Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: ElectricTurkey4369 on November 29, 2010, 02:56:56 AM
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Hey guys
I'm looking for a new overdrive pedal, I'm currently using a Digitech Bad Monkey
It's a good pedal for the price but a bit to jagged sounding.
I was looking at the Maxon OD808 or the Fulltone OCD since I heard they
Are pretty smooth sounding... anyone try these pedals?
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Get a Maxon 820 or 808. The OCD sucks.
You can hear clips of the 820 and a few other drives at my blog, HERE http://ampsnthings.com/?p=51
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The 820 is very much an industry standard boost and OD. Prized for the extra push it can give without imparting much colouration.
Found on a millionandone metal records, as it happens, on top of the high gain amps for the clarity and punch you can get out it
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Get a Maxon 820 or 808. The OCD sucks.
You can hear clips of the 820 and a few other drives at my blog, HERE http://ampsnthings.com/?p=51
:D :D I call it the other way around!
It depends on the amp and what you play.
I think the OCD is great for single note stuff but I'd probably stay away from it if I played metal
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Klon(e). First OD I've genuinely liked. One of the few pedals that actually lives up to the hype.
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I second that about the Klon(e) - I've tried loads of overdrives and it's the only one I really love... (quite like versions of the MXR distortion+ though....)
Andy
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Klon(e). First OD I've genuinely liked. One of the few pedals that actually lives up to the hype.
good luck getting one though.. second hand love pedal eternities go for manageable prices, and the new love pedal kalamazoo is supposed to be a klon killer at a fraction of the price.
good old tubescreamers are great if you like what they do (the OCD is supposedly an improved TS type), and i'm quite enthusiastic about sobbat at the minute having ordered a DB1. sounds like the DB2 is a general OD, the DB1 and DB3 being tuned for SC's and HB respectively. and reasonably inexpensive too
there's one called a rockbox boiling point but i think it may be more in the range of higer gain od into light to mid gain distortion, if that makes sense? videos are impressive.
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there a Lovepedal Eternity for sale in seconds out btw, £95.00
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there a Lovepedal Eternity for sale in seconds out btw, £95.00
ohhh, and thats an original one too, not the fuse, nice, someone buy it before i do lol
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The Klon was alright, replaced it with the KOT though. Each are built for different players :\
Also 808, ts9, and any of the sort are glorious and easily become lifetime connections :D
Any of you try the Koko Boost?
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The Brunetti Mercury Box is amazing. Also consider the Xotic BB Preamp. An yes, the Maxon 820 is a classic. Very nice pedal. Outsider tip: the Emma Reezafratzitz (handmade in Denmark), will do anything from light crunch to fat overdrive. Tones stay for days. Lot of gain on tap, but never mushy. Very dynamic pedal. The Suhr Shiba Drive is another great pedal. Not cheap, but sounds very nice. I have the Suhr Riot Distortion and it's great, especially on the clean channel.
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Hi. I'm a bit of an o/d pedal nut, and I've got a klon, a providence sov-2, a tubescreamer (maxon version, od9) and a carl martin hot drive/boost. The one to go for depends on what you want it to do - the klon has the best "clean" boost sound and will make an already good sounding guitar/amp combination sound bigger and fatter. It can sound a bit too mid rangey with some humbuckers if you're not careful. The tubescreamer will always sound like a tubescreamer, it's great if you want that srv sound, but it's always recognisable as a tubescreamer. My current fave is the providence - awesome sound, very smooth sounding, the clean boost almost as good as the klon. Only got it a couple of days ago, so it hasn't been gigged yet but so far has sounded good with every guitar I've tried it with. It's used by robben ford and matt schofield.
Hope thats helpful!
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Try out the MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe, or the Tube Zone. Both are very similar, but the Tube Zone allows for more gain. I've got the Tube Zone, and I can't live without it.
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there a Lovepedal Eternity for sale in seconds out btw, £95.00
ohhh, and thats an original one too, not the fuse, nice, someone buy it before i do lol
I would note that although this is basically a tube screamer, it doesn't have the usual mid-hump. That was a minus point for my mate who' selling it, but for many people it'll be exactly what they're after.
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hey turkey!what kind of music/guitar/amp? this info would help, otherwise you may get a bunch of fanboys raving about the ones they own/ or a few haters who trash the ones they played for only a few minutes...for ex., my fulldrive II is purrfect for my tele/boogie electradyne+2x12 65w celestions=blues rock and twang...but it wouldn't quite fit a "metalhead" 8)
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i think people have been ok on this thread for doing neither og=f those things
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I have the regular ol' Ibanez TS 808 and I find it eminently suitable for giving my Cornell a bit of a push. It's certainly not transparent but it has a certain quality which you might like. I have no idea what it would so in a high gain situation though.
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I'll suggest the T-Rex Alberta if you're into the tubescreamer sound or the Emma Stink Bug which in my oppinion is a bit fatter sounding than i TS and has more gain on tap. Emma's Reezafratzitz is an excelent pedal too, but more distortion oriented in my eyes.
You could also check out the Mad Professor range. should be nice pedals as well.
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I've use a T-Rex Michael Angelo Batio, I like it a lot, but I hate to admit the reason I favor it is mostly the cool paint job. :lol: It's also a nice pedal, luckily.
The best deal IMO is the Digitech Hardwire Overdrive. It is widely overlooked, maybe because it is still new and has the name "DIGITECH" on it. It's almost a secret deal. I would not get an Ibanez or Maxon - the Digitech is at least as good and made in the USA - but cheaper. I had a tough choice between the Batio and the Digitech. The Batio is a bit edgier and I liked that. The Digitech is a lot more versatile, has more headroom and two modes.
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I'll suggest the T-Rex Alberta if you're into the tubescreamer sound or the Emma Stink Bug which in my oppinion is a bit fatter sounding than i TS and has more gain on tap. Emma's Reezafratzitz is an excelent pedal too, but more distortion oriented in my eyes.
You could also check out the Mad Professor range. should be nice pedals as well.
Yes, The Reeza is more of an hot overdrive, but on the low gainsettings very useful as a mild drive. The Stinkbug is indeed in TS-terrority, but so musical.
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Also consider: award session JD10.
Can be set to be nigh-on as clean and clear as an 820, but has far, far more options to it.
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I'll suggest the T-Rex Alberta if you're into the tubescreamer sound or the Emma Stink Bug which in my oppinion is a bit fatter sounding than i TS and has more gain on tap. Emma's Reezafratzitz is an excelent pedal too, but more distortion oriented in my eyes.
You could also check out the Mad Professor range. should be nice pedals as well.
I have a StinkBug at home now for review.
I LOVE that pedal, but it's not nearly as transparent, or versatile, as the Maxon. It also has a sizeable midrange boost. It tightens your tone a lot, but I don't think it fattens it any. Not in the way the 820 or a Klon Centaur do.
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Crother double hotcake- 3 gain stages, Clear fat boost with variable presence, 2 modes bluesberry and normal. Increase the gain and you've almost got a fuzz pedal ! Does not mess with your amps tone!
Absolutely love mine!
Nicer and clearer sounding and less noisey than a yjm 308.
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Oh man, my head is going to explode! :lol:
So many options... I'm in Canada so most of these pedals
you guys are talking about won't be here I don't think. The store I go to has
the Maxon OD808 and some other MXR OD's. I'll probably go with the Maxon
though its pretty expensive, around $180. I might to find a used one.
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Check out General Guitar Gadgets ITS8, if you're handy with a soldering iron and have a couple hours to spare. It's basically paint by numbers, but with components. Real easy. It's by far the best OD I have. I can switch in and out different IC chips, different clippers, all kinds of mods right off the bat to get you tones like the Lovepedal Kanji, the Timmy... And then you get to name it yourself. Mine's the "Kill all Humans OD", cuz I painted it somewhat like a robot. Seriously, it's a little time consuming sorting the resistors, but it's well worth it. With the exception of say an Xotic AC booster(which is a modded Tubescreamer with a Baxandall EQ), all the major Tubescreamer circuits and derivatives are obtainable, even getting close to the Boss DS-1. You have to order the extra "boutique" package of components, but it was a $65 total price including shipping. It is seriously the quietest OD I've ever had as well. I'm talking adding noise to the signal here. I didn't have to goof with my noise gate at all, unlike the TS-9, the Maxon OD-9 and the Bad Monkey that I had. I don't know if it's the enclosure or the components on that, but whatever. It's awesome. Good luck on your search man.