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EU pedals? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago by zagreas@lemm.ee to c/guitarpedals@lemmy.world

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Hi all,

New to Lemmy here, but I like what I’m seeing here! I came in the spirit of moving to buy things from the EU rather than the US and in that vein, I thought I’d start thinking about pedals. Over the past year I’ve been building a pedalboard that I’m quite happy with so far, but the 2/3 of the next pedals I have my eyes on in the long-term are from the US. I was wondering if anyone might have suggestions as to where/what to look for.

I am looking for alternatives either from the EU, or elsewhere other than the US for:

-Low-gain “transparent” overdrive (I was looking at the JHS morning glory)

-phaser pedal (I had been looking at the phase 95 for form factor and I like the phase 45 sound especially)

-a compressor pedal (I did not have anything in particular in mind here, yet).

I won’t buy all these at once, or even in the mediate future most likely, but as i become able to do so, it’s nice to have some ideas in mind.

Any and all advice is appreciated!

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[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure if any of these companies make what you’re looking for but Ultimate Guitar put up this article last year: https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/here_are_some_of_the_best_pedal_brands_made_in_europe-162130

I know Jam Pedals are highly regarded.

ThorpyFX - Not EU but UK and not US: https://thorpyfx.com/en-us

Dry Bell is from Croatia: https://reverb.com/shop/drybell

Empress Pedals is in Canada. Their compressor is well regarded.

Gamechanger Audio is in Latvia

Most of these are quite expensive just FYI.

[–] zagreas@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks!

I’ve actually had my eyes on the jam waterfall (chorus) for a time, but I found a different chorus pedal used for something like a fourth the price so it was hard to pass up. But it’s on my radar.

Thorpy and Dry bell both looks cool and I was unfamiliar. Thanks! (And for the article too)