The Best 'Cheap' Pedals

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Re: The Best 'Cheap' Pedals

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My Rowin Twin Looper arrived yesterday:
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Works just like a TC Ditto X2 but with a few extra FX settings I won't ever use.
Soft buttons are nice.
Seriously small pedal too.
Not bad for $75NZ shipped.
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I'm keeping my eye out for a cheapy A/B box for demos. C'mon aliexpress sales.

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Zaulkin wrote:I'm keeping my eye out for a cheapy A/B box for demos. C'mon aliexpress sales.
Do you use the mobile app? theres often mobile only deals going all the time, sort by price, boom! Thats how I get all my best deals :mental:
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jeremyb wrote:
Zaulkin wrote:I'm keeping my eye out for a cheapy A/B box for demos. C'mon aliexpress sales.
Do you use the mobile app? theres often mobile only deals going all the time, sort by price, boom! Thats how I get all my best deals :mental:
Yeah I started using the app when I figured that out. That's pretty much exactly how I do it - gotta be aware of the ones that don't mention shipping though.

Got my mum onto aliexpress and because she is tech-illiterate there are like 16 puzzles coming at 70c each. :crazy: lol

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Haven't had a decent go on the caline OD's yet, but a nice touch is they came with 9V battery to 2.1mm plug adapters, must be no internal battery snaps... Those can be quite handy with mini pedals if you don't have a spare PSU output or daisy chain handy!
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I have that and I love it. Mix control so handy.
70s mental squish through to simple optical gentleness.
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Aliexpress app... and ready to pull the visa card on a few of these just for larks.

Never done the china buy... aiming for free shipping, seeing pedals for $20-30NZ including free shipping? wtf?

Is this the great China Free Trade Deal? Cause the yanks ain't getting this and seem to be begging for it.

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klarkash-ton wrote:Aliexpress app... and ready to pull the visa card on a few of these just for larks.

Never done the china buy... aiming for free shipping, seeing pedals for $20-30NZ including free shipping? wtf?

Is this the great China Free Trade Deal? Cause the yanks ain't getting this and seem to be begging for it.
Yeah, I don't know how it works. Somebody along the way is getting ripped off.

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jeremyb wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Got a caline orange burst (BB preamp) and pure sky (Timmy) coming, see if I like the circuits :)
Arrived today, will give them a go tomorrow!!
I've had an orange burst on my board for 3 years. I had the bb too, but sold it once I got the orange burst. Great little unit.

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el byrdo wrote:probably the workers
Nah, China's a communist utopia; the workers own everything! :wink:

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And another arrival tonight...

The Donner Alpha FX - Reverb, Delay and Chorus in one. Delay and chours have tap tempo, and the reverb had trails. All for about $30US!
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Holy shit, can you link us to that??
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Oops, sorry, my memory managed to cut that price in half! :?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Donner- ... 4c4dNUUBBS
It was actually $66US. Still, not bad.
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The Kokko comp was the $30US pedal I was thinking of, which is currently on sale for $18.90! :crazy:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Kokko-F ... 2e0e0EpvIv
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