I love my Tubescreamer but I should try a.... ?
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DeadandBuried
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Depending what type of music you play, the Maxon OD808
Depending what type of music you play, the Maxon OD808
Edgecrusher
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He has a tube screamer... what would the OD808 bring to the table that he doesnt already have?
He has a tube screamer... what would the OD808 bring to the table that he doesnt already have?
Securb
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I am loving the Decibel 11 Dirt Clod. It has both 808 chip and diode gain stages. You can switch from a TS to a MXR+/DOD 250 by hitting one button. Total analog signal path with digital switching. 10 presets and midi. You can also use an expression pedal to control any of the parameters which can be fun. It is smaller than it looks.
I am loving the Decibel 11 Dirt Clod. It has both 808 chip and diode gain stages. You can switch from a TS to a MXR+/DOD 250 by hitting one button. Total analog signal path with digital switching. 10 presets and midi. You can also use an expression pedal to control any of the parameters which can be fun. It is smaller than it looks.
hydro
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I had a plimsoul. In theory it was cool but somehow, it always sounded a little... artificial, or maybe "refined" would be a better word, to my ears. Like it was blending in saturation to a dry signal instead of just kicking everything up a notch. It did have a lot of flexibility and was well made. I may not have been using it the right way.
I have a King of Tone now and am really happy with it. Also have Analogman modded TS-9 on another board and it's a great pedal, but the midrange eq is much more focused than the KoT, which seems to me to boost and saturate across a broader frequency range. KoT is great cause it's two channel and stackable, you can get a lot of different sounds out of it. With both channels stacked and pushing a slightly overdriven tube amp it will get pretty gnarly. With just the clean boost channel on, it adds sparkle and cut without being too harsh or losing too much low end.
I had a plimsoul. In theory it was cool but somehow, it always sounded a little... artificial, or maybe "refined" would be a better word, to my ears. Like it was blending in saturation to a dry signal instead of just kicking everything up a notch. It did have a lot of flexibility and was well made. I may not have been using it the right way.
I have a King of Tone now and am really happy with it. Also have Analogman modded TS-9 on another board and it's a great pedal, but the midrange eq is much more focused than the KoT, which seems to me to boost and saturate across a broader frequency range. KoT is great cause it's two channel and stackable, you can get a lot of different sounds out of it. With both channels stacked and pushing a slightly overdriven tube amp it will get pretty gnarly. With just the clean boost channel on, it adds sparkle and cut without being too harsh or losing too much low end.
eclecticsynergy
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Re: I love my Tubescreamer but I should try a.... ?
DS-1. Classic companion for the Tubescreamer. And dirt cheap (pun intended, groans acknowledged).
Like several others who've replied here, I too have a Maxon OD808. It sounds more like my '81 TS than any of the newer Ibbys do.
DS-1. Classic companion for the Tubescreamer. And dirt cheap (pun intended, groans acknowledged).
Like several others who've replied here, I too have a Maxon OD808. It sounds more like my '81 TS than any of the newer Ibbys do.
toneseeker74
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Another vote for the Boss DS-1.
Another vote for the Boss DS-1.
Condemned soul
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Re: I love my Tubescreamer but I should try a.... Jekyll and Hyde V3
Re: I love my Tubescreamer but I should try a.... Jekyll and Hyde V3
Have you considered the new version of the Jekyll and Hyde pedal. It is a combination overdrive / distortion pedal. I've had one going on a month now, and it is an excellent pedal. strongly disliked the V1 and V2 versions of this pedal. A local store owner suggested I take the pedal home and try it for awhile. I was really wanting to dislike this pedal immediately. Within the first hour of playing time, I decided this is an easy pedal to live with and a keeper.
Note. The OD, to me, has flat mids. It has a clean mix control and this really helps with controlling your sound. I was quickly impressed with the OD side, it is fluid and fun to play. The distortion has a couple of voices - modern with less mids and a traditional voice. It seems versatile to me and can be dialed down into OD range and then boosted by the OD side either clean or with more gain. Yes, this pedal does have built in noise reduction.
Out of the box - the pedal runs distortion --> overdrive. Which means you can set the distortion and OD sides and run them separately. You also have the option to run the distortion anywhere from strong OD to full gain and run it into the OD set up as a clean boost or gain boost.
Also, you can use the OD and distortion sides as two separate pedals.
If you want to run the OD first, you have wire an output and input together. On the down side, it isn't a cheap pedal, about $160 - 170.00 range.
Re: I love my Tubescreamer but I should try a.... Jekyll and Hyde V3
Have you considered the new version of the Jekyll and Hyde pedal. It is a combination overdrive / distortion pedal. I've had one going on a month now, and it is an excellent pedal. strongly disliked the V1 and V2 versions of this pedal. A local store owner suggested I take the pedal home and try it for awhile. I was really wanting to dislike this pedal immediately. Within the first hour of playing time, I decided this is an easy pedal to live with and a keeper.
Note. The OD, to me, has flat mids. It has a clean mix control and this really helps with controlling your sound. I was quickly impressed with the OD side, it is fluid and fun to play. The distortion has a couple of voices - modern with less mids and a traditional voice. It seems versatile to me and can be dialed down into OD range and then boosted by the OD side either clean or with more gain. Yes, this pedal does have built in noise reduction.
Out of the box - the pedal runs distortion --> overdrive. Which means you can set the distortion and OD sides and run them separately. You also have the option to run the distortion anywhere from strong OD to full gain and run it into the OD set up as a clean boost or gain boost.
Also, you can use the OD and distortion sides as two separate pedals.
If you want to run the OD first, you have wire an output and input together. On the down side, it isn't a cheap pedal, about $160 - 170.00 range.
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DeadandBuried
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A different type of overdrive. They have different flavours, as I said "depending" on what style of music it is, I'm a 6505+ user and want to experiment between the Maxon and Ibanez OD's
A different type of overdrive. They have different flavours, as I said "depending" on what style of music it is, I'm a 6505+ user and want to experiment between the Maxon and Ibanez OD's
Edgecrusher
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It's the same thing dude. MAxon made the original tube screamers. The od808 is basically a ts10 with a few changes to make it like the earlier ones but they are all tube screamers it's the same circuit. It's like coffe with one sugar vs coffee with 2 sugars not coffee vs espresso
It's the same thing dude. MAxon made the original tube screamers. The od808 is basically a ts10 with a few changes to make it like the earlier ones but they are all tube screamers it's the same circuit. It's like coffe with one sugar vs coffee with 2 sugars not coffee vs espresso
DeadandBuried
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Re: I love my Tubescreamer but I should try a.... ?
Which is why Adam D from Killswitch uses one and other metalcore bands prefer the tubescreamer (e.g Matt Tuck BFMV) cos they offer different sounds. They DO the same thing but to people's individual ears they can sound different. Yours and mine.
Which is why Adam D from Killswitch uses one and other metalcore bands prefer the tubescreamer (e.g Matt Tuck BFMV) cos they offer different sounds. They DO the same thing but to people's individual ears they can sound different. Yours and mine.
Edgecrusher
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Yeah your not picking up what im putting down at all. They arent different flavors of overdrive, they are barely different flavors of tubescreamer. The differences between the 2 both electronically and sonically are very very small. Small enough that any real difference you hear between the 2 is component tolerance and not design difference.
They really are not different sounds they are both tubescreamers. Particularly when used in the boost setting they are almost identical and if they arent you can tweak the tone control and make them identical.
This is akin to your friend saying "I'm sick of coffee what else is there to drink besides coffee?" and you say "Coffee with sugar"
Though even that is being generous the difference between those 2 pedals is subtle enough that its hard to hear, its more like the difference between 1 sugar or 2.
Yeah your not picking up what im putting down at all. They arent different flavors of overdrive, they are barely different flavors of tubescreamer. The differences between the 2 both electronically and sonically are very very small. Small enough that any real difference you hear between the 2 is component tolerance and not design difference.
They really are not different sounds they are both tubescreamers. Particularly when used in the boost setting they are almost identical and if they arent you can tweak the tone control and make them identical.
This is akin to your friend saying "I'm sick of coffee what else is there to drink besides coffee?" and you say "Coffee with sugar"
Though even that is being generous the difference between those 2 pedals is subtle enough that its hard to hear, its more like the difference between 1 sugar or 2.
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skyydogg01
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Maxon made all of Ibanez pedals back in the day. That's why THEY LOOK IDENTICAL!!
Umm, the guys from Killswitch started out playing tube screamers and moved to the Maxon. My guess is that they came with an endorsement deal.
Maxon made all of Ibanez pedals back in the day. That's why THEY LOOK IDENTICAL!!
RStabler
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Not to mention, I think a lot of the suggestions here (including mine) are based on the Maxon and Ibanez designs. I can pull the same tones out of my Savage Drive as an 808. It's main selling point is the extra tweakabilty available and a few changes to clean it up.
I wouldn't say it's groundbreaking. Its mods just happen to work for me better than the original.
Not to mention, I think a lot of the suggestions here (including mine) are based on the Maxon and Ibanez designs. I can pull the same tones out of my Savage Drive as an 808. It's main selling point is the extra tweakabilty available and a few changes to clean it up.
I wouldn't say it's groundbreaking. Its mods just happen to work for me better than the original.
