I'm looking for a good equalizer pedal for my setup, preferably true-bypass. Does such a pedal exist or what would be a good choice?

My standby is the Ibanez GE-9, not true bypass. The Boss pedal has the same frequencies as teh Ibanez but is noisier... the older MXR 6band is noisier also so I rule dit out for myself.

The new MXR 10 band is interesting but different frequencies on this. It came out after I got my Ibanez so didn't test it against the Ibanez yet but plan to eventually.

The BYOC 10 band is also a really interesting option... Nathan made a clip

I'm always interested on finding more on the subject of EQ pedals as I find it to be overlooked by most but quite handy to me.

Danelectro Fish N Chips is as good as the Boss at less than half the price. A modded Boss GE 7 like the Sniper Mod or similar would be better than stock by a good bit and a good deal less noisy. The MXR 10 Band isn't noisy and has both Input and Gain sliders, but I find those 10 bands covers some pretty unusable frequency for guitarists at the extremes. There are exceptions such as eq'ing out rumbles or weird high frequency buzzs, but in general it's a bit overkill, but still a nice unit. Takes 18 volts. If I had it to do over, one of the popular upgrades for the GE 7. 9 volts, smaller footprint, 7 usable frequencies.

So how do you guys use them? Do you find them most useful as some sort of effect or boost? Or do you have them on constantly as a way to further tweak your sound?

I've been curious about using one for a while now, but I don't know how I would make the best use of it.

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Since a picture is worth mroe text than I care to type...Here's how I usually have mine set as a start up point and fine tune it from that.

i have four i routinely use: Sniper-modded Boss GE7, Boss PQ4 parametric, BJF SBEQ, and a Timmy. The Boss pedals are usually used 1st in line and either set as basic tone shapers or scalpels. the SBEQ i use more as an effects pedal and to stack in front dirt boxes. while the Timmy is not really an eq pedal i think it has such great sounding tone controls that i often use it both as a stacker and last in the chain as a make-up/boost and sweetener. the problem for a lot of people when first trying to use eq pedals is that there are too many sliders and everything is highly interactive. but if you take your time and try things in small increments you can dial in some great sounds while having additional control over your sound in different settings.

Try a Boss PQ-4 parametric EQ pedal.....I cannot say enough good things about this thing.

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