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  • #31
    Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

    Oh,will do!

    Just gotta stash away some funds(& beer money)!

    "Scalloped & Stickered"
    A Colled One & A Rold One!!!

    RIP My Beloved Sleepy Flower

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    • #32
      Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

      Been messing around with an SD-1 in front of my MT-2 and TT Mayhem alternately. I find it to be much more open than tube screamer type effects. Not as fond of it by itself, but in front of another gain stage, it gives a nice clarity to the distortion without as much of a mid push.

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      • #33
        Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

        I use one as my day to day boost pedal, (I have an original cheese source that sounds great but never leaves the house).
        straight into a mildly dirty amp with the sd1's drive backed off & level around 9 o clock I find it gives a perfect boost for single note melodies, boss seemed to have nailed the
        eq shape of the pedal.
        I love it & you can pick them up s/h for peanuts

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        • #34
          Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

          I've never used the actual pedal, but it's a model on every piece of modeling gear I own and I use it a fair bit. Really nice clip to it.

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          • #35
            Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

            Originally posted by the toad View Post
            I've never used the actual pedal, but it's a model on every piece of modeling gear I own and I use it a fair bit. Really nice clip to it.
            o.0
            "Technique is really the elimination of the unneccessary ... it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to acheive the smooth flow of energy and intent"
            Yehudi Menuhin

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            • #36
              Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

              "Gibson" 0.o

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              • #37
                Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                I find it's kinda sorta like a Tube Screamer that's less honky kinda mids and more bitey kinda mids. A bit less compressed as well. A bit more aggressive, crunchy, and less smooth.

                Using them as a boost for an already gainy amp, I honestly don't think they are worlds apart. It may not be as close as a TS9 is to a TS808, but the SD-1 kills a bit of low-end and tighten and compress things up as well to an extent.

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                • #38
                  Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                  Given that the guitar lives in the mids, small shifts in what is emphasized and de-emphasized can make a big difference, especially as overall volume levels increase. I like both of the pedals and will use both in the pedal chain given the choice. If I want honky mids I'll use the tube screamer type pedal. If I just want a clearer, more open sort of drive, I'll go with the SD-1. I really like how it doesn't seem to congest the top end as much as a tube screamer type of boost.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                    Is there a mod for creating a "blend" function? At stage volume, it sounds like the balance between clean and dirt is out of whack. I want more dirt, but raising the gain doesn't do it. I guess I want it to be... Less transparent! Gasp!
                    nobody loves me but my mama... and she could be jivin' too.

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                    • #40
                      Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                      Originally posted by Demanic View Post
                      Given that the guitar lives in the mids, small shifts in what is emphasized and de-emphasized can make a big difference, especially as overall volume levels increase.
                      Oh, yeah, for sure, I just meant to say that an SD-1 is close (to me) to a Tube Screamer because it cuts lows and tightens up the tone too. The SD-1 is noticeably crunchier (to me), but it's definitely (again, to me) not as far away from a TS808 as a... say... Blues Driver or Timmy.
                      Last edited by Rex_Rocker; 09-21-2015, 10:19 PM.

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                      • #41
                        Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                        I do agree that they are close. Siblings in fact. Where as the Blues Driver or Timmy (I assume) would be more like first cousins.
                        I love the SD-1 for that glassy top end it has. I love the tube screamers for their nasty grunt. I love running them cascaded, truth be told.

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                        • #42
                          Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                          Originally posted by tubecrunch View Post
                          Is there a mod for creating a "blend" function? At stage volume, it sounds like the balance between clean and dirt is out of whack. I want more dirt, but raising the gain doesn't do it. I guess I want it to be... Less transparent! Gasp!
                          There is no "blend". The signal clips thru those 3 diodes and that it. Adding gain just makes it clip harder.
                          You can buy a pedal called a voodoo labs sparkle drive which blends in some clean but that is the opposite of what you are after.

                          Check out either a fulltone OCD or the Boss OD-3. I think both of those will do what you are after.
                          Or of course there is always ye olde orange box of hair, the ds-1. Or the black box of 80s...a proco rat.
                          Many flavours of hard clipping. All fun.
                          Last edited by Chickenwings; 09-22-2015, 01:36 AM.
                          "Technique is really the elimination of the unneccessary ... it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to acheive the smooth flow of energy and intent"
                          Yehudi Menuhin

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                          • #43
                            Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                            Originally posted by Demanic View Post
                            Been messing around with an SD-1 in front of my MT-2 and TT Mayhem alternately. I find it to be much more open than tube screamer type effects. Not as fond of it by itself, but in front of another gain stage, it gives a nice clarity to the distortion without as much of a mid push.

                            Interesting... how much drive are you using on the MT2 to do that? using the SD1 as just a boost? or using some of its drive also?
                            "It keeps you fit - the alcohol, nasty women, sweat on stage, bad food - it's all very good for you." -Bon Scott

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                            you better than any girlfriend, because it screams louder, it's easier to pick up, and it shuts up when you take your plug out." -Rip Glitter

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                            • #44
                              Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                              Originally posted by Rand-O-Monium View Post
                              Just gotta stash away some funds(& beer money)!

                              Beer money always comes first.

                              We can do the silly mods anytime.

                              Artie

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                              • #45
                                Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

                                Artie,lemme know when you're gonna have a little down-time,if at all...

                                Could prolly catch a ride over if the stars/planets line up...
                                "Scalloped & Stickered"
                                A Colled One & A Rold One!!!

                                RIP My Beloved Sleepy Flower

                                https://forum.seymourduncan.com/show...t-67-Of-Myself

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