I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

[Matt42]

Re: I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

I keep the Gain on mine at around 11:00-11:30. The few times I have turned it past the middle, it didn't seem to have much more gain.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

I bought one of these too on your recommendation. It has to be one of the best bang for buck deals of all time in new guitar gear.
It sounds amazing!! The dynamics are crazy, and it's really hard to make it sound bad. The focus knob does great things to the sound too, it's not just a regular tone knob.

Just one question: Mine doesn't add almost any gain after 1 o' clock, I think it just adds a hint of compression but cranking the pot from that point doesn't do much.
Do your Sweet Baby pedals behave like this too?

I have everything packed for gigs ...I will fire it up at soundcheck and see if it behaves the same way as yours. I have mine set at about noon most of the time.

 

[Diego]

Re: I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

I tried it today with my Tweaker already barking up a bit. You know, clean when playing soft and crunchy when hitting hard.
Preamp gain only, couldn't put it that loud. And I didn't really clean boost it, I just used it with the gain almost all the way up like I'd use it with a clean amp.

Holy crap!! It works BEAUTIFULLY with a dirty amp. The sounds I got were just ferocious, tons of bite and chunk. It's a goddamn perfect sound.
I could never do that with my Keeley Blues Driver, something was always a bit off. I think it's response was too flat.

Please guys, try it with your amp slightly on the gritty side of things. It's amazing that way!! Super heavy and extremely well defined.
The dynamics of this pedal really do wonders for this kind of application.

 

[AlexR]

Re: I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

^I'll give that a go once mine arrives....this has been an awesome thread I must say.

 

[Matt42]

Re: I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

I use mine that way a lot. I also use it in front of my Mooer Hustle Drive. They stack together for a very thick responsive tone. Another cool trick is to put a clean boost in front of it. The boost adds just a bit more grit, and it makes an awesome solo tone. It also responds very very well to volume knob manipulation.

 

[dominus]

Re: I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

I tried it today with my Tweaker already barking up a bit. You know, clean when playing soft and crunchy when hitting hard.
Preamp gain only, couldn't put it that loud. And I didn't really clean boost it, I just used it with the gain almost all the way up like I'd use it with a clean amp.

Holy crap!! It works BEAUTIFULLY with a dirty amp. The sounds I got were just ferocious, tons of bite and chunk. It's a goddamn perfect sound.
I could never do that with my Keeley Blues Driver, something was always a bit off. I think it's response was too flat.

Please guys, try it with your amp slightly on the gritty side of things. It's amazing that way!! Super heavy and extremely well defined.
The dynamics of this pedal really do wonders for this kind of application.

Yup, I throw it in front of an already heavily distorted amp and it pushes it even farther.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

I messed about with it at soundcheck last night and it does seem that past 1:00 or so, it just softens up a little...not really more gain.

It doesn't matter to me though......it works just fine, as is.

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: I finally found a low gain OD that delivers the goods.

I used to own a BJFE Honey Bee (one of the old hardwired ones before the more mass produced Mad Professor stuff) and this really sounds identical to it. Goes to show you don't have to spend a lot these days to get good tone.