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Posted by: Bondy Oct 13 2007, 01:31 AM

Hi guys iam looking to buy some new pedals a new distortion pedal a chorus pedal and a compresser pedal but there are so many conflicting views on the pedals i have chossen my head is spining here is what i have shortlisted


Distortion pedal

Digitech DF-7
Line 6 DM-4
Boss Ds-2
jekell&Hyde
MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive

Chorus Pedal

EH Small Clone
Digitech Cf-7

Compresser Pedal

Beringer cs-100
DigiTech Main Squezze
Boss CS-3



Please put forward any suggestions that i might have missed

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Oct 13 2007, 02:11 AM

Moving to Gear Forum (this is not a review)

Posted by: Pavel Oct 13 2007, 02:18 AM

Personally i would go for all-digitech pedals. I have Digitech Digidelay and DF-7 and they work perfect.

Posted by: Bondy Oct 13 2007, 02:19 AM

Sorry andrew thought i posted it in the gear forum

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Oct 13 2007, 02:27 AM

No problem, just keeping things tidy

If you are prepared to spend a little extra for higher quality, check out http://www.robertkeeley.com/ - he takes standard pedals and modifies them to sound better, and he has his own. The Keeley compressor is one of the best you can get, but its pricey.

Posted by: Bondy Oct 13 2007, 02:45 AM

what u reckon about this one andrew great price only a couple of hours left to
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Robert-Keeley-Modified-Boss-DS1-Ultra_W0QQitemZ200160053107QQihZ010QQcategoryZ22669QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Silly Question Just noticed u got one yourself will take it as red there good

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Oct 13 2007, 03:12 AM

QUOTE (Bondy @ Oct 12 2007, 09:45 PM)

Posted by: mattacuk Oct 13 2007, 05:02 AM

QUOTE (Bondy @ Oct 13 2007, 02:45 AM)

Posted by: tonymiro Oct 13 2007, 08:13 AM

Again as with Andrew and Matt,
Bob Keeley's pedals and mods are great - if you can get this for a good price it would be a great buy.
Bob and the guys at Keeley are also in my experience really nice and friendly so I'm sure would try to answer and help you whether you buy new or off Ebay. I wouldn't say that about a lot of companies.

If you go for it - go luck and get it for a good price.

Cheers,
Tony

ps - other pedals - chorus - I'd also look at Boss.
Compressor - think about what you want from a compressor before you decide to buy one.

Posted by: Bondy Oct 13 2007, 03:31 PM

Damm missied ou on that keeley boss by £1 pound wounded

Posted by: Bondy Oct 13 2007, 03:41 PM

Thanks for the advice tony i mainly need the the compression pedal to add more sustain to my playing

Posted by: mattacuk Oct 13 2007, 03:53 PM

Wow that DS1-Ultra went for just over half the new price, someone got a bargain!!

Posted by: Bondy Oct 13 2007, 03:57 PM

Just looking on the keeley website matt and it works out £78 inc delivery might just buy one new

Posted by: mattacuk Oct 13 2007, 04:00 PM

QUOTE (Bondy @ Oct 13 2007, 03:57 PM)

Posted by: Bondy Oct 13 2007, 04:02 PM

dude iam looking on the american website
Thats stupid its cheaper to buy from america inc shipping great exchange rate at the moment

Posted by: mattacuk Oct 13 2007, 04:07 PM

Sounds like a much better deal, i know everything is much cheaper in the U.S I just paid £135 for my new TS9/808 Mod Plus

Posted by: javari Oct 13 2007, 04:47 PM

I ordered a TS808 and a DS-1 from the US site.
Since the dollar is pretty cheap against the euro it is a good deal.

However, maybe I have to pay import tax , in that case it is probably cheaper to buy from the UK site if you are in Europe.
(I think you don't have to pay import tax within the EU???)

Posted by: mattacuk Oct 13 2007, 05:04 PM

That is a good point, i had to pay a small fortune on tax when buying a DVD from the USA!

Posted by: Owen Oct 14 2007, 01:59 AM

You can avoice paying import tax if the item is sent as a 'gift'.

Not that I'd condone such a thing.

Posted by: Bondy Oct 15 2007, 05:01 AM

Sweet Matt just won a Keeley Boss DS-1 for £49 going after a keeley commpresser next
also just took a gamble on a commpresser pedal a BEHRINGER DC9 DYNAMICS COMPRESSOR but for £15 cant grumble got some good reviews on harmony central

Posted by: kevin-riff-after-riff Oct 15 2007, 06:06 AM

i would suggest the MXR compressor, it is gd, and u dnt lose anything u dnt wanna lose when u use it

Posted by: KloCkWorXx Jan 27 2008, 12:48 AM

i got the EH small clone i could do a review on it if u want...

Posted by: JVM Jan 27 2008, 12:57 AM

QUOTE (Bondy @ Oct 12 2007, 12:31 PM)

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Jan 27 2008, 01:44 PM

I don't know, you really should try out all these pedals before you make a purchase. All of them are good for some purpose.