which od pedal

[braintheory]

So I just got the DOD YJM308.  There's a lot of different opinions about this pedal, but I think it's phenomenal.  It's aggressive, super tight, articulate, gritty, and dynamic.  This works great for rock and metal, but it's a bit too aggressive and edgy for when I play stuff like Eric Johnson, fusion leads, or any time I'm looking for a more pretty, sweet lead tone.  So, basically I'm looking for the best od pedal I can get for a sweeter type of lead tone and I'm willing to spend as much as it takes.  I've done a lot of research and it looks like some of the good ones include: suhr shiba, okko, maxon 808, t-rex may, bb  preamp, visual sound, mad professor (possibly the best one), durham, homebrew, jetter, skychord, and klon.  What do you guys think?  Would any of those pedals be too edgy for what I want?

[braintheory]

Also, would any of the pedals I've listed stand out as being much better or in another league than other pedals I also listed?

[DoomBuggi]

If you don't care about spending money;


 You can check out the Keeley TS9 Mod+. 
I use to own one, they are pretty sweet, and premo components.


You could also check out the Ibanez TS808 Handwired. 
 Those are pricy.


I now use the Maxon OD808 Ri.  Its great for metal, and the likes of what I do.

[Aizaku]

I use a Green Rhino MKII OD from Way Huge/Dunlop. It has a really cool knob that adds an extra 12db to your signal. With that on a clean channel you can get pretty close to a Johnson-esque lead tone - the Tube Driver one, not the Fuzz Face one. If you use it on top of a crunch sound things get pretty real pretty fast! Check one out.

[Telerocker]

Lots of good pedals you've listed and a lot of them will get you there. I use an Emma Reezafratzitz (handmade in Denmark) for these kind of tones. This pedal is very tube-esque and dynamic and keeps your tone thick. It has a bias-knob to shift the character from class AB to A and all the degrees in between. Tonewise the Emma is a bit like a Maxon OD820. 
(I use a Suhr Riot too. Great pedal, the Shiba sounds also very nice.)

[horsehead]

Why not have a word with our very own Juan Solo?

[Mr. Air]

Have a look at Emma's Stink Bug pedal. It's great.

[Telerocker]

Have a look at Emma's Stink Bug pedal. It's great.

Yeah, I forgot that one. The Reeza btw is very good at low gain settings too and it has tons of gain on tap if needed. I use it at 10.00-11.00 o'clock.

[dave_mc]

a tubescreamer is pretty smooth

you can get a joyo clone (the vintage overdrive) for £25-£30.

that'd at least let you see if you like the tubescreamer thing, and then if you really care you could spend more later on something boutique (not that there's a whole heap of point if you like the joyo).

[Elliot]

I just bought a Joyo Vintage Overdrive and it sounds pretty much the same as my TS808 - Its a very good deal in my opinion...

[dave_mc]

agreed

[bandmaster188]

i've been using a barber direct drive which has got a real nice smooth drive to it plenty of scope for e.q adjustments too as it's got internal trim pots for bass and treble tweeks.
also a much under rated pedal which i''ve been using for 6 or 7 years now is the vox big ben overdrive. its got some kind of gimicky cool tube technology nonsense thing going on, but at the end of the day its drive sounds are smooth, vintage and creamy. don't think they make em anymore though.

[Lezard]

Just went of do some googleing on Joyo pedal's and came across this. http://www.strat-talk.com/forum/effect-effect/151219-warning-toxic-pedals-joyo-pedals.html

intresting if true. A company has been selling them with a huge mark up as boutique pedals.

[Toe-Knee]

Freakish blues has also been doing this

[dave_mc]

holy cr@p you'd think after you-know-who got caught no-one else would have tried this :lol: