Your Favorite Overdrive or Distortion pedal !

BOBBO · 09-15-2007, 06:55 PM

What is your go to pedal when looking to take your amp into Overdrive heaven ?

Here's my board .. I use a Lovepedal COT50 for a bit of extra Plexi like feel and grit when needed but my favorite pedal to push my Marshall into tube amp bliss is my Klon Centaur !!

LoKi · 09-15-2007, 07:03 PM

Guyatone OD-2 is the best stock overdrive I've ever heard. 1 small mod, and it goes into the best OD period!

hexfuzz · 09-15-2007, 08:09 PM

has to be a proco rat.

can roll off the distortion to get more of a classic overdrive, but with it cranked you can get big muff size drive whilst still retaining definition in your notes.

mmmmmm rat.

LoKi · 09-15-2007, 08:40 PM

Yea I've got a Rat too.. it is a great pedal!

Also the Direct Drive is pretty sweet, or the Fulltone Fulldrive.

Or of course, the old green monster... but not really any of its reincarnations.

BOBBO · 09-15-2007, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hexfuzz

has to be a proco rat.

can roll off the distortion to get more of a classic overdrive, but with it cranked you can get big muff size drive whilst still retaining definition in your notes.

mmmmmm rat.

I had a Keeley modded RAT that was pretty great but i sold it

WBPickups · 09-15-2007, 09:37 PM

I am a Klon fan myself but I also like the Jetter pedals.. Both the Blue and the Red are top notch!
Jetter Gear : High-End Analog Gear for your Guitar, designed for any musician!

ReverendJWblues · 09-15-2007, 10:04 PM

I doubt one would call it a true distortion pedal Ive been messing with a digitech Clapton crossroads pedal the last few days, I think I can tweak it out to something useable, although not a Clapton fan (that just pissed a few people off Im sure) it has some good tones on it, Usually I just use a boss BD2 keely mod. Dont really need any ear piercing stuff anymore.
JW

dogbone94 · 09-15-2007, 11:02 PM

distortion for me it is the ibanez tube king[jap model].... and i do like the ts9dx for a od or bluesy grind....

BOBBO · 09-15-2007, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dogbone94

distortion for me it is the ibanez tube king[jap model].... and i do like the ts9dx for a od or bluesy grind....

The Tube King always looked interesting to me .... but , Reminded me of a Mesa Boogie V-Twin pedal I owned and hated to death ( big box of mush ! )

dogbone94 · 09-15-2007, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobbovisme

The Tube King always looked interesting to me .... but , Reminded me of a Mesa Boogie V-Twin pedal I owned and hated to death ( big box of mush ! )

i bought a 2nd for travel with a combo.... the tube has alot to do with the mushiness..... they are alot like a boogie tone... very close to the tone of my tverb... but tweaked it give me a marshall drive/compression....

Caretaker · 09-16-2007, 12:47 AM

I`m not a pedal guy at all, but the Damage Control Womanizer I just got is outstanding.

5er driver · 09-16-2007, 02:03 AM

An Ibanez SD9 Sonic Distortion through the Fender Twin. I don't need a distortion pedal for the SL-X.

WBPickups · 09-16-2007, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caretaker

I`m not a pedal guy at all, but the Damage Control Womanizer I just got is outstanding.

You like it? I was looking at one here at a local shop but didn't have the time to play around with it. Now, I am curious. Any tips before I check it out?

tarddoggy · 09-16-2007, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobbovisme

What is your go to pedal when looking to take your amp into Overdrive heaven ?

Here's my board .. I use a Lovepedal COT50 for a bit of extra Plexi like feel and grit when needed but my favorite pedal to push my Marshall into tube amp bliss is my Klon Centaur !!

I never turn off my COT50,I love that thing.I have always heard that the Klons are the way to go,but,I have never had the chance to play around with one.

tarddoggy · 09-16-2007, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WBPickups

I am a Klon fan myself but I also like the Jetter pedals.. Both the Blue and the Red are top notch!
Jetter Gear : High-End Analog Gear for your Guitar, designed for any musician!

I have honestly never heard of these Will,but,I gonna check'em out.'Bout fell outta my chair after reading that B.Dharma uses them!!!!!

BOBBO · 09-16-2007, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tarddoggy

I never turn off my COT50,I love that thing.I have always heard that the Klons are the way to go,but,I have never had the chance to play around with one.

The key to a Klon sounding good is that you have to have a good basic guitar into amp sound !! Because the Klon just gives you more of what your amp is giving you now but rounder and warmer and bigger and I want to go plug in just thinking about it !! The Klon boost's the Cot50 really well too !! I use an R8 into an 80's JCM800 and it's great to kick it into OD with the KLON !!

tarddoggy · 09-16-2007, 01:43 PM

Im gonna have to try one out.One can never have too much gear!!

BOBBO · 09-16-2007, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tarddoggy

Im gonna have to try one out.One can never have too much gear!!

Finally !! A similar philosiphy to mine !!

tarddoggy · 09-16-2007, 01:47 PM

it is A WAY OF LIFE

Big Mike · 09-16-2007, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobbovisme

The key to a Klon sounding good is that you have to have a good basic guitar into amp sound !! Because the Klon just gives you more of what your amp is giving you now but rounder and warmer and bigger and I want to go plug in just thinking about it !! The Klon boost's the Cot50 really well too !! I use an R8 into an 80's JCM800 and it's great to kick it into OD with the KLON !!

Yup. Can't agree more. The Klon is best into an amp that's 'already happy' and just gives it that extra WOW.

Though it's not on my board anymore, mine goes nowhere.

BOBBO · 09-16-2007, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Mike

Yup. Can't agree more. The Klon is best into an amp that's 'already happy' and just gives it that extra WOW.

Though it's not on my board anymore, mine goes nowhere.

What bumped your KLON off the board ?? Must be a good one ?

Big Mike · 09-16-2007, 03:07 PM

Combination, using less gain at the amp and more from the pedal to get a bit cleaner. Plus I've been using Single Coils a bit more, so needed more gain Using the Relic drive I mentioned in another thread.

BOBBO · 09-26-2007, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tarddoggy

it is A WAY OF LIFE

Order the Klon yet ?

tarddoggy · 09-26-2007, 06:29 PM

wwwellllll no...I had to cover some financial things between my Bro and our local law enforcement.LOL!!! I dont even have the money to have my local tech install the pups I recieved from WB!!!! AAAGGHHHH ITS DRIVIN ME CRAZY LOL!!!

BOBBO · 09-26-2007, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tarddoggy

wwwellllll no...I had to cover some financial things between my Bro and our local law enforcement.LOL!!! I dont even have the money to have my local tech install the pups I recieved from WB!!!! AAAGGHHHH ITS DRIVIN ME CRAZY LOL!!!

Can you say CREDIT !! lol ..... Go get a soldering iron for $15 and get those pup's in .. I'll expect a full tone report too !!!

lp59aholicDon · 09-28-2007, 06:41 AM

My TS 9 original I traded for. Gave my buddy Stu. a bearhead for it, Mr Bear ( his head) was an occupant of my cabin/ house when I bought it, and my dogs always wanted to get at it to chew, the Tubscreamer is far more useful

LoKi · 09-28-2007, 08:42 AM

What kind of bear though? Haha

I've always wanted to mount a polar bear, but they are so endangered that it would be a shame, especially with the ice breaking up north, and the northwest passage opening up after 4 million years of being covered in ice. They'll be extinct soon whether they are hunted or not.

I wouldn't mind having a grizzly though, but probably only because I already have an original TS-9.

lp59aholicDon · 09-28-2007, 02:18 PM

He was just a Eastern Blackbear, Stu had all kinds of critters on the wall but didnt have a bear, he wasnt using the TS 9 and hadnt for years he told me, I wanted it to push my Bluesbreaker a lil harder

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoKi

What kind of bear though? Haha

I've always wanted to mount a polar bear, but they are so endangered that it would be a shame,
I wouldn't mind having a grizzly though, but probably only because I already have an original TS-9.

J.LaGrassa · 10-08-2007, 08:21 PM

For OD I'm using a Fulltone FD-2 Mosfet custom shop and high gain OD I use the OCD latetest version they also stack great too!
Here is a shot of my board!

coldsteal2 · 10-09-2007, 09:45 AM

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