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[Lucky Rathen]

If you can be tempted off Boss pedals I use Behringer pedals and I get a great sound from them. They have a brilliant feature on their website that lets you hear samples of some of their pedals. And they are miles cheaper than Boss.

BEHRINGER STOMPBOX INTERFACE

They are pretty sturdy though not as sturdy as Boss pedals, I don't know how well they'll stand up to your para boots. (Tho in saying that though I've never broken a Behringer but I've broken a couple of Bosses).

The full range of hundreds of pedals including specs:
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION

Maybe something like this would suit you:
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION - STOMP BOXES - HEAVY METAL HM300 : Heavy Metal Distortion Effects Pedal
or
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION - STOMP BOXES - ULTRA METAL UM300 : Heavy Metal Distortion Effects Pedal


I play through these two and I get an excellent sound, perfect for my needs, tho I'm more a grunge player.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION - STOMP BOXES - VINTAGE TUBE OVERDRIVE TO800 : Vintage Tube-Sound Overdrive Effects Pedal
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFICATION - STOMP BOXES - BLUES OVERDRIVE BO100 : Classic Overdrive Effects Pedal


Incidentally, I don't work for Behringer.

[emergency72]

I bought the POD XT from R&B without even trying it. I don't know what disappointed me more, it being a box of shite or the fact I paid almost £60 above the internet price!!!

NEVER IMPULSE BUY!!

[Lucky Rathen]

True, I bought a Marshall Chorus pedal for £40 out of R&B because it was on sale, it's absolute shite! Plus, I never use chorus, ever.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

And they are miles cheaper than Boss.

There's usually a very good reason for that.

Behringer have a (deserved) reputation for producing cheap knock offs of better equipment. Cheap parts, cheap build quality and a cheap sound.

[pictishpunkgirl]

Thank you. I'll check out that link. So I guess the advice is to try them out if possible (unless anyone knows of the pedal that will make us sound like Doom?)

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by Chris

There's usually a very good reason for that.

Behringer have a (deserved) reputation for producing cheap knock offs of better equipment. Cheap parts, cheap build quality and a cheap sound.

I agree but not entirely. Admittedly if I had more money to spend I probably wouldn't buy Behringer, but the gulf in sound quality isn't massive, and it certainly isn't proprtionate with the gulf in price. I'm more than happy with mine, they always sound good, but not brilliant (what do you expect for £25?) but they've never broke or let me down in any way, the build quality on them is fine.

[Huw]

you should try out the t-rex bloody mary. they have it rnb at the moment.

looks fucking rugged and i reckon it'll give you what you're looking for. is a wee bit pricey, but from the cred t rex have got it should be worth it.

T-Rex 'Bloody Mary' heavy metal distortion pedal. - Effects - Think Music

thats just google's first link.

[scottyboy]

all my behringer stuff broke; that was my problem with them rather than the sound. That said I had multi-fx rather than stompboxes. I think I whine about this rather frequently on here

[Old Gold]

Originally Posted by Huw [Fault&Fracture]

you should try out the t-rex bloody mary. they have it rnb at the moment.

looks fucking rugged and i reckon it'll give you what you're looking for. is a wee bit pricey, but from the cred t rex have got it should be worth it.

T-Rex 'Bloody Mary' heavy metal distortion pedal. - Effects - Think Music

thats just google's first link.

T-Rex's are indeed pretty 'ard.

As for Behringer... I have a great knockoff tuner pedal from them, and it does the trick. I don't think I'd trust them for noise making though.

[WoodyRATM]

I agree with the behringer comments kinda...i've owned 2 amps and their not the best performers, not very good tonally (IMO), and they both broke.

But i do agree with the sansamp thing, i can't comment on the guitar things, but i have 2 bass drivers (one programmable, the other not), and they've never let me down yet. I pretty much swear by them...

so much so i'm after another of the tech 21 pedals. Try them