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Davie Allan actually uses a Rat! He told me he used to use a
Mosrite FuzzRite (which is what I have, only mine's a re-issue by
Sanner.) For Overdrive I like my Fulldrive II also I have a ZVex
Super Hard On which is really great too!
Brian
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., surfkings@h... wrote:
> Hi Dana,
> I sometimes use one of those Boss overdrive/distortion
pedals for
> a bit of crunch at small venues. The drive dial is close to 0, and
> the volume set slightly higher than the clean amp sound. The
tone
> depends on the room, and the overdrive/distortion dial is set at
> about 9 o'clock.
> Other than that it's just the reverb tank, and the vibrasonic.
> Any suggestions for that Davie Allan tone in a pedal.
Someone
> should market a Davie Allan biker fuzz box!!!
>
> Mr. Mumps/ Urban Surf Kings
>
> --- In SurfGuitar101@y..., Dana and Roberta Vincent
<splashbk@d...>
> 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
> >
