Members kolapsar Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 Im tired of fuzz and doom distortion I want a fat tube like sound from my favorite PEDAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kolapsar Posted December 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 is OCD a overdrive pedal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 dollar cars Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 overdrives are pretty easy to build if you know how to solder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 I like the OCD because cranked it sounds Marshall-y but is touch sensitive. Play it softer or roll back guitar volume and you get a nice, rich overdrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kolapsar Posted December 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 is OCD a 808? I have a Bad Monkey which is a 808 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurpleTrails Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 OCD is a really good OD. You can take it from a slightly thickened, refined tone to a near distortion snarl. Very responsive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stonedtone Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 OCD is the best amp in pedal I've found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WWW Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 Man, there are just soooo many flavors of OD out there. Do you have any more specific criteria?FWIW, I had an OCD V4 (lots of folks liked the earlier versions better). I loved the OCD, but it wasn't as good as my Barber LTD, my Timmy, or my Zendrive so the OCD got sold off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 No, the OCD is not an 808 clone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 ocd is the best amp in a can sound ... it sounds like an amp made from a tin can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitardudeness Posted December 4, 2013 Members Share Posted December 4, 2013 Another nod for the OCD. Creamy, tubeylicious goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted December 5, 2013 Members Share Posted December 5, 2013 reverberlayed wrote: No, the OCD is not an 808 clone. Not a direct cope, but deff 808-inspired : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kolapsar Posted December 11, 2013 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2013 What about MXR Glove I heard the demo of that and liked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members captain insane-o Posted December 11, 2013 Members Share Posted December 11, 2013 this is a tough one because, like someone mentioned a few posts ago, there are a lot of different ODs with a lot of different tonal coloration, so it can be a big "just try it" experiental exercise.I suppose we can steer you away from things that really would NOT fit, but there is a whole grey area of individual preference. One question. What kind of amplifier are you using (In my personal experience I've found that OD style pedals often sound their best as complimentary break-up while even pushing an amp into overdrive...the "fuziness" in many OD pedals such as tubescreamers is actually diode clipping, not saturating an amplification stage) well, OK maybe two questions - do you have other needs? like 9V supply or is 120VAC "wall supply" OK?pedal only or rack format OK (you put PEDAL in caps, so I'm assuming rack fom factor is out?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dunning-kruger Posted December 14, 2013 Members Share Posted December 14, 2013 OP either try a Ts9 or a Digitech CM2 Tube Overdrive. Either one will be more transparent than your bad monkey and will serve as a better over all OD and Boost pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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