Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: BloodMountain on November 19, 2006, 04:42:34 PM
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Its time for me to get an EQ pedal. i sit in front of my amp and am not satisfied with the frequencies. Im not looking for anything with a rock star price. here are three i had in mind:
-Boss GE-7
-Danelectro DJ-14 fish & chips EQ
-Behringer EQ700
has anyone had any experience with any of these? or have you just got some EQ advice? I like 7, 9 or 10 band eq's with +/- 15db.
Thanks for all help given.
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I got an EQ700 the other day for putting in the fx loop of my Laney to smooth it out a bit, it works great and a bargain for £15. I was gonna save up for a KFK but it just seems like a rip off now to be honest.
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I've got the Dano Fish N Chips - it's excellent at what it does. It can get a bit noisy when you boost a lot of signal, but i think all EQs will do that.
I'd like a 10 band MXR at some point but the cost is WAAAAY to high for me to justify at the moment.
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cool... info on both of the ones i was most interested in (the boss is too expensive, and the behringer is based on the boss anyway). Thanks! which one would you suggest me getting though?
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Im not looking for anything with a rock star price.
Well, there goes my Pultec EQ suggestion! PDT_008
I think the GE-7 will definitely meet your needs. Run it through the FX loop of your amp, and it will also be very quiet.
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cool... info on both of the ones i was most interested in (the boss is too expensive, and the behringer is based on the boss anyway). Thanks! which one would you suggest me getting though?
From reviews I've read on HC, the Fish N Chips is probably the way to go, everyone seems to say its actually quieter than the boss.
I havent ever used one but its maybe a bit more "solid" to use than the behringer (or at least I'd hope, the behringer is hard to do small tweaks on if you have fat fingers like me :lol: ), although it is twice the price and imho the behringer is great for an EQ that you want to have on all the time.
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my behringer sucks. the other day it sounded pretty much dead, so i kicked it and it worked again. It's also REALLY noisy in front of the amp. pisses me off to no end. However, it doesnt sound that bad wen it's working other than the hiss.
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ah... thats the behringer down the drain :) so... the boss is a lot more expensive but seems to go for nothing on ebay... :D if i cant get a cheap boss, then ill get the fish and chips. good plan?
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I got my Fish N Chips on Ebay and I don't think it costed more that £25. Do a search and there should be a "Buy It Now" brand new one for a decent price. I think mine came from Canada...
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I have a Fish and Chips. It's a great pedal. Really works well, and it's doesn't add any noise :).
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yeeaaahh... ill go for it! my distortion is really random in it's frequency response... needs sorting! thanks for the help... if i cant get a dano, ill just get a boss. there sre about 10 secondhand on Ebay every day, so its all good.
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For me, the best EQ I've seen is the MXR 6-Band, it's brilliant and is so simple to sculpt your sound.
I also owned the 10-band version but didn't really need it but, especially for metal, that's a helluva pedal.
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i agree actually - MXR 6band is what i brought after trying a few out. its a very musical EQ pedal.
the boss one is good too, technically excellent, but it doesn't have the mojo.
depends what you want i guess, but behringer one is very noisy.
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I tried a couple of Boss GE-7's and they were good but very noisy also. It's possible to mod them but, for the same money, you can get the MXR which is much better and built better too.
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I tried a couple of Boss GE-7's and they were good but very noisy also. It's possible to mod them but, for the same money, you can get the MXR which is much better and built better too.
i can only say my experience was slightly different. i thought the boss pedal was the most noise-free of any of the EQ pedals I tried (and it was alot). it was very sterile sounding though, which might be an advantage.
i do agree though when you say the mxr is better built, and much nicer generally.
dont know about that danelectro pedal.
but MXR 6EQ - thumbs up for sure ;)
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my behringer is really noisy in front of my amp, and the same goes for _tom_, but he has an effects loop, and when his behringer is in that it is dead quiet apparently. how did yu test out these pedals? in front of or in the loop of?
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I tried these pedals direct in front of various Orange heads in the shops i went into.
Now I'm using the MXR 6EQ in front of my Marshall JMP50 Master Volume.
G
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A few pointers that might help you out. If you want good pedals they cost a lot of money! but it's well worth saving it up, cos they last forever. I used to own the GE7, and I found that it sounded very tinny and thin. I recommend going for something like the MXR 10 band, or an electro Harmonix pedal as they are very musical and warm sounding. The GE7 was very very noisy, from my experience. Do your homework before you buy any pedals.
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my behringer is really noisy in front of my amp, and the same goes for _tom_, but he has an effects loop, and when his behringer is in that it is dead quiet apparently. how did yu test out these pedals? in front of or in the loop of?
Same thing happened to me with the behringer eq700.
It was so noisy in front of the amp that I thought about returning it, but then played it in the fx loop and it was quiet as a mouse.
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I'm lucky enough to have an Antelope Morning Dew EQ, which is now worth about twice what I bought it for as they were discontinued after only 116 were made.
I like the look of the Barber, that might be worth checking out.
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here is the latest update on this subject.
this morning, my Behringer EQ700 appeared in the post in a small black parcel. the reason i chose the Behringer is because of the reviews and my experience with my GM108 modeling amp, which has a fairly responsive EQ itself. my confidence with Behringer again has not been let down.
I put it in between my Les Paul tuned to dropped C and my GM108 and it sounded ok, the eq change wasn't very noticeable, it was slightly noisy, and just there wasn't a big change.
BUT THEN i put it in the effects loop of my Marshall MG250DFX with my Dean Razorback, and OH MY GOD! i haven't noticed a change this big in my rig since i got the damn Marshall!!!!!! the distortion is provided by my Zoom 505II, by the way.
The EQ is REALLY responsive. if you move a slider 1mm, you can already hear a significant change in the tone. i mainly bought it to destroy the annoying top end of the marshall, and i just put the 2 highest sliders down about 2mm and it was gone!!!! i also added 1mm of mids and 1mm of bass and i created a METAL MONSTER of tone. the only downside is that you can still hear the Marshall MG sound, which is only expected, hence why i am buying a Laney.
Also, in the effects loop JUST AS _tom_ said, it is completely silent unless you put the sliders up over halfway, which would kill your tone from the responsiveness anyway.
So, im sure i will buy more Behringer products in the future, and i am VERY happy with this pedal, thanks to all who contributed to this thread!!
a very happy BM
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my behringer is really noisy in front of my amp, and the same goes for _tom_, but he has an effects loop, and when his behringer is in that it is dead quiet apparently. how did yu test out these pedals? in front of or in the loop of?
another vote on that front. put in the effects loop lowered the noise level heaps.
My EQ700 sucks big time outside the loop. Its responsive but really noisey.
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my behringer is really noisy in front of my amp, and the same goes for _tom_, but he has an effects loop, and when his behringer is in that it is dead quiet apparently. how did yu test out these pedals? in front of or in the loop of?
another vote on that front. put in the effects loops incresed lowered the noise level heaps.
My EQ700 sucks big time outside the loop. Its responsive but really noisey.
outside, mine wasn't very responsive at all and uber noisy....