Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

So far my fav in this area is the AnalogMan King of Tone but there is a 2 year wait to get one and second hand prices are stupid so if you're in a hurry and/or don't want to drop 4 bills keep looking.

If I had were going to buy something right NOW w/ no wait time I'd look into the Greer Ghetto Stomp or maybe a Fulltone Fulldrive II.

Neither are anyting like the KoT but both are good OD to mid gain boxes that have a great tone...
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

Sorry to toot my own horn, but: https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=175392

Everyone has a different definition of "medium gain", so I'm not totally sure if that will work for you.

I also really dig the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, especially with the Monte Allums mod or similar. The new Boss OD-3 Overdrive is also a really cool pedal, but again, can be substantially improved with mods.
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

"Best" is very, very subjective...

what kind of overdrive voicing are we talking about here...

Mid-Honk
Creamy
Transparent
Hairy
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

Hoss said:
"Best" is very, very subjective...

what kind of overdrive voicing are we talking about here...

Mid-Honk
Creamy
Transparent
Hairy
Click to expand...

RD's pedal gives you all of those options, I believe. Not so much on the mid honk, but everything else for sure.
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

I'm going to suggest another option just for the sake of variety:
Visual Sound Pedals. Look into the Jekyll & Hyde, Route 808, Double Trouble, Route 66, and Open Road models.
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

In terms of something you can get right away at a decent price...I really loved the sound and functions of the Diamond J-Drive MKIII
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

scottish said:
In terms of something you can get right away at a decent price...I really loved the sound and functions of the Diamond J-Drive MKIII
Click to expand...

Very cool, looking great so far. Keep going, I wanna see it finished! :nono:
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

ok...well here's a few "Medium Gain" Pedals i like

MI Audio Blues Pro
TS 808
Timmy
OCD
Eternity
Zendrive
KOT
Tim
AC Tone
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

I have a TS-9 that I modded to 808 specs.
I also have a BSIABII that I put together that gives a good JCM 800 and is very compressed.

Im looking for something transparent that will give me more gain the the tubescreamer.
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

Someone posted this link not too long ago. The clips sound really good, but I have no experience with them. Wampler pedals. If I were to buy any OD pedal today, I'd take a hard look at these!
I'm digging the Pinnacle.

http://www.wamplerpedals.com/
 
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Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

Of the easily-available, reasonably-priced OD's out there, the OCD is a sweet pedal. My second fav pedal is the BK Butler Tube Driver.
 
Re: Best Overdrive to Medium Gain Pedal

eh, as far as bang for the buck goes i'd say go try an mxr classic. it's like a poor man's marshall-in-a-box(since i'm poor and i use it for that:lmao:). full mids, big lows, chewy highs, it's highest settings can almost do VH depending on how your amp's gain is set.
 
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