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Contact the seller - opens in a new window or tab and request a postage method to your location. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods and will depend on when your payment clears. ![]() Learn more about your rights as a buyer. Youre covered by the eBay Money Back Guarantee if you receive an item that is not as described in the listing. User Agreement, Privacy, Cookies and AdChoice Norton Secured - powered by Verisign. The switch over to compact pedals was a true inspiration on my musical journey. The Blogging Musician adamharkus.com My Guitar Pedal History goes all the way back to the early 90s. Let me share with you the good, the bad, and the ugly, with the highs (and lows) of my journey along the way. Boss CE-5 chorus ensemble My very first guitar pedal which I used in my very first band, Exit. I remember being in Windows of the Arcade, Newcastle and it was this or the BOSS CE-2 Super Chorus. The BOSS CE-5 sounded better to me, bigger and more complex, but also more natural sounding. A chorus pedal seems a strange choice to begin with, especially as I was playing directly through a PA clean at the time, due to the breakdown of my Vox AC30. But for the Floyd type of stuff we were doing it was perfect. Marshall Guvnor As my first band Exit morphed into the indie originals Columbia and with the return of my overhauled AC30, I now had the need for overdrive. And lots of it Initially, I ran my Laney LC15R as a preamp with spectacular results, but this was so impractical I really needed my first overdrive pedal, and quick Back at Windows, there were 3 options, the Soundtank version of the now legendary Ibanez Tubescreamer looked far too cheap, and between the ProCo RAT and Marshalls range of pedals (The Guvnor, BluesBreaker, and Shredmaster), well, on Marshalls reputation and my gain needs, it had to be the Guvnor. Of course, it was the early 90s and the internet hadnt been invented yet. Marshall Guvnors go for around 300 these days so I wish Id kept it, but performance-wise it never really, well, performed. It just didnt have enough gain through a Vox AC30 on tick over to really sing. I was at this point hankering for amp overdrive so this was the first and last overdrive pedal I bought for many years. Julien1978, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Well, what an incredibly versatile piece of kit this was and a true breakthrough in guitar pedal technology. Not only was it cheap (99 rings a bell), but it was compact, sounded fabulous, and could be used in a variety of applications. ![]() Live, I made use of meat and potatoes delay, flanger and chorus effects as well as the handy tuner. Ok, 2-button switching wasnt the most user-friendly but I could make it work with blank patches and some well-planned stomps. For recording, the overdrives were impressive enough for me not to mic up my amp, and indeed, the presets were an excellent base for my own tones. I have the Zoom 505 to thank for the swirling phased guitar on my track Dance Right Through the Night. Brilliant pedal Korg AXG1 As Columbia folded, my life completely changed, and I found myself with my own home, a steady job, and for the first time, money to spend Its at this point I could afford decent gear, so I bought a Gibson Les Paul Standard and a Marshall DSL401 Valve amp. Pedal-wise, not really an upgrade, but my first introduction to a Wah pedal on the Korg AXG1. The AXG1 itself, particularly in the shadow of the mighty Zoom 505 was pretty forgettable, the only point of note being the warmer overdriven tones. ![]()
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