Advice me on a overdrive/distortion pedal...

[suislidE03]

Re: Advice me on a overdrive/distortion pedal...

What does the jackhammer sound like?

 

[FireBros.]

Re: Advice me on a overdrive/distortion pedal...

IMHO any of the Tubescreamers or clones are a good starting point. The Bad Monkey gets a lot of good press these days, and I really like the Sparkledrive.

 

[Imp]

Re: Advice me on a overdrive/distortion pedal...

after playing with an SD-1 for a while this morning, i'm starting to really dig it

have you considered using two in series? SD-1 and DS-1 is a particularly nice combo, i've heard.. i'm just getting used to the SD-1..

tom

 

[Guitar Toad]

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I don't use the DS-1 to boost distortion. I set it so I can leave it on all the time and when I lower the volume on my guitar to 5 get a cleanish rock tone and when I trun my guitar up get a more overdriven rock tone.

Most guys stomp on it to get distortion and then stomp on it again to turn it off and get a clean tone.

But Satriani and Vai use/used one the way I do.

I think of it as tone conditioner or something...not as a distortion or overdrive pedal.

Used the way I use it, it'll smooth out and improve the tone of just about pedal plugged into it...even a Big Muff.

Lew

you mean that you don't just set all the dials on 10?

FWIW, I usually associate the Tubescreamers with strats and the DS-1 and SD-1's with HB guitars.

But, I think I'll be trying a TS-7 and a DS-1 with my JV strat, although it already sounds very sweet straight into the Reverend HellHound.

I could use a little help at lower volumes as Lew describe's.


I've heard of 4 Tube Screamers in series.

 

[Jimbojsr]

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I've heard of 4 Tube Screamers in series.

I heard that being ascribed to Peter Hayes of BRMC, who isn't a high gain dude - he uses Gibson 335s, generally tuned pretty low, and gets a very sfuzzy, scuzzy sound. Really good for what they do, but he sure isn't a metalhead!

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Advice me on a overdrive/distortion pedal...

I heard that being ascribed to Peter Hayes of BRMC, who isn't a high gain dude - he uses Gibson 335s, generally tuned pretty low, and gets a very sfuzzy, scuzzy sound. Really good for what they do, but he sure isn't a metalhead!

I read the 4 TS's in series attributed to SRV and he wasn't a metal head either. It must be a good way to fine tune the overdrive and/or have 4 different settings ready to go.

 

[Guitar Toad]

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Smooth distortion?
Is that like Billy Gibbons on "Rough Boy"?

 

[Imp]

Re: Advice me on a overdrive/distortion pedal...

FWIW, I usually associate the Tubescreamers with strats and the DS-1 and SD-1's with HB guitars.

hell, my rig is a strat and the two boss pedals together, they pair together beautifully with the singlecoils :32:

AFAIK, the SD-1 and tubescreamer have near identical circuits and tone stacks, but one uses symmetrical diode clipping, and one uses symmetrical.. i think boss uses asymmetric, but dont quote me on it

tom

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Advice me on a overdrive/distortion pedal...

hell, my rig is a strat and the two boss pedals together, they pair together beautifully with the singlecoils :32:

AFAIK, the SD-1 and tubescreamer have near identical circuits and tone stacks, but one uses symmetrical diode clipping, and one uses symmetrical.. i think boss uses asymmetric, but dont quote me on it

tom

Thanks tom, Thats a great report. I may give two of them a go with my strat.

Near identical circuits, that may explain the near identical price. And isn't the TS7 plastic and the Boss metal? I had an DS-1 back in the 80's before I sold everything. It was great. Solid construction. Good tone.