I had one for about 6 months.

Pros: The TubeEQ did a great job of beefing up, and warming up my tone, especially with low ouptut single coils or humbuckers, though it worked well with high output pups as well. Using the expression pedal, you can easily set the notch so that your guitar tone cuts through the mix, which would be perfect for live application. The cocked wah tones are excellent.

Cons: There was always a slight bit of buzz/hum in the background, no matter which guitar I used, which cables I used, or which setting was dialed in. I sent it in to EHX for repair, and they weren’t able to remove it entirely. I don’t know if this is an issue with all of the them or not. It could just be the nature of the beast, like the Worm. Not a big deal to me really, but worth noting.

Also, the bass and treble pots do not cut frequencies, they only boost them. When they are set 100% counter-clockwise, they are set to the original signal. In that regard, the TubeEQ is more like a fancy boost than an EQ. For this reason, the TubeEQ will not stand-in for a standard graphic EQ.

I eventually sold this pedal because I needed the $ to purchase my ’92 Fender Mustang, and it was the pedal least likely to be used often. I already have 2 pre-1983 EHX 10 Band Graphic EQs that I absolutely adore, and plenty of boosted mids options with my LPB-2, Tube Zipper, RI Hot Tubes, and The Worm (in manual mode).

Summary, buy the TubeEQ if you are looking for a way to find and boost a freq notch on the fly during a performance. Do not buy one if you are hoping to do the same function as a standard graphic EQ.

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Where exactly do I stomp on this “pedal” ? 😆

:doh:

I guess you’d have to get one of these.

http://www.loop-master.com/images/Ultra-Mini AB.JPG

LOL
Reminds me of the SNL sketch about the iPod “invisa”.

It’s like asking, can we fit a steam engine in a sports car?

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lol, trust me I have plenty of trouble understanding what some americans say too….I find NY accents quite easy but people from some parts of the USA might as well be talking japanese, because it isn’t english!!

Noo Yawk? Are you kidding me? Noo Yawk, Noo Joisy, and Texas have their own languages. When I moved to Florida back in ’98, I could understand the dialects here, but this state can’t spell worth a crap :freak: Don’t let Floridians write your subtitles.

My Tube EQ had that problem, but I don’t have that issue with my Black Finger, Tube Zipper, Hot Tubes, or Wiggler. I would send it in to EHX to fix it.

I haven’t tried switching out the tubes yet, but I’d be curious if anyone finds a set that makes a noticeable difference in the response.

I want one using the old Micro Synthesizer advert from the back of the 1980 catalog :rawk:

” he’s still the same little kid from the same block, but with a lot to say.. a lot to say… a lot to say… a lot to say… a lot to say…“