Customer Rating: 
Summary: great buy.............
Comment: Ya i needed an eq and was tight on cash so i searched around and found this one was good priced but was still sceptical but when i got it i was very impressed with it and have not evan thought of replacing it......its a good buy
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best EQ for the $$
Comment: A must for any active guitarist who want to tweak tone. It produces no extra noise. For an 8 band eq with a 9th slider for volume, $30 is a huge bargain. I've seen no complaints about this pedal. I've had it for years!!
Customer Rating: 
Summary: It works, it's cheap....
Comment: This is a sweet lil' 7-band EQ. No fancy features, no huge price tag. It's quiet, and does exactly what it's supposed to.
For applications where you need more, an MXR 10 band EQ is the one to go for, but considering that this is 1/4 the price, it's always good to have one or two laying around. I'm using this one with an Ellis Stomp Box to cut the highs for more of a kick drum sound.
EQ's are an essential part of any musicians arsenal, and these are cheapies you can use for applications where tweaking is needed more than full on tone shaping. This is my 4th or 5th F&C. They're fairly reliable, but I had one of my cats pee on the old pedal, and now she's a goner. (Pathetic, but true)
Pick one up, and one day you'll be glad you did.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Indispensable...
Comment: For a long while I resisted the notion of pedals or effects of any kind. "The amp should and guitar should do it all," was my line in the sand. And, truth be told, I DON'T think effects should carry the lion's share of the 'sound' burden.
That said, there are things a lot of stock rigs aren't capable of doing. Many (most) amps don't have tremolo, so if ya want it, it's stomp box time. Many amps suffer from poor 'verb or no verb, especially the smaller, coveted Fender variety. So... another box is necessary. And so forth.
A 7 band eq? How does that fit into the configuration? Isn't that tone-queer territory, where one pores over sonic minutia forvever and never really gets things dialed in? And besides, the concept is so seventies. I didn't get it, or maybe didn't want to.
I purchased the Fish and Chips largely out of curiousity, born out of rave reviews about it. Let's face it: an eq doesn't quite produce the 'tingle' that a cool 'verb box does. But for the price, it was worth a try. Boy, was I in for a pleasant surprise.
This little box can breathe new life into ANY rig. I own (among other things) a Silvertone 1484 and a Fender Pro Jr. Both possess a certain old school charm, but as such, are limited in their usefulness. With the F & C in the front of the chain, the sonic latitude of these amps is increased at least 10 fold. I never knew my various axes could yield such appealing, PRO sounds. And with the level on the F & C at just about half mast, the gain is boosted significantly and quietly. I can gig anywhere, in any musical situation with the little Pro Jr. now, and that's good news for an aging jobber.
Ya don't to be a sound engineer to get busy with this thing. I would guess that within 10 minutes, even random tweaking will get a rig just about where it needs to be. Again, if the goal is to get more, a lot more, sound potential from your stock rig, this is one very inexpensive way of doing it. High marks for Dano on this one.
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