Members vic Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 what would be the best signal boosting pedal. im thinking of getting one for my 5150II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members emodot Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 I think this might belong in the Effects forum, but I'll toss my two cents in. Strictly signal-boosting, a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster is your ticket. Dead clean, completely transparent, and loads of boost. If you're talking about throwing a boost in front to tighten up your distortion, any of the Tubescreamer variants are popular with the 5150. TSs, SD-1s, Maxon OD808s, there's a ton of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vic Posted March 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 would anyone recommend boss ds-1 or is the sd-1 better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sinasl1 Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Get a Time Machine Boost, then you'll have a great clean boost on the modern side, and the option of a treble booster on the vintage side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vic Posted March 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 i was thinking more like OD type boost sort of like kse uses maxon od808's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LordOVchaoS Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Save some money and get a Digitech Bad Monkey. I'm in love with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harmonix Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 probably not the bestbut good enough to be worth trying: digitech bad monkey (...yawn...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LordOVchaoS Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 I find it to be the best. It sounds pretty much identical to a tubescreamer and for using it as a boost the differences are even more minimal than using it as an actual OD. The Bad Monkey shines for me because of the bass control. Nearly every other OD out there sucks out some low end when using it as a boost while the Bad Monkey is adjustable to fix this problem and even add some low end if you so desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slaytallica Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 The Maxon OD-9 Got one last week and it's beautiful. Clean with no noise and the bypass is great because it doesn't change your true tone like many pedals do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Random Hero Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 I go for the Maxon OD808. Sounds fantastic with my Recto and meant to be absolutely brilliant with the 5150 series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CM1000 Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 dont mean to hijack, but...Maxon OD808, OD-9, or Distortion/sustainer II ? which one would any of you prefer for a 6505/5150? what are the differences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danyeo Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Ain't no such thing as best, only favorite. I like MI-Audio, Tube Screamers, or Treble Boosters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 I like the MXR Microamp. Simple and straight forward clean booster. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ryknow774 Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by vic would anyone recommend boss ds-1 or is the sd-1 better? I like the sd-1 alot more, doesn't suck your tone as much as the ds-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vic Posted March 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 i might get the maxon ts808 but im not sure how many music shops have it here. this is my first time using a boost so do you plug it in the same way you use other pedals and do you turn the gain all the way down and the level all the way up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vic Posted March 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 which one would you prefer the maxon od808 or the od9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Savo Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 I just got delivery of a bad monkey about an hour ago here at work. Cant wait to go home and plug it in. I just bought it out of curiosity. Its only $35 so if i dont use it who cares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harmonix Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by vic i might get the maxon ts808 but im not sure how many music shops have it here. this is my first time using a boost so do you plug it in the same way you use other pedals and do you turn the gain all the way down and the level all the way up? if you use it like this you can as well go for the bad monkey IMHO- as it will do exactly the same thing that the maxon does. maybe even better because of the two tone knobs.i think the more of the gain dial you'll use, the more you should prefer he maxon over the bad monkey- but if you just want a clean boost there's better and cheaper ones than the maxon 808. for instance try an eq pedal in front of the amp. mxr 10-band, mxr 6band, dan-o or dod fx40b should do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vic Posted March 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 i dont want a distortion pedal. i want to keep the same 5150II sound but boosted and clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mangojeep66 Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by Savo I just got delivery of a bad monkey about an hour ago here at work. Cant wait to go home and plug it in. I just bought it out of curiosity. Its only $35 so if i dont use it who cares +1 If it's available to you down in perth, just get it for that price and see if you like it. Then, keep shopping if you wish. I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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