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asianaxeman

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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #30 on: April 20, 2010, 05:35:45 PM »
crowther double hotcake- 3 gain stages. Brilliant.
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #31 on: April 20, 2010, 06:03:45 PM »
I mostly use an Xotic BB Preamp, set for a reasonably crunchy sound, through a two channel amp - gives me a crunch sound on the clean channel, then a really overdriven sound on the dirty channel.

When I want a stupidly heavy distortion sound, I use a Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Mayhem. I did try a Blackstar 2 stage pedal, but for some reason it made my wah pedal squeal whenever I switched it on.  :?
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #32 on: April 20, 2010, 07:04:51 PM »
I have quite a few overdrive pedals

Boss SD-1
Digitech Bad Monkey
Digitech Hardwire Overdrive
MXR Zakk Wylde
T-Rex Michaelangelo Batio

The Bad Monkey is the most subtle one, the MXR the "strongest" one. IMO they all have their good and bad sides, but I think the T-Rex is best for boosting just slightly. As a standalone overdrive, the Hardwire is excellent.
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #33 on: April 20, 2010, 09:50:20 PM »
Analogman TS9 on occasions.

I have a Sniper modded GE-7 that I haven't got round to setting up properly yet!
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #34 on: April 21, 2010, 06:26:28 AM »
I have a Visual Sound Jekylll & Hyde. I rarely use the Hyde side though. I also have a DHA Purist pedal that I use for solos.
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #35 on: April 21, 2010, 08:24:25 PM »
Zinky Master Blaster for a clean boost and T-Rex Alberta (TS type) if I need some more drive.
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #36 on: April 21, 2010, 10:49:29 PM »
Krankshaft :D
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #37 on: April 22, 2010, 09:10:13 AM »
Been using a '81 TS09 for quite a few years. Now it's mostly the dano CTO1 - works quite well to sharpen the HRDx drive channel a bit. Also have a DIY customized TS808, lot of gain but a bit too fat for the HRDx IMHO so I don't know if I'll keep it on my board.
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #38 on: April 22, 2010, 02:40:04 PM »
... I'd love a BYOC tri-boost but I don't think I could stand the crushing sense of defeat after I screw yet another project up...

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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #39 on: April 25, 2010, 10:18:34 AM »
At the moment i am just using a digitech bad monkey which is working great for now.


Only use it for the level knob the tighten the amp up and the treble knob as i find the TSL to be a bit too bassy.

However i went down this route as my journey into tube amp land happened at a bad time really (moving house)

so i have been on an incredibly tight budget.

I have been looking at some fulltone stuff and also some BYOC stuff.
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #40 on: April 25, 2010, 10:50:18 AM »
BYOC Tubescreamer clone. Still needs the chip replaced with a working JRC as that one sounded better before I broke one of the legs. Still sounds better than the HBE Power Screamer that cost about 3x the price.

Used to use my Keeley Rat but have started to notice it does something weird to the mids, can't really describe it but its not very nice. Good fuzz pedal though.
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #41 on: April 26, 2010, 04:48:05 PM »
Having always been a complete TS Nut all I ever used was a Keeley Modded TS9 and an original 808.

Now my tastes have changed..... only one pedal gets any action, Zendrive2. :D
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Re: What pedal do YOU boost your sound with?
« Reply #42 on: April 26, 2010, 04:52:15 PM »
I use a Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso. very transparent and low noise. Works great as a buffer too with the gain at minimum.
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