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Topic: Earthdrive with Milkman Half & Half? |
Buell Wisner
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2015 11:04 am |
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Hello everyone,
I've got a Milkman Half & Half with the 15" speaker. Since I've burned it in, it's sounded great.
However, I'm having trouble dialing in my Earth Drive.
I liked the Earthdrive through my previous amp because it had significant breakup that was fairly "transparent" (close in EQ to my bypassed sound).
The most drive I can get with the HnH that sounds natural is a grainy, dirty boost. As I turn the drive up, the drive sounds "like a pedal" for lack of a better word. Almost like a fuzz, but with an EQ that's very different from my clean tone.
My paranoiac fear is that it will be hard to get a natural sounding OD with the 15" speaker.
Who's using an Earthdrive with their HnH? Would you mind sharing you settings?
Alternately, anyone else finding success with a different pedal?
*It may be unrelated, but I'm also using a new PSG with a Lawrence blade humbucker in it. Is that possibly a factor? |
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Steve Lipsey
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2015 11:44 am
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I use Earth Drive with Half and Half and have no problem - I set all knobs at 12 o'clock, plus or minus a bit depending on how I feel...get nice "just on the edge of breakup" tone out of it....I'm not looking for distortion, just a little tube-amp style boost.
Half and Half set at treble 6, mid 7, bass 7
Mine is a 15".
I used to use a Crowther Hotcake - what Nels Cline used before he discovered the Earth Drive, I let him do my research for me...it was similar but had a little more TS-9-like grit vs. Earth Drive more clear tube-soundy tone. It was better than a TS-9, though.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2015 12:35 pm
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| I just started using the Earth Drive and I really like the way it "fills" out the tone. It's something else to fool with but I don't know if I'll be able to play without it. |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 9 Sep 2015 1:43 pm
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I use a Milkman Half and Half and the Earth Drive.
The Earth Drive is perfect and unique for lightly overdriven sounds. Like a pushed tube amp. It is a truly great pedal.
For a gnarly sound I like the Fulltone OCD and the Durham Crazy Horse.
I also use a Fulltone full drive 2 mosfet for certain situations.
I have not found an overdrive/fuzz/distortion pedal that does it all.
Check out the OCD. They can be had pretty cheap used and are pretty amazing.
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