Distortion pedal for Fender Amp

Nathan

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Right now I'm looking around at amps which I'm considering buying since i need one badly. I definitely want a tube amp, and I've been thinking fender is the way to go. If I do so, what would you guys recommend as a good distortion pedal for when I'm wanting to get some nice distortion from a fender amp that was really made for a nice clean sound. Thanks for any suggestions.
 
Re: Distortion pedal for Fender Amp

Fender amp + Tube Screamer = Good starting point for blues/classic rock.
 
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I've heard good things about the Radial Tone Bone Classic. It's a tube circuit, which should warm it up some.
 
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Before I got my Marshall I was thinking about a one channel fender, and using a fultone or a Mesa distorion pedal. Of course I've never actually played either pedal, so I'm no help :smack: But it sounds like a sweet setup.
 
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try the Boss Blues Driver i use mine with an old fender super rev and it gets really fat full distortion like allman bros
 
Re: Distortion pedal for Fender Amp

Nathan said:
Right now I'm looking around at amps which I'm considering buying since i need one badly. I definitely want a tube amp, and I've been thinking fender is the way to go. If I do so, what would you guys recommend as a good distortion pedal for when I'm wanting to get some nice distortion from a fender amp that was really made for a nice clean sound. Thanks for any suggestions.

What Fender Tube Amp are you looking at?
 
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I'm considering the fender '65 twin reverb. thanks for any more help you can give. I'm would also be trying to spend less than $200 on the pedal.
 
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The Twin Reverb is a great clean slate amp. For pedals, I would recommend the following: Tone Bone Classic/Hot British, Hermida Mosferatu (lead stuff), and look into V-Stack's stuff. None of them are cheap, they're right around the $200 range, but nothing works better for rock/lead stuff out of a clean amp.

Just to set the record straight, tube screamers are not the answer for everything. For blues, there is very little that's better, but don't expect a tube screamer to get you Guns 'N' Roses. As casblah mentioned, it will get you light rock pretty well and blues very well.
 
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blues: tube screamer style pedal, sd-1

rock/classic rock, heavier blues, ds-1, hao rustdriver, fulltone fulldrive, maxon rod880

metalish, MESA v-twin, various boss pedals.

V-twin actually works in all catagories.

there are a few pedals that are similar to the v-twin that would work. Soldano makes one, and so does H&K. basically tube pedals with 2 channels.

fenders are fun to experiment with pedals on.
 
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The SD1 is pretty good through my Marshall, and seems to work across the board from the 5150 to a Vox. For blues tone check out the G2D Creamtone or a Hotcake. Great overdriven sounds.
 
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Try G2D's classic or custom overdrives. Designed and tested with blackface reissue fender amps like the twin. The classic is an attempt to go after the plexi tone, and the custom is more versatlie, with a very transparent blues stage and a switchable high gain stage. They also do a great blues peadl called the cream-tone and a metal pedal that goes after the mesa tone called the morpheus.

www.g2d.co.nz , or www.musictoyz.com

Aside from that, I recommend the H&K tube factor, and the keeley modded stuff. Fulltone is also supposed to do nice stuff, but from what I hear from friends, G2D eat them for breakfast.

I personally don't recommend the tonebone classic or mesa v-twin pedals.
 
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