rid of my Boss RSD-10. I know, it looks like a cheesy 80's wanna be rack unit, but it created some pretty unique delay sounds. It was especially fun to use on bass.
Quote from: GrindCustoms on January 08, 2015, 10:33:10 PM
The Boss OC2 i had when i was 16 years old... ...should have never sell that.
My OC-2 is the only pedal that I still have from the "old days" before I started building pedals. I still love it and I still use it occasionally.
Dave
Quote from: gordo on January 09, 2015, 03:43:50 AM
Stolen ones were an original Dyna-Comp, Univibe with the controller pedal and box, DMM, original Small Stone, and original Phase 90.
Ouch that sucks, to quote Nick Cave: People they ain't no good ...
The one that I miss the most is actually a DIY build that an acquaintance had built and I had bought from him at a time when I was just starting with this hobby. It was a particularly sweet 69 fuzz face that was just right on all accounts. I regret selling it, it was for a very very very low price due to the GAS I was having at the time for some production pedals...that I now use one tenth of the time that I was using that FF.
There's another one, a Maxon made Blubber Crying baby machine wah-wah from 1976. It had it all. Fantastic tone. Perfect tone I'd say. I did get incredibly lucky to trade that one and another chorus for a squier classic vibe 60s guitar, but still...I regret not having it anymore.
Deluxe Memory Man with Tap Tempo 1100ms. I bought two a few years ago for $450 each because I knew they were rare and limited. I needed the money so I sold one for $450. Now they are going for upwards of $800! Sheesh. At least I still have one. Love it.
Boss CS-2
Boss CE-2
Boss DM-2
If I knew then what I know now....
1964 Rickenbacker 360-12 string I picked up for $450 that looked like it was in bad shape. A little vinegar and rubbing the guitar looked brand new. Sold it for $900 a few years later cause the intonation is a bitch on those but still..... I really miss that guitar.
That I've sold? No. That I've borrowed and never got back? Hell yeah.
Borrowed a buddy of mine a bag of pedals for a tour he was doing. In it was an OC-2, an original (though beat to shit) Ibanez CF-9 in its puke yellow glory, an original MXR Distortion + (no DC jack, had to run an external battery pack), a CS-2, a Nobels tremolo, and some other stuff. Haven't seen them since. While I harbour no ill will, I would have liked to have them back, especially the CF-9.
As far as guitars I sold, I would like to have a couple of them back. I sold a burnt orange PRS CE-22 alder trem before I moved to Europe cause I didn't want to store it, that was stupid (no, the fact that I have two CU22s, a MAH CE-22 and two CE-24s doesn't mean I don't need another). That, and a Les Paul I let go a while back, if I'd sunk a couple of hundred into it for a new properly cut nut and a pro setup, it would have been killer.
I sold Carbon Copy, twice. First time for paying the bills, second time for a new amp. I still miss it, but it goes against my principles to buy another one because it's not diy :P, so i get by with my DBD clone
Memory Man Echo/Chorus model when I needed the money, had needed some work and refurbing I couldn't find time to do... I think the3secondrule might have it though? 8)
My Dr Scientist Reverb mini proto i'd won, that was to pay bills that month, just wish i'd sold the hardwire instead but I kept it because it had more features... the hall just doesn't get anywhere near as wet and deep though and that's ma jam.
Oh and trading a Sovtek Small Stone, sounded great and the pedal I traded it for I ended up selling and it got 'lost' in the post so one paypal claim later I was out of pocket and pedal.
YES!!
Scored a DOD FX17 on ebay in Germany :-)
It even has the battery door. Not that I care much about it , but it's funny to see that 99% of DOD pedals you see selling are missing their battery doors. Even saw some place on the internet where a guy had made a project to 3D print these ... pretty bad design there, it seems ;-)
Looking forward to welcome this baby back home :-)
What goes around comes around ...
Quote from: madbean on January 08, 2015, 03:59:03 PM
Not a pedal, but one of my guitars. My Ibanez s540 which I sold to pay my rent in the 90's. I still look for it on eBay. Someday I will get it back...it has a very distinctive chip on it.
Funny I feel the same about my early 80's Ibanez Roadstar II. My first guitar, sold it like an idiot for beer money or something silly. I SO want it back to give to my daughter as it has/had a custom floral pick guard. Eats at me >:(
Since the conversation has shifted to guitars, I can talk about selling my first guitar, a Kramer Striker.
I do regret selling it. I should've put it in a wood chipper instead. 😄
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Quote from: pickdropper on January 23, 2015, 02:57:41 PM
Since the conversation has shifted to guitars, I can talk about selling my first guitar, a Kramer Striker.
I do regret selling it. I should've put it in a wood chipper instead.
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What's with the Kramer hate? The Satchel signature Pacer is coming! I'm joking, but just a little, cause I am a huge Steel Panther fan, and as of late some really un-me guitars have been finding their way into my collection, like a Hamer Californian, a Charvel So-Cal, a heavily modded Charvel Model 1, a neck through RR, and I've been finding myself longing for a Kelly and a Pacer. Methinks there's a disturbance in the force.
My first electric was an Ibanez XV500. Totally wrong guitar for the first guitar (stupid pre-Edge bridge, stupid anorexic half Dean ML body, cool paint job though). It met with a table saw, though I think I still have the neck somewhere. Fortunately, my second guitar was a tele, and after that, mmmmm, it gets a little hazy.