Boss SD-1 really does boost a Marshall perfectly!

[B2D]

Re: Boss SD-1 really does boost a Marshall perfectly!

I haven't had a Marshall behind me in quite some time, but when I did, I had an SD1 boosting it. That or a Jackhammer.

Amps and boost/OD boxes are like food and hot sauces - there's a ton of good ones out there but the real magic happens when you pair the right ones up with each other.

 

[King IzzO)))]

Re: Boss SD-1 really does boost a Marshall perfectly!

GJ, don't forget those MXR's have that switch inside them, if you move it to the ZW setting it's pretty close to SD-1 territory. And yeah, the OD-3 is nothing like the OD-1 or SD-1. I like to call it a Rat-lite.

 

[Inkstained]

Re: Boss SD-1 really does boost a Marshall perfectly!

This is one aspect of the whole Marshall ethos and the people who inhabit that ethos that I really dig.

A simple Boss overdrive or Tube Screamer is basically all they need.

Step outside the world of Marshall, and suddenly, everything is more complicated.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Boss SD-1 really does boost a Marshall perfectly!

GJ, don't forget those MXR's have that switch inside them, if you move it to the ZW setting it's pretty close to SD-1 territory. And yeah, the OD-3 is nothing like the OD-1 or SD-1. I like to call it a Rat-lite.

I have the cream and green MXR Classic OD's, and at one point had a Zakk Wylde. I know they're the same circuit with an internal mini switch. I decided I liked the Classic OD mode because it was fatter and more open sounding. The Zakk is more compressed, but a pretty impressive pedal in it's own rite. I sold the Zakk Wylde MXR.

One time, I compared a bunch of OD/Dist pedals, and the OD-3 was pretty good, and the one that beat it was the Cmatmods Brownie.

 

[crusty philtrum]

Re: Boss SD-1 really does boost a Marshall perfectly!

This is one aspect of the whole Marshall ethos and the people who inhabit that ethos that I really dig.

A simple Boss overdrive or Tube Screamer is basically all they need.

Step outside the world of Marshall, and suddenly, everything is more complicated.

Hmmm, I dunno. I've used the same SD-1 for over 30 years through many types of tube amps and it's always worked wonderfully well. (I'll qualify that by saying i don't use modern high-gain type amps, only vintage-style amps with either no master volume control or m/v amps that can be run 'backwards' to emulate a non-m/v amp). Fender, Marshall, Vox, Boogie, homebrew and various others in that style that I can't remember .... it's always worked great. The thing is overdrive pedals work best when the amp is being used at a decent volume so the pedal contributes more boost than dirt. I'm inclined to think it's not so much about a 'Marshall/simplicity' v's 'non-Marshall/complexity' issue, but more about the mind of the user ... if you keep things simple, it's more likely to work well. That's where I come from and regardless of anything that's ever been said to me about playing, not once have i ever been told my sound has been lacking or been problematic.