Clear, transparent, subtle-ish overdrive pedal with no fizz?

[sgmypod]

cool have had a go on the fuzz you did for horsehead havn't tried the klon yet......you done any clips, vids of valvcaster or similar

[juansolo]

I haven't the facilities sadly :( Better to test them out in person anyhow. It surprises me sometimes what people like and don't like. It's certainly not something you can predict easily on a forum!

[sgmypod]

Cool not a problem trying out guitar stuff

[andyg_prs]

I guess it's very subjective in terms of the sound he might be looking for.  I recently got an MI Audio Crunch Box v3.  With single coils it does everything from extremely subtle warmth / drive to extreme marshall tones.  Not as keen on it with humbuckers though.

What guitar does he play?

Cheers,
Andy

Does such a thing exist?

A mate's after one to put in front of a clean amp, and I'm really struggling to come up with any suggestions.  He has an Xotic AC+ which is more of booster, so it doesn't do the job he thought it might.  Tubescreamers and my Klone are a bit middy, and a fuzz pedal is too fuzzy!

ZVex Box of Rock might do the trick?  Anything else?

[sgmypod]

You adjusted the trim pot inside crunch box, acts like a presence(works opposite to how expect)open up the pedal for me

[andyg_prs]

Not yet  - is on my list of things to do...can only do in rehearsal room - and I already drive the band mad constantly trying out new pedals and sounds etc!  :)

Where is it inside the pedal?  Is it easy to see how it is set (if I want to put it back to how it was) and how does it change things moving one direction or the other?  How far does it adjust in either direction?

Cheers,
Andy

[sgmypod]

Mine was too dark before adjusting(even with tone full up)
was a small blue screw adjuster, full clock wise was very dark, turning anti clock wise added more life and treble. I went for 12oclock on mine

[andyg_prs]

Cool - cheers

[Elliot]

Another pedal that does this is the Toadworks Leo Jr -  I use one all the time as a subtle OD for my 63 Vibroverb.

[sgmypod]

Love my lovepedal amp 50

[dano]

Subdecay Liquid Sunshine is a great'transparent' overdrive and can do very low gain really well.

[shobet]

A Nick Greer gheto stomp might be worth having a look at as it's fairly low gain. Not sure if I'd describe it as transparent though.