treat YOURself

[el duderino]

ok so im looking to get a new pedal and i know that this whole place is all about building your own  :wink:  but i think its good to treat yourself to a shiny brand new pedal once in a while,,,

im looking for that old built in tremolo sound or some thing of the sort and i came across the electro harmonix pulsar, its 90 euro here in ireland
which is pretty good considering i have payed over double that for a crybaby.... but that a different story  :lol:  

if you guys have any suggestions twould be appreciated!!

P.S. i was also thinking about a mxr phase 90..........
Advice or some first hand experiences??

cheers..

[MartyB]

el Duderino,

  I've built two of the Pulsars using homemade pcbs.  The layouts/info are at Tonepad :

 http://tonepad.com/project.asp?id=14

Easy builds - I did with all scrounged parts.  One I used with RG Keen's LERA.  The other still needs a box, but they both sound great.  Alot of people like the EA Tremolo better.  Never heard that one but the EH is cool.

MartyB

[dosmun]

I think it is very cool to buy others builders stuff.  I personally have quite a few Boutique and vintage pedals.  It is very cool in my book to try other peopls stuff.  I am fairly new at bulding my own pedals and right now am loving having stuff on my board that I can say "I built that".  But other builders stuff is VERY cool as well whether it be boutique or Mass produced stuff.  As a side not dave Barber makes fome very cool stuff at Very reasonable prices.

[Samuel]

Note that the Pulsar on Tonepad has little if anything to do design-wise with the current production model Pulsar from E-H. To throw in my .02, I built the tp pulsar and didn't really care for it. Kinda mechanical sounding and it ticks!

Everything I've heard about the new Pulsar has been real positive...

[Alex C]

If you're going to treat yourself and get a nice new pedal, why not try to support the guys on this forum and try one of theirs?  I know of several guys here who make their own pedals (their own designs) on a regular basis.  I would think you'd get a great product, a good price, and probably some of the best customer service possible.  Let's help out our fellow forumites and show our gratitude for their contributions here.


Alex

[puretube]

right: the only common thing is the name, and the fact that both have a trem/chop switch.
Just checked out the new E-H Pulsar I bought: no clicking...
can (willingly) sound mechanical though, in square-wave mode at full depth (helicopter).

[dosmun]

I would love to try out and suport some of the guys here.  We need  a list of these builders that sell stuff and what they sell.

[el duderino]

guys i  agree with dosmun so i put up another post (N E ONE SELLING EFFECTS) please reply there if you have something to offer........................... :wink: