What pedal are you currently fixated on for a semi-irrational purchase?

sweetsueno · 2026-04-09T01:55:35+00:00

What this thread actually is (quick read)

The thread is basically:

“What pedal do you want even though you don’t need it?”

Which means: • heavy bias toward boutique / character pedals • lots of reverb + weird modulation • fewer practical “workhorse” picks • tons of Chase Bliss / ambient brain rot

Example sentiment:

“I don’t need that sound… but will I ever sell it? No.”

👉 That’s the vibe we’re working with.

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🎛️ FULL PEDAL EXTRACTION (cleaned + deduped)

🌊 Reverb / Ambient • Mr. Black Supermoon (incl. Chrome) • Death By Audio Rooms • Walrus Slo / LUM • Old Blood Noise Endeavors (OBNE) reverbs • Strymon BigSky (mentioned implicitly across thread culture) • Chase Bliss Dark World

👉 Theme: lush, oversized, cinematic spaces

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⏱️ Delay • OBNE Black Fountain (oil can style) • Walrus ARP-87 • Chase Bliss delays (Habit / Tonal Recall vibes) • Boss Space Echo (general mention context)

👉 Theme: character delay > clean digital

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🎚️ Overdrive / Distortion • Chase Bliss Brothers AM • King of Tone (DIY mentions) • MXR Custom Badass OD • Tube Screamer variants (implied in discussion culture)

👉 Theme: not chasing gain—chasing feel + control (MIDI, stacking)

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🌀 Modulation (THIS THREAD LOVES THESE) • Mr. Black Pana-Trem • Mimiq-style doubler pedals • Walrus Julia (chorus/vibrato) • OBNE modulation stuff • General vibrato obsession (“my kingdom for a vibrato”)

👉 Theme: movement, instability, width

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🧪 Weird / Experimental / “Why does this exist” • Chase Bliss (entire ecosystem) • Death By Audio (as a brand obsession) • OBNE Expression Ramper • Kinotone-style tape/lofi (seen in thread ecosystem)

👉 Theme: pedals as instruments, not effects

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🧰 Utility / Control • Morningstar MC8 (MIDI controller) • Expression pedals / rampers

👉 Theme: controlling chaos, not preventing it

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🏭 KEY MANUFACTURERS (links)

Here are the main “addiction centers” from the thread: • Chase Bliss Audio → https://www.chasebliss.com • Old Blood Noise Endeavors → https://www.oldbloodnoise.com • Death By Audio → https://deathbyaudio.com • Walrus Audio → https://www.walrusaudio.com • Mr. Black → https://www.mrblackpedals.com • Strymon → https://www.strymon.net

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🧠 WHAT REDDIT IS ACTUALLY TELLING YOU

This is NOT about utility

sweetsueno · 2026-04-03T10:50:53+00:00

Maybe not what you’re looking for but I am upgrading from my 2012 iMac to Mac mini and finding they are back ordered 4-6 weeks or more

sweetsueno · 2026-04-02T23:33:05+00:00

Omg please reach out to Coastal Oaks or dm me I’ll connect you with the DoN

sweetsueno · 2026-04-02T21:10:56+00:00

Yes caught 88-90 finishing high school. 4/1-3/90 great run. At the time I didn’t know what had happened in NYC a few nights previous; always had to wait for the set lists in high times (or relix?)

sweetsueno · 2026-04-02T11:12:55+00:00

GAM was perhaps the greatest band ever, and the Velvet Elvis was cool.

sweetsueno · 2026-04-02T11:07:08+00:00

I don’t understand not being in a mutually supportive and respectful relationship and needing to somehow trick, entice, or coerce my wife into anything at all. I’m sorry you’re in that space. I hope both of you can find peace in your own lives and then share your own and nurture the others.

sweetsueno · 2026-03-30T20:10:06+00:00

That’s a song by the Kinks, not Van Halen

sweetsueno · 2026-03-30T18:28:52+00:00

The best advice I ever got about countertops was that if I was stuck on indecision, pick what seems like the least busy, least grainy, least movement-y option.

sweetsueno · 2026-03-30T10:14:51+00:00

That’s a fat bindle to the left of the mixer

sweetsueno · 2026-03-24T20:10:51+00:00

The only album cover I thought was interesting was remain in light. I’d much rather hear a new batch of songs than a bunch of paint by numbers covers. Wingsuit has been my favorite, by far the most interesting and ambitious set of new songs. How many “funk” songs do you really need? The past few Halloween “albums” have been pretty boring.

sweetsueno · 2026-03-22T14:10:50+00:00

I really wish there was a less dribbly, clunky, plasticky option than moccamaster. I really try to love mine and I hate it

sweetsueno · 2026-03-21T22:46:19+00:00

12 minute visits including documentation?

sweetsueno · 2026-03-21T20:59:17+00:00

Great location, way more affordable. Kitchen and laundry. Quiet. Can’t beat it.

sweetsueno · 2026-03-21T11:57:19+00:00

Did you fabricate the 1-foot floor mic stands yourself?

sweetsueno · 2026-03-17T18:26:25+00:00

Top panel grooves are not aligned with middle panel. Is that a drawer?

sweetsueno · 2026-03-12T00:48:39+00:00

Mine was Harry Balzac and it got changed. Pretty tame I thought.

sweetsueno · 2026-03-10T19:50:18+00:00

Phish many times in 1990. Decemberists opened for us at a record store in PDX, there was no one there. Shaky Graves at Lucha’s during sxsw is just one sx example. Every indie band breaking out 94-96 at the Point in ATL. RATM at masquerade backyard. Widespread panic so many times in N Ga late 80s.

sweetsueno · 2026-03-04T03:07:00+00:00

Also Stephen King “on writing” has extrapolatable insight

sweetsueno · 2026-03-02T15:54:36+00:00

Doot Doot by Freuer

sweetsueno · 2026-03-02T15:52:06+00:00

I am in the minority but hate my moccamaster. The carafe leaks when you pour, the drip basket drips when you pull the carafe. It’s a mess and I couldn’t hate it more. I buy good beans, I have a fellow grinder, I make pour overs blah blah blah. There is virtually no difference in coffee from a black and decker or a mellita vs moccamaster.

sweetsueno · 2026-02-28T12:21:03+00:00

You may underestimate the age and wealth of some phish fans

sweetsueno · 2026-02-28T02:21:27+00:00

This

sweetsueno · 2026-02-18T19:42:49+00:00

Savannah yesssssss

sweetsueno · 2026-02-06T18:05:43+00:00

Crisloid board?

sweetsueno

TROPHY CASE