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Link Wray in a pedal
Joined: Aug 26, 2015 Posts: 252 |
Posted on Mar 22 2017 05:07 PM
What gets your vote for this? I do have some great small tube amps that get into the Link Wray territory...so this isn't about amps. Just curious about options for low gain pedals. I use a keeley modded blues driver which is ok, just fancy trying a different flavour Last edited: Mar 22, 2017 17:15:31 |
Joined: Nov 03, 2011 Posts: 660 |
Posted on Mar 22 2017 05:46 PM
You need something to get that ripped speaker sound. Maybe a Greer Ghetto Stomp or one of the Supro pedals (?) The blues driver doesn't have the right frequencies to me. |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11079 Berkeley, CA 
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Posted on Mar 22 2017 07:22 PM
The Dyno Brain by Nocturne pedals when dialed in heavy should get you into Link Wray territory. It's a replica of the Roland Space Echo preamp, and it goes from thick to gritty, but never into overdrive/distortion territory —Danny Snyder I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac' Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
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Posted on Mar 22 2017 10:37 PM
I use a BYOC Silver Pony which is a "klone". The Klon is not known for being a sweet overdrive which makes it wonderful for a Link overdrive. I would think that even a Fuzz face with the fuzz dialed back would have enough vintage snarl. Germanium transistors moreso than silicon but just about any snarl is good snarl! —Lorne |
Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2395 San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Mar 22 2017 11:59 PM
You might want to try out the JHS Supererbolt pedal. I don't own one, but I've heard them in action, several times. JHS has done a great job of replicating 50's-60's Supro amps. In the more conservative settings, the pedal has the sound of a low-fi amp on the verge of breaking up. When dimed, it sounds gloriously like a small tube amp about to explode. I need to find a dealer, and spend some time on one of these puppies. https://www.jhspedals.com/products/guitar-pedals/superbolt/ —Bob Last edited: Mar 23, 2017 00:01:54 |
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Joined: Aug 26, 2015 Posts: 252 |
Posted on Mar 23 2017 02:08 AM
Thanks for that, some familiar ideas there. Had fun looking through the byoc site, that was new to me. Will dig out my joyo sweet baby pedal again to try some Klon style Last edited: Mar 23, 2017 02:09:48 |
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 03:46 AM
One of the best and affordable new Klone clones is Electro Harmonix (EHX) Soul Foud. It is my always on pedal. For the real fuzzy, tube overdriven sound I use a EHX Hot Tubes pedal. It nails the Rumble sound perfect! On stage I use my Soul Food into a Fulltone OCD, with both drives at 12 o'clock. Live sound-sample, playing our little Link tribute: —www.alohasluts.com |
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Joined: Aug 26, 2015 Posts: 252 |
Posted on Mar 23 2017 06:04 AM
Thanks for that Arny, just the kinda thing I'm looking for and I'll go check the EHX pedals. I was looking at the OCD, how do you get on with that on its' own? I thought it may do the Link thing but guess it has way more gain than I'll ever need. Link's sound has that clean but dirty....dirty but clean sound. I often think folks give it too much gain. |
Joined: Jun 14, 2012 Posts: 462 Ohio!
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 08:57 AM
A few years back, Tony at www.ballseffects.com made me a custom handwired tremolo pedal with a not so clean boost feature built into it that reminded me of the blown out Link tone. I then had him build just the single knob boost portion into its own pedal because I liked it so much. It's a primitive sounding circuit, dirty and crude, but has a real cool lofi LW vibe. For whatever reason we dubbed it the Orange Droolius. If I remember correctly it was right around $100. |
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 01:19 PM
That trem/OD sounds great, maybe a little like the recent Supro trem pedal with gain control....but a better price! |
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 01:21 PM
Any thoughts on the Wampler clarksdale? Expensive but interesting. Wouldn't gamble on it without testing |
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 01:26 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fkJ7O2yWRl8 Last edited: Mar 23, 2017 15:12:55 |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 2065 Virginia, USA
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 02:08 PM
I agree with Danny, I think a boost pedal rather than an overdrive would be your best bet. Something like a Xotic EP booster or the Dyno Brain. If you listen to Link Wray's tone it's really more of a slight overdriven sound rather than full on distortion. Too often these days bands overdo the overdrive when covering Link IMO. Dave Wronski does a great demo of the tone and the vibrato effect in this vid: —Paul |
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 02:45 PM
Boost pedals and the dyno Brain are great for hitting the front end of an amp and I'm set up with those. Links early sound was more about power amp distortion....small amp turned up loud. Looking for a pedal that represents that sound. Agreed, folks attempt this sound with too much gain as mentioned earlier. Or nasty preamp distortion Last edited: Mar 23, 2017 14:47:33 |
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 04:21 PM
MXR Super Badass Distortion, not an OD pedal (which is different). Gain just cracked; nice output dist sound at about 8:30 for me. (Truly goes rapidly crazy/elevated gain after about 8:45, but that's not what you want.) It also has tone controls (3) thar REALLY work. Just crack it and, of course, it doesn't hurt if you're also jumping on it at the guitar end tool - pedal can't do all the work. Wes DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices. |
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Joined: Aug 26, 2015 Posts: 252 |
Posted on Mar 23 2017 05:02 PM
Interesting about the MXR distortion pedal. Remember hearing a kid on YouTube that had a really cool sound playing Lookin Good by Magic Sam...I thought I gotta find out what that gear is. Cheap strat, fuzzface turned virtually off and a fender frontline amp. Hey ho. |
Joined: Mar 27, 2014 Posts: 24 Oakland
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 05:23 PM
Nothing beats a cranked low-wattage supro with trem. That's the sound right there. But on my big clean amp for gnarled blown-tone, consider using a fuzz pedal with a "bias" or "variac" knob to simulate dying batteries. Turn down your guitar volume and you get some moderate fuzz with little breaks and splats like a blown speaker. I used to use a smallsound/bigsound mini for this effect. now I use a home made fuzz face with a bias knob. very useful effect. —"We spent the last 50 years mired in the 1960s, let's spend the next 50 years mired in NOW!" - Principle Skinner |
Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4054 Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted on Mar 23 2017 09:57 PM
I'd concur with Wes, The MXR Super Badass can do this at it's lowest and lower gain settings. It's just a bit trashy too which helps. Another pedal I'll throw into the suggestions, another that would probably be overlooked - The Aria Disnortion (yes, disnortion) by Pigtronix. Cheers, http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan 
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Posted on Mar 24 2017 01:28 AM
I've always been into crappy distortion sounds since I was first playing amps at 15. These days there are so many great flaves of fuzz and overdrive available. |
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Joined: Jun 14, 2012 Posts: 462 Ohio!
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Posted on Mar 24 2017 09:32 AM
Never thought about the MXR. I have the Super Badass Fuzz version which has a Variac control. I'll mess with that to hear what I can hear. |
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