Three pedals I'd never put on a board again

List, with reasons. 1. Wah. Yes I know. Hear me out. I haven't used a wah on a session in five years and every time I plug one in for fun I remember why. The bypass is bad, the sweep range is wrong for almost every modern song, and the cocked-half-wah trick that everyone learned from the Brown Sound is a tonal cul-de-sac. If I need filter motion I use an envelope filter or automate a parametric in the mix. Cleaner result every time. 2. The MXR Carbon Copy. Specifically the original Carbon Copy. Beautiful pedal in theory, the modulation is gorgeous, but the moment you put it in a band mix the repeats vanish under any drive. I've replaced it with a TC Flashback and a Strymon Volante and I haven't missed it. People who love the Carbon Copy are playing it solo. In a band it's invisible. 3. Most boost pedals. Not all. But 80% of them. A clean boost into a tube amp does one thing: it pushes the front end harder. If your amp doesn't want to be pushed harder, the boost just makes things louder. I use a Klon for this and a Klon is not a boost, it's a tone shaper. A true clean boost has earned its slot on exactly one board I've ever built. Who's about to disagree, go ahead.