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danieldare

Cheap modulation pedals.

I am currently saving for the EHX Superego, but it the meantime I figured it would be a good time to try some really obscure modulation pedals!

So, what are the cheapest/worst/uniquely horrible modulation pedals that you have found/used?

I will be ordering Donner Flanger from Amazon this week. I was going to get the Donner phaser, but I think I would like a nicer phaser, haha. Any suggestions around that $25-$35 price range would be great!

Posted Mar 28, 2016, 5:25 PM UTC · edited

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doctor-gooch•

Donner Alchemy is cheap and has pretty much any type of modulation you could want. Also, true pitch vibrato pedals like the Boss VB-2 or Diamond Vibrato are probably my favorite "weird" mod effect because it can very quickly go from subtle to ridiculous.

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danieldareOP•

I've had my eye on the Alchemy simply because of the bang for the buck.

Are you recommending investing a little more into a nicer vibrato? I'm skipping the cheap phaser, because I would prefer one with a tap tempo setting.

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doctor-gooch•

I was moreso giving two separate replies, one for the "cheap" criteria and one for the "weird." If you want a tap tempo phaser that's cheap, check out Boss phasers (though personally they are not to my taste).

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danieldareOP•

Thanks! That's what I thought you were saying.

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bnoonan037•

I have the donner holy octave pedal. I was going to get the donner white wizard, but I ended up getting the nux mod forge..It's super cool and the review video I watched seemed pretty decent. It's my first digital pedal, but it seems awesome. It should be here Monday.

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Dean_Young_blood•

It's not anything weird in terms of modulation but the Danelectro Fab Chorus goes for $15 on Musicians Friend http://www.musiciansfriend.com/chorus-flanger-phaser-effects-pedals/danelectro-fab-chorus-guitar-effects-pedal

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danieldareOP•

I already have a Boss Chorus, but thanks! I had forgotten about the plastic Danelectro pedals

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doctor-gooch•

Instead of the FAB chorus, look into Danelectro's older Cool Cat Chorus. Runs at 18v, sounds great and clear, and available on Reverb for $20-30 regularly.

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-Empire•

Not sure if you are serious about wanting cheap low quality stuff, but the Zoom MS-50G and CDR are great. Tons of great sounding effects at a low price.

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danieldareOP•

Yeah, I'm looking for things that would normally have undesirable quirks, but that I can add in to big spacey delayed sounds.

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JeanSolPartre•

The CDR has a lot of glitchy and lo-fi delays, and can do weird pitch shifts. It really is an inspiring pedal for the price!

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billsender•

Any of the non time-based Danelectro food series pedals are good. If you do a bit of snooping, you can usually find used Boss pedals at a good rate. Some of the Behringer pedals are basically like buying a Boss pedal in a plastic enclosure.

Wait, you're asking for bad effects?

The Joyo Flanger sounds awful, like putting a tinny, roving EQ shelf on your signal. The Danelectro BLT Slap Echo and Corned Beef reverb are very similar and both suck. Their octave and auto wah effects are also bad. Danelectro Fab Distortion (the old big red pedal) can be really bad (in a good way) if you get a botched copy.

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poop-swastika•

The Dano Corned Beef sucks but in a pretty cool way. Sometimes you want that shitty '70s practice amp reverb.

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[deleted]•

Not quite in your price range, but have you considered a used, old multi-effects pedal?

Something like the Boss ME-30 on your local craigslist would be under 100: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LLnopWqY1f4/maxresdefault.jpg

It would actually be a great thing to put in the loop of your superego when you finally get it, and you will have your fair share of 'bad' effects to play with.

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FoolOnThePlanet91•

The Donner phaser is actually pretty great, as is the flanger.

Monoprice makes some cheap pedals as well, their comp is quite good.

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modmkaz•

Memory boys can get pretty weird

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gadgetprop•

This may sound funny but the Zoom MS50g has some really decent modulation options and some crazy stuff like ring modulators and pitch shifters that sound surprisingly good and used they are CHEAP

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crustinXbeiber•

I used to have the dano fab flange, it's crazy bad and crazy cheap, like $15. It can only do that super over the top jet flange thing, and can get into some weird psuedo chorus or vibrato ranges if you jack the speed up.

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