New Pedal Day: EHX Big Muff Nano and Boss PW-3 Wah
Trading is always better than selling.
Typically I don't have the patience for straight up trades, but when the stars align and you can find someone who really wants the piece of gear you do, you can end up with much better value.
My first experience with this started with a my Maz 38, which eventually turned into about $3K in cash. This time around, we're talking about a pedal I dropped $60 on, so the expectation for return was not nearly as high.
At any rate, I had figured out that I really didn't need another mini-delay pedal, so I posted the Ibanez Analog Delay along with a few other items I didn't really want/need (Metal Zone, Red Llama, etc.). I got a few offers that were exactly what you'd expect (laughable), but a few days ago I had someone respond with:
I love these kinds of offers, because I gets me thinking about the possibilities, which is about 90% as good as actually trading (I feel like Buddha figured this out... or maybe the opposite... whatever). I knew immediately that I had no interest in the TC Electronic Dark Matter; I already have "higher" gain covered with the JHS Angry Charlie, and I'm not interested in anything "higher" than that.
The Digitech Delay was interesting, but the main appeal of that pedal was the flexibility, and I pictured myself constantly bending over to change the settings. Besides, I was already trading away a delay because I already had one. This wouldn't make much sense.
The Big Muff Nano was definitely interesting though. I was already on the lookout for these, and this seemed like a great opportunity. The values didn't line up IMHO, so something else had to come from his side. The Boss Wah was all that was left.
There's a saying about wah pedals - you're not a real guitar player until you have bought one, sold one, and then bought one again. Well, I have bought a Crybaby, sold a Crybaby, bought a Vox, sold a Vox, and now this... I guess I'm a guitar player?
The appeal of the Wah was fairly limited, but credit to Matt Knight at Guitar Nerds, who has made Boss products ok to love again. I was curious as to whether this would have the Boss buffer in it, and sure enough, it does. That meant the Metal Zone could come off the board (though this would have to live beside the board for now).
How do I know? No power means no sound. Very.... Boss.
Obviously as indicated by the pictures above, I went ahead with the trade. With only a few minutes to try each, I'm not ready to say whether they are keepers, but with a new value at nearly double the cost of the Ibanez delay, I think this was a pretty good trade.
I know that the resale value of the Boss Wah may be pretty low, but if I could sell both pedals for $40 I'd be ahead of the game. As you can see from the picture above, I'm starting to acquire more pedals than I really know what to do with... Oh well.
Typically I don't have the patience for straight up trades, but when the stars align and you can find someone who really wants the piece of gear you do, you can end up with much better value.My first experience with this started with a my Maz 38, which eventually turned into about $3K in cash. This time around, we're talking about a pedal I dropped $60 on, so the expectation for return was not nearly as high.
At any rate, I had figured out that I really didn't need another mini-delay pedal, so I posted the Ibanez Analog Delay along with a few other items I didn't really want/need (Metal Zone, Red Llama, etc.). I got a few offers that were exactly what you'd expect (laughable), but a few days ago I had someone respond with:
"Looking to trade for your analog delay. I have the following: - EHX Big Muff Pi Nano - TC Electronics Dark Matter Distortion - Digitech Digidelay - Boss PW-3 Wah Let me know if anything above would interest you. Thanks, ******"
The Digitech Delay was interesting, but the main appeal of that pedal was the flexibility, and I pictured myself constantly bending over to change the settings. Besides, I was already trading away a delay because I already had one. This wouldn't make much sense.The Big Muff Nano was definitely interesting though. I was already on the lookout for these, and this seemed like a great opportunity. The values didn't line up IMHO, so something else had to come from his side. The Boss Wah was all that was left.
There's a saying about wah pedals - you're not a real guitar player until you have bought one, sold one, and then bought one again. Well, I have bought a Crybaby, sold a Crybaby, bought a Vox, sold a Vox, and now this... I guess I'm a guitar player?The appeal of the Wah was fairly limited, but credit to Matt Knight at Guitar Nerds, who has made Boss products ok to love again. I was curious as to whether this would have the Boss buffer in it, and sure enough, it does. That meant the Metal Zone could come off the board (though this would have to live beside the board for now).
How do I know? No power means no sound. Very.... Boss.
Obviously as indicated by the pictures above, I went ahead with the trade. With only a few minutes to try each, I'm not ready to say whether they are keepers, but with a new value at nearly double the cost of the Ibanez delay, I think this was a pretty good trade.
I know that the resale value of the Boss Wah may be pretty low, but if I could sell both pedals for $40 I'd be ahead of the game. As you can see from the picture above, I'm starting to acquire more pedals than I really know what to do with... Oh well.
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