Is anyone else stacking overdrives or boosts?

[Hoss]

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Emerson Em-Drive into an Emerson Paramount into a Mojo Hand Fx Magpie.

[Rex_Rocker]

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So... I guess a bit on-topic:

I was experimenting with my overdrive pedals yesterday. I run a TS808 on all the time as an integral part of my rhythm tone because, out of the pedals that I own, it's the least transparent and the one that colors the sound more evidently by shelving off the most bottom-end and adding the tasty, squishy, creamy, familiar Tube Screamer mids.

I was shooting out my other two overdrive pedals against each other in front of the TS808 as a boost for leads. I really liked the voicing of the mids on the Maxon OD-9. It's basically the same kind of tube screamer creamy mids with a hint of added upper-mid grit from the TS9 design, and the usual Tube Screamer low and high end rolloff. I like really vocal, honky mids for my leads, but the gain is a bit too much even with the knob set to 0. It's not unuseable, but it does get a bit more washy-sounding than I'd like in front of an already boosted high-gain sound.

Then my MXR Classic Overdrive. The gain level was perfect. If you crank the gain knob on this one, it can get a lot more gainy than the OD-9 and TS808, but it just so happens that with the gain set to 0 on all, the MXR is the cleanest by a hair too. It does have a bit of high and low-end rolloff ala Tube Screamer, just not as dramatic. However, the mids are just not voiced the same. The MXR is less vocal and less squishy, kind of an in-between Boss SD-1 and Ibanez TS808 sound. It is a great pedal, though. I'm keeping this one on my board for now in front of the TS808 because it does sound great, but I'm not 100% sold on it for a lead boost.

I'm happier now that I really TWEAKED the pedals that I have than I was before with my lead tone, but I'm still convinced I need a slightly less gainy pedal with a more tweakable EQ to boost my TS808 + high gain amp rhtym sound to make it less dry, and more middy and singing for leads.

[Nostalgic Distortion]

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Oh hells yeah!!! I run a Spark for a clean boost into either a TS9, E-H Soul Food, BBE Bohemian Treble Booster, or O.C.D (depending on what flavor I'm after & what amp I'm pushing) usually with the gain set someplace between 11:00 & 1:00 o'clock, into my E-H Metal Muff, gain set @ about noon? I guess technically that's two pedals in one if you count the top boost circuit as a second & then into a MXR 7 band E.Q. pedal.

The Spark, Metal Muff, & E.Q. are pretty much permanent fixtures on my board, the Overdrive pedal that I use changes to taste but these days I'm using the O.C.D 89% of the time. Unless I'm playing out of one of my AC's, then it's almost always my Treble Booster & the E-H, sometimes I'll swap out the Metal Muff with a Swell G Drive, (also a two stage pedal) but both stomp boxes sound great stacked up!!!

[TwilightOdyssey]

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I reamped these guitars today; with the exception of the "clean" guitar, they are all stacked pedals.

[SlyFoxx]

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I used to run two TS9's. One 12 o'clock gain the other 9 o'clock. Of course I had a channel switching amp and a Boss GT-6 with all of those patches. Playing so many covers I needed to cover all kinds of grind.

[Chickenwings]

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I'm happier now that I really TWEAKED the pedals that I have than I was before with my lead tone, but I'm still convinced I need a slightly less gainy pedal with a more tweakable EQ to boost my TS808 + high gain amp rhtym sound to make it less dry, and more middy and singing for leads.

Try a nice compressor
preferably one with an attack control.

[Rex_Rocker]

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Try a nice compressor
preferably one with an attack control.

I tried my EHX Black Finger! I love that pedal... but I dunno. It does give a nice sustain, but it doesn't color the EQ the way I'd want for my leads. It is a killer sound, just not really what I'm going for.

I guess what I really really want is a Koko Boost, but I'm trying to find something that can get a similar vibe going, but that isn't as expensive, or that I already own. I can't believe no one makes a simple mid-boosting pedal that isn't $200!!!

[Progbusters]

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guitar OCD soul food = clearer OCD sound

I don't really stack pedals, but I found this out yesterday

[Securb]

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I can't believe no one makes a simple mid-boosting pedal that isn't $200!!!

Try finding a Boss PQ-4 that will do the trick

[Rex_Rocker]

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Just a quick update on my boost pedal update. I ended up with a Blackstar LT Boost. Yeah, I know, it's cheap, but I compared it at the store with an Ibanez BB9 and an MXR Micro Amp, and I preferred the Blackstar. It's definitely not a clean boost. It's more like a very mild natural overdrive that's more transparent and tube-like than the Tube Screamer. I dug the personality it had.

It plays well in front of my TS-boosted high-gain amps for a lead boost! It makes it nice and cutting without going too harsh or thin. Now I just need a nice delay pedal.

[Rand-O-Monium]

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How's that Joyo US Dream treating you?

It's a great pedal,for sure!
Working well w/teh Marshall & Boss SD-1,but I'm getting my best tones on the Clean channel.
Like I said,lots of knob twiddlin' still happening & gonna swap out the speaker hopefully in a bit...

[stevie_bees]

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I'm currently pushing both channels of my Blackstar HT Dual with an 805 Overdrive, and sometimes give it a further nudge with the Pickup Booster. I also run the 805 into a second, dirtier 805 on occasions.


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[jimijames]

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I am undecided on boosting overdrive pedals vs. The amp itself. My philosophy has been to dial in more gain and then use the volume knob to dial it up/back. Works better with fuzz pedals than OD pedals however. Upside is it avoids the pop with true bypass without the need for a buffer.

My favorite approach is probably the runoffgroove thunderbird which cascades different types of diode clipping without any opamp clipping. A pedal like that will overdrive differently with a boost.

I dunno. It just depends. I don't use a ton of gain anyway so it hasn't been a huge issue

[Demanic]

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Yes.

[Demanic]

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^^
All that stuff either hits the front of the amp, or hits the TT Mayhem as if it were the front of the amp. Any amp.