Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
Got one of these for Christmas. Gave it a good run the past couple of weeks and took it to band practice as well.
GREAT pedal! Now - I am only a so-so fan of a standard SD9. That was probably the very first distortion pedal I ever saw/heard used. But - the mods....they take this thing to a whole other level.
What I like about the SD9 is that it really does cover from below the cranked TS9 zone to notably past it. That said - I never really felt it went quite far enough as Distortion Pedals go. Pretty mild IMO (even by old standards). But with the addition of another gain stage, and the ability to push mids into it, you can really coax some great sounds out of this either into a clean or dirty amp! Just a fantastic gain range.
I was spending a lot of time using extra Distorto mode into my Stiletto with the crunch channel on mild. And when raging with scooped mids, hitting that with the mid boost on really brought out solos. I prefer it over all without the mid boost, but again...for that purpose - fantastic!
Don't see the often, or they are pretty expensive. Get you one while you can! Now out of production.
GREAT pedal! Now - I am only a so-so fan of a standard SD9. That was probably the very first distortion pedal I ever saw/heard used. But - the mods....they take this thing to a whole other level.
What I like about the SD9 is that it really does cover from below the cranked TS9 zone to notably past it. That said - I never really felt it went quite far enough as Distortion Pedals go. Pretty mild IMO (even by old standards). But with the addition of another gain stage, and the ability to push mids into it, you can really coax some great sounds out of this either into a clean or dirty amp! Just a fantastic gain range.
I was spending a lot of time using extra Distorto mode into my Stiletto with the crunch channel on mild. And when raging with scooped mids, hitting that with the mid boost on really brought out solos. I prefer it over all without the mid boost, but again...for that purpose - fantastic!
Don't see the often, or they are pretty expensive. Get you one while you can! Now out of production.
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