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A while back, I posted the Top 5 Delay Pedals on the Market. I mentioned that this was tough because defining “best” is difficult. Is the most expensive mean best? Is the most popular best? So today I thought I would add a community poll. I’ve eliminated the price to define best by making the options within the under $200 mark. This will cover a lot of the widely used delay/echos out there. So with this group of delays, what do you feel is best. Please vote below and if you have a comment or opinion, or if you know of a delay not in the list, please comment below.

When determining what pedals fall in this category, I opted to not go with MSRP (list price) but the commonly available prices of these pedals.

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I realized today that I haven’t asked a community question in a while. Today’s video with Omar from The Mars Volta inspired me. In that video he was asked something like “If you had to pick one pedal to have for the rest of your life, what pedal would that be?” I thought that would be a great question here. Omar slightly buckled on that question and settled on a genre or type of pedal, but not here. What would be the one pedal that you would need to keep? For a second, I thought it would be easy but I’m feeling stumped as well.

Please comment below or on Facebook and Twitter. I’ll repost the results. Always fun to see what everyone has to say!

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• THE MARS VOLTA PEDALES

So doing a little surfing for my post on the Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah, I came across a new Fulltone pedal which was new to me! The Fulltone pedal is the Fulltone Catalyst, which is a fuzz/distortion/clean-boost pedal. It has a interesting toggle switch that switches between ‘flame’ and ‘spark’ modes. These modes handle the clean boost giving texture and flavors with the volume rolled down.

Here is a great video showing the controls in a side by side view.

This pedal can be purchased from Musician’s Friend for $179.99 + shipping, but I found a great price at Amazon.  Currently, it’s available for $152.15 + $5.47 shipping. So you definitely save a few bucks using Amazon for this pedal.

Here is Amazon description of the product:

This Fulltone pedal is the New for 2009 from Mike Fuller, the Fulltone Catalyst Fuzz. Built to solve the problems associated with vintage and even new fuzz pedals, this is one great sounding effect that may just change your feelings about what a fuzz can do. Fuzz is often a very a temperamental effect. Subject to the temperature, the power source, signal chain placement, etc. It can be such a pain, in fact, that many guitar players just skip fuzz pedals all together to avoid the hassle. The Fulltone Catalyst Fuzz solves many of these problems by doing what they are famous for, thinking of everything so you don’t have to. This bad boy uses a simple circuit and discrete F.E.T.’s to create its fuzz tone. The Volume and Gain knobs do exactly what you would expect. The Flame/Spark switch allow you to go from milder overdrive/distortion tones on Spark all the way to full on Fuzz mayhem with the flame switch engaged. Unlike most pedals of this type, this baby allows you to adjust the flabby low end out via the Bass/Mid mini knob and also adjust the treble response via the Treble mini knob. If you have been looking for a fuzz pedal that is not limited to just one sound, you need to make room on your pedal board for the Fulltone Catalyst Fuzz. Fulltone Catalyst Fuzz features: * Handbuilt & Tested at California Shop * Knobs for Gain and Volume * Mini Toggle for Spark/Flame * Mini knobs for Bass/Mids and Treble * Fulltone manufactured Custom Potentiometers * Super-Bright LED status indicators * Fulltone 3PDT switch * Produces an array of fuzz, distortion, and overdrive tones as well as clean boost Fulltone Catalyst Fuzz includes: * 5 year Warranty * Fulltone Bumper Sticker * Operation/Instruction Leaflet

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Today, I wanted to talk about a great classic phase pedal by MXR, called the MXR M-107 Phase 100. This is the big brother to the MXR M-101 Phase 90 pedal and is a great addition to any guitar effects line up.

The MXR Phase 100 is fantastically constructed with a heavy-duty chassis that you would come to expect from classic MXR pedals. Two controls are available (Intensity and Speed) with a simple footswitch for controlling the effect on and off. The Intensity knob allows you to select from 4 preset ‘shapes’ of phasing. The speed knob is a adjusts the speed of the phase.

With this pedal you can get some great sounds, from total sci fi to nicely beefed up guitar tone for stoner riffs. I’ve personally owned my Phase 100 for over 10 years without a single problem. It’s a great durable / classic pedal.

Prices usually fall around $100 to $130

If you’re looking for MXR Phase 100 on eBay, check out Pedal Nerd

You can check out new MXR M-107 Phase 100 at these locations:

1. MXR M-107 Phase 100 at Musician’s Friend
2. MXR M-107 Phase 100 at Guitar Center
3. MXR M-107 Phase 100 at Amazon

If you have any personal thoughts about this pedal, please don’t hesitate to comment!

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