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Over the past 25 years, I’ve had gear that I’ve loved, I’ve had gear that I’ve hated, I’ve had gear that I was lukewarm about. This is the only piece of gear that I’ve ever had a truly “love-hate” relationship with. I love it because it instantly and brilliantly delivers some of the most Godly and unGodly tones on the planet – sounds that you would be hard pressed to squeeze out of ten carefully selected pedals and the best vintage amp you could get your hands on. The sounds it produces make it far and away my favorite pedal of any that I have. But I hate it because, unlike any of my other pedals, you have to stomp on it REALLY hard to engage it and disengage it (a design defect, not just a fluke with mine), which does not lend itself to being able to just take off to some higher spiritual level and forget about the world for awhile. Especially if you play sitting down like me, you’re dragged mercilessly back to reality every time you need to get the thing to come on or off. Not that it’s ALWAYS hard to engage. It’s just not reliably or consistently NOT hard to engage, which can make it all the more frustrating – every time you think you can relax with it, it throws an irritating curve at you. Its only somewhat saving grace is that, with Digitech’s FS-3X footswitch connected to it, you can at least easily switch between the different tones that it offers once you’ve got the Hendrix pedal on. My passion and disdain for this pedal are so great that, after years of dealing with the aggravating stomp situation, I finally put it up for sale on EBay, then pulled it before anyone could bid on it, then finally went through with selling it, only to come back three weeks later and buy someone else’s. So can it help you get a cool Hendrix-y sound? Basically, it’s the closest thing to a “magic box” that I’ve found musically, and yes, you have to work quite hard to not sound amazing using this pedal. And of course, just because the tones are meticulously gleaned from specific Hendrix songs (under the guidance of Zeppelin/Hendrix producer/genius Eddie Kramer), and just because the tones you get can sound pretty much dead on EXACTLY like what’s in those songs, that doesn’t mean that you can’t tweak the knobs on the pedal to customize some cool sonic variations for yourself to use in creating your own material. So having just been blissfully reunited with this pedal, I’m still in the second honeymoon phase with it and as such, I’m currently focused on all the things I love about it. Would I recommend buying one? Yes. If you love Hendrix’s sound, or even stuff like WolfMother, nothing beats it. It was discontinued awhile back (my guess is because of the design flaw, but who knows), so you can’t buy them new in stores anymore – EBay’s the place. Good luck. Your legs will get some exercise if nothing else.Read full review
FIRST OF ALL ---- DOWNLOAD THE PDF MANUAL FROM DIGITECH IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT ALREADY. I made the mistake of returning this pedal once because I thought it was dead.. I couldn't get it to make a sound.. so I bought another used model with the original power cord and after some exploration realized I had to literally STOMP on this pedal to engage it...DON'T GIVE UP IF ITS NOT COOPERATING...press really hard on the toe and really really hard on the heel because the tones it makes are PHENOMENAL!!! I had a digitech beginner type pedal when I first started playing and I was disappointed but digitech seriously kicked ass with this one.. IT COMES WITH 7 DIFFERENT SONG TONES --- wind cries, voodoo, purple haze, etc... Each one is a specific song's tone with the toe switch as rhythm guitar and heel switch as a burning lead..a couple of settings have multiple heel tones also. Two tones come with WAH capabilities (solo and rhythm wah) There are 3 knobs each with multi-level tweakable settings -- for example there is volume with gain, hi/lo eq, and reverb with tone control. Go to any preset like Voodoo Chile for example -- not only is this a ballsy tone but you can customize it to sound more like you or more like hendrix .... whichever you're going for... NO PEDAL OUT THERE IS THIS EQUIPPED WITH THIS MUCH CLARITY & CHARACTER, SETTINGS UPON SETTINGS FOR THE MOST PRECISE SOUND, AND A WAH PEDAL ON TOP OF ALL THAT. THE NEIGHBORS WILL THINK HENDRIX IS BACK AND HE'S PLAYING DOWN THE BLOCK BECAUSE THIS IS LOUD LOUD LOUD AS WELL!!! OVERALL THIS PEDAL IS INSANELY ACCURATE AND REALISTIC!! Grab it now if it sounds at all like your thang because they don't sell them anymore.Read full review
I think the treadle problem is exaggerated, first, you have to explore the heel and toe positions of YOUR unit to see what their range is. I found that the easiest way to engage the various toe and heel settings was to make sure that my foot was firmly planted on the relevant part of the pedal and, without "stomping" in it, a bit if firm pressure did the trick. The foot switch is essential for this type of pedal design as you can toggle up and down through each of the seven settings AND, once you're in a setting, step on another toggle switch to engage the front or toe settings. My only beef is that it outputs in stereo only in the Little wing solo mode. HOWEVER, it is important to get away from the "well, what a great pedal if you want to play seven Hendrix songs". If you break down the components of the various signals paths in the seven models, you'll see that you have at least three fuzz models, three wah pedals [one with fuzz] models, an attempt at an acoustic emulator, a Leslie rotating sound, and a Uni-vibe [clean a la Machine Gun or with fuzz like Woodstock]. So rather than seeing it as a nice clone of 7 signal chains, I see it as a reasonably priced Swiss Army knife of vintage guitar pedal and AMP sounds [there are a couple of different Marshall head models. Not bad all under one hood at that price. Each parameter of each signal chain model can be tweaked to take the basic Hendrix sounds into other directions. One of the best bags for the buck I've ever gotten.Read full review
This is the greatest pedal I've used in my 35 years of playing as a full-time pro and as a (shutter)......hobbyist...(gasp) You want to sound like Jimi through just about any amp setup or even by running this direct into your computer or PA? This pedal will do that for you. Whether or not you own an overpriced tube amp or a good solid state amp, it doesn't matter. Of course being able to play like Hendrix is a different story. It can't play your guitar for you. But even if you only know a couple chords, those chords will now make your socks roll up and down your leg. Just about every review I've read agrees that this is a great sounding pedal. So what's the problem? Why doesn't everyone give it 5 stars? Here's the one and only common complaint. Many of you out there are having trouble engaging the heel button. For whatever reason, many of the JHE pedals that were sold were returned because of the heel button being difficult to push down on. You had to put a lot of pressure on the back of the pedal, and just at the right spot to get the button underneath to engage, right? Some of you bitterly tried to ignore the problem, and then got real frustrated, bounced the pedal off of your bedroom wall and then couldn't return it because it looked too beat up. Some found out the hard way that if you push too hard, you might break the treadle. Sure, many people have actually broken it and I've seen the pictures and read the complaints. I've seen people sell JHE pedals on EBAY with the treadle broken in half. This was definitely a design flaw concerning the treadle position and the rear button location, but some pedals are worse than others for getting the button to properly activate. If the rear button doesn't work, you can still use the pedal, but you miss out on a few very cool effects and that's just not acceptable! Solution!! Spend the extra $20 at Guitar Center and get that darned Digitech FS3X accessory foot pedal that plugs into the side of the Jimi Pedal! You will never have to stomp on the Jimi Pedal ever again! You can easily switch modes and toggle up and down through the settings with ease all day long! Now you can just use the Jimi pedal for the wah wah or expression effects only and keep it in mint condition. If you can't get the brand new one on sale at GC for $20, just get a used one for around the same price. They are very common because they work on many different pedals. There's nothing complicated about this FS3X extension pedal, so don't worry about getting a used one. It is very, very basic and probably even easy to make! There's just three buttons and some wires. This has a nice case and is well made. It's plenty rugged enough for nightly stage use. If you like the Jimi Hendrix Experience pedal, it's crazy not to get the accessory FS3X foot-switch. It makes the JHE pedal a breeze to operate and it keeps your beloved Jimi pedal from getting any wear and tear. Life is too short, get the Jimi Hendrix Experience pedal and the accessory FS3X foot-switch and be happy. Woodstock lives!Read full review
I love this paddle the fact that it has seven sets of options and it has to lead tones for each one of the seven sets gives you a lot of options and possibilities to create sounds that would take a mountain of equipment to create and of course it definitely duplicate the sound of a 100w marshall lead stack which is priceless in itself if you don't have one. You can change the settings on it to get your own sound but the options available from it surpass all the other pedals that I have I love this pedal. It has all the classic sounds but then you can combine them and create your own sound which we very difficult to do without a mountain of equipment it's nice to just have the one pedal it has all of these variations in it. I've seen complaints from people about how hard you have to push on it in order to trigger the pedal but if you have the DigiTech extension pedal the FSX 3 that ends that issue completely it's a really easy to use pedal. When it arrived I ended up playing it for about 11 hours before I had some idea of what I could create with it it still leaves lots of room for the imagination and of course combining it with other pedals it raises your options to a whole nother order of magnitude. I actually bought two of these pedals from eBay I got one for a friend and he also totally loves it.Read full review
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