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Mark66

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I'm thinking of adding an OD pedal to my set-up to give the Romany Plus a Marshall classic rock type of tone when
I'm in an LP mood. Romany is very Fender voiced, great with strat plugged straight in, or through tubescreamer,  for
Fender tone, but maybe good OD pedal (Marshall voiced) would give me another "channel". I thought maybe
Tonebone Plexitube or Hot British(expensive though). Any ideas?
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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2008, 07:36:19 PM »
Crunchbox?
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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2008, 07:40:32 PM »
Yeah the MI Audio crunch box will do what you want. I had one and when I set my Laney to clean, when I switched on the crunch box it sounded pretty much exactly the same as when the Laneys gain was turned up. This is a clip I did ages ago comparing the two, crunch box first then laney 2nd

http://www.netmusicians.org/files/82-cb%20vs%20laney.mp3

Bit thin on both tones but as you can tell its pretty much the same!

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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2008, 08:08:52 PM »
Xotic BB preamp? 

Supposed to sound like a Bluesbreaker..... They do sound Marshally but can also be used as a cleam boost etc

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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2008, 08:21:15 PM »
+1 on the Crunchbox, it makes any amp Marshally (great crunching mids) and they are only £65.00


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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2008, 08:24:38 PM »
crunchbox indeed! i suppose the BB would be a more versatile choice. you could also use a modded DS-1.

but yeah, crunchbox all the way :)
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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2008, 09:35:35 PM »
Guess I better find a crunchbox to try! Popular choice, thanks

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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2008, 09:56:19 PM »
Kasha Quickmod:

http://www.kashaamplifiers.com/products.html
That looks interesting; have you tried one, and can you clarify how it works? The webpage is a little vague
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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2008, 10:49:30 PM »
I have a Cornell Stinger - precursor to the Romany

I have tried a few things
The MI Crunchbox works well, but my choice for proper Marshall tone is the Tone Bone Plexitube
This will turn the Cornell into a 3 channel amp - clean, crunch and lead

http://www.tonebone.com/tb-plexitube.htm



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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2008, 08:34:40 AM »
I find it strange that loads of people are suggesting a Crunchbox when the OP states he wants something for Classic rock.
 The Crunch box is a fine pedal, but it is a one-trick-pony, and that trick is NOT classic rock. The Crunchbox gives very much a high gain JCM2000-type tone, with slightly scooped mids.
 The last time I looked, "Classic Rock" describes 70's bands such as Free, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, UFO etc.
Those bands basically use much lower gain tones, with NMV Marshalls and JCM800s, with much more mids than the CB can deliver.
  Having owned a JTM45, a superlead, and a JCM800, I can say categorically that a Crunchbox sounds absolutely nothing like any of them. OK, rant over, I've got that off my chest.

  For pedals, at the lower gain end of the classic rock spectrum, for me the Box of Rock is king - truly unbeatable.

Other pedals which can really nail some of those tone are the AC Booster (lower gain), and the BB pre-amp.

The Blackstar HT Dist and Dual can also pull off a number of those tones, in their own way.

I haven't played any of the Radial pedals, but know that some people rate them highly.

If I could justify the cost, I would get a Fetto (search for "Himmelstrutz Fetto")

In my experience, there are a bunch of "Marshall-clone" pedals out there, but very few of them actually respond in an amp-like manner, or give a particularly believable amp-like tone.

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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2008, 08:59:48 AM »
Classic Rock covers a lot of ground Alan.  According to Bowling For Soup, Motley Crue is classic rock  ;)

The Crunchbox, Marshall Guv'nor and Box of Rock all do flavours of Marshall and would get my vote.

Mark66 - if you fancy a Crunchbox let me know.  I'm selling mine, it's in mint condition.  £45 posted to you  :)

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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2008, 09:40:29 AM »
Ever tried a Keeley modified Blues Driver? You can can get Classic Rock type tones easily from that, and it has the addition of a bass boost which really thickens out the sound. Currently my favourite pedal by far, and well worth the money IMHO.

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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2008, 10:03:31 AM »
Classic Rock covers a lot of ground Alan.  According to Bowling For Soup, Motley Crue is classic rock  ;)


Got to agree with that. Classic Rock has come to mean anything from early Bluesbreakers to Late 80's high gain (JCM900?) sounds.

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Re: Which OD pedal to add "Marshall channel" to Cornell Romany Plus?
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2008, 10:31:45 AM »
strongly disagree the crunch box is scooped (sorry hamfist mate)... i find it very middy - i usually reduce the mid on my amp when i'm running it. perhaps its the difference in our rig?
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