Author Topic: OD pedal for 'hot rodded' Marshall tone (Read 11109 times)

Woogie · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2007, 10:18:09 AM »

Quote from: the_bleeding

the mxr distortion plus is a distortion pedal and not an overdrive, instead of adding a gain stage or kicking your preamp section harder, it will actually change the sound.

i'm personally not a fan of boss pedals infront of the amp because they kinda eat tone...

I recommend the maxon OD 808, it can make poop sound good. In my eyes its the all-star overdrive.

I think the MXR Distortion+ can be used as a booster, I`ve tried it and it sounds good. Just put level on 100 and drive on 0 :D

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:11:03 PM »

Randy Rhoads used his Dist + as a booster i believe. I can afford any pedal, though i would prefer it to be under £100.

I listened to clips of the Boss SD-1 on MusiciansFriend and it sounded awful, i mean really cr@p, and i have always hated the tone of Boss pedals. Maybe the MXR Zakk Wylde is the way to go, or a tubescreamer of some sort.

With the Dist+ i was planning to either take the gain down on my amp and use the DIst+ like that OR put the gain on practically nothing on the Dist+ and the Level to like 10 and use it into an overdriven amp.

Elliot · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:15:08 PM »

TS7 with a TS808 mod (available on ebay) are good budget options for TS808 clones - the JRC4558D op amp chip is the same and only two components need to be changed to bring it up to TS808 spec + it has an added distortion switch.

It doesnt have much snob value, but I couldn't hear any difference between a TS808 reissue and a modded TS7.

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:30:03 PM »

Looks like the Maxon OD808 is very popular in here for what i want, i just listened to clips and it sounded great!

Got a question though, is it good use a general tone booster like the Maxon OD808, and then get another pedal for a solo boost or will it be too noisey or will i even need it?

horsehead · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2007, 02:49:35 PM »

Cheapest way to do it = find a good solo tone with pedal & your guitar volume on full, then just back it off for rhythm.

Seymour duncans boosters quite good I hear

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2007, 02:59:44 PM »

Good idea, but surely that will rob me of some good tone?

horsehead · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:24:41 PM »

What will? Back the volume off? If it is then I'd suggest adding a capacitor, the guys on here would know a lot better than I. If you mean the SD booster then I didn't notice it when I heard one last, but that was a year ago & senile dementia is starting to set in :lol:

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #22 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:36:05 PM »

I meant backing off the volume.

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #23 on:** April 02, 2007, 09:56:15 PM »

BTW is it worth getting a clean boost thing instead.

I want my tone to stay the same but have more harmonics and just generally boosted if that is possible?

indysmith · « **Reply #24 on:** April 03, 2007, 01:09:03 PM »

to get the 80s lead sound you need to add a little gain aswell. A clean boost would be great for rhythm (unless yu want decent muted notes)

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #25 on:** April 03, 2007, 02:15:03 PM »

Well i'm feeling fairly cheap at the moment and there have been a lot of recommendations for the SD-1 too. So i think i'll buy that since it is a classic 80's boosting pedal.

Woogie · « **Reply #26 on:** April 03, 2007, 02:18:43 PM »

Noo get the MXR Zakk, its basically a modified SD-1. I got it new for £50.

indysmith · « **Reply #27 on:** April 03, 2007, 02:49:56 PM »

Quote from: Woogie

Noo get the MXR Zakk, its basically a modified SD-1. I got it new for £50.

noisy though.

willo · « **Reply #28 on:** April 03, 2007, 03:15:37 PM »

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

BTW is it worth getting a clean boost thing instead.

I want my tone to stay the same but have more harmonics and just generally boosted if that is possible?

If you get a proper clean boost pedal and put it in the FX loop you will get more volume. Put it in front of an overdriven amp though, and it will drive the amp harder and result in more gain.

An SD1 wont do this, nor an 808 or ZW because they have a built in overdrive sound that imparts its tonal quality on the amp. However, they do also sound really good, so its a bit of a toss-up.

I had a clean boost and I've had the analogman modded SD1 (which switches into an 808 as well) and they are fairly different beasts. I dug the clean boost, but only into an already driven amp. It resulted in some really fat lead tones.

But on a relatively clean amp, it was no good. I preferred the clean boost into an overdriven Plexi, but the SD1 into a light gain JCM800.

indysmith · « **Reply #29 on:** April 03, 2007, 03:25:18 PM »

Quote from: willo

I've had the analogman modded SD1 (which switches into an 808 as well) and they are fairly different beasts.

i have it now....muahahaha