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Topic: Stomp box overdrive - dist. uh... b0b |
Rex Thomas
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Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 24 Feb 2003 4:57 pm |
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The idea is to ask you 1st, but anyone who wants to beat you to the punch, fine.
I want opinions on what would be the best stomp box for rock. To narrow it down, overdriven tubes, mild dist., but not buzzy (boss tone). I can already get a KILLER rock tone with my Pod Pro, but the idea here is a Roland/Boss size stomp box to go in my pak-a-seat for live gigs. (Pod is too big, & NO rack stuff)
My 1st thought would be the Sans Amp stomper. Haven't tried it, maybe someone has.
ALL suggestions appreciated. Thanx!! |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2003 5:28 pm
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Maybe the Korg Pandora? It's not a stomp box so much as a headphone amp, but I've used mine in front of the Webb now and then. The stock patches suck, but you can write your own that work pretty well.
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Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9), Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
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John Russell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 24 Feb 2003 6:04 pm
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I've had pretty good luck with my Ibanez TS-7 Tube Screamer. I used to own an original TS-9 which has been re-issued for--you guessed it--a lot more money. I can't really discern the difference in tone though I'm not really a rocker and I only use it on about two songs per show. It does have a "hot" switch whicb boosts the volume and distortion even more. The TS-7 can be bought for around $50, about half the price of the new/old green TS-9.
I recently bought an Ibanez PH-7 phaser and it's as good for phase shifting as the TS-7 is for distoriton. (they match too). One nice feature of both is the ability of the control knobs to retract into the unit to preserve the settings.
Your mileage may vary, I'm not a rocker and as I don't rely on these FX too much, they serve me well.
--JR |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2003 11:04 pm
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The Fulltone FullDrive II is very nice, even with a steel amp...
Put it after the volume pedal...
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 25 Feb 2003 8:18 am
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| The Boss BluesDriver is a nice pedal. A nice tube-style distortion with none of the grind. |
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 25 Feb 2003 12:50 pm
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Thanx for the posts & the private e-mails too. Through all this I totally forgot about the ProCo RAT which is a GREAT unit. Yeah, the Pandora has tons of options, but for the application I need something I can stomp on & off, but thanx just the same, b0b.
Uh Dan; what's a Fulltone FullDrive II? Never heard of it. Thanx to all, keep 'em comin'. |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2003 12:51 pm
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Try a RAT pedal. It sound good and fits just right in a pack-a-seat next to an RV-3.
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 5:04 pm
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Thanx, b0b, John, Dan, Mike, & Craig.
From a good experience with it, & getting my memory jogged, I went with the RAT, & I appreciate the fact that all of you knew what I was going for.
Uh, Dan; still would like to know what a Fulltone FullDrive II is.
Thanx again, folks! |
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Bob Lawrence
From:
Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 7:02 pm
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| Thanx, Bob! |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 3 Mar 2003 5:27 pm
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The Sansamp is very good. But I have 2nd Tubescreamer to replace one I had for years that was stolen. Good eq choices, plenty of control.
I use it on the lapsteel too. Before a volume pedal, then into a reverb, into a '50 Fender Champ, live mic'ed. "Wish you were here" kind of thing. |
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Dan Tyack
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Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2003 10:13 pm
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The Fulltone is very much like a Tube Screamer, except it's a lot more versatile: better clean sounds, much better very dirty sounds, and you can override the mid compression that is a part of that tube screamer sound.
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Gino Iorfida
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2003 5:32 am
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| I'm partial to the Boss OD-3 overdrive (I will admit, I never tried it with PSG, though) for an overdrive. It doesnt have that midrange hump a tubescreamer and it's clones have. The tubescreamers, blues drivers, full drive etc ARE better than the OD3 if you are playing through an amp that is already distorting, or close to it, and you need something to kick the amp into overdrive (if you listen closely to one of these pedals, you hear not only the overdrive tone, but a clean signal mixed in with it). The OD3 is designed more to simulate the sound fo an overdriven tube amp. I used one before I got my current rig which allows me to go pedal-free. I used it betweeen my tele and my Fender Vibrolux, which I made sure the vibrolux was set clean,and used the OD3 when I needed a 'crunch' part to be played. The day I bought mine, I tried every single overdrive/distortion box in my local music store, and it by far exceeded the rest (I tried a Rt 66, numerous boss/ibanez/DOD pedals, and some other 'boutique' brands but kept coming b ack to the OD3. One other thing I noticed about most overdrive/distortion boxes is that they tend to cut a lot of bass/low end from the signal . the OD3 keeps the bass pretty natural (maybe even boost it a bit to give a 'closed back' response). The only box in my opinion that keeps the tone of YOUR guitar and amp intact. [This message was edited by Gino Iorfida on 04 March 2003 at 05:43 AM.] |
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 6 Mar 2003 10:21 am
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I got pretty good results with the combination of Danelectro Daddy-O, with the treble way up and mids and bass down for the Bosstone-like fuzz, and a Boss Super Over Drive for a more "mild" distortion and fatter chords, sometimes combined with a Boss compressor to "fatten" it up even more.
But right now I´m in an old country/western swing band so I don´t really need all those gadgets anymore...
Regards, Joe H. |
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