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Topic: SFX-11 Twin Tube Blue vs. SFX-03 Twin Tube Classic? |
Cliff Kane
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the late great golden state
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Posted 8 Jul 2012 9:15 am |
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Has anyone tried the Blue version of the Seymour Duncan pedal and can compare it to the Classic version? I know that many players here really love the Classic, and I would like to hear about the Blue from people who have tried it with steel guitar. I ditched most of my pedals a while ago but for my Landgraff fuzz. I am looking for the musical "organic" over-drive thing right now, am thinking of trying the Earth Drive as I really like the Freeloader, but I have had so many solid state OD pedals in the past I am thinking of going with a tube preamp pedal, not really into the Mesa sound, not into a rack, not into a Sarno rig as I already have a Twin amp, really looking for an OD pedal that doesn't sound like a SS pedal as they all end up like that to me (that's my reservation about the Earth Drive--the last OD pedal I had was a Zen Drive, and it got old for me after a few months). The pedal will go in front of a Twin and also a Session 400.
Thanks for your advice!
Cliff |
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Dan Tyack
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Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2012 8:28 am
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| I really, really like the Earth Drive pedal, it doesn't sound like any other SS overdrive pedal that I have played. Totally 'organic'. As an overdrive I prefer it to the Seymore Duncan twin tube that I had. It doesn't color the tone of the instrument and amp, just makes it 'drivier'. The advantage of the Seymore Duncan is when used in front of a SS amp, it can make it sound warmer and 'tubier'. But you already have a tube amp, and for that purpose, I recommend the Earth Drive. |
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Todd Brown
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W. Columbia , South Carolina
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Posted 11 Jul 2012 9:37 am
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| Exactly what Dan said. I love my Earth Drive. The big downfall of the TT is its size. It's a big heavy unit. It would barely fit in my seat. Sounded good, but not as good as the Earth Drive. Go with the pedal handmade in the USA. You won't be disappointed! |
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 11 Jul 2012 10:00 am
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Thanks so much for your advice, guys. I dig your tone, Dan, so this is good to hear. I have been thinking also of the burden of the TT's size and external power supply. What you guys are saying about the ED sounds right to me. The Landgraff is cool, but it's over the top for what I need the new pedal for. Also, Brad is doing a great job and building such great stuff, also the fact that he understands steel guitar, also the fact that he is a small American shop building by hand is very cool and very much appreciated, I've got to say yes to the Sarno pedal. I will give a report once it's here.
Thanks again! |
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Steve Ahola
From:
Concord, California
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 10:23 pm
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When I read about the SFX-11 I found that it used lower gain miniature tubes which I located at tube seller in the UK (I don't have the tube numbers handy.) It was fairly easy to replace them even though they have leads which are soldered and not pins which are plugged in.
I have a hunch that the some of the resistors and capacitors may have been changed as well but I'm happy with mine. (I had bought it on sale at GC even though it had more gain than I wanted- I figured I could just do some tube rolling at home and was surprised to find tiny tubes soldered in!)
With two independent channels (although they share the two tone controls) I think it is fairly versatile for clean and crunch- for overdrive I prefer something like the Barber Small Fry or the Ethos pedal which is like a two-channel floor mounted preamp based on the Dumble ODS. The two preamps are completely independent (unlike the basic ODS in which the Clean channel with the tone controls in the circuit ahead of the overdrive channel. One plus is that it works well running it into a mixing board or a PA. I haven't tried this yet myself but I was told that running a Zen Drive into the Clean channel of the Ethos is like tonal nirvana. [We need an icon showing someone drooling!  ]
Steve Ahola
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2012 4:09 am
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| I have the ethos and zendrive pedals. 99% of the time I use the EarthDrive. |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2012 4:09 am
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| I have the ethos and zendrive pedals. 99% of the time I use the EarthDrive. |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 14 Jul 2012 6:13 am
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Cliff, the ED does it for me quite well. I get a nice Lindley growl out of my lap steels with it. It is lighter and takes up less room than the SD pedals. And it has standard power requirements.
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