ibanez tubescreamer ts9 VS Maxon OD808

[Lucas]

Can you use Maxon OD808 too boost volume of other distortion pedals (clean channel on the amp).
For example I have some overdrive/distortion pedals and want to boost the volume up for solos, is Maxon a good choice? Or pedals like Xotic EP booster would do better job?

For this I would probably just use my MXR/CAE Boost/Linedriver, which I have last in my effects loop.  It runs on 18V and is loud as hell.  You probably wouldn't need to wind it up past 9 o'clock.  You could try an overdrive in the same place.  It will add a little EQ and compression compared to my setup.  Generally adding it before distortion in the front end will just be like having a hotter pickup

Did I understand right that you can place an overdrive pedal like Maxon at the end of the chain for volume boost on the already distorted tone from other OD/DIST pedal placed before?
Basically I need some volume boost on leads once I solved the whole issue with my pedals and Orange amp (have to crank it up to get decent sound).
After whatching few YT interviews, demos ect it seems that loads of pro musicians/bands/guitarists/people use Maxon type of thing on the distorted channels, to thicken everything up, so was wondering if I that would be suitable in my case as well with drive for example of 0.

cheers

[Dave Sloven]

Yeah if you can use a clean boost in the loop you could use an overdrive.  Just turn the 'drive' or 'gain' knob down to zero and turn up the 'level' or 'volume' knob as far as you need.  Like I said it won't be as 'clean' as a 'clean boost' in that it will add some compression and mids rather than just volume but that might suit you very well.

If you put it before the amp the effect is more saturation, distortion, feedback, etc rather than a volume boost - at least with a valve amp with pre- and post-gain controls.

[Lucas]

If you put it before the amp the effect is more saturation, distortion, feedback, etc rather than a volume boost - at least with a valve amp with pre- and post-gain controls.

ehhh... that has answered my question. Orange DT has no effect loop. Looks like it I have to find something else.

many thanks

[ericsabbath]

try an equalizer
had an 80's maxon 6 band graphic eq that sounded great as a midrange/volume booster
equalizers get a bit noisy, though

been using a reissue tc electronic classic sustain + parametric eq as a midrange booster/signal compressor and it works really well with my rig ('73  lp custom w/ riff raff/mule into a modded '73 marshall jmp 50w)
got this pedal in a sell/trade pretty much for free, but I think it costed a little fortune (like US$299 new)
you can find much cheaper parametric or graphic equalizers that will do the job

about overdrives, sometimes I use an 80's brazilian oliver sd-10, which was a roland licensed boss sd-1 clone
it has that compressed aggressive feel of the sd-1 which work better for more hard rockish marshall sounds, in my opinion
I also had the mxr wylde overdrive, ts9dx, maxon od808, keeley maxon od808, analog man maxon od9 and a maxon tbo9
they all sounded good and different from each other, but none sounded different enough to the point that one didn't work for something while the other did well (except the tbo9)

I remember the wylde od sounding a lot like a boss or the oliver, but fatter
the ts9x had the regular ts9 sound, a hair more transparent than an sd-1 but more metallic on the top, but had some extra options
the plus mode sounded good for stoner/doom stuff, as it doesn't cut off the low end
the stock od808 was a bit less colored and compressed than the others
the keeley od808 had a lot of gain and the most aggressive voicing
the analog man od9 sounded a lot like the od808, but a bit smoother and less transparent
the maxon tbo9 has a different overdrive circuit and a real tube clean signal booster, so it's not a tube screamer
it's more like the od820 with a different feel
this one had a fatter sound than all the others, but not the same middy tone and texture that are the appeal of having a screamer
good pedal, probably not worth the value just for having a tube

using a regular overdrive for extra gain and a juansolo baby boobtube as a clean booster in front of the amp worked really really well for me, but I ended removing the juansolo fearing I would eventually physically damage the exposed tube