Electro Harmonix Small
Sunday, June 27th, 2010Electro Harmonix Small
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What are Boutique Guitar Pedals?
All guitarists are searching for their own original sound, and using boutique guitar pedals is one popular way to insure that you stand out from the crowd. Unlike mass-produced guitar pedals, boutique pedals are usually made by small independent workshops, and most often, the pedals are hand-made and numbered.
While the large manufacturers can usually sell guitar effects pedals cheaper, small boutique pedal companies specialize in individuality and attention to detail in their effects. Companies such as Carl Martin, Divided by 13, Fulltone, Keeley and Red Witch are all smaller boutique manufacturers, dedicated exclusively to producing outstanding guitar tone.
As you might expect, small companies that hand build guitar pedals usually charge more for their products, but many pro guitarists insist that the higher price of boutique pedals is justified because of their quality and originality of tone.
As well as the small guitar workshops, boutique pedals are also produced by a few larger companies such as Electro Harmonix and Huges & Kettner. These medium-size manufacturers manage to avoid being labeled as mass producers of guitar effects because of their stellar reputations, and their attention to detail in producing quirky, non-traditional guitar effects.
Boutique guitar pedals come in many different flavors, from swirling chorus effects, to vintage, hand-built overdrive units. Primarily, most of these high-end effects are influenced by the vintage guitar pedals of the 1960s and 70s. For example, many boutique pedal manufacturers sell replications of rare 1960s pedals.
And though the prices of these units tend to be much higher than standard mass-produced guitar effects, when you consider the rarity of these 60s era pedals, and the fact that many of them will be in poor condition after all these years, it can actually make much more sense to buy a replication of a classic pedal than the original.
In a way, the trend toward using boutique guitar pedals is a reaction to the overly commercial music of the past few decades. Guitarists use these unusual and unique sounding "stomp boxes" to create an entirely different palette of sounds.
By using exotic guitar pedals, artists are able to shape the sound of a music to a far greater degree, and avoid the bland same-ness of much commercial music these days.
But as well is sounding unique, boutique guitar pedals are also small, functional works of art. Many boutique pedals are actually hand-painted and hand-labeled, ensuring that no two will look like. Boutique pedal producers such as Zvex are a good example of this. All of their pedals feature vintage analog knobs and foot switches, and are decorated with hand-painted symbols and icons.
So when a guitarist buys a boutique pedal, they are buying something very different from a mass produced multi-effects gadget; they are buying a unique piece of history that has been handcrafted and tested in a small workshop to perform to the highest standards, and create a totally unique sound.
There's no doubt about it: these pedals cost more than mass-produced units from the big names, but you can also find them on auction for about the same price as a bland, mass-produced effects pedal. And when you consider the originality and inspiration you will gain by using boutique guitar pedals, it's easy to see why they are becoming more and more popular everyday.
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which of these distortion pedal is the best?
Ok so I just started to play the electric guitar. I have a small amp that was 50 dollar its a peavey blazer 158 transtube. its discontinued. I want to play songs like from the band Bless the fall, black veil brides, bringmethehorizon, bullet for my valentine, so basically modern deathcore metalcore deathmetal.
I chose these pedals.
Boss mt2 metal zone
Boss ml2 metalcore
Line 6 ToneCore Uber Metal Distortion Pedal
Electro-Harmonix XO Metal Muff with Top Boost Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal
MXR M116 Fullbore Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal
So tell me which is better and why
tHANK YOU
Better is a subjective term. It is only an opinion. So to be sure, you will have to play them all and decide for yourself.
The two Boss pedals are virtually the same.
The line 6 is unique in that it has a built in noise gate.
The EH metal muff is like two pedals in one, with a separate switch for the top boost function.
All of these pedals are in the same price range, and all have very similar circuitry and features. The sounds that they produce are also very similar.
Unfortunately, that means that you will need to try them yourself to determine which is the best for your playing.
(actually, that sounds like fun! Enjoy the search!)
Electro Harmonix Small Clone Chorus Pedal