Gang of 10 - Overdrive and Boost Pedals

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I figured this might be a good way to turn folks onto some new pedals by listing your favorites that you own/use. The pedal could be used for pushing a sound, coloring a sound, tightening up an amp, you name it. If it is an Overdrive and or a Boost pedal that you use for something then it is all good. List them up.

Your 10 heavy hitterOverdrive/Boost pedals.

1. Klirrton - Lichtbringer
2. Highwind - Direwolf
3. MXR - EVH 5150
4. Fortin - 33
5. Airis - Savage Drive
6. Friedman - Buxom Boost
7. KSR - Eros
8. Pepers - Dirty Tree
9. Vemuram/Ibanez - TSV 808
10. Friedman - BE OD Deluxe
 
Less fancy than some, and not a full 10, but...
1. KHDK Ghoul Screamer
2. Boss Super Overdrive
3. VFE Standout
4. Moser M2G Boost Box with Cap Mod
5. Airis TS Pre
 
Only have a few. Don't know about 'heavy hitter' but these are my must-haves for now.

KAT Brian May Treble Booster Classic
J Rockett Archer Ikon (Gold)
Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer

Honorable mention, my Wampler Thirty Something has a clean boost in it, and my Zoom MS-50G has a number of boost emulations in it.
 
Friedman BE-OD Deluxe
Badger FX Trilogy (Echoplex preamp section with exact FET [TIS-58] and proper voltage)
Badger FX 1011 (AIWA 1011 reel to reel preamp section a la Ritchie Blackmore)
J Rockett Archer Ikon (Klon clone)
BYOC Yellow Overdrive (OD-1 clone)
Catalinbread Naga Viper (Rangemaster variant)
MXR Custom Badass Modified OD (SD-1 variant)
MXR CAE Line Driver / Boost
Orbit Electronics (Krank) Echoplex preamp section
 
Here are mine favs

Put that Origin in you FX loop and find God.

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Pretymuch the exact same as my favorite Distortions. They are both excellent for double duty in both situations. Definitely my favorite top 2 Overdrive/Distortion devices. If I had to live with only one for OD, it would be the RAT

ProCo Rat2
Ibanez TS7
 
Cynical said:
Less fancy than some, and not a full 10, but...
1. KHDK Ghoul Screamer
2. Boss Super Overdrive
3. VFE Standout
4. Moser M2G Boost Box with Cap Mod
5. Airis TS Pre
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It isn't about fancy. Every pedal you listed is fantastic. I would have listed some of those if I had more blanks to fill :D

The Airis is fantastic! The Ghoul and VFE are rippers as well. Can't go wrong there!
 
NegativeEase said:
Here are mine favs

Put that Origin in you FX loop and find God.

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Origin can do no wrong IMO aside from the fact I wish they would make something on the Heavy side of the tonal spectrum. The flavors they do have are pure gold...and their ghosting thing is brilliant as well. Great stuff from Origin.
 
Let's see.

Boss OD-3 x2 - This is one of my favorite Boss overdrives.
BYOC Yellow Overdrive - It's a Boss OD-1 clone (with the 14-pin chip)
DIY made Mosfet Boost - a design from Jack Orman.
DIY made and named "Marsha Valve" booster - really the input stage through V1 of a Marshall JCM800 using a J201 transistor in V1 biased to half the supply voltage.
Xotic EP Booster - fantastic boost, even if used in the default setting with the level down. Adds a nice texture to the tone.
MXR 5150 Overdrive - it may have "overdrive" in the title but that's an understatement. This thing gets serious saturation. One of my favorites.
 
Mr. 80's said:
Pretymuch the exact same as my favorite Distortions. They are both excellent for double duty in both situations. Definitely my favorite top 2 Overdrive/Distortion devices. If I had to live with only one for OD, it would be the RAT

ProCo Rat2
Ibanez TS7
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The Rat is the Rat, enough said. I do believe the TS-7 deserves far more love than it gets. Great choices!
 
ErikH said:
Let's see.

Boss OD-3 x2 - This is one of my favorite Boss overdrives.
BYOC Yellow Overdrive - It's a Boss OD-1 clone (with the 14-pin chip)
DIY made Mosfet Boost - a design from Jack Orman.
DIY made and named "Marsha Valve" booster - really the input stage through V1 of a Marshall JCM800 using a J201 transistor in V1 biased to half the supply voltage.
Xotic EP Booster - fantastic boost, even if used in the default setting with the level down. Adds a nice texture to the tone.
MXR 5150 Overdrive - it may have "overdrive" in the title but that's an understatement. This thing gets serious saturation. One of my favorites.
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Great list of pedals. The Xotic stuff is great and that 5150 pedal is the business. The OD-3 and Yellow OD are foundational must haves IMO. :beerchug:
 
I don't have expensive tastes in overdrives. I just want them to be very dynamic while keeping the natural EQ of the guitar and amp. The current ones I like:

SD 805
BYOC Silver Pony
Tube Driver
Bad Monkey!
BYOC Overdrive II
Ibanez TS-7
 
Mincer said:
I don't have expensive tastes in overdrives. I just want them to be very dynamic while keeping the natural EQ of the guitar and amp. The current ones I like:

SD 805
BYOC Silver Pony
Tube Driver
Bad Monkey!
BYOC Overdrive II
Ibanez TS-7
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Nobody said they had to be expensive. ;)

Nothing wrong with any pedal at any price if it does what you need it to do. That is why they are "your heavy hitter" pedals. :)
 
  1. Caline Tantrum Distortion (Metal Muff clone)
  2. Asmuse Ultimate Drive (OCD clone)
  3. Behringer SF300 (Boss FZ-3 clone)
  4. Musiclily Fuzz (Foxx Tone Machine clone)
  5. Coolmusic Fuzz
  6. Dolamo Vintage Distortion (RAT clone)
  7. Mooer Solo (Suhr Riot clone)
  8. Mosky Golden Horse (Klon Centaur clone)
  9. Mosky D250X (DOD 250 clone)
  10. Rowin Booster
 
I love me some boost/overdrive I usually run two or three on my board.
  1. Mosky Golden Horse
  2. DOD 250 Overdrive/Preamp
  3. MXR CAE Boost/Overdrive
  4. BBE Freq Boost
  5. BBE Bohemian Boost
  6. Morley Power Wah Boost (70's Silver)
  7. MOOG MF Boost
  8. MOOG MF Drive
  9. Lounsberry Pedals Nigel Overdrive
  10. Decible 11 Dirt Clod
  11. MOOG MF Delay (Gen 1)
The MOOG MF Delay is my favorite boost. They put a DRIVE circuit in the delay to simulate the vintage delays that would boost the instrument's signal. Like an Echoplex on steroids with variable gain. It has a 20 dB boost that will bring you from boost into overdrive. Depending on how you set your delay zero - trippy settings you get an awesome lead boost. Mine is set on a slight slapback for leads with the MIX back a bit and the DRIVE cranked. As you crank the DRIVE the pedal gets very mid-focused and cuts through the mix incredibly well. The delay helps deliver a very thick sustaining tone. If you set the MIX 100% dry you can use this pedal as a traditional dirt box.

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