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Mr Grumpy
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Some really good replies and interesting pedals. I've gone for a mega-quote, not sure if it's gonna work... 
Yes! The Distortion+ is clearly named, but to me is an OD pedal. & anyways, everyone's ears are different, we use pedals in different ways, etc...
I know Fulltone get a bad rap in another thread, and many folks aren't too fond of them, but I also like them. I kinda think in some ways they are closer to the Classic pedal line than boutiqque which is something I like about them.
Very good point. My Randall RD 1 did superb overdrive (not just distortion, no clean at all...), very hard to find a pedal that could equal the amp tone.
Fuzzes, especially when the guitar volume is turned down, cold be OD pedals. I've been struggling with fuzzes for a long time, and although I keep trying to get good sounds out of my Catalinbread Katzenkonig I rarely do (when I do, it's when I remember to use the guitar volume to control the pedal).
That's another very interesting point, and the OCD V2 I just bought makes a point of highlighting that exact point.
I don't know anything about that pedal. I'll watch a couple of Youtube vids to educate meself and avoid work!
(Three weeks of working from home here in Korea.)
Yeah, I like to do that too. On SGs, just going from 10 to 8 gives you 3 different tones, going down gets you clean - it's a good way to get tones. But setting the 'on 10' tone is sometimes nice with an OD goosing that amp - especially an old Plexi style which without a pedal won't get the great breakup without too much volume/dBs...
Oh that's just an OD is disguise.
May I suggest, if you like them that much, then get yeeself a $69 Hotone Xtomp - the TS808 sounded identical (and I mean IDENTICAL!) to the real thing. You also get 3 or 4 other tubescreamers to play with. Nobody here seems to like the Xtomps, but I loved mine.
That is true. Now, you're making me want a treble booster...
I've only tried it with one amp and the Xtomp version, but didn't blow me away; maybe it was a bad 'patch'.
Yeah. About 30 seconds after I ordered/paid for an OCD last night, I thought to myself - why didn't I get the Direct Drive instead???
I had a Son of Fuzzhead, and it had a lot of settings from OD to distortion upto full on fuzziness; behind the Wampler Velvet Fuzz, it'd be my next favourite - both do a really nice OD, imho.
Many people like this pedal, and it's pretty reasonably priced. I had one and was not impressed, but that was through my RD1, so maybe I should give it a fair go through an amp that needs an OD.
Yeah, that's nice. I had one too. The only downside was the treble beyond halfway rather irritated me. A nice always on pedal.
MXRs are just so good. They do a nice little Timmy now that has me tempted:
Yes! The Distortion+ is clearly named, but to me is an OD pedal. & anyways, everyone's ears are different, we use pedals in different ways, etc...
I know Fulltone get a bad rap in another thread, and many folks aren't too fond of them, but I also like them. I kinda think in some ways they are closer to the Classic pedal line than boutiqque which is something I like about them.
Very good point. My Randall RD 1 did superb overdrive (not just distortion, no clean at all...), very hard to find a pedal that could equal the amp tone.
Fuzzes, especially when the guitar volume is turned down, cold be OD pedals. I've been struggling with fuzzes for a long time, and although I keep trying to get good sounds out of my Catalinbread Katzenkonig I rarely do (when I do, it's when I remember to use the guitar volume to control the pedal).
That's another very interesting point, and the OCD V2 I just bought makes a point of highlighting that exact point.
I don't know anything about that pedal. I'll watch a couple of Youtube vids to educate meself and avoid work!
(Three weeks of working from home here in Korea.)
Yeah, I like to do that too. On SGs, just going from 10 to 8 gives you 3 different tones, going down gets you clean - it's a good way to get tones. But setting the 'on 10' tone is sometimes nice with an OD goosing that amp - especially an old Plexi style which without a pedal won't get the great breakup without too much volume/dBs...
Oh that's just an OD is disguise.
May I suggest, if you like them that much, then get yeeself a $69 Hotone Xtomp - the TS808 sounded identical (and I mean IDENTICAL!) to the real thing. You also get 3 or 4 other tubescreamers to play with. Nobody here seems to like the Xtomps, but I loved mine.
That is true. Now, you're making me want a treble booster...
I've only tried it with one amp and the Xtomp version, but didn't blow me away; maybe it was a bad 'patch'.
Yeah. About 30 seconds after I ordered/paid for an OCD last night, I thought to myself - why didn't I get the Direct Drive instead???
I had a Son of Fuzzhead, and it had a lot of settings from OD to distortion upto full on fuzziness; behind the Wampler Velvet Fuzz, it'd be my next favourite - both do a really nice OD, imho.
Many people like this pedal, and it's pretty reasonably priced. I had one and was not impressed, but that was through my RD1, so maybe I should give it a fair go through an amp that needs an OD.
Yeah, that's nice. I had one too. The only downside was the treble beyond halfway rather irritated me. A nice always on pedal.
MXRs are just so good. They do a nice little Timmy now that has me tempted:
