Top 12 best guitar pedals under $100...THAT DON'T SUCK!
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- These are my Top 12 guitar pedals under $100 that don't suck! Now, price may or may not be an indicator of quality. It's purely debatable. However, I firmly believe that there are great pedals in all price ranges. The under $100 category is often overlooked, and I wanted to shed some light on some pedals that I think stand out and punch well above their price point.
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0:00 Top 12 best guitar pedals under $100...THAT DON'T SUCK!
0:42 ProCo Rat 2
1:28 Empress Effects FUZZ
2:12 T-Rex Diva Drive
2:45 Carl Martin Plexitone low gain
3:27 Nobles ODR-mini
4:41 EHX Hot Tubes
5:16 Carl Martin ACTone
5:50 TC Electronic Spark
6:46 DOD Carcosa
7:59 Fender Hammertone FUZZ
9:46 TC Electronic MOJOMOJO
10:36 BOSS Blues Driver BD-2
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What about that pedal you showed not too long ago... The one that doesn't react to other pedals that follow it in the chain? That boutique pedal that boosts.
That's a great prep I do want to buy.
The Hagerman EF86, that pedal sure is something and so is your video on it.
@@Aint1S yeah it is. It's not in this list as it is over $200.
Finally someone showing off some power chords/pop punk. Its annoying that these pedal reviews never show off cool sounds that you can get with just power chords
I'm not much of a lead player, so instead of playing nonsensical noodling, I'd rather play what I can actually play, which is rhythm guitar. ;)
Wow that Epiphone sounded fantastic with the Diva & Plexitone! That guitar is a gem
It's a good $250 investment 😉
Thank you for this. I love your playing and your tones. I have a Vox AC10C and just ordered the Diva Drive. You made me feel excited to receive it!
Oh that's awesome! I'm confident that you will enjoy it. I ain't parting with mine. It is such a great pedal.
I just went and bought and RAT and Hot Tubes recently. Amazing boxes.
Both great choices.
Instantly clicked on like before i even watch your videos! I knew its gonna be so good with your playing man! You're one of the reason I got into pedal! Hopefully can play like you someday! Master of tones🔥😍
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad I piqued your interest in pedals. They are fun, sound great and have a lot of practical uses. Do you have any favorites pedals?
The ODR-mini sounds very impressive. Thanks for this good comparison.
My pleasure! The ODR-Mini is very good, although it is a bit bass-heavy.
You know how to play a pedal. And the Tonic riff was a nice choice. Subbed.
Thanks for the kind words. Glad to have you. Cheers
Chocolate Mousse! Awesome vid and kiiler list. My favorite is the Boss BD-2, it's hard to beat. Cheers!
It's really a great pedal. It's the first BOSS pedal that I really wanted to get.
Mudcake!
Agree about the Carcosa. It’s crazy good. And the Spark too.
Looking forward to November and your giveaway. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for winning the ACTone.
Carl Martin makes such good stuff.
Best of luck my friend! Cheers
Mojomojo sounds massive when dialed in right. It was my first OD and I had the choice between it and a SD-1 or a TS-9. Glad I picked it back when I knew much less than I do now. All I knew is that it had more balls than the others. And my wife thought so too ;)
Great demo!
What it really comes down to is taking the time to learn how a piece of gear works. That Mojomojo can sound like many other pedals when dialed in right. Spending time with it is essential to getting the tone you want.
So excited for my T. Rex to get here! Nice vid
Did you get it yet?
@@TheToneLounge yeah! it's built so well, and flexible for any guitar/amp setup
I can wouch for Hot tubes and Mojomojo - what great pedals these are! Especially for thickening the strats and telecasters with vintage pickups that tend to lack at the lower midrange frequencies.
Totally agree! That's what these two pedals seem to excel at. Especially with weaker output pickups like on a Strat.
Sticky toffee pudding with plenty of custard!
I’m sitting here trying to think of another pedal or pedal type that could have made the list and I’m really struggling. Great job and great playing as ever!
Thanks for the kind words. It took me a while to come up with this list. I think it is a pretty solid offering.
LOVE the Carcosa. Highly recommended!
It is a fantastic fuzz pedal. I get the impression that it's got a bit of a cult following too.
Total agree, the last Dod pedals are amazing: Looking glass (Timmy alike), Carcosa (very versatile fuzz, even Velcro fuzz) and Boneshaker (distortion w/ 3 band parametric EQ).
Like the Spark Booster 👍
I love it. For the price that it goes for new, I should have bought one a long time ago.
Even better than Xotic RC for the price
Carrot cake, terrific video man, I use the spark tc electronic as a solo boost best £50 I ever spent as can be used as an od pedal as u demoed, I used to own the original carl martin plexitone and loved it should never have got rid of it and kept the SL drive by exotic which I think is inferior to the carl martin, great tones especially from that cv squire stratocaster 🤘
Yeah, the Spark is seen on many boards, yet people don't talk about it too much. I'm curious to why that is. The Plexitone is indeed different to the SL Drive. The SL Drive is great, but has a bit too much gain on tap.
Great demos, as always. Sticky toffee pudding.... It's another Brit thing. If you're ever over here, try it! 🙂
Oh, that's good to know as I do intend to go down that way. Here hear that the city of Bath is really beautiful. I might try there first.
The plexitone deserves some love! Go Carl! All are great. You don't put up no junk...lol
They are one of the best companies around. I love everything they do.
really shocked by the NOBELS excited I'm going for it
Let me know your thoughts once you tried it.
This is a great list- most of them I knew about, but some I didn't- and a few I had just forgotten. The Carl Martin pedals both sounded fantastic, I had seen them and thought about it but I had never heard them- or I would've already scooped them up. Never heard of the Empress Fuzz- but it sounded really good. And I had forgotten about the Hot Tubes, I played one once and swore I would get one for myself- then forgot all about it. I probably came home and watched a pedal show on UA-cam and ended up chasing something I saw or heard about and just forgot about it- for some reason that pedal makes me want to play old Springsteen, Rolling Stones, "Americana" tunes I think they call it now. It's just rock and roll baby- but I like it.
The Hot Tubes and the Red Llama are very similar. They do the Tweed thing really well, and can both get fuzzy too. The Empress Effects fuzz is excellent. I would put it in the same league as the DOD Carcosa. It can do slight gain to all out crazy fuzz.
Really like the EHX Green Russian muff too, and EHX Glove (OCD style), Not tried them all, but completely with you on the RAT, ODR-mini, EHX Hot Tubes, MojoMojo, Spark and Hammertone. For super cheap, I love TC Cinders (even cheaper bargain bucket take on BD-2, but sounds the same). And Caline Blue sky (MXR Timmy style), and Behringer SF fuzz. Those are the three I'd probably recommend to a beginner starting out with a small budget, maybe with the FS-03 / FS-02 reverb / delay. Or maybe a TC Bucket Brigade with something like a Vox Pathfinder 15R.
Those are all great recommendations. I have the Caline Pure Sky, the Cinders and SF-300. All of them are great options.
@@TheToneLoungeNot sure if it happens for you, but does your Caline Pure Sky make bit of noise, if it's not running on battery? Mine does, but could be my setup. Going to try an isolated power supply to see if that fixes it. It depends, but I think the Boss BD-2 can be got for $100; which is great for something that sounds ace and is built like a tank. The Mooer Yellow Comp and TC Electronic Bucket Brigade, and Spark are great too. The Mooer chorus too is very nice. And Donner Yellow Fall sounds good too.
thanks for the content
My pleasure! Did you have any favorites?
ı really like hottubes and mojo mojo
Pecan Pie...The MojoMojo IS Highly misunderstood. Killer!
It sure is. Many say that it isn't very good, and that is true if you use it wrong. Once you find what it is good at, it's a great pedal.
Always tempted by that Carcosa … and really good chocolate cake
Both are great. Get both!
Mojo Mojo can make a clean combo amp sound like a full stack. Yup, you just need to dial in.
Absolutely! Taking time with a piece of gear is crucial.
Carl Martin Plexitone and the RAT both sound great!
They are really good pedals. I'm giving that Plexitone away in November.
Carlos Santana has always had the tone I like. I refer to it as creamy dirt.
Hi I have a Marshall DSL 20 combo with a Greenback, I have a Boss BD-2 and I'm thinking to buy a Proco Rat 2 for stack them.
I think that would be a killer stacking option with your amp. Rat pedals sound incredible with a Marshall.
Apple crumble 👍 love your lazy strumming style, unique.
That's an interesting description of my picking hand. You might be right lol Cheers
You know about the BSM HS-C treble booster with a Vox rite??? Based on the TB Ritchie Blackmore ran into his AC30 for Deep Purple. I got one for just over $100 used. It's absolutley INSANE with an AC15C1!!! That pedal is so good with a Vox it should be illegal and punishable by death to the gonads. Legitimatly most fun I've had in my life without waking up in a Hospital or on a park bench in a town I didn't know existed.
It's almost as much Vox laden fun as the Hot Cake but nothing beats the cake imho.
No, I had not heard of that Treble Booster. Thanks for the tip, I will go look it up.
The Hot Cake is indeed a Classic with these amps, for a good reason.
My favorite dessert: New York cheesecake!!
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Also, daaamn, your Carcosa sounds very different from mine, those P90s rock.. I use a Les Paul, a Strat and a Tele, but your P90s make it sound even better i find! Bonne Journée from frenchtown Montreal ;)
J'aime bien les tartes au fromages aussi. Ma Carcosa sonne très bien avec tout mes guitares, mais elle sonne encore mieux avec un bon P90.
Je suis originaire de Québec (Ste-Foy) alors je parle français. 😉
@@TheToneLounge Wow! Bravo pour ton channel, très cool! J'ai failli acheté le Vox AC15, mais finalement ça aurait été un peu trop coûteux pour mes besoins. J'ai bien du plaisir avec le Monoprice 15w.. Bon courage pour le futur! 😎
Oui, la Monoprice est très bien. J'ai la version Harley Benton (j'habite en Belgique) et elle est vraiment bien.
Carrot cake is my favourite, I have it each year on my birthday!
Edit: haha, funny that your favourite is the same, Jonathan!
I have it every year on my birthday as well. It used to be cheese cake, but once I tried carrot cake I was like, "This! For the rest of my life!"
I have an ODR mini and the footswitche is terrible feeling.. Is it like this on all of them??
I can't say for sure. Mine was alright, though.
Creme brulee. Awesome DOD and blues driver.
Both great sounding and affordable pedals
@@TheToneLounge every pedal on this list is worthy in my book. All sounded great.
Something happened to the carcosa. Now It retails at 150 $ on sweetwater.
Oh jeez, that's like double what I paid for it. It's still a great pedal at this price tough.
More brilliant demos my man. I've played many gigs with my trusty Plexitone and I'm glad to see it well represented here. Spotted Dick and custard (it's a British thing....not an insult)
Yeah the Plexitone is such an underrated pedal. It should be on more boards.
2:45 Carl Martin Plexitone low gain - what song is that???
Work by Jimmy Eat World
Thank you! the way you play it and in the context of the video almost turns it into an entire new song, like a more heavy somber version. gonna go learn it now, I like that band too.@@TheToneLounge
What did you use to record the vox with in this video?
A Two Notes Captor 16 with Celestion's SpeakerMix Pro (Greenback DSR)
Thanks, you should do an in depth video on how to do this as there's barley anything on youtube related to the captor and the ac15 👍
I'll see about that. I have a few ideas.
Just got a used diva pedal for 40€ with shipping
Let me know what you think of it.
Hot tubes hot apple pie or sugar cream pie 🥧
Sugar cream pie, darn that's good.
We live in a golden age
Absolutely! I'm filming my Top 10 pedals under $50 this week. Not a bad one in the bunch.
APPLE PIE!
Une bonne tarte aux pommes du Québec! J'aime bien la tarte aux sucre aussi.
I’m going chocolate ice cream
That's my favorite ice cream as well.
Add another carrot cake here.
They are the best!
Brownies
Love those, too.
Cherry cheesecake
100% agree on this choice!
Vanilla yogurt. Highly unappreciated!
My pleasure. Did you have a favorite in the bunch?
@@TheToneLounge No, I love everything vanilla equally. 😁
Nothing wrong with that!
@@TheToneLounge You think .. I'm on a 12-step addiction program with vanillaholics anonymous ...
Pecan pie and vanilla ice cream! Ac tone and BD-2 were my favorites! Thanks always for these.