recommend me a mkII ... maybe

[steinwand]

i am after Neil Young tones

i know he uses no fuzz - all tweed and reverb unit - and the whizzer ;-)

 

already heard about the durham thing ...

what else?

[steinwand]

so i am stuck with the durham crazy horse and the am peppermint
for neil young like tones?

any suggestions ...

[Folky_Grunge]

I think the Crazy Horse is probably your best option, since it was made specifically to get Neil's sound. But, do you really want to take the $250 plunge? What's your price range?

 

I can get my OS-2 kinda close to a Neil Young sound, but it sounds too compressed and a little harsh. I have a Maxon SD9 on the way, though, and I'll tell you if that can get closer.

[english_bob]

MkII Tonebender? I think you'll find it way too smooth and high gain for Neil Young sounds. I'm not a huge NY fan, but from my memory of "Cortez the Killer" (which I'm guessing is somewhere in your ballpark) it's closer to a Fuzz Face sound than a MkII.

[steinwand]

thanx for the advice

now i am thinking about a colorsound overdriver clone ...

 

my choice right now would be the throbak overdrive booster

cause i have heard that the prescreption overdriver is like NY in a box

but i like the throbak more ...

 

i know that i am never going to nail the sound of an age old full cranked

tweed with a fender reverb unit in front going into some strange speakers ...

but i am satisfied in getting close ... besides the fact that i never will be

able to play like NY ... i just like the sound ;-)