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I have to agree on nobels. Its a great and cheap pedal. I have one and it
sounds great.
>Geez, I've tried SO many overdrives (like most of y'all, I'd guess).
>The one I keep coming back to, that I currently use, is that cheap
>$40 Nobels ODR-1. Doesn't change my tone much, if at all, but puts a
>nice buttery smooth fat edge to it. I run a coupla assembled Strats
>and a cloned Musiclander (all gits use combinations of noiseless
>Lawrence L290 and L490 pickups) into the Nobels ODR-1, patched to a
>VS Liguid H2O (chorus/delay), and split out and into two amps (Carvin
>Nomad & Blues Jr). A very nice "new age" surf tone - or bluez or
>jazz or whatever.
>
>In any event, it's rare to be able to crank an amp or two all the way
>up these dayze, so having amp master volumes and front end overdrive
>pedals is THE way to go for good tone at sane volumes. YMMV. Rob.
>
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>wrote:
> > Thanks very much for the nice compliment, Brian! The first track
> > originated from a Bob McInturff bass line. One day I got tired of
> > listening to him warm up on it, and started writing the melody
>lines.
> > Bill and Steve added their own touches to the tune, and "Hot Curl"
>was
> > born. I play the lead with a Strat set on the middle-pickup
>position,
> > routed through a Tech 21 Comptortion pedal. Bill also plays a
>Strat,
> > with his favorite pickup setting being the bridge-middle. I am
>still
> > searching for the ideal overdrive (no loss of clarity, but nice
> > "singing" sustain), and lately am running a Blackstone Mosfet
>Overdrive
> > (low gain, shut off for rhythm chores) through a KLON pedal (high
> > volume, very low gain) with reasonably good results. I would be
>very
> > interested in learning what pedals (overdrive or otherwise) people
>on
> > the list use. Yeah, I know a cranked amp with hot pickups is the
>purist
> > way to go, but we can't always play at 120db!
> >
> > Best regards, Dana Vincent
>
>
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