If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

[Inkstained]

Have a line on a used Boss FBM-1 pedal for $70. I'm thinking about it.

I'm looking at it as an overdrive, most emphatically *not* as a magic box that will turn any amp in front of it into a late '50s tweed covered Fender 4 X 10. No pedal can do that.

But if I look at it as an overdrive, that means it's a COSM {shudder} overdrive.

Are there rules against that? Somewhere? Like here?

[Lazarus1140]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

You can buy a digital overdrive without putting your soul at risk. I'm not so sure about the rules, though.

[P.A.Foholic]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

You can buy a digital overdrive without putting your soul at risk. I'm not so sure about the rules, though.

That's sig-worthy material right there, sir!

[BrianS.]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead

Boy, that's an easy one!

Yes.

[Aceman]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

Here is the ONLY rule you will ever need: If it sounds good, it is good.

And here is the cool part - YOU decide if you think it sounds cool!

Too many people worry about tubes, boo-teekness, true-bypasses, sampling rates, and on and on and on. Use your ears. Everything else is BS.

I don't care if was made from tubes shaped like Angel nipples and is optically driven by the pure light God, or if it runs on chewing gum, duct tape, and spins on hamster power. If it is the sound I want/need/like - I'm down with it.

You are talking to a guy who owns A Diaz Tremodillo and a Catalinbread Supercharged Over Drive, as well as a Washburn Stack-In-A-Box and a and a Boss HM-2.

If iot rocks you, rock it!

And kudos for thinking outside the box. Don't ask "Does it emulate a Tweed Bassman?" Ask does it sound cool? I dig the Tweed model on my ROland Cube for a number of classic rock and blues stylings.

[Gearjoneser]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

OD that runs through 1's and 0's usually sounds artificial, compared to tube/analog organic tone.

[ericmeyer4]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

I would gladly sell you a Visual Sound Rt 808 overdrive to help save your soul.

[Aceman]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

OD that runs through 1's and 0's usually sounds artificial, compared to tube/analog organic tone.

Thanks Joe. Way to have my back there...

[ratherdashing]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

The only rule is "make good music."

How you go about that doesn't really matter.

[Gearjoneser]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

Thanks Joe. Way to have my back there...

Oops. Did I go too far in the direction of TGWIF?

[Chickenwings]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

Ill admit that ive never even plugged into one of these pedals, but there is one thing i wonder about them:

How many pros does anyone know that use one of these (bassman or deluxe) pedals?
Off the top of my head i can think of a few local working musicians who use real bassmans and deluxes as their amps. I know a heap of famous players who have used these amps too. Same goes for various overdrive pedals from boss sd-1s, to tubescreamers and other boutique setups. As far as modelling goes I can even think of a couple of working musos who use sansamp pedals and racks (all solid state but not digital) as drive units and for direct recording.

I cant think of a single player that i know, or have heard either live or on record who uses a COSM boss/fender modelling pedal.

Who knows? Maybe these COSM pedals are the beez knees. You'll have to let us know after comparing it with alternatives.

For cheap...its hard to go past a used boss sd-1 and perhaps a couple of your mods of choice to flavour it to taste.

[Van Noord]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

Your soul no, your tone yes.

[guitfiddle]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

Here is the ONLY rule you will ever need: If it sounds good, it is good.

QFT

[ErikH]

You'll burn in hell.

All kidding aside, who cares? Good tone is good tone regardless of whether it comes out of a tube amp or digital device.

[saladin]

Re: If I buy a digital overdrive, is my soul dead?

I say go for it! I recently picked up the Boss Power Stack and it it definitely staying on my board. I'm gassing now for the Combo Drive and have been wondering about the tones of the FBM-1.