Synth pedal - under £150 - for band use

[Currrls]

Got lots of christmas money so im looking for a new pedal. I want a synth that i can use easily in a band situation just for making solos a bit more interesting and for making some epic intro kinda things

what would you guys reccomend. so far im interested in the digitech bass synth wah.

Second hand is definitely an option so make me an offer if you've got things to sell.

DISCUSS....

[iamapirate]

for your budget i'd go with the EHX Mass micro synth. A complete beast of a pedal with some really cool sounds. i've got one and it's done me well! The band I'm in (hard rock/synth) hasn't rehersed for about 6 months so PM me if you want to make me an offer on it, though it's not 'officially' for sale as such!

If you want to save up, the markbass super-synth is meant to be really good - like a modern day deep impact.

[nick]

Another +1 for the Microsynth. If you can pick one up S/H for a good price, great pedal for the money.
Wish I now kept mine

[cm261]

Just picked up a microsynth myself, and I like it so far (not got it properly sussed yet as I only got it yesterday). Also, a new one would be only a little bit more than your budget, so you wouldn't necessarily have to go used.

[dannybuoy]

If you can hold out a little longer I'd save up for the new Markbass Supersynth. Early reviews point to it being a Deep Impact / Octavius Squeezer / G5 / BMS killer:

Edited December 27, 2009 by dannybuoy

[phil.i.stein]

hi,
don't go cheap on synth, unless you want to sound like a cheap synth.... markbass sounds like the way to go at the moment, but only if you want to make that a major part of your sound. i bought a boss syb-5 recently, and although it makes a few nice noises, the tracking sucks !!, and that is the most vital part of the live utility of a pedal. the best noise i can get is a digital/gated fuzz out of it, and tbh you can achieve similar with a good compression & envelope filter + distortion/od. my advice - hang around and wait for competition to catch up with mb, or wait for enough muse-wanabees to lower the price on the deep-impact.
btw - anyone want a boss syb-5 ? will probably swap for a chocolate kettle...

Edited December 27, 2009 by phil.i.stein

[danbowskill]

hey man i had the didgitech synth a while back ....dont do it its sh@t!!!micro synth all the way :-)

[King Tut]

Second hand Korg AX3000B - good synths, tracks well - and loads of other stuff thrown in!

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='694060' date='Dec 27 2009, 12:22 AM']If you can hold out a little longer I'd save up for the new Markbass Supersynth. Early reviews point to it being a Deep Impact / Octavius Squeezer / G5 / BMS killer:[/quote]

I'm pretty suspicious that it's a re-packaged G5. Personally I didn't like the G5.

The Bass Micro Synth is worth a look, especially the older model if you can find one. Plus it can double as a decent analogue octaver and a distortion (with clean blend).

[Owen]

I have a G5 and really like it, but it is pretty fussy about what bass goes in. It rules with my Bongo but is pretty wimpy with my Jazz.

[Currrls]

iamapirate you have a pm