Pihabeach82
Joined: Sep 29, 2015
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 02:12 PM
We do a couple of numbers where I quickly need to dirty up/overdrive my jag.
The drive pedal I'm using now is an ehx glove and I'm not digging it (neither is our sound nerd)
I think what it lacks is transparency. I.e. All of the guitars original tone and should are lost , and replaced with a washed out Overdrive.
I tried a Klon type pedal which was quite nice but heinously expensive.
I allready have a clean boost (catlinbread super chille) and that does a good job for solos work and boost but doesn't deliver on dirt , or not until things become really loud.
Looking around the $200 nzd range (130 -150 US)
Thanks guys
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toddr513
Joined: Dec 30, 2013
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 02:17 PM
https://youtu.be/7sSqVb1Lq-o
I just posted this video and i use and old marshall drive master and i love it wouldnt leave home without it, plus it has seperate controls for bass treble and middle, not much of a clean boost but i use my SP compressor for that
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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Seattle
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 02:35 PM
You want a transparent overdrive, these have become very popular.
The EHX Soul Food, you can't find a cheaper pedal. I think Amazon has them for $59 new. I use one myself, really great pedal.
I really want to try out the Fox Pedals Kingdom: http://foxpedal.com/products/kingdom
There is the Em Drive: http://emersoncustomguitars.bigcartel.com/category/em-drive-transparent-overdrive
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Pihabeach82
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 02:55 PM
That fox pedal sounds great
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stratdancer
Joined: Dec 11, 2013
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Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 02:58 PM
JakeDobner wrote:
You want a transparent overdrive, these have become very popular.
The EHX Soul Food, you can't find a cheaper pedal. I think Amazon has them for $59 new. I use one myself, really great pedal.
I really want to try out the Fox Pedals Kingdom: http://foxpedal.com/products/kingdom
There is the Em Drive: http://emersoncustomguitars.bigcartel.com/category/em-drive-transparent-overdrive
I'm not happy with any dirt for surf I've tried. My favorite Love Eternity Roadhouse died and I've been searching for a less expensive way to add just a bit a hair for a few songs. So the Soul Food can do this without making a mess of things or dropping my bass response Jake?
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Chippertheripper
Joined: Mar 11, 2011
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Semass
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 03:00 PM
The souls food can get nasally if you want to make it more gritty...
I love the sweet honey for a good old fashioned overdrive. It plays fine with the reverb.
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Pihabeach82
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 03:21 PM
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tubeswell
Joined: Sep 24, 2011
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Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 03:35 PM
I use a hotcake FWIW. Does Langhorns tones good with my jag.
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JObeast
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Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 03:43 PM
Afraid I might be repeating myself, but why not give a Rangemaster clone a try? Its germanium transistor gives a hefty albeit colored boost but then it's very period-authentic and musical. You can dial in the amount of gain boost and treble boost, actually high-midrange, which is great for cutting through the rhythm section and avoiding mud, or just generic-sounding midrangey overdrive along the lines of Ibanez clones.
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Pihabeach82
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 04:40 PM
tubeswell wrote:
I use a hotcake FWIW. Does Langhorns tones good with my jag.
Cool
Bender has a home made jobbie based on the hot cake. Might whip round and borrow it
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revmike
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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North Atlantic
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 04:54 PM
JakeDobner wrote:
You want a transparent overdrive, these have become very popular.
The EHX Soul Food, you can't find a cheaper pedal. I think Amazon has them for $59 new. I use one myself, really great pedal.
I really want to try out the Fox Pedals Kingdom: http://foxpedal.com/products/kingdom
There is the Em Drive: http://emersoncustomguitars.bigcartel.com/category/em-drive-transparent-overdrive
I agree with Jake about the Soul Food. It can be a clean boost, and add dirt to your sound. I have one that I use live, and never had to worry about the guitar's tome getting swallowed up by the crunch.
Rev
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 05:07 PM
These are pretty cool, slightly sleeper dirt pedals, small and can go anywhere from clean-ish boost to full out rage. They have more of a "hair on top" sound so it doesn't muddy up and the EQ is nice to have.
They can be found on the bay for fairly cheap.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PigTronix-Aria-DisNORTION-MINT-With-Box-Power-Supply-Sticker-/351494232249?hash=item51d6b058b9:g:3AgAAOSw3ydV3xyE
As suggested above - the Hotcake is cool for this type of thing as well and probably easier to access where you're at.
I tried a Soulfood and found it good but limited for my use.
These also work well for what you're describing:
http://www.amazon.com/NOBELS-ODR-1-Nobels-Natural-Overdrive/dp/B0089M057Y
Cheers,
Jeff
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Badger
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Wisconsin
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 06:42 PM
JakeDobner wrote:
I really want to try out the Fox Pedals Kingdom: http://foxpedal.com/products/kingdom
I like that alot in the mode with both toggles facing each other & the gain down, I think what the maker's site calls 'Klon' mode in the video.
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Bensen_Honeydew
Joined: Jan 04, 2016
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Auckland
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Posted on Jan 04 2016 01:00 AM
Pihabeach82 wrote:
tubeswell wrote:
I use a hotcake FWIW. Does Langhorns tones good with my jag.
Cool
Bender has a home made jobbie based on the hot cake. Might whip round and borrow it
I also have a Rangemaster clone that sounds utterly wicked.
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Pihabeach82
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Posted on Jan 04 2016 01:19 AM
Back to your lab!
Bensen_Honeydew wrote:
Pihabeach82 wrote:
tubeswell wrote:
I use a hotcake FWIW. Does Langhorns tones good with my jag.
Cool
Bender has a home made jobbie based on the hot cake. Might whip round and borrow it
I also have a Rangemaster clone that sounds utterly wicked.
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arny
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Netherlands, Europe
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Posted on Jan 04 2016 02:26 AM
Another +1 on the EHX Soul Food, it is one of the cheapes, but also best Klon clones.
It is one of my 'always on' pedals, with all nobs around 12 oclock.
For the more dirtier overdrive sounds I use an OCD. Tried numorous others (tubescreamer, Boss OD, EHX hot tube, to name a few), but I keep going back to my old trusty OCD.
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Donald77
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Posted on Jan 04 2016 03:03 AM
arny wrote:
Another +1 on the EHX Soul Food, it is one of the cheapes, but also best Klon clones.
It is one of my 'always on' pedals, with all nobs around 12 oclock.
For the more dirtier overdrive sounds I use an OCD. Tried numorous others (tubescreamer, Boss OD, EHX hot tube, to name a few), but I keep going back to my old trusty OCD.
I believe there a 4 versions of this pedal. What version do you have Arny?
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shake_n_stomp
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Vancouver BC
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Posted on Jan 04 2016 03:49 AM
Paul Cochrane's Timmy and David Barber's Gain Changer (and its predecessors, such as the LTD-SR that I have and use regularly) are overdrives that keep appearing on thegearpage.net forum as overdrives that go from low to medium but do not hijack your core guitar sound. No overdrive is transparent. But these are "translucent".
For garage rock tunes in the surf group, I actually use a TS808 mini. Those mids punch through and really work in a 2-guitar setup.
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arny
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Netherlands, Europe
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Posted on Jan 04 2016 05:20 AM
Donald77 wrote:
I believe there a 4 versions of this pedal. What version do you have Arny?
Mine is about 4 years old, so it should be V3 or V4.
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ElBirkerio
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Vienna
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Posted on Jan 04 2016 08:23 AM
hi!
just to drop another option - MXR Distortion III ... i use this quite often, and it is a decent fuzz/OD pedal. I have to admit that i am not using my jaguar a lot (my guitars have a more mosrite/gretsch sound), but marcus, our second guitarist is pretty happy with it too (and he uses jags and jazzys). if you want to, you can check the link in my signature to the Chicharrones EP - "Comanche" is played with that pedal and a Mosrite style pickup in neck position through a very clean AC 30 and a surfy bear (plus some little slapback delay from a MXR carbon copy ...)
yours
wolfi
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