Round 9
Overall
By
Pedal Selection
Pick 1
Pick 65
Yoel
Gurus Amps Echosex 2
Pick 2
Pick 66
Eric
Source Audio Orbital Modulator
Pick 3
Pick 67
Phillip
Strymon BlueSky
Pick 4
Pick 68
Sam
EarthQuaker Devices Speaker Cranker
Pick 5
Pick 69
Fletcher
Red Witch Empress Chorus
Pick 6
Pick 70
Nicholas
FEA Labs Opti-FET Compressor
Pick 7
Pick 71
Ian
Bearfoot Honey Bee OD
Pick 8
Pick 72
David
Boss LS-2 Line Selector
Okay, look—even
I’ll admit that
Eric’s pick of an
expression pedal
in round seven felt like a huge reach;
something akin to taking a kicker in the
fifth round of a fantasy football draft. But
I’ve got a lot of love for the Boss LS-2.
It’s a outstandingly useful tool for loop
lines and pedal switching, so while I’m
sure some of you will think its selection
suspect, I have to disagree. It’s a perfect
late round pick.
“This is perhaps the closest you can get
to the dark and bubbly repeats of the
Binson Echorec without actually buying
a magnetic disc echo,” Yoel said of the
Echosex 2.
And of the Speaker Cranker, Sam said it’s a
“great utility boost/drive that nobody can
screw up.”
The BlueSky this late seems like a real
value, as does Ian’s second Bearfoot pedal
in back-to-back rounds.
Otherwise, this was an interesting round
that was all over the place as everyone
maneuvered to fill the holes on their
fantasy pedalboards.
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