Johnny Bigdick & The Dicktones

Aww, thanks Ian! Between the different guitars, amps, other pedal combos and playing styles, I tend to believe that there's a pedal for every situation, and a situation for every pedal. Part of what I'm trying to do with the channel is find those matches (to the best of my own playing ability)

Thank you! Glad you liked the jam, too. Another "I don't know what I'm doing, but I kind of like it" number.

Thank you so much! I'm glad it was well-recieved.

Hey good news, I just checked - they're down to between $110 and about $130.

what?? these were $40 before...

Oh thank you so much!!!

Thank you! I’ll have to check out both of those. And I definitely remember these 7 Series pedals being widely mocked on Harmony Central back in the day. Widely panned as a miss.

I have looked at that pedal, though it was a while ago, with my old format. The video is still up, but perhaps it's worth revisiting.

Glad you enjoyed it! It really is something special

I had a RKM Tonal Recall for a while. I hated how it clipped so harshly when I tried to self oscillate, but that modulation section is so powerful and worth a pedal on its own. I really miss that modulation.

That's the perfect spot for the DE7. I wouldn't want to worry about the switch crapping out when I need it on a gigging board.

There was also a dod grunge and dod heavy metal in there that he gave me. The HM doesn't work. The grunge, though, I really like it in certain situations! It can sound horrible too though!

I’d totally rock the DE-7 as my delay if I weren’t so afraid of it getting stuck or dying. Totally a piece of pedal history worth saving

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I have a dd6 for long delay times. It's great having the control.

That’s a win right there

Lovely pedal !

Sweeeet!

Haha, darkviperau is one of the first speedrunners I started watching, and I really enjoy his GTAV stuff. It's not something I do personally, but I really admire the dedication and skill and ability to juggle commentary while doing it all. Glad to see another fan.

You just described my ideal analog(esque) echo tone, my friend. The way the Echo mode boops up the gain enough that the echoes are stronger than the Delay is something that would be annoying when switching between any other two modes, but here, it does kind of line up with how I'd like my delays happening in different contexts. Rehousing the DE7 may be a long term project, though I think if I were to incorporate it into another board where I really needed it to work, I'd just throw it into the loop of an effects switcher or something. Still, ain't nothing else quite like it.

@@StompboxBreakdown You’re right, if I really needed ‘er permanently on a board I could use a switcher and not attempt to rehouse it. But really I just like to pull it out from time to time and be reminded of how killer it is, then after it decides to not work almost every time for a week or two straight I’ll put it away for awhile. I love how it’s got just the right amount of grit and high end roll off that it doesn’t sound like a highly refined digital imitation of an analog sound - with a some pitch modulation, heavy low pass and artifacty scratch. It’s warm but not too much so. Let’s write haikus about it 😆 jeez.

You're the real DE-7 O.G. I remember playing with one in the music store and really wanting one, but still not quite grasping the concept of how one delay could be different from another.

I love the Golden Foot Awards! It really is a beautiful pedal, and I’m surprised more people haven’t made an attempt at a recreation. I’ve replaced foot switches before, it’s not a huge deal, it’s just it’s Achilles heel

A man of taste

I think a lot of that comes down to the way music stores were laid out. Boss always had the best displays, always positioned right next to where you'd be trying out guitars with all of the bright colors grabbing your attention, and all the other brands were just tossed into the display case behind clouded, scratched glass, under yellow light, next to the banjo picks and used harmonicas. They were always "the other" pedals, and I don't think I even realized they made anything other than the Tubescreamer until a few years ago. Like, I knew of the DE-7, but I still have to remind myself that it's an Ibanez product.

​@@StompboxBreakdown Good point. I started playing around 1991. Back then BOSS was indeed the big one, then there was DOD, Dunlop, Ibanez, and the occasional EHX. That was about it. So I've observed Ibanez effects over the years. They sort of ebb and flow with new releases but when something new comes out there is often an element of originality, or a twist, to it that separates them from the pack. Unfortunately their new releases are mostly ebbing right now. ha.

That pedal goes so hard

Commenting from the future, April 2023 - he said this with a (then) $50 Bad Monkey sitting just over his shoulder one month before the JHS video dropped and a Monkey sold for $519 on reverb. More indisputable proof of the KZfaq Pedal Illuminati :P

@@StompboxBreakdown which one is it tho, I neeeed to knoooow

@@jaa_matane Ibanez Smashbox and DOD Gunslinger. $50 might be a stretch, but they’re both very underrated and sell for cheap, all things considered.

Sadly, I have some of the same memories of other 7 Series pedals. The creaky noise it makes as you step on it has got to be one of the worst bits of audible feedback ever.

.... in the early 2000s I went through 2 fuzzes and they both randomly stopped working. Now I could probably fix it as I build myself now, but then I just tossed them. Some regret but also I wasn't rough on them. They are built pretty cheaply. I do like the way the majority of them sound and if I could buy a more together version of the Fuzz or echo delay I would.

Whoa. *That* is a sentence. Of goodness.

Definitely, there's lots of sleeper pedals still out there. The boutique builders have to charge more to make their time/resources worth it, so it's harder to find a screaming deal there, but there's definitely a bunch of pedals between 5-15 years old that got massively overlooked.

True but I have been lucky enough to find a few builders that will do most pre made PCBs for pretty cheap like under 100$ it's mainly custom orders and fv1 builds that seem to cost the most and yes this is another run on sentence I don't have time for proper punctuation

@@wesmitchem825 I get it. Mr. T ain't got no time for jibba jabba, and wes ain't got no time for propa punctuation. And I gots respect for both

@@TheAmazingSnarf jibba jabba😅

Probably the Tight Drive Pro by AmpTweaker. It's got an amazing array of options and has the hard rock sound that you can adjust to make just about any amp light up. It's also very large and expensive, but in the reasonable budget range, few compares to the MXR/EVH 5150 Pedal. It does the crunch stuff soooo well.

@@StompboxBreakdown Thanks...at the end of the video (11:20 circa),you talked about two cheap undiscovered distortion pedals.What about the models?

Thanks, Dean. I'm also a fan of side-mount jacks (or at least they don't bother me). I just recently put together a board for a project, and after testing it out during a rehearsal, my biggest nit was that I had placed some of the buttons in places where it was hard to hit one without accidentally hitting a second. As much as I love pedals, I want them set up so I don't have to think about them too much when I'm playing. I don't want to look like a touch-typist with my foot dangling over the pedalboard trying to hit the right switch in the middle of a song. One of the weird things I noticed about the DE7 is that if you have a short delay, and then switch it into a longer delay, the noise and artifacts of that memory getting "stretched" out is really apparent. Could be annoying or interesting depending on the application, I'd imagine.

@@StompboxBreakdown "Stretched" I guess like turning the delay time knob? Sounds fun.

@@deanallen927 Yup, exactly

@@StompboxBreakdown Yes I see these youtubers videos of "my new pedal board" and I'm like "how can you use that without a lot of 'oops' moments?' They're crammed together, sideways and all. I hope they like it, but I like a bit of breathing room.

You know it

Heck yeah

@@StompboxBreakdown haha sweet!

Sorry to hear that. Do you know if it was the board or the switch that went?

Agreed, the Carbon Copy definitely has something to it. I've been tempted to pick up the Deluxe so I can get tap tempo with it.

I would trade SO many pedals for a pink DE-7.

Interesting. I’m probably due for a refresh. I had it set to a photo of me before but I didn’t like it. I’ll give it another thought, thank you. And thanks for watching the videos

That's the spirit!!!

Hahaha Eddie Vedder hey hey