Author Topic: what do people say to: artec effects pedals? (Read 3156 times)

gwEm · « **on:** January 22, 2008, 05:51:07 PM »

http://artecsound.com/effect

most of my pedals, including my nice modded Boss EQ, are packed away. craving my EQ i checked ebay, and found these guys. doing a quick search here revealed two small positive comments. any other opinions - the combined tuner/eq would appear to be incredibly useful.

Ted · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:31:06 PM »

made in korea or china.

are they really cheap?

gwEm · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:37:39 PM »

certinally rather competiviely priced, which doesn't sound too good i admit. the range is quite interesting though - groove dot matrix tuner, analogue delay and chorus for example. maybe they are naff, but does anyone know for sure?

gwEm · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:47:06 PM »

ok they're of plastic construction according to harmony central reviews... definate alarm bells then - though postive comments regarding sound quality

Hell Hound · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:49:43 PM »

They are made in korea, cheap, and very good quality. I have one of their wah, true bypass, magnetic pot (unbreakable), a pot to choose the range, very good sounding and costs 65€.
I'm going to buy one of their bass eq + tuner for my bass rig :)

edit: I forgot, those are in metal casing, that HC reviewer sure was on crack or something :)

Peter Antal · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2008, 07:29:47 PM »

I don't know their pedals but I have two of their active circuits/EQ's for guitar and they're fantastic.

Hell Hound · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2008, 08:58:05 PM »

I've just seen they do fully loaded pedal boards, I'm so GASing for the bass rig ARGGG this is killing me :( The store I buy Artec from don't have the pedal boards :(

Doctor X · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2008, 09:31:00 PM »

I own the delay pedal. I wasn't expecting much when I bought it due to the cheapness, but i've been delighted with it. It's not plastic, it's a well constructed metal casing with a plastic battery hatch so that you don't have to unscrew the bottom. If I was being picky then I'd say the footswich could feel a bit more solid but I've not had a problem with it.

The sound quality is the important factor for me though, and it's crystal clear - no problems with white noise. The delay time isn't as long as a Memory Man but it's a fraction of both the size and cost so isn't going to be. It's over 400ms though so better than alot of the others out there.

The other pedals on my board are a Teese RMC Picture Wah, D*A*M Drag'N'Fly, HBE Power Screamer and Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe.