Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

[keano12]

Or will it tighten things up?

 

[Reckless Abandon]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

I think overkill. Pedal in front of my dsl was. The TSL has even more going on in there so it may be worse. But if you have a pedal try it.

 

[flipside]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

There's a guy on the mx forums that absolutely swears by his TSL and Zakk Wylde overdrive. He uses it mainly to chunk up the rhythmns, i guess you just have to fool with it to get it to sound good. Which is true for a lot of things.

 

[taphappy]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

A tubesceamer will tighten things up and not be overkill if you adjust the gain levels right.

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

Personally, that's a whole lot of artificially induced (transistor/diode) gain. My opinion is that it's entirely possible to have too much gain, finding the "happy spot" is the hard part.

I know, I know... the chicks all say that too...

 

[stevie_bees]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

I use my J&H with my TSL 601. Jekyll side is set as a tubescreamer, Hyde as a "tighter" sounding distortion. Then I can always use both sides together!Ultimate in versatility!

 

[Sune]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

finding the "happy spot" is the hard part.

I know, I know... the chicks all say that too...

rofl :laugh2:

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

artificially induced (transistor/diode) gain

Artificial or just not your kind of sound?

 

[Imp]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

i love the OD + DSL thing.. i use an SD-1 to boost the level with minimal gain and it sounds awesome!

just turn down the gain on the amp, or wind up the clean channel and use thay!

tom

 

[Alvin Lee Fan]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

Overkill? I'm not familiar with that term :laugh2:

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: Will a OD pedal in front of TSL be overkill?

Artificial or just not your kind of sound?

Yes it's artificial, and it's not my kind of sound.