Pedal gd for SS amp

[FELINEGUITARS]

Whilst this is going a bit off-topic - can I please raise a point here....

Can we PLEASE all try to type in proper English where possible:

In particular can we refrain from typing in mobile phone /text message speak or speaking in Patois or "street talk" that nobody over the age of 21 will understand.

We have quite a few members for whom English is not their first language, yet who all seem to write in a way that we can all understand.
I would use Hunter and Davey as great examples of this (and there are others here too that cope well)

Typing in good English also makes it easier for non English speaking guys to read and understand and feel able to contribute to the forum.

So it's more the English speaking guys who I am speaking to here rather than those whose first language is not English

I'm happy to mix with and chat to anyone and welcome anyone to the forum.
No agendas or issues here - just want to converse as easily as possible, and have us all get along

[dave_mc]

Whilst this is going a bit off-topic - can I please raise a point here....

Can we PLEASE all try to type in proper English where possible:

In particular can we refrain from typing in mobile phone /text message speak or speaking in Patois or "street talk" that nobody over the age of 21 will understand.

We have quite a few members for whom English is not their first language, yet who all seem to write in a way that we can all understand.
I would use Hunter and Davey as great examples of this (and there are others here too that cope well)

Typing in good English also makes it easier for non English speaking guys to read and understand and feel able to contribute to the forum.

So it's more the English speaking guys who I am speaking to here rather than those whose first language is not English

I'm happy to mix with and chat to anyone and welcome anyone to the forum.
No agendas or issues here - just want to converse as easily as possible, and have us all get along

+1

English is my first language and it took me about twice as long to read as a normal post would.

Buying a good pedal is never retarded, it will still give a good sound if you change amps.  Would you tell him not to change pickups to BK's because he will still get a cr@p sound through SS?

That's a very good point- if you buy good pedals, or pickups etc., they'll still be useful if you upgrade your amp. I'm guessing the worst thing you can do is buy cheapish pedals to try to improve your tone now, which when you get a good amp you end up having to sell because they sound terrible (it's happened to me, :( )

Also, +1 on the general consensus that there are some good SS amps, and some bad valve amps. I prefer valve, but that's not to say they're all good, etc.

[maverickf1jockey]

Whilst this is going a bit off-topic - can I please raise a point here....

Can we PLEASE all try to type in proper English where possible:

In particular can we refrain from typing in mobile phone /text message speak or speaking in Patois or "street talk" that nobody over the age of 21 will understand.

We have quite a few members for whom English is not their first language, yet who all seem to write in a way that we can all understand.
I would use Hunter and Davey as great examples of this (and there are others here too that cope well)

Typing in good English also makes it easier for non English speaking guys to read and understand and feel able to contribute to the forum.

So it's more the English speaking guys who I am speaking to here rather than those whose first language is not English

I'm happy to mix with and chat to anyone and welcome anyone to the forum.
No agendas or issues here - just want to converse as easily as possible, and have us all get along

F'shizzle ma nizzle :lol:

[noodleplugerine]

Damn straight bruvs.

[BloodMountain]

Whilst this is going a bit off-topic - can I please raise a point here....

Can we PLEASE all try to type in proper English where possible:

In particular can we refrain from typing in mobile phone /text message speak or speaking in Patois or "street talk" that nobody over the age of 21 will understand.

We have quite a few members for whom English is not their first language, yet who all seem to write in a way that we can all understand.
I would use Hunter and Davey as great examples of this (and there are others here too that cope well)

Typing in good English also makes it easier for non English speaking guys to read and understand and feel able to contribute to the forum.

So it's more the English speaking guys who I am speaking to here rather than those whose first language is not English

I'm happy to mix with and chat to anyone and welcome anyone to the forum.
No agendas or issues here - just want to converse as easily as possible, and have us all get along

yeah, it is hard to understand the poor dude, but in this case, he is foreign. it is different.
i am younger (not saying exactly how young  :P ) than most of these text speaking "shizzle bros" and i find trying to understand them a WASTE OF TIME. for example, it took me a whole day to work out that "newa" = anyway.
right, enough ranting, back on topic.

SS amps can sound very good, my SS practice amp makes me practice more.
BUT i have rarely been impressed by SS pedals. the rocktron metal distortion pedal is quite good, as is the Landmine LD-1, but i believe the best distortion comes from pure tube amp distortion. no pedals, just straight from the amp.
another BUT: if you like the sound of SS pedals a lot, then go ahead and try each one out, see which one kicks your ass.

[Dane]

I am so sorry guys for annoying you people with the shorthanded typing. That is how i type on my local forum, and yeah i am not english but i actually do take up British English for 10 years in school. Anyway many of us usually hear that SS amp is a no good investment. To me that is only true if you get a bad SS amp. Anyway 1 example for me is the Randall SS amp using the mosfet cicuitry. That amp kills. So lets just share our pleasant experience with pedals that we encounter. As i said my personal favourite would be Skreddy Screwdriver, Blackstone 2sv3, Boss BD-2.
Once again please forgive me on the typing style ealier. 8)

[Muzzzz]

^ Oh my god! What have you done with Dane? :D  :D

[BloodMountain]

I am so sorry guys for annoying you people with the shorthanded typing. That is how i type on my local forum, and yeah i am not english but i actually do take up British English for 10 years in school. Anyway many of us usually hear that SS amp is a no good investment. To me that is only true if you get a bad SS amp. Anyway 1 example for me is the Randall SS amp using the mosfet cicuitry. That amp kills. So lets just share our pleasant experience with pedals that we encounter. As i said my personal favourite would be Skreddy Screwdriver, Blackstone 2sv3, Boss BD-2.
Once again please forgive me on the typing style ealier. 8)

dude, that was great english!

i get what you mean, but surely if those are your favourites, then why not buy one of those?
unless you are looking for more opinions.......
i think that a pedal will sound great through a SS amp, because as you said, not ALL SS amps are bad. my Behringer GM108 SS modeling amp has the best SS sound i have ever heard. it's really thick and versatile, but it is VERY pickup dependant.

[indysmith]

Would you tell him not to change pickups to BK's because he will still get a cr@p sound through SS?

Yes, definately. I always feel an amp gives you the broadest part of your "voice", changing pickups tweaks and hones that voice.
BKPs through a solid state amp don't sound nice to me, stock squier pickups through a nice old valve amp do.

[Dane]

BLOODMOUNTAIN: Well i do actually own Skreddy Screwdriver,  1 pedal that is a permanent resident on my board. As for my next od pedal, i am actually looking to get a Blackstone 2sv3. It is something very unique and sounds great. I am just trying to get people who have had an experience where they pushed a SS amp with a pedal and just WOW themselves from the tone it produces. Skreddy Screwdriver did that for me  :D

indysmith: Dude i actually had a pleasant time playing a LP loaded with Crawler and I audition it through both SS and Tube amp. It did respond well to both and produce inspiring tones. It's just which 1 you prefer. As for me,it is 2 different animal, SS and Tube amp. Im not saying that you are wrong but it is just your taste. 1 man's meat is another's poison. 8)  :D

[PhilKing]

Would you tell him not to change pickups to BK's because he will still get a cr@p sound through SS?

Yes, definately. I always feel an amp gives you the broadest part of your "voice", changing pickups tweaks and hones that voice.
BKPs through a solid state amp don't sound nice to me, stock squier pickups through a nice old valve amp do.

Can you tell me which BK's you heard through solid state that you didn't like and which nice old valve amp has magic to change the tone of the pickups?  If I play one of my BK loaded guitars through my Yamaha FET amp I can hear the difference between other pickups.  I can especially hear the difference when using clean tones, as the BK's give an openness to the sound that many other pickups lack.

If the initial sound going into the amp is cr@p then the amp won't fix it, valve or solid state.

[Adam.M]

Woah, those skeddy pedal's sound pretty good...

The Skeddy Top Fuel look just like what im after... awesome.

But i wonder if it'd perform better than the Fulltone OCD...

Or maybe these things arent ment to be used as 'overdrives'...

[Elliot]

Before you slag off MosFet amps - play a Session!

[metal_god]

right bitch you tried a electro harmonix metal muff?

[Dane]

Adam.M: Skreddy pedals like Screwdriver behave more like a fuzz but is not one. The sound is more like putting a treble booster infront of a fuzz pedal. For Topfuel it is an awesome pedal but if you had read and heard the clips from the website carefully, it was purposely made to have a mid-hump, but still it sounds good doing what it does. Topfuel is based on a Bigmuff but sounds nothing like it. And if you stack both these pedals, you can get into tonal nirvana. :lol: