I made the mistake of buying into internet hype. I freely admit it. I'll tell a short story and how I perhaps foolishly went about trying to solve my problem.
For a while now, I've been trying to decide if I want to go for boosted Plexi sounds or slightly thicker JCM800 tones. I really like what I've been getting out of my Friedman Smallbox pedal as a dirt channel, but I felt like I wanted a little bit, not a lot, more. And when you look online for Friedman, everyone loudly sings the praises of the BE-OD pedal. So I got what I think is a very good deal on one from Reverb.
Even after turning the internal trimpot way down, it's just way too much. Too much gain, way too much compression, etc. It reminds me of early Line6 tones. It really feels like it needs a mids knob, for starters.
Anyways, long story short, I'm going to hang onto it to try again later, I think, but for now, I think I'm just going to try to find the right boost for the Smallbox.
For a while now, I've been trying to decide if I want to go for boosted Plexi sounds or slightly thicker JCM800 tones. I really like what I've been getting out of my Friedman Smallbox pedal as a dirt channel, but I felt like I wanted a little bit, not a lot, more. And when you look online for Friedman, everyone loudly sings the praises of the BE-OD pedal. So I got what I think is a very good deal on one from Reverb.
Even after turning the internal trimpot way down, it's just way too much. Too much gain, way too much compression, etc. It reminds me of early Line6 tones. It really feels like it needs a mids knob, for starters.
Anyways, long story short, I'm going to hang onto it to try again later, I think, but for now, I think I'm just going to try to find the right boost for the Smallbox.
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