Longest standing pedals on your board

Alexlotl · September 2023

This place naturally generates a lot of discussion about new gear, or changes of gear, but I’m curious about the pedals people aren’t changing.

Putting aside utility pedals like tuners, switchers and loopers, what pedal has been on your board the longest?

I only started tinkering with FX during lockdown, but found my own answer is slightly surprising - my Ibanez Chorus Mini is the sole survivor of many board revisions. I only bought it in the first place because I couldn’t find a Way Huge Blue Hippo, but it just does a great job. I had the opportunity to replace it with a Hippo recently and suddenly realised there was no need.

Given as drives seem to be area of maximum churn (I replaced all of mine when I switched amp!), it might be interesting to have separate answers for drive and non-drive pedals.

Lebarque · September 2023

Sonic Research Turbo Tuner. Cured my tuner GAS. :0)

ryanverbena · September 2023

Strymon Flint for both high quality reverb and tremolo, the three settings for each side are all unique and useable. Fantastic pedal.

slacker · September 2023

I mix and match pedals over 3 or 4 boards. I buy a pedal and if I keep it I'll rotate it in and out of boards. Here are my oldest pedals and when I bought them

Fuzz factory 2000
Fulldrive 2 2000
Deluxe memoryman 2006
King of tone 2006
Klon 2007

theatreanchor · September 2023

Currently the El Cap (v1) is the longest serving pedal on my board.

Sassafras · September 2023

Boss OD2.

TheBigDipper · September 2023

My board was rebuilt from scratch a few months ago, when I decided (again) that the pain (for me) of using a modeller was worse than the joy and convenience it promised, so... :-(

But, the pedal I've owned for ages and still love and own (but it's not on this board - it's in a cupboard and has been replaced by a Kernom Ridge) is a T-Rex Moller. Still love the TCE Spark, which is on the board but not had it anything like as long.

thomasw88 · September 2023

Got an old proco rat which has seen off all competitors since 2008.. I kept buying pedals to replace it but nothing has

Flanging_Fred · September 2023

I rotate through my stock of pedals every so often but my Boss DD-500 delay is a mainstay on my main pedalboard. Everything else seems pivot around that. I think I got it in 2018.

Fez · September 2023

TC Sparkboost mini
Gunshot replaced my Little green wonder for main drive.
For modulation I switch between an Ibanez phaser and a viscous vibe but I had both for a good while.

LionAquaLooper · September 2023

Boss OD3. Been with me about 15 years now. So good I bought 2 back in the day

Sassafras · September 2023

I can't remember which one was first:

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Supportact · September 2023

slacker said:

I mix and match pedals over 3 or 4 boards. I buy a pedal and if I keep it I'll rotate it in and out of boards. Here are my oldest pedals and when I bought them

Fuzz factory 2000
Fulldrive 2 2000
Deluxe memoryman 2006
King of tone 2006
Klon 2007

I do the same, so things get rotated rather than sold off. Of the pedals I've got and still use regularly the longest serving are:

Boss SD-1 (the od I know the best and always seem to come back to eventually)

Barber Tone Press (Great compressor, simple to use)

Korg Pitchblack tuner (Really easy to use live)

Teyeplayer · September 2023

TU3 and probably a boss overdrive (od3 I think).

distressed · September 2023

GFS Tuner, Rat, DD-7, SHO clone. I think for a decade or even more.

Lestratcaster · September 2023

Despite converting to a Kemper user in 2020 I've still kept my pedals as I still use them with a small 5w combo.

The longest standing ones are my Ibanez TS9 (bought in 2008 I think), my Boss TU-2 (bought in the same year) and Boss DD-6 (around the same period maybe a year later). I still use them now even though the Kemper effects are great.

stickyfiddle · September 2023

I've had a Polytune mini on every pedalboard since 2011.

My overall longest serving pedals are a Rat, Hotcake and Eventide Timefactor, though none are in active use at the moment as my boards are both Nanos and can change every couple of weeks depending on what the band wants to play. Of currently-used stuff I think it's Deco and Revival Drive Compact

Neilybob · September 2023

I've got a spreadsheet for this sort of thing! Let me check.

My old Keeley 2 knob compressor. Solid as a rock.

jhumber · September 2023

Bit of a cheat as I’ve had them both in various versions, but the Turbo Tuner and Analogman Chorus are both pedals where I can’t see how they could he improved. Zero tuner or chorus GAS since I got them.

Jonathangus · September 2023

Original (analogue) Boss CH-1 from (I think) 1989.

Roland · September 2023

This one. A home made project. It uses Bluetooth to advance the setlist on my iPad. It is on my current pedal board, and the two previous boards.

fretmeister · September 2023

Boss BC-1X compressor.

It always comes with me. I got one when they were launched and it's perfect.

ewal · September 2023

Eqd avalanche run. Although it's been off my board a couple of times to get repaired.

ThePrettyDamned · September 2023

Boss dd-2 and dod fx-65

Sporky · September 2023

Sassafras said:

I can't remember which one was first:

You are history's worst monster.

They should be in colour order.

Paul_C · September 2023

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TimmyO · September 2023

Crybaby longest by a good margin

EP boost that is old enough to be a Mki

AntonHunter · September 2023

I rotate quite a bit, and often take a small board that's tailored to the specific situation. But generally, my Particle V1 has been on pretty much every "main" board since I got it.

Fingers657 · September 2023

Sporky said:

Sassafras said:

I can't remember which one was first:

You are history's worst monster.

They should be in colour order.

I’ve got a Behringer version of your Boss board .
You should get it photographed and made into Rug I’m sure lots of people would buy a Boss pedals rug

Fingers657 · September 2023

Im hoping Boss will release a new version of there Boss pedal mouse?
One that’s usb chargeable and works wirelessly with apple products?

drifterphase · September 2023

RAT. It has cured my GAS for distortion/drive. I do get interested in the occasional fuzz, but the rest of my gain has been sorted - literally- for decades.

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