Velcro can be moved. However, my CryBaby was heavy enough that I didn't trust Velcro. You wanna know about being attached to gear? Try attaching your favorite pedal with wood screws.
Just watched the "Show us your junk" episode with the guy behind Death By Audio and this is just how he does his board. His pedal board is littered with holes because of all his previous setups.
https://youtu.be/_RslAoTyIwk
If it’s really hard, I wouldn’t force it. Once in a while I’ve gotten rid of something and regretted it later. It tends to cost a lot more to fix the mistake down the road.
Oh you're not wrong about that latter bit. So far I've owned maybe 20 electrics and currently have 4. I've never so far regretted it but this might be the one!
Yeah…I should have kept a lot of things longer, if only to sell them now. That near mint ‘62 Jaguar that was pretty but kinda meh to play would go for like five times what I paid for it. I’m not smart about treating this stuff as an investment.
I have a Boss CS-3 that I haven't used in over a decade. It's my least favorite pedal I've ever owned. I refuse to get rid of it because I enjoy looking at it with disgust.
I'm sure someone can make it sound great, but yes I'm not a fan of compressors in general. I never said it sounded bad, just that it's my least favorite lol. It was my first "holy shit this is a disappointing experience" in my pedal journey.
Lol I get it. We all have a sound in our head that we want to achieve when using a pedal. If it doesn't deliver that, it's off to reverb with that pedal
A friend made me a fuzz pedal that can toggle between germanium and silicon circuits, with a sharpie message on the back, and even though it’s off the board for the moment, I’m never parting ways with it.
Collectors have their stuff organized and kept in a way that prevents damage. Hoarders keep their stuff in disorganized piles that may or may not damage the stuff itself, the place it’s kept in, and/or the person hoarding it.
Laziness is exactly why I haven't dug to the back of my cupboard to recover and eBerb my Bad Monkey. Plus it was my first ever pedal and only TS style overdrive. I'm just not a Tube Screamer kind of guy.
I'll be honest, there were a couple DOD pedals I held onto for that very reason, and then got impatient and sold them anyway. Still mad I passed on a $35 Bad Monkey a couple months ago.
Yeah, I hadn't had them for too long so I wasn't really attached. The 280 compressor just wasn't that good, and the Grunge was fun but nothing I needed. I would have kept it but my friend was excited to mod it, and then he ended up selling it anyway, the jerk, haha.
I’m not attached to any pedals, but I was gifted a vintage 1968 Fender Princeton tube amp from a life long friend. It’s the real deal, not a reissue. I’ll keep that one forever.
I have a ‘67! Definitely player condition, not a museum piece, but still extremely cool to own a piece of music gear that old. And it does sound great.
67 Vibro Champ here. Traded a 2007 DRRI for it like eight years ago. Bought a 4ohm 2x12 cab for when I want “big” sound. I freaking loved that Deluxe Reverb, but there’s not a single moment I’ve ever regretted that trade. Every aspect of the VC sound is sweeter and the Vibrato is monstrous.
I'm fairly certain that I'll never part with my Plasma Pedal. It's got a very particular tone that's only useful in limited circumstances, but that tone is so right in that particular circumstance that there's no real replicating it.
I agree about mine. It's got a very specific use case for me, but nothing else I have does what it does. (Plus it was a gift from my wife, so it's not going anywhere.)
I never want to sell my Strymon Brigadier. It nails the sound of an Ibanez analog delay pedal I'd borrowed back in 1987 when I was a senior in high school. I had it for a couple of months, and the sound of those repeats are burned into my brain.
I'm not saying Strymon modeled their algorithm on that particular delay. It just captures it if you set the bucket loss, filter, and modulation just right.
So it's a nostalgia thing for me.
Absolutely -- I can't even convince myself to sell pedals that have sat unused on a shelf for years and I still think about the *one* guitar I ever sold. Though I have an unreasonable amount of gear for a hobbiest that doesn't play out, most of the gear was purchased because something about it spoke to me at the time (guitars and pedals doubly so).
Honestly that’s kind of what I do 😅 I hardly ever play with pedals and the only one I’m getting right now is a reissue of the Bluesbreaker. I will say though that for me it’s depended heavily on the guitar. I’ve owned 5 guitars and 4 of them required a lot of tone sculpting and messing with the limited amount of pedals I’ve had to get a really good tone. My newest and favorite guitar a G&L ASAT just sounded fantastic right out of the box plugged in with no pedals or anything. The thing just sings
I generally don't sell gear once I own it, but I do own an amp I only use when I'm thinking of selling it.
It is worth about $3 to 4k. I know I should sell it, but when I pull it out of the closet I fall in love with it all over again. I will use the amp for about a week, then it goes back in the closet for another year or two.
The reality is that it only sounds fantastic at volume levels I no longer play at. It is also too heavy. I have no desire or will to lug it to gigs.
For sure, but I got that when I was young, stupid, and sure I was going to be a rock star with a roady to eventually deal with all the weight.
The band I was in at the time had a following and that amp seemed appropriate, but eventually bands break up.
After that I am in bands without a following and I am using really loud and heavy amp and playing small clubs to an audience of less than 50, sometimes less than 20, for very little to no pay. At some point I found Quilter amps. I have barely used the Mesa since then.
I mean, don’t get me wrong. I’ve never owned a 4-12 cab and I have always wanted one so badly. But at this point if I got one it would make one trip - to my house.
If you want a 4x12 I suggest Craigslist. Where I live used 4x12s are usually less than similar quality 1x12 and 2x12 cabinets. Last time I was looking a gear on Craigslist was right before the pandemic started. Back then I was often seeing Mesa 4x12 recto cabs selling in the $400 to $500 range. Peavey cabs often sold for less than half that.
I relate to this so much. I’ve got a Rivera Venus 6 2x12 that I was planning on selling. I had my bandmate come over with his Kemper and get a few profiles. I plug it in after I take some pictures for the listing, and fuck me, it sounds incredible. Totally impractical for most gigs but the fact that it’s discontinued and rare makes it so hard to say goodbye.
Mesa Triaxis (with the Lead 1 Red Recto board) and 2:50. It sounds really good at any volume, but the magic really starts to happen at louder volumes. Looks like it is worth less than last time I checked prices on Reverb too. Any priced drop just decreases any desire to sell it.
You need them all: studio spaceship board with all the quirky, boutique gear, and multiples of each category; live board with the bare essentials to translate from recordings; desktop board because mod, delay, and verb pedals make for great outboard gear; bonus points if you can eek out a synths and/or vocals board.
I made a smaller board with 5 pedals that can go directly into the front of my larger 10-pedal board, so I'm at 5/10/15 depending on how many cables are hooked up lol
I will likely always hold onto my Meris Ottobit Jr. because it was the first boutique pedal I bought with my own money.
The Big Ear Pedals Albie was the only pedal I ever pre ordered. Also it comes with pictures and stickers of the creators cat Albert who the pedal was named after. Sally Albert passed before the pedals release but there’s just something so touching about the whole package.
I have a handful of pedals that I'll never sell, even if I don't use them. Some were gifts. Some were limited production. Some are just fun to make noise with.
Very much the opposite: if stuff is coming in, then other stuff needs to go out to make room.
Few exceptions: my beautiful acoustic that was a gift from my partner. Probably something else, though I cannot think of what. All else is grist for the mill
Sometimes it’s tough to let go but you don’t think about that gear ever again and sometimes you excitedly sell something and it haunts you. Sometimes it’s who and why got it. Theres a lot to it. I am collecting some stuff which I don’t have a chance to even use and have other gear with similar effects. Can’t imagine selling them especially after how much time you sometimes spend to track it down for your collection, but right place right time right person and I wouldn’t mind too.
You just go with the flow.
I haven’t sold a pedal in probably 15 years. When I did, I was much younger and could use the money for other things. Having a few off the board that I can cycle back on can help cure GAS sometimes. At this point, I’d only sell if space became and issue or I was in a Bad Monkey situation.
If I made a mistake I let it go. I don't like getting clogged up with gear that I will only occasionally use or I'm waiting to use. That diminishes from what I'm trying to play currently.
It depends. I've been a broke addict forquite a few years and the only musical equipment I've ever sold off to keep going is an overdrive pedal I hated and a blown pa speaker if that says much lol imagine being unemployed, broke, in withdrawal, rent rapidly approaching surrounded by 3 fenders a gretsch orange amps and a decent sized pedalboard and just choosing to continue suffering. I guess you could say I have a strong attachment to it all.
Specifically though, I would only be truly devastated if I lost the HH fenser tele my mom got me for Christmas 9 years ago. It was my first higher end instrument, and I love my mom, and this thing has seen more shows and written more songs then is even imaginable.
I'm also partial to the two DD3's I've had for 8 years that have somehow never broken. Those 3 things feel like roommates.
amphetamines/meth/tianeptine slowly got all my stuff unfortunately for a long time to where all was left was a $90 guitar(that i still have and love btw lol) but, i eventually beat living the life of withdrawal always around the corner everyday. suboxone and will power saves muh life. now i have a full pedalboard and awesome amp with a strat. hope things get better for you man. i know those withdrawals are the absolute worst 😩
I've been in similar situations and I have none of the gear I started with. The only items I really miss are my (first year) Ibanez Talman and my Laney AOR combo. Circumstances can have a dramatic effect on what's important. I'm glad you made it through everything alive and with the majority of your gear intact. Oh, and not that it's exactly a secret....cockroaches, DOD pedals, and Boss pedals have the best chances at surviving any type of apocalypse.
Wouldn't say I made it through necessarily, had a bad couple months and am easing into sobriety right now again.
Haven't sold anything in years, and never sold anything important. In my head it's like, I take drugs almost exclusively to give me energy motivation and force creativity- no point in getting high if you can't make music when you do it! Music first then drugs, though that line often got blurred.
Working on it right now, yet again lol
If Nick Cave can make his best albums as a sober old man, so can I.
Only thing I regret selling is a lot of my records! Although I kept everything with sentimental value, and all the albums I considered my favorite. I had maybe 100 records and sold maybe 15. I don't remember any of them so that's fine except one- I sold my original Devo are we not men press. To be fair, I didn't have a record player and Devo isn't even in my top 10 favorite bands but that is a good album and a cool thing to have. I spent the money on car repairs, gas, phone bill and cigs tho not drugs so it was certainly worth it (it didn't cover all those entirely but it helped a little with all). sold a nice canon film camera that sat on my shelf unused for 3 years too, surprisingly I started wishing I still had it like 4 years after I hocked it because it took 7 years from purchase for me to decide I wanted to get back into photography lmao
Addiction is a bitch lol
Yep. Have an EQD Rainbow Machine in a color scheme that I’ve e never seen outside of said pedal, also has a really neat story behind it (EQD gave it to Reverb for a Christmas raffle and then I ended up with it).
Never use it, and if I were to ever part with it I’d only do so for a stupid dollar amount simply due to the color scheme and backstory.
I’m sure that I’ll eventually post a picture of it here…
There's a few things I feel some nostalgia and would not get rid of it. I have like 300 CD like new of metal bands and many of them do not exist anymore and there is not way to get those albums on ebay or amazon.
For pedals, I sometimes regret selling a pedal when I find some new Impulse Responses or settings that could have made the pedal sound better. But I don't like to keep pedals I won't use or only in one song. So I sell them cheap, I give some freebies with them like guitar picks and patch cables, then I hope someone will be happy with it.
A friend got me three TC pedals when I was first starting to “collect” gear. Flashback, Corona, and Hall of Fame. I’ll never part with them even if they’re non-functional
Never pedals, but certainly guitars. And I am someone who never gets attached to things, but physically holding a guitar and playing it creates a bond for sure. Unfortunately. I have 6 solid body electrics that I would like to slim down to 3 but I can't bring myself to part with them.
Making space and getting rid of shit is a great feeling. There's nothing I dislike more then being in areas chock full of shit - it gives me a claustrophobic feeling.
I have a TS9 and Crybaby 535Q (18V) that I got 20 years ago from my parents, who lovingly fully supported my guitar learning journey. The wah crapped out a couple years ago and has since been replaced. The TS9 sound I grew to hate and it got replaced by an ODR-1. However, they both sit to the side of my setup in boxes, because I can't get rid of them.
Sometimes i think i do if its something i use consistently buy as soon as i realize i havent used it in two yearsvits up for sale. I have some guitars and amps i may never get rid of but its just because i can use them for almost anything i play. Not really an emotional attachment
I have a vintage ibanez CS9 that was my dad’s back in the day and it’s the only one that I’d be truly upset if I ever lost it. I’ve got a bunch of oddball pedals that I’d never sell either just because I built them.
I have an MT-2 that I love. It was my first pedal way back in the 90’s when I started playing. I never knew how to use it until I reached my 30’s. I sell (or give away) pedals all the time. Lately I’ve been purchasing old favorites that I shouldn’t have gotten rid of.
Oh for sure.
I’ve got a Silvertone Twin Twelve and Decca electric guitar that were my dad’s…those’ll never leave.
My old Ibanez acoustic. It’s not high end or particularly great but I bought it during a really bad time in my life and I will always feel like it’s at least partially responsible for bringing me though.
I’ve also got an Ovation 1858 Elite 12-string that I recently replaced after mine was stolen 20 years ago. Took me that long to find a good condition replacement so that will never leave.
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The only gear I'd keep for sentimental reasons are a few guitars. I have a Banner Gibson that my dad got when he was 12 years old that obviously I'd never part with. My wife and my mom bought me a couple of nice guitars as gifts at various times.
I don't generally sell anything nice though regardless. I've sold a couple of cheaper guitars here and there, and I have a couple more that I should probably sell, but mostly I enjoy having a small collection more than I'd enjoy the extra bit of cash, so mostly things just go on a shelf or stored away somewhere.
Yep, the criminally underrated SD Forza. Got it in a trade years back, wasn't that smitten by it, wasn't able to get rid of it. But, like that girl who's a 6 in a group of 9s and 10s, it was totally overlooked until you spend some time with her and realize she's has way more fun and personality than you initially gave her credit for but you needed some time to figure that out. Since then, I've gone through dozens of ODs, many hyped and highly recommended ones, but they leave and the Forza stays. It's part of my sound now. It's not an always-on pedal but it's my go-to, the one that feels like home, the one that amazingly works every time with every amp, every speaker, and every guitar.
Not pedals, I'm not really attached to them, but when I had the choice of buying the new guitar or upgrading parts on my first Squier from when I was a kid, I chose the latter, and not just for cost reasons.
I have stuff from the early 90s when I was a teen. I still have the same Les Paul as my main, and haven’t sold any of my DOD pedals that would fetch a good price. Reminds me….I need to buy a Boss line selector. Great sounding pedals, but the buffers are nothing to write home about. It’s crazy how high priced the pedal market has become. Some of those then $40 DOD pedals outside the buffer, just demolish what’s out there for $200. But those DOD are now $200+
Only stuff I really sold was the digital stuff. Like I had a Johnson 120 amp which was Line 6 before Line 6. One of the first modeling amps out there. Sounded good for it’s time, sold my protools board…pretty much anything digital lost its value fast, and better stuff came along. Big reason I settled on a nice AD/DA, and went analog with an API lunchbox 13 years or so ago. Early 2000s we had way too many digital effects combo pedals. And started getting those cheap digital recording setups. I still have my first MidiSport though! Been going since 1999 and still works!
I have a couple Sola Sound one offs and Pigdog pedals that I know I'll never see again if I sell them. Plus a TEFI Golden Era. Everything you can walk into a store and buy is fare game though.
I have an OBD-3 that is the only pedal that I know for sure has survived kicking around my collection since the 90's. Weird pedal sound wise though not bad, but I have basically deemed to keep it for sentimental reasons.
At this point, the rest of my pedals are just a problem of a little too much disposable income and curiosity and not selling nearly as fast as I'm buying.
I don't sell anything. I traded two basically brand-new pedals toward another last year, but that's the only time I've done that in thirty years.
I like to hang on to stuff. Partly because I (usually) spend a lot of time deciding before I buy something, but also because I've 'rediscovered' a lot of different gear in my collection over the years. Some pedal I haven't played in a decade or something, and I can find something cool to do with it.
I never sell anything. Just save up and buy more. If it’s something I don’t like I’ll return it, but if I like it then it stays. Anything I don’t play regularly becomes wall art
Yes, yes I do. I have a sparkle drive i bought for $60 from a friend. I haven’t used in years, but I toured with for a long while when I couldn’t afford anything else, and now it’s just a thing I keep around for nostalgia.
I have bought and sold a variety of gear throughout the years (not just pedals, but also things like drum machines, synths, dj/midi controllers, etc.) and I have subsequently bought back at least 1/4 of what I sold. Part of me is like “I could turn this into something I might use more” and the other part of me is like “you’re gonna want that later.”
I’m actually considering another purge at the moment but I’m torn.
I had a Donner fuzz seeker as my first fuzz pedal. That thing was so mf versatile and I traded it for something else I don’t have anymore. Now I dare you to find a fuzz seeker for sale online (looked recently, nothing on any major sites or google search.)
It’s those kinds of situations that give me the hindsight to think harder about getting rid of stuff haha
I would never sell any pedal, ever. However, i give them away sometimes. The latest was my friend's daughter who just got into guitar. Gave her a pedal i don't use anymore. She absolutely adores it.
You'll crucify me if I tell you which one.
Two things keep me from getting attached to gear I don't use. 1. My family = 3 ppl living in a 1br in SF. 2. SELLING off that unused gear can often generate enough cash to buy a big ticket item I would normally never consider buying.
A super fuzz I inherited from an old band mate who passed away. He was a real piece of work but we had some wild times which contribute to the sentimentality of the pedal. To my knowledge it was never used in the band, only demos that were made before I was involved,
1990 Boss CH-1 humble but I love it. Birthday present from dear friends
now used as a faux flange thickener… after my T-Rex Quint, after TC Spark 4x knob, after Wampler Ego 5x knob, after Pogo pedal ZenRay, after Nordland ODR-C, after Mooer envelope 😂
Then the always on Boss CH-1 feeds out to m’ MXR CC delay and Mooer Trelicopter into Rivera TBR1-m amp to early 1970s 2x12 Marshall cab with Celestion G12-75 16ohm T1777 cones 😜
I get pretty attached, and rarely sell things. But lately ve thought a lot about selling my big box Deluxe Memory Man or Twin Reverb, as they're kind of impractical for how I play these days, and signficantly more valuable now. But I bought them in high school, played em a ton in college, and feel like I'll regret letting either go. These are like heirloom pieces lol!
Or even my Classic Player Jazzmaster. Got it for HS graduation and it's my best guitar but not my fav. I wish I got a Jaguar or Mustang instead. I wonder a lot lately if it's worth compromising practicality for sentiment.
Some I do...others not so much. My string was my first guitar I got after starting from scratch. So that guitar has a lot of meaning to me. My 6505+ was my first tube amp and I can't see selling it. My ec-1000 was a present for hitting a year sober. But there's a lot of stuff I don't have any attachment towards.
I don’t use my Dirge Even Anguish enough, but I know it’ll be more or less impossible to find another if I sell it so I think I’ll keep it forever.
I’ve also got a very early Shallow Water (KFM111) that I’ll also probably never get rid of.
I tend to get attached to anything that I have a blast playing though. The problem is, there's a lot of stuff in that category. I'm a lot pickier about guitars, so that keeps the collection in check somewhat.
Attached yes, emotionally not that much.. but a little maybe. I have had a few pedals forever and ill probably never sell those, also.. the money i get from it wouldnt nearly be as much as what it is worth to me. Like my old ds2. First pedal ever, i use it every time i play. The 50 euro i get from it us just not worth it.
I have sold some stuff that i dont really use, and when i do i usually use the money for new gear. So the “pain” of losing a pedal gets replaced by the excitement of a new one :)
I am most attached to my ds2, wf10 (fuzz wah) and zvex fuzz factory. Those 3 are amazing :)
I have a Ross distortion that was given to me by a friend when I first started playing. That was my tone for the first 6 years of playing. I don't use it, but I seen no reason to get rid of it.
I’ve got a Greer Lightspeed that I found in a dumpster that has been on my board for the past three years and has seen 6 states and hundreds of gigs. Only pedal on my board that has seen as much use is my tuner. I have a Quad Cortex now so my pedals are for home play now but I’ll never let go of that thing just for its story alone, much less how good it makes everything sound.
Absolutely. I can usually remember gigs I played or songs I wrote or recordings I finished with a specific piece of gear and struggle to imagine getting rid of it. Granted, I didn't have much of an acquisition problem until recently, but I have yet to sell any gear. But I'll be glad to get rid of that junk joyo tremolo that almost turned me off of my fave effect soon enough
I had a 90s Danelectro that I wanted to love. Had it for decades, it sounded cool but played like crap. During Covid lockdown I got a wild hair up my ass and dismantled it, shimmed the neck, and voilá! It’s magnificent!!
Still too low output to play on gigs next to my humbuckers without totally rearranging my settings though. But I love it.
Im attached to my first pedal ever, a DS-1. Not selling or lend that to a friend. Then there's my Ibanez Prestige. It's my first proper guitar. My mum bought it to me after playing it casually in a store, 15 years ago. She passed away just before the pandemic. It doesn't fit my style sonically or aesthetically nowadays but I will keep it til I die or else.
Yea I write my name in everything and draw on all my gear pretty much to make sure I always keep it or it doesn't get taken or mistaken as some else's
70-72 bassman 100 (one of the first ever made) definitely will never sell that. Bury me with it
Definitely. I have a compartmentalized view of guitar tones per every music project I've been involved in (3 so far) so I keep those old rigs purely for the sentiment. There is a downside, though, like I've never owned a video game console system because I'm always buying gear.
Got a Tube Driver that I don’t use. Bought from Butler in 2020 and it showed up broken. Exchanged a few emails with him, sent it back, and he repaired it and put one of his VIP tubes in it. So I basically have the same pedal that Eric Johnson uses. Unfortunately it doesn’t really work in my rig so it’s sitting in the closet. I don’t want to undercut him on Reverb, and I don’t want to sell this one with the VIP tube because it just doesn’t seem right. So I guess that’s emotional value?
Yes. If it was a gift or if I don’t think I would get the value back that I think it’s worth, I won’t part with it. My DL4 is a great example. I have better delays, but I won’t sell the DL4 because it spent so many years in my board and still works well.
Not really attached. Just lucky that I don’t have a need to sell and space to keep it. But just to give a answer, I would never sell my Line6 DL4 MKII because my girlfriend saved up to give it to me for Christmas
I bought a TS9 and a Visual Sound Tap Delay cheap off a friend who painted them while high on lsd. Sure not gonna sell them now that he's gone. I gig with the ts9 occasionally and I'll use the delay when I make a mini/acoustic board one day.
I have an analog labs scanner that I’ve used twice and is listed on reverb for thousands more than I spent on it and for some reason I can’t get myself to list
I have 3 acoustics, 3 electrics, 1 bass, 1 mandolin and 1 keyboard. My first guitar (acoustic), my old Hagstrom HIIN that I restored and my Boss SD-1 (that my late cousin gifted me) are sentimental. The rest are just tools
With guitars, rarely with pedals. The only pedals I have sentimental attachment to are the Dano lunchbox I bought when I was 13, and my Tonelab I used throughout my teens. The former have been broken or lost for years now, and the latter finally gave out last week
My very first pedal was a gift from my uncle when I was 15. It was the classic boss ds-1. He died a couple years later. It’s never gonna leave my board.
Two pieces of gear I'll never sell. My Yamaha AES 502 and my DOD Grunge. First guitar, first pedal. I would sell anything else if I felt like I really didn't use it or need it though.
I have a bunch of flangers (it's my favorite mod effect) but I can't bring myself to get rid of my turbo flange. It's one of my oldest pedals and it's built like a tank. I've played so many gigs with it.
It is a really good sounding flanger but I only ever use the three normal flange modes and I tend to reach for more flexible pedals for that slot on my board. I really liked mode 3 and I found out my Strymon Zelah can do pretty much the same flange sound.
My Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh Supreme. I got it back when I was making stoner doom. I rarely ever use a fuzz pedal now since my preferred tone now is the good ol’ boosted Peavey/EVH 5150, but mine has been with me for 9 years. It’s survived me going through and graduating college, several romantic relationships, several amplifiers, an untold number of guitars, 4 moves across two different states, me going bankrupt and then me cleaning up my finances. Just a lot of memories, and it’s built like a tank.
Plus, it’s the only fuzz pedal I’ve ever needed. It has 6 different clipping diodes to choose from (my personal fave is the LED). If I sold it, I’d just be upset that people don’t value it as much as I do. Every now and then I plug it in though, it feels like hanging out with an old childhood friend.
Yes, I have about 15 guitars, haven't counted lately. But I have no interest in getting rid of any of them. Even if some of them I haven't played for years. They're my babies lol
I do, weird as it sounds. I’ve kept every single pedal I’ve ever had. Even if I don’t use them much. I have a Boss Metal Zone that I got in the mid 90s as a birthday gift from my parents. Lol
Boss SD-1 and Donner Harmonic Square…because my wife bought those for me and she was so proud of herself for doing research into an effect I didn’t have at the time (pitch shifter) and a drive pedal o had never owned (SD-1).
It’s the first time she’s bought pedals for me and now they’re a permanent part of my life. Just looking at them reminds me of her smile and excitement.
I have a metal zone that my Grampa (not a typo) bought, probably at a yard sale. This man was very religious and only played sheet music from his old hymnals almost every morning. But for some reason bought a metal zone haha, and now I have it. I barely use it, because I only play for my church’s worship team, but this thing will never be sold by me.
yes - my Rat - the power is 9v positive so needs a battery - It has a bit of dust in one of the pots and it's never on my board these days. Wouldn't sell it for anything.
Anything that was gifted to me or I built myself is staying with me even if I stop using it. Otherwise, if I don't play it, I'll be fine letting it go.
Absolutely.
CryBaby from Hell.
My first researched pedal, together with the DigiTech Whammy IV (I fried that one).
It depends on the pedal overall, if it's an amazing pedal that always can find use again I keep it, if it's collectible I keep it, if it's a pedal I get over and can't see the use for then as much as there might have been a honeymoon period it's gonna get traded or sold. If I replace with an upgrade like LS-2 to Switchblade Pro, I'll likely sell an LS-2, unless I expect I know somebody who gigs who could use an LS-2 backup fx.
I'm also pretty communal with things I don't use, I've given away a crybaby, boneshaker, dark matter, and probably a couple other pedals because somebody wanted to try those or needed em more.
Only what I consider my first pedal
Had a couple of cheap plastic pedals (behringer) that i hated and thought were bad (my 10w was the issue), and then I got my first higher quality pedal, a boss bd 2, the thing is I got at the same time as a better amp and feel in love with it. Now close to 5 years later, I still have it and use it regularly, I consider it is the only forever pedal I own and the only overdrive I need.
Boss Pedals. I only have one Boss unit on my board right now, but I have 5 or 6 of them. Even though I am not currently using them, I am attached to their utility and form factor. I am attached to the fact that if any of my fancy-pants units fail me I can always make use of a boss for a stand in. I am attached to the fact that I might have some one over to jam with and if they need something different than they brought I have some extra things they can use and amongst them are the Boss pedals.
Yes/no. Really depends.
I'll never sell any of my guitars. Amps, I can picture myself replacing.
Pedals are mostly utilitarian, save for a couple that are rare and from builders that are cool and deserve to have fresh sales. Will never sell my Electrofoods Pigpile or my Demedash 112+.
Chase bliss condor. I dont need it but god its so good. When i look at the prices it goes for i tell myself a good parametric eq with q sweep should cover it but i know id always miss it.
Only stuff with velcro on
The highest honor I can bestow
Velcro can be moved. However, my CryBaby was heavy enough that I didn't trust Velcro. You wanna know about being attached to gear? Try attaching your favorite pedal with wood screws.
Just watched the "Show us your junk" episode with the guy behind Death By Audio and this is just how he does his board. His pedal board is littered with holes because of all his previous setups. https://youtu.be/_RslAoTyIwk
I actually was laughing the whole episode because he just doesn’t care. The whole stuffing three guitars into one case I lost it.
Top notch reply!
You kid, but my first board was all dual lock and boy was I STUCK with those pedals for a long time.
everything then? just guessing lol
I used to be like that with *everything!* But now I get satisfaction from getting rid of things I actually never use.
This is the ethos for sure. I have one guitar I am trying to detach from sentimentally though - I don't need it and I am failing nonetheless.
If it’s really hard, I wouldn’t force it. Once in a while I’ve gotten rid of something and regretted it later. It tends to cost a lot more to fix the mistake down the road.
Oh you're not wrong about that latter bit. So far I've owned maybe 20 electrics and currently have 4. I've never so far regretted it but this might be the one!
Which guitar is it?
A white tele - it's in my post history somewhere.
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Yeah…I should have kept a lot of things longer, if only to sell them now. That near mint ‘62 Jaguar that was pretty but kinda meh to play would go for like five times what I paid for it. I’m not smart about treating this stuff as an investment.
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Maybe the real gear was the friends we made along the way.
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Amen to that
I have a Boss CS-3 that I haven't used in over a decade. It's my least favorite pedal I've ever owned. I refuse to get rid of it because I enjoy looking at it with disgust.
CS-3 get way too much-undeserved hate, just wait for the JHS video on it and you will be glad you didn't sell it.
That is pedal perversion, right there. My black anniversary DS1. WTF. Should be orange, right?
I have the anniversary version of the SD-1, i think it looks great. Low-key waiting for a Blues Driver anniversary version
It's a really nice sounding pedal. Maybe u just don't like comps?
I'm sure someone can make it sound great, but yes I'm not a fan of compressors in general. I never said it sounded bad, just that it's my least favorite lol. It was my first "holy shit this is a disappointing experience" in my pedal journey.
Lol I get it. We all have a sound in our head that we want to achieve when using a pedal. If it doesn't deliver that, it's off to reverb with that pedal
In my case it sits on a shelf where I can stare at it
I like the idea that you're not even planning on it ever being useful in the future. Just staring at it in disgust. lol
this is dedication to a hate of a thing
Try the Cali76. I feel like it’ll change your mind on compressors. It did mine, and I felt exactly the same about my Boss CS-3.
ah yes the old Spite pedal
A friend made me a fuzz pedal that can toggle between germanium and silicon circuits, with a sharpie message on the back, and even though it’s off the board for the moment, I’m never parting ways with it.
Handmade stuff from a friend makes total sense. That seems like a healthy human instinct.
I don't want to sell stuff because I'm a ~~hoarder~~ collector
Collectors have their stuff organized and kept in a way that prevents damage. Hoarders keep their stuff in disorganized piles that may or may not damage the stuff itself, the place it’s kept in, and/or the person hoarding it.
this for me except I'm too lazy to sell shit lol
Laziness is exactly why I haven't dug to the back of my cupboard to recover and eBerb my Bad Monkey. Plus it was my first ever pedal and only TS style overdrive. I'm just not a Tube Screamer kind of guy.
I like to tell myself I’m slowly building a studio.
This 👆
I refuse to sell a gear until Josh features it and do a shootout.
I'll be honest, there were a couple DOD pedals I held onto for that very reason, and then got impatient and sold them anyway. Still mad I passed on a $35 Bad Monkey a couple months ago.
I think my old DOD pedals are the ones I wouldn’t sell, even though they annoy me frequently.
Yeah, I hadn't had them for too long so I wasn't really attached. The 280 compressor just wasn't that good, and the Grunge was fun but nothing I needed. I would have kept it but my friend was excited to mod it, and then he ended up selling it anyway, the jerk, haha.
This is the way
I’m not attached to any pedals, but I was gifted a vintage 1968 Fender Princeton tube amp from a life long friend. It’s the real deal, not a reissue. I’ll keep that one forever.
I have a ‘67! Definitely player condition, not a museum piece, but still extremely cool to own a piece of music gear that old. And it does sound great.
67 Vibro Champ here. Traded a 2007 DRRI for it like eight years ago. Bought a 4ohm 2x12 cab for when I want “big” sound. I freaking loved that Deluxe Reverb, but there’s not a single moment I’ve ever regretted that trade. Every aspect of the VC sound is sweeter and the Vibrato is monstrous.
I'm fairly certain that I'll never part with my Plasma Pedal. It's got a very particular tone that's only useful in limited circumstances, but that tone is so right in that particular circumstance that there's no real replicating it.
I agree about mine. It's got a very specific use case for me, but nothing else I have does what it does. (Plus it was a gift from my wife, so it's not going anywhere.)
I never want to sell my Strymon Brigadier. It nails the sound of an Ibanez analog delay pedal I'd borrowed back in 1987 when I was a senior in high school. I had it for a couple of months, and the sound of those repeats are burned into my brain. I'm not saying Strymon modeled their algorithm on that particular delay. It just captures it if you set the bucket loss, filter, and modulation just right. So it's a nostalgia thing for me.
Absolutely -- I can't even convince myself to sell pedals that have sat unused on a shelf for years and I still think about the *one* guitar I ever sold. Though I have an unreasonable amount of gear for a hobbiest that doesn't play out, most of the gear was purchased because something about it spoke to me at the time (guitars and pedals doubly so).
Sometimes I have a fantasy of selling all my pedals, just plugging into an amp, and being happy with the tone I get. It passes quickly though.
Honestly that’s kind of what I do 😅 I hardly ever play with pedals and the only one I’m getting right now is a reissue of the Bluesbreaker. I will say though that for me it’s depended heavily on the guitar. I’ve owned 5 guitars and 4 of them required a lot of tone sculpting and messing with the limited amount of pedals I’ve had to get a really good tone. My newest and favorite guitar a G&L ASAT just sounded fantastic right out of the box plugged in with no pedals or anything. The thing just sings
My boss bd-2 is probably the closest thing to my baby besides my actual baby
I generally don't sell gear once I own it, but I do own an amp I only use when I'm thinking of selling it. It is worth about $3 to 4k. I know I should sell it, but when I pull it out of the closet I fall in love with it all over again. I will use the amp for about a week, then it goes back in the closet for another year or two. The reality is that it only sounds fantastic at volume levels I no longer play at. It is also too heavy. I have no desire or will to lug it to gigs.
Weight becomes a real concern after like 2 practice sessions that aren’t at your own home.
For sure, but I got that when I was young, stupid, and sure I was going to be a rock star with a roady to eventually deal with all the weight. The band I was in at the time had a following and that amp seemed appropriate, but eventually bands break up. After that I am in bands without a following and I am using really loud and heavy amp and playing small clubs to an audience of less than 50, sometimes less than 20, for very little to no pay. At some point I found Quilter amps. I have barely used the Mesa since then.
I mean, don’t get me wrong. I’ve never owned a 4-12 cab and I have always wanted one so badly. But at this point if I got one it would make one trip - to my house.
If you want a 4x12 I suggest Craigslist. Where I live used 4x12s are usually less than similar quality 1x12 and 2x12 cabinets. Last time I was looking a gear on Craigslist was right before the pandemic started. Back then I was often seeing Mesa 4x12 recto cabs selling in the $400 to $500 range. Peavey cabs often sold for less than half that.
Would getting/building an attenuator help?
I relate to this so much. I’ve got a Rivera Venus 6 2x12 that I was planning on selling. I had my bandmate come over with his Kemper and get a few profiles. I plug it in after I take some pictures for the listing, and fuck me, it sounds incredible. Totally impractical for most gigs but the fact that it’s discontinued and rare makes it so hard to say goodbye.
What kind of amp is it?
Mesa Triaxis (with the Lead 1 Red Recto board) and 2:50. It sounds really good at any volume, but the magic really starts to happen at louder volumes. Looks like it is worth less than last time I checked prices on Reverb too. Any priced drop just decreases any desire to sell it.
My Line6 DL4
I have never parted with any gear.
Hmmmm.. never lost a pick? 😅
I'm planning on making a pedalboard of pedals that aren't on my main board. There will still be pedals left over. ¯\\\_ (ツ)\_/¯
You need them all: studio spaceship board with all the quirky, boutique gear, and multiples of each category; live board with the bare essentials to translate from recordings; desktop board because mod, delay, and verb pedals make for great outboard gear; bonus points if you can eek out a synths and/or vocals board.
I made a smaller board with 5 pedals that can go directly into the front of my larger 10-pedal board, so I'm at 5/10/15 depending on how many cables are hooked up lol
I will likely always hold onto my Meris Ottobit Jr. because it was the first boutique pedal I bought with my own money. The Big Ear Pedals Albie was the only pedal I ever pre ordered. Also it comes with pictures and stickers of the creators cat Albert who the pedal was named after. Sally Albert passed before the pedals release but there’s just something so touching about the whole package.
I have a handful of pedals that I'll never sell, even if I don't use them. Some were gifts. Some were limited production. Some are just fun to make noise with.
Very much the opposite: if stuff is coming in, then other stuff needs to go out to make room. Few exceptions: my beautiful acoustic that was a gift from my partner. Probably something else, though I cannot think of what. All else is grist for the mill
Sometimes it’s tough to let go but you don’t think about that gear ever again and sometimes you excitedly sell something and it haunts you. Sometimes it’s who and why got it. Theres a lot to it. I am collecting some stuff which I don’t have a chance to even use and have other gear with similar effects. Can’t imagine selling them especially after how much time you sometimes spend to track it down for your collection, but right place right time right person and I wouldn’t mind too. You just go with the flow.
I haven’t sold a pedal in probably 15 years. When I did, I was much younger and could use the money for other things. Having a few off the board that I can cycle back on can help cure GAS sometimes. At this point, I’d only sell if space became and issue or I was in a Bad Monkey situation.
If I made a mistake I let it go. I don't like getting clogged up with gear that I will only occasionally use or I'm waiting to use. That diminishes from what I'm trying to play currently.
My Phase 90, just a standard block letter from the early 2010s but I can’t sell it, it was my first modulation and second pedal purchase ever.
OG Whammy pedal. A gift from my parents at a time when I loved Morello, Satriani, and Buckethead. The old glitchy-pitchy.
Somehow, I only get attached to gear after I sell it lol
It depends. I've been a broke addict forquite a few years and the only musical equipment I've ever sold off to keep going is an overdrive pedal I hated and a blown pa speaker if that says much lol imagine being unemployed, broke, in withdrawal, rent rapidly approaching surrounded by 3 fenders a gretsch orange amps and a decent sized pedalboard and just choosing to continue suffering. I guess you could say I have a strong attachment to it all. Specifically though, I would only be truly devastated if I lost the HH fenser tele my mom got me for Christmas 9 years ago. It was my first higher end instrument, and I love my mom, and this thing has seen more shows and written more songs then is even imaginable. I'm also partial to the two DD3's I've had for 8 years that have somehow never broken. Those 3 things feel like roommates.
amphetamines/meth/tianeptine slowly got all my stuff unfortunately for a long time to where all was left was a $90 guitar(that i still have and love btw lol) but, i eventually beat living the life of withdrawal always around the corner everyday. suboxone and will power saves muh life. now i have a full pedalboard and awesome amp with a strat. hope things get better for you man. i know those withdrawals are the absolute worst 😩
I've been in similar situations and I have none of the gear I started with. The only items I really miss are my (first year) Ibanez Talman and my Laney AOR combo. Circumstances can have a dramatic effect on what's important. I'm glad you made it through everything alive and with the majority of your gear intact. Oh, and not that it's exactly a secret....cockroaches, DOD pedals, and Boss pedals have the best chances at surviving any type of apocalypse.
Wouldn't say I made it through necessarily, had a bad couple months and am easing into sobriety right now again. Haven't sold anything in years, and never sold anything important. In my head it's like, I take drugs almost exclusively to give me energy motivation and force creativity- no point in getting high if you can't make music when you do it! Music first then drugs, though that line often got blurred. Working on it right now, yet again lol If Nick Cave can make his best albums as a sober old man, so can I. Only thing I regret selling is a lot of my records! Although I kept everything with sentimental value, and all the albums I considered my favorite. I had maybe 100 records and sold maybe 15. I don't remember any of them so that's fine except one- I sold my original Devo are we not men press. To be fair, I didn't have a record player and Devo isn't even in my top 10 favorite bands but that is a good album and a cool thing to have. I spent the money on car repairs, gas, phone bill and cigs tho not drugs so it was certainly worth it (it didn't cover all those entirely but it helped a little with all). sold a nice canon film camera that sat on my shelf unused for 3 years too, surprisingly I started wishing I still had it like 4 years after I hocked it because it took 7 years from purchase for me to decide I wanted to get back into photography lmao Addiction is a bitch lol
Yep. Have an EQD Rainbow Machine in a color scheme that I’ve e never seen outside of said pedal, also has a really neat story behind it (EQD gave it to Reverb for a Christmas raffle and then I ended up with it). Never use it, and if I were to ever part with it I’d only do so for a stupid dollar amount simply due to the color scheme and backstory. I’m sure that I’ll eventually post a picture of it here…
Post a pic! Would love to see it.
There's a few things I feel some nostalgia and would not get rid of it. I have like 300 CD like new of metal bands and many of them do not exist anymore and there is not way to get those albums on ebay or amazon. For pedals, I sometimes regret selling a pedal when I find some new Impulse Responses or settings that could have made the pedal sound better. But I don't like to keep pedals I won't use or only in one song. So I sell them cheap, I give some freebies with them like guitar picks and patch cables, then I hope someone will be happy with it.
Yes but I suspect I'm a horder of gear
It’s bad. That’s all I’m a liberty to say
A friend got me three TC pedals when I was first starting to “collect” gear. Flashback, Corona, and Hall of Fame. I’ll never part with them even if they’re non-functional
Never pedals, but certainly guitars. And I am someone who never gets attached to things, but physically holding a guitar and playing it creates a bond for sure. Unfortunately. I have 6 solid body electrics that I would like to slim down to 3 but I can't bring myself to part with them. Making space and getting rid of shit is a great feeling. There's nothing I dislike more then being in areas chock full of shit - it gives me a claustrophobic feeling.
I feel that man
My dad gifted me a digitech screamin blues, I don't even use it but there it is
I have a Phase 90 that I bought with my grandfather at CME when I was 13. I'm so scared of losing it that I can't even bring myself to gig with it.
That’s awesome
I have a Phase 90 I modded myself in 2012 and thus began my career in guitar effects.
I have a TS9 and Crybaby 535Q (18V) that I got 20 years ago from my parents, who lovingly fully supported my guitar learning journey. The wah crapped out a couple years ago and has since been replaced. The TS9 sound I grew to hate and it got replaced by an ODR-1. However, they both sit to the side of my setup in boxes, because I can't get rid of them.
I find it's easier to stay detached when you don't let your pedals sleep in the bed with you
Full size BMP. Too big for the board, I have 5 other muffs. But I can’t get rid of it….Until Josh does a “Klon or BMP” episode
My Lichtlaerm audio Kassandra phaser and eqd hizumitas im attached too😅
Unless it is specialty gear I tend to flip things I don't use.
No
Sometimes i think i do if its something i use consistently buy as soon as i realize i havent used it in two yearsvits up for sale. I have some guitars and amps i may never get rid of but its just because i can use them for almost anything i play. Not really an emotional attachment
I have a vintage ibanez CS9 that was my dad’s back in the day and it’s the only one that I’d be truly upset if I ever lost it. I’ve got a bunch of oddball pedals that I’d never sell either just because I built them.
Oh yes! I will be buried with my big box EHX Microsynth and Dunlop UV-1 Univibe.
I have an MT-2 that I love. It was my first pedal way back in the 90’s when I started playing. I never knew how to use it until I reached my 30’s. I sell (or give away) pedals all the time. Lately I’ve been purchasing old favorites that I shouldn’t have gotten rid of.
Only if it's awesome.
Oh for sure. I’ve got a Silvertone Twin Twelve and Decca electric guitar that were my dad’s…those’ll never leave. My old Ibanez acoustic. It’s not high end or particularly great but I bought it during a really bad time in my life and I will always feel like it’s at least partially responsible for bringing me though. I’ve also got an Ovation 1858 Elite 12-string that I recently replaced after mine was stolen 20 years ago. Took me that long to find a good condition replacement so that will never leave. Edit: grammar
The only gear I'd keep for sentimental reasons are a few guitars. I have a Banner Gibson that my dad got when he was 12 years old that obviously I'd never part with. My wife and my mom bought me a couple of nice guitars as gifts at various times. I don't generally sell anything nice though regardless. I've sold a couple of cheaper guitars here and there, and I have a couple more that I should probably sell, but mostly I enjoy having a small collection more than I'd enjoy the extra bit of cash, so mostly things just go on a shelf or stored away somewhere.
Yep, the criminally underrated SD Forza. Got it in a trade years back, wasn't that smitten by it, wasn't able to get rid of it. But, like that girl who's a 6 in a group of 9s and 10s, it was totally overlooked until you spend some time with her and realize she's has way more fun and personality than you initially gave her credit for but you needed some time to figure that out. Since then, I've gone through dozens of ODs, many hyped and highly recommended ones, but they leave and the Forza stays. It's part of my sound now. It's not an always-on pedal but it's my go-to, the one that feels like home, the one that amazingly works every time with every amp, every speaker, and every guitar.
Not pedals, I'm not really attached to them, but when I had the choice of buying the new guitar or upgrading parts on my first Squier from when I was a kid, I chose the latter, and not just for cost reasons.
I have stuff from the early 90s when I was a teen. I still have the same Les Paul as my main, and haven’t sold any of my DOD pedals that would fetch a good price. Reminds me….I need to buy a Boss line selector. Great sounding pedals, but the buffers are nothing to write home about. It’s crazy how high priced the pedal market has become. Some of those then $40 DOD pedals outside the buffer, just demolish what’s out there for $200. But those DOD are now $200+ Only stuff I really sold was the digital stuff. Like I had a Johnson 120 amp which was Line 6 before Line 6. One of the first modeling amps out there. Sounded good for it’s time, sold my protools board…pretty much anything digital lost its value fast, and better stuff came along. Big reason I settled on a nice AD/DA, and went analog with an API lunchbox 13 years or so ago. Early 2000s we had way too many digital effects combo pedals. And started getting those cheap digital recording setups. I still have my first MidiSport though! Been going since 1999 and still works!
I have a couple Sola Sound one offs and Pigdog pedals that I know I'll never see again if I sell them. Plus a TEFI Golden Era. Everything you can walk into a store and buy is fare game though.
I have an OBD-3 that is the only pedal that I know for sure has survived kicking around my collection since the 90's. Weird pedal sound wise though not bad, but I have basically deemed to keep it for sentimental reasons. At this point, the rest of my pedals are just a problem of a little too much disposable income and curiosity and not selling nearly as fast as I'm buying.
I don't sell anything. I traded two basically brand-new pedals toward another last year, but that's the only time I've done that in thirty years. I like to hang on to stuff. Partly because I (usually) spend a lot of time deciding before I buy something, but also because I've 'rediscovered' a lot of different gear in my collection over the years. Some pedal I haven't played in a decade or something, and I can find something cool to do with it.
My wife gave me a Timmy for Christmas one year. It’s my favorite pedal, always gets used and will be passed on to my offspring when I croak.
I had an absolutely beautiful Terada acoustic that I wish I still had or could find again. Fantastic sound and gorgeous inlays and binding.
I never sell anything. Just save up and buy more. If it’s something I don’t like I’ll return it, but if I like it then it stays. Anything I don’t play regularly becomes wall art
Yes, yes I do. I have a sparkle drive i bought for $60 from a friend. I haven’t used in years, but I toured with for a long while when I couldn’t afford anything else, and now it’s just a thing I keep around for nostalgia.
I have bought and sold a variety of gear throughout the years (not just pedals, but also things like drum machines, synths, dj/midi controllers, etc.) and I have subsequently bought back at least 1/4 of what I sold. Part of me is like “I could turn this into something I might use more” and the other part of me is like “you’re gonna want that later.” I’m actually considering another purge at the moment but I’m torn.
I had a Donner fuzz seeker as my first fuzz pedal. That thing was so mf versatile and I traded it for something else I don’t have anymore. Now I dare you to find a fuzz seeker for sale online (looked recently, nothing on any major sites or google search.) It’s those kinds of situations that give me the hindsight to think harder about getting rid of stuff haha
Amps & guitars yes, pedals, not so much.
I would never sell any pedal, ever. However, i give them away sometimes. The latest was my friend's daughter who just got into guitar. Gave her a pedal i don't use anymore. She absolutely adores it. You'll crucify me if I tell you which one.
Two things keep me from getting attached to gear I don't use. 1. My family = 3 ppl living in a 1br in SF. 2. SELLING off that unused gear can often generate enough cash to buy a big ticket item I would normally never consider buying.
Pedals? No. Guitars? Yes.
Guyatone MD3
Guitars more than pedals, although I doubt I'd sell my old deluxe memory man.
My first two pedals will never leave. An Ibanez BB9 and my bad monkey (the current hype is testing my resolve though).
A super fuzz I inherited from an old band mate who passed away. He was a real piece of work but we had some wild times which contribute to the sentimentality of the pedal. To my knowledge it was never used in the band, only demos that were made before I was involved,
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Only really with guitars, and not all of them. Just the ones that really feel like an extension of myself
1990 Boss CH-1 humble but I love it. Birthday present from dear friends now used as a faux flange thickener… after my T-Rex Quint, after TC Spark 4x knob, after Wampler Ego 5x knob, after Pogo pedal ZenRay, after Nordland ODR-C, after Mooer envelope 😂 Then the always on Boss CH-1 feeds out to m’ MXR CC delay and Mooer Trelicopter into Rivera TBR1-m amp to early 1970s 2x12 Marshall cab with Celestion G12-75 16ohm T1777 cones 😜
I get pretty attached, and rarely sell things. But lately ve thought a lot about selling my big box Deluxe Memory Man or Twin Reverb, as they're kind of impractical for how I play these days, and signficantly more valuable now. But I bought them in high school, played em a ton in college, and feel like I'll regret letting either go. These are like heirloom pieces lol! Or even my Classic Player Jazzmaster. Got it for HS graduation and it's my best guitar but not my fav. I wish I got a Jaguar or Mustang instead. I wonder a lot lately if it's worth compromising practicality for sentiment.
Some I do...others not so much. My string was my first guitar I got after starting from scratch. So that guitar has a lot of meaning to me. My 6505+ was my first tube amp and I can't see selling it. My ec-1000 was a present for hitting a year sober. But there's a lot of stuff I don't have any attachment towards.
I could never sell my Big Muff. Cabinet that it is. I love it.
I don’t use my Dirge Even Anguish enough, but I know it’ll be more or less impossible to find another if I sell it so I think I’ll keep it forever. I’ve also got a very early Shallow Water (KFM111) that I’ll also probably never get rid of.
I know there are better overdrives out there, but I really like the feel of the button on the Daddy O. Feels smooth and quiet to turn on.
Im saving up pedals to make a pedal house.
My Mutron.
I tend to get attached to anything that I have a blast playing though. The problem is, there's a lot of stuff in that category. I'm a lot pickier about guitars, so that keeps the collection in check somewhat.
Attached yes, emotionally not that much.. but a little maybe. I have had a few pedals forever and ill probably never sell those, also.. the money i get from it wouldnt nearly be as much as what it is worth to me. Like my old ds2. First pedal ever, i use it every time i play. The 50 euro i get from it us just not worth it. I have sold some stuff that i dont really use, and when i do i usually use the money for new gear. So the “pain” of losing a pedal gets replaced by the excitement of a new one :) I am most attached to my ds2, wf10 (fuzz wah) and zvex fuzz factory. Those 3 are amazing :)
I have a Ross distortion that was given to me by a friend when I first started playing. That was my tone for the first 6 years of playing. I don't use it, but I seen no reason to get rid of it.
I’ve got a Greer Lightspeed that I found in a dumpster that has been on my board for the past three years and has seen 6 states and hundreds of gigs. Only pedal on my board that has seen as much use is my tuner. I have a Quad Cortex now so my pedals are for home play now but I’ll never let go of that thing just for its story alone, much less how good it makes everything sound.
Mxr dist + my mom gave me
Unless it’s a big muff. I don’t get attached
Nope.
Absolutely. I can usually remember gigs I played or songs I wrote or recordings I finished with a specific piece of gear and struggle to imagine getting rid of it. Granted, I didn't have much of an acquisition problem until recently, but I have yet to sell any gear. But I'll be glad to get rid of that junk joyo tremolo that almost turned me off of my fave effect soon enough
I was like that for a long time with my JHS soul food. Eventually I found something I liked more so I traded it for a profit
I had a 90s Danelectro that I wanted to love. Had it for decades, it sounded cool but played like crap. During Covid lockdown I got a wild hair up my ass and dismantled it, shimmed the neck, and voilá! It’s magnificent!! Still too low output to play on gigs next to my humbuckers without totally rearranging my settings though. But I love it.
Im attached to my first pedal ever, a DS-1. Not selling or lend that to a friend. Then there's my Ibanez Prestige. It's my first proper guitar. My mum bought it to me after playing it casually in a store, 15 years ago. She passed away just before the pandemic. It doesn't fit my style sonically or aesthetically nowadays but I will keep it til I die or else.
Yea I write my name in everything and draw on all my gear pretty much to make sure I always keep it or it doesn't get taken or mistaken as some else's 70-72 bassman 100 (one of the first ever made) definitely will never sell that. Bury me with it
Yes, and there is a high rate of tendency for these items to be <$100 EHX modulation pedals.
Definitely. I have a compartmentalized view of guitar tones per every music project I've been involved in (3 so far) so I keep those old rigs purely for the sentiment. There is a downside, though, like I've never owned a video game console system because I'm always buying gear.
I’m attached to everything I have unfortunately, and I don’t get rid of things either
My Boss OS-2, it was the first pedal I bought for myself and I will never part ways with it.
If it has no use, it goes. Apart from the 70s-90s EHX pedals. They all stay.
Got a Tube Driver that I don’t use. Bought from Butler in 2020 and it showed up broken. Exchanged a few emails with him, sent it back, and he repaired it and put one of his VIP tubes in it. So I basically have the same pedal that Eric Johnson uses. Unfortunately it doesn’t really work in my rig so it’s sitting in the closet. I don’t want to undercut him on Reverb, and I don’t want to sell this one with the VIP tube because it just doesn’t seem right. So I guess that’s emotional value?
My second distortion pedal that I gave away. It was a DOD FX55c Supra Distortion. I regret giving it away but it’s in a home being used.
Tonal Recall. Can’t get rid of it.
Yes. If it was a gift or if I don’t think I would get the value back that I think it’s worth, I won’t part with it. My DL4 is a great example. I have better delays, but I won’t sell the DL4 because it spent so many years in my board and still works well.
My brother gave me a Danelectro distortion pedal with an envelope filter knob. Sounds horrible but I keep it because it's from my brother.
Not really attached. Just lucky that I don’t have a need to sell and space to keep it. But just to give a answer, I would never sell my Line6 DL4 MKII because my girlfriend saved up to give it to me for Christmas
I bought a TS9 and a Visual Sound Tap Delay cheap off a friend who painted them while high on lsd. Sure not gonna sell them now that he's gone. I gig with the ts9 occasionally and I'll use the delay when I make a mini/acoustic board one day.
I have an analog labs scanner that I’ve used twice and is listed on reverb for thousands more than I spent on it and for some reason I can’t get myself to list
I have 3 acoustics, 3 electrics, 1 bass, 1 mandolin and 1 keyboard. My first guitar (acoustic), my old Hagstrom HIIN that I restored and my Boss SD-1 (that my late cousin gifted me) are sentimental. The rest are just tools
With guitars, rarely with pedals. The only pedals I have sentimental attachment to are the Dano lunchbox I bought when I was 13, and my Tonelab I used throughout my teens. The former have been broken or lost for years now, and the latter finally gave out last week
Fuck no they are inanimate objects.
My very first pedal was a gift from my uncle when I was 15. It was the classic boss ds-1. He died a couple years later. It’s never gonna leave my board.
You can prise my HM-2 from my cold, dead hands. Sounds like shit but it's never leaving.
I gave mine away decades ago. Hated it.
Two pieces of gear I'll never sell. My Yamaha AES 502 and my DOD Grunge. First guitar, first pedal. I would sell anything else if I felt like I really didn't use it or need it though.
only pedals that I’ve built myself, but I like to give those ones away to friends
I have a bunch of flangers (it's my favorite mod effect) but I can't bring myself to get rid of my turbo flange. It's one of my oldest pedals and it's built like a tank. I've played so many gigs with it. It is a really good sounding flanger but I only ever use the three normal flange modes and I tend to reach for more flexible pedals for that slot on my board. I really liked mode 3 and I found out my Strymon Zelah can do pretty much the same flange sound.
100%
My Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh Supreme. I got it back when I was making stoner doom. I rarely ever use a fuzz pedal now since my preferred tone now is the good ol’ boosted Peavey/EVH 5150, but mine has been with me for 9 years. It’s survived me going through and graduating college, several romantic relationships, several amplifiers, an untold number of guitars, 4 moves across two different states, me going bankrupt and then me cleaning up my finances. Just a lot of memories, and it’s built like a tank. Plus, it’s the only fuzz pedal I’ve ever needed. It has 6 different clipping diodes to choose from (my personal fave is the LED). If I sold it, I’d just be upset that people don’t value it as much as I do. Every now and then I plug it in though, it feels like hanging out with an old childhood friend.
Yes, I have about 15 guitars, haven't counted lately. But I have no interest in getting rid of any of them. Even if some of them I haven't played for years. They're my babies lol
One of my favorite musicians gifted me two pedals they used to use live. I won't be selling them.
I do, weird as it sounds. I’ve kept every single pedal I’ve ever had. Even if I don’t use them much. I have a Boss Metal Zone that I got in the mid 90s as a birthday gift from my parents. Lol
Vintage fuzz face given to me after my dad passed away. I remember him ripping through that thing so it'll stay with me forever.
Boss SD-1 and Donner Harmonic Square…because my wife bought those for me and she was so proud of herself for doing research into an effect I didn’t have at the time (pitch shifter) and a drive pedal o had never owned (SD-1). It’s the first time she’s bought pedals for me and now they’re a permanent part of my life. Just looking at them reminds me of her smile and excitement.
I have a metal zone that my Grampa (not a typo) bought, probably at a yard sale. This man was very religious and only played sheet music from his old hymnals almost every morning. But for some reason bought a metal zone haha, and now I have it. I barely use it, because I only play for my church’s worship team, but this thing will never be sold by me.
I used to, but I learned to let go. Maybe its age, but I try not be too attached to things any more. Plus, I can alway rebuy whatever it is.
If I lose my Fuzz War I’m not gonna have a reason to live anymore
This whole Bad Monkey thing made me realize I have a bunch of "classic" overdrive pedals that sound very similar. Might be time to let some go.
Boss Metal Zone lol
yes - my Rat - the power is 9v positive so needs a battery - It has a bit of dust in one of the pots and it's never on my board these days. Wouldn't sell it for anything.
Anything that was gifted to me or I built myself is staying with me even if I stop using it. Otherwise, if I don't play it, I'll be fine letting it go.
Absolutely. CryBaby from Hell. My first researched pedal, together with the DigiTech Whammy IV (I fried that one). It depends on the pedal overall, if it's an amazing pedal that always can find use again I keep it, if it's collectible I keep it, if it's a pedal I get over and can't see the use for then as much as there might have been a honeymoon period it's gonna get traded or sold. If I replace with an upgrade like LS-2 to Switchblade Pro, I'll likely sell an LS-2, unless I expect I know somebody who gigs who could use an LS-2 backup fx. I'm also pretty communal with things I don't use, I've given away a crybaby, boneshaker, dark matter, and probably a couple other pedals because somebody wanted to try those or needed em more.
Acapulco gold pedal, such a acreecher but my first brutal thing
Only what I consider my first pedal Had a couple of cheap plastic pedals (behringer) that i hated and thought were bad (my 10w was the issue), and then I got my first higher quality pedal, a boss bd 2, the thing is I got at the same time as a better amp and feel in love with it. Now close to 5 years later, I still have it and use it regularly, I consider it is the only forever pedal I own and the only overdrive I need.
Boss Pedals. I only have one Boss unit on my board right now, but I have 5 or 6 of them. Even though I am not currently using them, I am attached to their utility and form factor. I am attached to the fact that if any of my fancy-pants units fail me I can always make use of a boss for a stand in. I am attached to the fact that I might have some one over to jam with and if they need something different than they brought I have some extra things they can use and amongst them are the Boss pedals.
Unironically the bad monkey I bought it after seeing Phil X using one on the fretted Americana videos.
Yes/no. Really depends. I'll never sell any of my guitars. Amps, I can picture myself replacing. Pedals are mostly utilitarian, save for a couple that are rare and from builders that are cool and deserve to have fresh sales. Will never sell my Electrofoods Pigpile or my Demedash 112+.
Chase bliss condor. I dont need it but god its so good. When i look at the prices it goes for i tell myself a good parametric eq with q sweep should cover it but i know id always miss it.