Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr offers a utility belt's worth of 80s inspired chorus, delay, and reverb tones all within a standard pedal enclosure. Get your Sidekick Jr: Thomann - thmn.to/thoprod/575730?offid=1&affid=367 crazytubecircuits.com/sidekick-jr Guitar used - PJD St. John - www.pjdguitars.com/product-page/st-john-standard-3tsb Thanks to @RichWordsMusic for being the Adam West to my Burt Ward. This video contains paid promotion from Crazy Tube Circuits, PJD Guitars, and other brands sponsoring 42 Gear Street. More details on how CSGuitars implements product promotion - www.csguitars.co.uk/disclosure #42gsfive #sidekickjr #crazytubecircuits More from CSGuitars: Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/csguitars Join CSGuitars Discord - discord.gg/csguitars Buy CSGuitars Merchandise - www.csguitars.co.uk/store Website - www.csguitars.co.uk Contact - colin@csguitars.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________ *Description contains affiliate links. Purchasing using one of these links will generate a small commission for CSGuitars at no additional cost to you.*
I so wished I got time with this pedal, and no gearstreet vid is complete without a surprise Henning appearance 😆 this pedal really covers a lot of ground.
Already saw the vid by Bernd Kiltz (you probably met him), took the surprise a bit away, but I see Collin, I like. Only thing missing Imo is a mix dial for the Mod side. Guess my decision on what to get for my FX loop just got more complicated ...
But the sound of the 80’s was the Boss CE-2 chorus, the MXR Flanger, a rack mounted Boss DD-200, and the Roland JC120 amp. I know, I was there. I spent $600 (in 1985 dollars!) on an Alexis XT rack mounted digital reverb unit that’s now worth about $30 in 2023 dollars. Sometimes you just don’t need a new piece of kit. This pedal doesn’t really sound like the 1980’s. Not at all. Go and listen to the Thompson Twins or the Police for 80’s tones. They sound nothing like this thing. I think it’s a hard pass.
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This has 6 reverbs, 3 modulations, and 2 delays - If you were to purchase all of those effects separately it would cost several times more than the RRP of this pedal and take up significantly more space on your pedalboard. Even simplifying that down to one of each type from Boss which retail for around £100 each, it would still be cheaper to purchase the Sidekick Jr than 3 Boss pedals.
What world are you living in? ~280 Euro isn't overpriced for a boutique pedal with that much functionality. Just 10 or 15 years ago, you had to pay 100ish Euros for one of those effects if you didn't want it to suck. Sure, these days you can get the latest copy by Nux or Mooer or whatever for a third of the price. But, personally, I do consider the ethics of the manufacturers when making a purchase.
@@mrcoatsworth429 My point was that pretty much any boutique pedal is just a boss clone. This one is not expensive,but i bet that the circuit is pretty much what your gonna find on a Nux or Joyo pedal. And i dont like the China comunist regime one bit,Im sure you buy stuff made in China. Its pretty much everywhere.
The Nux and Mooer clones, although being very price competitive, tend to be very noisy. Harley Benton mini pedals have this issue as well it seems. This is fine for some effects if you where planning to use distortion and a gate anyways but quite often I'd advice spending more to at least get an OG Boss or similar.
