Tried A Different OD Pedal To Use For Overdrive Stacking

[Jeffblue]

I was using a Wampler Belle in front of my Fuch's Plush Valve Job and as that was good, I tried my EHX Soul Food in place of and the improvement was huge for that particular pedal lineup. I'll use the Wampler on another pedalboard.

 

[Artie]

Can you describe the tone that's giving you. The only time I can remember stacking OD's was one Arion Tubulator into another. But I doubt that's in the same league as what you're doing.

 

[GuitarStv]

I know that OD stacking is a huge thing that lots of people love to do . . . but I've never found a combination of pedals that I like better than tweaking a single pedal. If I stack mid-gain pedals then things are too muddy or noisy, and if I stack with low gain it always seems like the characteristic of the last pedal in the chain kinda takes over the signal. I must be missing something.

 

[Mincer]

Honestly, it always sounded like too big a rabbit hole for me. It is hard enough to find one Overdrive I like- and I tend to use an Overdrive as the only source of distortion into a clean Fender amp.

 

[Cynical]

I know that OD stacking is a huge thing that lots of people love to do . . . but I've never found a combination of pedals that I like better than tweaking a single pedal. If I stack mid-gain pedals then things are too muddy or noisy, and if I stack with low gain it always seems like the characteristic of the last pedal in the chain kinda takes over the signal. I must be missing something.

The character of the last pedal in the chain taking over the signal is what you're going for -- the goal of this is to typically juice up a mid-gain pedal that you like with a bit of compression and shaping from a low-gain pedal. It's like boosting an amp, except you're boosting a pedal.

 

[Masta' C]

I've had good luck stacking overdrives, but it takes some trial and error and a little patience to figure out good pairings and dial 'em in just right

I've enjoyed a few different "dual OD" pedals, as well.

 

[Artie]

I've had good luck stacking overdrives, but it takes some trial and error and a little patience to figure out good pairings and dial 'em in just right

I've enjoyed a few different "dual OD" pedals, as well.

I like doing my Palladium into my Twin Tube Classic. But the TTC isn't really a "distortion" box 'til you dime the Gain knob on the Lead channel.

 

[jeremy]

i stack ods from time to time. and yes, the second pedal sets a lot of the character for sure. i use the first pedal to augment the 2nd, more gain, more mids, more sustain... these days i tend to use an eq pedal for the same role more often than not

 

[Jeffblue]

I have a few vacuum tube overdrives. I may have to try stacking them together to see how those sound.