Transparent OD with lot's of headroom?
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NegativeEase
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Re: Transparent OD with lot's of headroom?
What kind of amp are you using?
Just an idea -if you want a super transparent OD sound -you could use a pickup booster (Mincer uses a Seymour Duncan) or EQ pedal bumped or any transparent gain bumping (Maybe an Xotic EP) device to just hit your preamp harder with a bigger clean sound and let smacking the headroom of your preamp to create the overdrive sound instead of creating the overdrive in a pedal and then into the pre.
It works awesome on some amps on others -not so much -A Fender Vibrolux or a Bassman is really fun doing this. Marshall JMPs and JCMS too. -Oh yeah Traynors YBA-1 live for this
It makes for a cleaner, more intelligible type of overdrive -not everyones cup of tea
Sorry if this is not your thing.
What kind of amp are you using?
Just an idea -if you want a super transparent OD sound -you could use a pickup booster (Mincer uses a Seymour Duncan) or EQ pedal bumped or any transparent gain bumping (Maybe an Xotic EP) device to just hit your preamp harder with a bigger clean sound and let smacking the headroom of your preamp to create the overdrive sound instead of creating the overdrive in a pedal and then into the pre.
It works awesome on some amps on others -not so much -A Fender Vibrolux or a Bassman is really fun doing this. Marshall JMPs and JCMS too. -Oh yeah Traynors YBA-1 live for this
It makes for a cleaner, more intelligible type of overdrive -not everyones cup of tea
Sorry if this is not your thing.
Boogie Bill
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Re: Transparent OD with lot's of headroom?
Jackson Audio Prism.
Jackson Audio Prism.
NegativeEase
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dr.barlo
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Re: Transparent OD with lot's of headroom?
Amp 11 is sorta Tim clone (the big brother of Timmy) but then again it colors the tone. It might be the chip or some other details...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGaKOZm5gk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNW0H-SmoQ0
I should have shot a vid of Amp 11 vs Tim/Timmy while I had one. I let go of my Amp 11 and kept 2 regular Timmy's (one old one new) 1 Sea Foam (with some other chip) and a Tim. Big fan here...
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Amp 11 is sorta Tim clone (the big brother of Timmy) but then again it colors the tone. It might be the chip or some other details...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGaKOZm5gk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNW0H-SmoQ0
I should have shot a vid of Amp 11 vs Tim/Timmy while I had one. I let go of my Amp 11 and kept 2 regular Timmy's (one old one new) 1 Sea Foam (with some other chip) and a Tim. Big fan here...
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Jacew
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Re: Transparent OD with lot's of headroom?
If you want boost that doesn't color tone and has lots of headroom, why would you search for OD rather than boost?
I'd go with NegativeEase's suggestion. With clean boost you get grit anyway as well, when preamp starts to compress. And that's often smoothest and most transparent "OD" you can get.
If you want boost that doesn't color tone and has lots of headroom, why would you search for OD rather than boost?
I'd go with NegativeEase's suggestion. With clean boost you get grit anyway as well, when preamp starts to compress. And that's often smoothest and most transparent "OD" you can get.
Dave Locher
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Re: Transparent OD with lot's of headroom?
I thought I was the only person left still using a battery! I'm with you: one or two pedals max, batteries for simplicity.
I thought I was the only person left still using a battery! I'm with you: one or two pedals max, batteries for simplicity.
Coma
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Re: Transparent OD with lot's of headroom?
I'm very confused about the whole "high headroom" OD concept. I thought overdrive happens when you push a signal high enough that it starts to clip? Meaning that an OD would either have to make the signal so loud that the amp runs out of headroom and starts clipping, or the pedal itself clips the signal?
I'm very confused about the whole "high headroom" OD concept. I thought overdrive happens when you push a signal high enough that it starts to clip? Meaning that an OD would either have to make the signal so loud that the amp runs out of headroom and starts clipping, or the pedal itself clips the signal?
