Now I understand boosting with an SD-1

[misterwhizzy]

I imagine the reaction will most likely be, "Cool story, bro," but whatever.

I'm kind of obsessed with my Revv G4 as a preamp into the effects return of my Marshall Origin 50. I recently decided to play around with some Recto tones, and what I got was overly bassy and with a little less presence than I think I needed to make chords clear. Turning the bass down kind of killed the vibe and how huge it sounded, and turning up the treble started to get into bees-in-a-can territory. The Green Rhino I've liked in the past wasn't quite cutting it, because it's smoother in nature than what I wanted, regardless of how many knobs and tweaks are available.

In the past, everytime I've tried to get along with an SD-1 instead of something with symmetric clipping, it's been too bright and harsh, but for this it pushed things perfectly. It cut enough bass and pushed enough upper mids to give a giant crunch. All I had to do was dial back a bit of gain on the Revv, and there it was. This is going to be fun. Now I get it.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I haven't tried the G4 pedal or an actual Revv amp, but the Revv Red model on my HX does get Recto-ish. I LOVE the SD-1 to boost a Recto better than I do a TS808, honestly, because it kinda has more of the frequencies a Recto is missing (high mid bite) and less of the frequencies a Recto has to much off (muddy low mids).

 

[Securb]

Strange enough I have never played a SD-1. My best friend has one in mothballs since he bought his multi-effect, I should borrow it.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Strange enough I have never played a SD-1. My best friend has one in mothballs since he bought his multi-effect, I should borrow it.

Not sure if I remember you play Orange amps? I used to have a Dark Terror that loved the SD-1 for the same reason a Recto does. Try it!

 

[strat dude]

Cool story bro

 

[strat dude]

Just kiddin, I just put my SD-1 back in the chain afer reading this as I had been using a Maxon 808 after a DOD 250 into my Origin 20, and I must say I like it a lot.

 

[Aceman]

I rarely use "boosted" distorted amps. Honestly, I think a lot of modern amps just don't need it. Example: My Mesa literally has a channel called "Tite Gain."

That said - in my POD Go, SD-1 into the JCM 800, perfect.

It's a situation by situation thing, and whether a TS9 or SD1 is the tool just depends. But never be afraid to try it.

That said - a TS9 into a distorted Rat? Oh yea! Or my Mosky Golden Horse into my Black Secret - epic sound.

 

[Securb]

Not sure if I remember you play Orange amps?

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Everything but, Fender, VOX, Marshall, Roland, Peavey...

Or my Mosky Golden Horse into my Black Secret - epic sound.

I haven't had a lot of success gain staging my Mosky Golden Horse.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

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Everything but, Fender, VOX, Marshall, Roland, Peavey...

My bad.

Still worth a try if you find the TS to be a touch stuffy/round/muddy.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

It's one of the four Boss pedals I bought from the store at the time I bought my old Ibanez S540 back in '94 (The others being a CS3, Digital delay + reverb & of course.... a Metal Zone

Needless to say, I've probably used it the least of them all over the years until I recently re-discovered it about a couple years ago and have used it from time to time to boost solo's which it does a pretty good job with :bigthumb:

But yeah ...most of the time I want everything to come from the amp & see little need for boost pedals.

Having said that the SD-1 is one of my more preferred boosts out there if I do need one..

 

[ehdwuld]

my H&K has three channels
Clean
sounds boosted with a DS-1
sounds boosted with a MT-2

oh and it has a Boost

 

[misterwhizzy]

Y'all are making me want to pull out my Gold Horsey again too. And honestly, I don't like the SD-1 as a general purpose boost. But into the Recto-dialed Revv, it does everything right.

 

[ehdwuld]

thats why they have survived the great overdrive wars of the 90s

 

[larryguitar]

I don't know if there's something wrong with my current one, but it struggles to get unity gain into my Egnater. Sort of anti-climactic to step on a dirt pedal and have LESS volume....

Larry

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Isn't the Golden Horse a Klon-type? Klons are way fatter and overall different than SD-1's and TS's.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I don't know if there's something wrong with my current one, but it struggles to get unity gain into my Egnater. Sort of anti-climactic to step on a dirt pedal and have LESS volume....

Larry

Yeah, many Boss pedals are like that. I'd actually say most Boss gain pedals are like that, especially with high output pickups. Nothing wrong with yours. My SD-1 and my Wylde Overdrive are like that too. Honestly, my TS808 is on the edge of being like that too.

But I don't find that to be a problem with the SD-1 because the SD-1 is normally meant to be used on top of an already distorted amp. IMO, the SD-1, much like any other TS-type, sounds kinda weak, and very pedal-like when used in front of a completely clean channel anyway.

 

[Securb]

Isn't the Golden Horse a Klon-type? Klons are way fatter and overall different than SD-1's and TS's.

Yes, it is a Klon-clone that sounds amazing on its own. I put one at the end of my gain chain but did not like the effect. I replaced it with an EP-type boost that works amazing.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Yes, it is a Klon-clone that sounds amazing on its own. I put one at the end of my gain chain but did not like the effect. I replaced it with an EP-type boost that works amazing.

I used to have a TC Electronic Zeus and J. Rocket Archer. Really wanted to like the Klon sound, but it didn't quite do it for me with the style of amps that I play for the tone that I'm going for. I'll stick to my TS-types, personally.

 

[marcello252]

That said - in my POD Go, SD-1 into the JCM 800, perfect..

agree

That said - a TS9 into a distorted Rat? Oh yea!

agree #2

my Mosky Golden Horse into my Black Secret - epic sound.

agree #3


I also suggest trying a TS type (the SD1 falls in to the category) in to a Mad Professor Sweet Honey (or clones, like the Joyo Sweet Baby, it sounds exactly the same) , it's like having two channels in a pushed Marshall, the TS for the boost channel

 

[AniML]

I can get a decent Boston (P90) sound from PAFish humbuckers with a SD-1 into an OD-3. The SD-1 is great for lopping off the lows and smoothing out the mids