Obscure/Under Rated Gear.

[bucketshred]

So, whats the most obscure or under rated piece of gear that rocks your world?

Mine is an obvious one, the DigiTech Bad Monkey. I don't own one (I don't need a Tubescreamer atm) but I'd buy this over anything else first.

Another one is the Zoom Hyper Lead. Back in the day, Zoom released some stand alone stomp boxes which were awesome. I've played an old strat through this pedal and a Fender Supersonic amp, tone to die for!!!


Whats yours?

Paddy

[CJ]

i'll go by what i have, because, what i have is all i've ever played.

Marshall 3203 artist. hybrid amp. solid state preamp, tube power amp. 30 watts. made them in late 80's to early 90's. come with a 4x10 cab.
i've got the head and cab. sounds GREAT. boost channel is just awesome. one of the few marshalls that can do some real heavy metal without needing a boost into it. they're also quite cheap used, though sometimes hard to find.

[TheIronBeast]

I'll have to say the Digitech Grunge pedal. I picked this up from my local store for £30 and is a great sounding distortion/overdrive pedal.

[_tom_]

My MIJ Pearl LP Custom. Beats most Gibsons I've played and only cost £250. It did need a fret dress/setup and some good pickups though but it still only came to about £550 including all that, I think!

I've only ever seen one other (someone on harmony central has one pretty much identical to mine).

[gwEm]

Agile Les Paul copies

Modded Boss GE-7

[camf]

+1 on the modded GE7. Now runs very quiet and can completely transform your sound.

[MDV]

I'm very fond of 80s RGs, and at the second hand prices you can get them at now they are, assuming they're still in decent nick, superb value metal guitars.

For obscure and underrated: the award session JD10 has to be my choice.

[Twinfan]

The ToneRider Superlush Chorus is my wolf in sheeps clothing.  In fact, I've also got the British Distortion and the American Overdrive and they've both superb too.  The chorus sounds as good as an old CE-2 but with true bypass, and the Overdrive sounded as good as my Maxon OD-9 which I then sold.  The Distortion is a Guv'nor / Crunch Box style pedal and sounds better than both of them.

For £60 each they're incredible.  True bypass, boutique tone and high street pricing.  Look past the name and go with your ears and wallet....

[Mr. Air]

The Emma Electronics "Reezafratzitz". Not the cheapest distortion/overdrive pedal, but not the most expensive as well. It's just so versatile. Can go from light overdriven tones to raunchy distortion. If you don't already know this pedal you gotta check it out!

[maverickf1jockey]

Had a zoom hyperlead.
Sold it for more than I paid for it.

I seemed to be the only one who didn't know anything about it I just remembered it sounding really thin and tinny through my old transister amp. It was retired when I got an amp with a seperate drive channel.

Before I sold it I did hook it up to my tiny terror to see what the fuss was about. I thought it was OK but it really wasn't as good as my Blackstar HT-Dual IMO.

Sound City and WEM amps are absolutely dirt cheap for some reason. Maybe people are put off by a lack of channel switching or distortion quality.

[sgmypod]

wems do sound good..(if working)

[mikeluke]

Had an 80s Yamaha RGX Custom which was a really nicely made guitar - just sat a little too far to the left for me and I found that I was always playing over the neck pickup

[Will]

I think I have to add the Celestion Sidewinder, 150w and still sounds essentially British.
They are increasing in price though, the last few on eBay are nearing £40 :(

[Copperhead]

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gotcha!

[Will]

Glad there aren't (too many) sour feelings then ;)