What is your favorite effect pedal and what do you like about it??

[Great Ape]

I guess my ''if I can only have one'' (and that's usually the case), it's the Fulltone Full-Drive 2...
But my favorite of all is the hidden pedal I lay next to my amp at blues jams that launches harmonica players off the stage and out into the parking lot  :toothy10:...

 

[Cagey]

They make those? Where do I sign?

 

[swarfrat]

Probably the same place Danny Gatton got his "Beer Break" pedal. (He wired up one of the Fender footswitches to short the AC power, blowing the breaker, giving them a break. Or burning the joint down if they had stuck pennies in the fusebox. Not as if vintage Fenders need any help trying to kill people.

 

[ThtOthrPrsn]

Mine would have to be the Strymon Timeline. Extremely diverse, easy to use, and it's a lot of fun to mess with when you got some free time. A bit more pricey than I liked though :-\

 

[Cagey]

Not as if vintage Fenders need any help trying to kill people.

Hehe! No kidding. I've been knocked on my ass more than once by that old stuff. It's a wonder they never got sued into insolvency. 

 

[greywolf]

my Buddah  Bud-wah  other than reverb the only effect I use anymore

 

[Jumble Jumble]

Not as if vintage Fenders need any help trying to kill people.

Hehe! No kidding. I've been knocked on my ass more than once by that old stuff. It's a wonder they never got sued into insolvency.

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They hadn't invented "suing everyone for everything that ever happens" back then.

I remember when that woman sued McDonalds because her coffee was hot that one time, and everyone was surprised about it. Now, it wouldn't even make the news.

 

[swarfrat]

OT:
We certainly have swung way too far the other way. But 1) back then, we sort of accepted people would be killed by their toasters, washers, amps, and what not. Not a lot, but hey man, it happens. 2) The McDonalds coffee incident - the woman had 3rd degree burns to her privates, 3) McDonalds intentionally served the coffee way too hot to drink in order to cut down on refills. (You'll be done eating by the time you drink your coffee), 4) The damages awarded was not just pulled from thin air. It was determined by the McDonald Corporations **COFFEE** profits for ***ONE DAY***.  Would you pour scalding hot water resulting in permanent damage on your privates for $640k? (The amount the judge finally awarded. $2.7mil was just the headline initial award. It was reduced later. The question still stands.)  She spent 8 days in the hospital and required multiple skin grafts.

But yeah, we have crazy awards and insanity in the courts, but the one case everyone likes to trumpet isn't really a good poster child for tort reform.

 

[Ddbltrbl]

Let's see... so your argument is the coffee was really, really hot, and McDonald's makes huge profits, so it was McDonald's fault that she wasn't careful with her coffee?  :icon_scratch: I don't get it.  ???  :dontknow:
If I'm remembering right, didn't she put it between her legs so she could drive and the cap came off?  :doh:

Either way, back to more important things - pedals! :guitarplayer2:

 

[swarfrat]

No, the argument is McDonalds made the product intentionally dangerous in order to cheap out on people getting a 2nd cup. So the slap on the wrist was to forfeit a tiny fraction of the money the made by this practice. She initially sued for some amount the only covered medical bills, in the tens of thousands. The headline amount which was never awarded was strictly punitive. If Bill Gates bulldozes your house for fun, and is ordered to pay the cost to rebuild your 120k house. He could decide this is an inexpensive hobby and do it again repeatedly, just as soon as you recover from the last time. Punitive damages are supposed to be painful.

 

[mrpinter]

Ahem... speaking of favorite pedals, I have lots of pedals I love, but maybe my favorite is one that I've had longer than most of the others - my Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere. It's a Leslie simulator and just about nails it. What do I like about it? It sounds like a real Leslie! There is no real substitute for that particular sound.

 

[Surf n Music]

Mr. Printer, that is one awesome sounding pedal.  I found a few youtube clips of em. They don't make that pedal anymore. I was looking around and only saw one on ebay and it was a newer version.  That is a gem for sure. Very nice.

 

[sixstringsamurai]

I am keeping it REALLY simple these days...
I like these because between them,
and the recent addition of a GFS VEH, combined they hit the front of my Plexi like a mack truck.

:headbang1:

 

[sixstringsamurai]

OT:
We certainly have swung way too far the other way. But 1) back then, we sort of accepted people would be killed by their toasters, washers, amps, and what not. Not a lot, but hey man, it happens. 2) The McDonalds coffee incident - the woman had 3rd degree burns to her privates, 3) McDonalds intentionally served the coffee way too hot to drink in order to cut down on refills. (You'll be done eating by the time you drink your coffee), 4) The damages awarded was not just pulled from thin air. It was determined by the McDonald Corporations **COFFEE** profits for ***ONE DAY***.  Would you pour scalding hot water resulting in permanent damage on your privates for $640k? (The amount the judge finally awarded. $2.7mil was just the headline initial award. It was reduced later. The question still stands.)  She spent 8 days in the hospital and required multiple skin grafts.

But yeah, we have crazy awards and insanity in the courts, but the one case everyone likes to trumpet isn't really a good poster child for tort reform.

You are missing ONE vital tidbit, and it is the one thing people always seem to leave out about this case.

SHE complained it wasn't hot enough and INSISTED that they reheat it AGAIN.
and we have all seen water BOIL long after it came OUT of the microwave.
Thats why you NEVER put a cup of hot coffee between your legs....
She was stupid, and got paid for it.

 

[Cagey]

I don't know enough about the case to say, and I'm not going to research it. But, I have to say I find it difficult to believe that anybody would want McDonald's coffee re-heated. That stuff is typically as hot as the sun. Sounds like urban legend to me.

Incidentally, you can't get water hotter than 212°F at sea level, or it's not water anymore. That includes coffee. Not that 212°F can't cause serious injury; it certainly can. I'm just saying there's a limit to how far you can heat the stuff up before it changes state and you can't pour/spill it. McDonald's coffee, by their own admission, is served between 180°F and 190°F. That's pretty damn hot, and it will burn you. If I remember correctly, 130°F is the threshold of pain for humans. Past that, you start into injury.

 

[JeffBlue]

For now........I am using a Guyatone Flip Metal Monster at a lower gain (because it can go over the top with extreme gain and I do not play Metal). I have changed the stock 12AX7 for an NOS and the tone has improved a hundredfold. I am presently using this pedal thru my newly assembled rack rig pictured here. I have every other effect I could possibly need in my Art SGX-2000 Express in the rack. I am also using a Lovepedal Les Luis in the event I am needing a vintage tweed sound.

 

[Jumble Jumble]

I don't know enough about the case to say, and I'm not going to research it. But, I have to say I find it difficult to believe that anybody would want McDonald's coffee re-heated. That stuff is typically as hot as the sun. Sounds like urban legend to me.

I think you're right - her asking for it to be heated even more is a myth. They were at the drive-through window, her in the passenger side. She spilled the coffee while removing the lid to add milk and sugar. She got third-degree burns, which really is pretty bad.

But, despite the fact that the lawsuit hinged around the coffee being too hot, McDonald's did not change the temperature at which they serve coffee post-lawsuit . Their coffee temperature was, and remains, broadly in line with the temperature at which that everyone else (eg Starbucks) serves coffee.

Incidentally, you can't get water hotter than 212°F at sea level, or it's not water anymore. That includes coffee. Not that 212°F can't cause serious injury; it certainly can. I'm just saying there's a limit to how far you can heat the stuff up before it changes state and you can't pour/spill it.

Every day is a schoolday

 

[QuasarQuail]

MXR Carbon Copy.

My two loves are rockabilly and psychedelic rock, and this pedal covers every inch in between. You can even make it do unlistenable noise-barf when the situation calls for it. Plus, it's sparkle green. I've never hung onto a pedal as long as the CC.

 

[Neo Fender]

A/DA Flanger – the original version.  It is the best, most lush flanger ever.  The first time I played through one, angels appeared.  Nothing else comes close, not even the reissue version.                                                                 

 

[Surf n Music]

A/DA Flanger – the original version.  It is the best, most lush flanger ever.  The first time I played through one, angels appeared.  Nothing else comes close, not even the reissue version.                                                               

Ha that is a hell of a testimony! I'll check it out.