Members Willyguitar Posted September 17, 2018 Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 For me the answer to this depends upon the amp and the guitar. My main amp is a Vox AC30, and that really works best with a boost in front of the amp for overdriven sounds, if you are using a guitar with either P90s or HBs, It retains the natural sounds of the amp and you get better string to string definition. With a tele, however, I really like a boost AND an overdrive together (I use a Wampler Plexi Drive), with the guitar tone pushed down, and a bit rolled off the volume. When I have played through different amps, this is totally different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Distortion pedals Welcome to Harmony Central! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 19, 2018 Members Share Posted September 19, 2018 On my board: DoD Boneshaker Digitech Grunge Line 6 Uber Metal Boss DS1 Boss SD1 Boss Metal Core Boss Metal Zone Danoelectro French Toast Electro Harmonics Big Muff Pie TC Electronics Mojomojo For those who say the Metal Zone is the worst pedal ever refuse to read the instructions this is for you. It's a video of the settings: [video=youtube;BNu8g_qUnsE] I have an MT2. I nearly hate it but I can get way better sounds than that video which incidentally, only seemed to have two tones. The riff and the lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","data-tempid":"temp_141359_1537807522131_89"}[/ATTACH] None of the above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 Now add pedals or crank the amplifier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 OT Phill, did you take away my hall of fame and replaced it with newbie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 Too loud for me. SS isn't much of a compromise and way more flexible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 We'll have to agree to disagree on the compromise with SS amps. For jazz maybe not, but for everything else my tone needs the sound of tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 I mean the pedals. My amp has four el84s but doesn't get pushed very far. You live guys - knock yourself (and your ears) out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted September 24, 2018 Members Share Posted September 24, 2018 I use a Kemper, so I get the tube sounds at any volume I want. I like a quiet stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted September 25, 2018 Members Share Posted September 25, 2018 I mean the pedals. My amp has four el84s but doesn't get pushed very far. You live guys - knock yourself (and your ears) out. They is a lot of sweetness that can be had using a EQ / Para, comp, overdrive, unity gain, with a volume pedal following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 No, the system apparently did that - sometimes it does. My apologies. Drop me a PM with what you'd like it to say and as long as it's not too outlandish, I'll hook you up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted September 25, 2018 Members Share Posted September 25, 2018 I prefer a nice rich loam with very little clay and just a bit of sand (for drainage). Regular recharges of compost. Sometimes I mix in some used hydroton clay pellets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted September 26, 2018 Members Share Posted September 26, 2018 I guess if were going to talk dirt pedals? the Dunlop classic BC 108 fuzz is a great one for not a lot of $. Landgraff LDO is the best overdrive made period! piedmont on Facebook and KWM from China, both make to spec. Klon pedals with KWM being over the top builds using expensive, hard to find dual pots, 40 bucks a pop. Piedmont? its a 2000.00 Klon. Bill even sent him a cease and desist letter in a lame attempt to get him to stop building that design. What does bill do? comes out with the KTR with a crappy build quality SMT build. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members speakerjones Posted October 1, 2018 Members Share Posted October 1, 2018 All three, plus the amp distortion. When recording, I love using little amps and pushing them really hard. Great tones. Live, I use pedals and have at least one of each type on my board, plus a boost or two. Currently, I'm using a Klone, a Fulldrive 2, a Keeley modded DS1, and a DOD Carcosa Fuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 2, 2018 Members Share Posted October 2, 2018 I prefer a nice rich loam with very little clay and just a bit of sand (for drainage). Regular recharges of compost. Sometimes I mix in some used hydroton clay pellets. Depends what you want out of it. Some people will just rub it all over themselves and dance or fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mojokorn Posted October 8, 2018 Members Share Posted October 8, 2018 Overdrive. The kind that interacts with how hard I pick the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted October 12, 2018 Members Share Posted October 12, 2018 Right now I'm digging the distortions I get from my Zoom G2Nu multi-effects pedal into a Roland KC-100 keyboard amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 13, 2018 Members Share Posted October 13, 2018 I voted clean. Sooner or later all of my pedals end up in a drawer I agree at least 90% with the second half of that statement, but lately I've really been enjoying my Catalinbread SFT pedal. It really nails that late 60s to early 80s Rolling Stones tone. Whether I'm slamming out some Honkey Tonk Woman chording or playing something like "Slave" from the Tattoo You album. Sort of a must have pedal for me as am working my way through some of the "Get Your Ya Ya's Out" catalog of tunes. Most of the time I'm just running it into a Mustang III amp set to the '65 Twin model. (While I prefer tube amps, I prefer to noodle around with a decent SS amp so I'm not thinking about cooking away tube life as I multitask sitting on me arse in front of the idiot box) The Mustang III provides a phat enough foundation and then the SFT adds the Ampeg OD character. I used to be almost totally into clean surfy or rockabilly tones, but once I found some good classic rock OD tones, I got at least 40% hooked on those organic OD tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axisplayer Posted October 17, 2018 Members Share Posted October 17, 2018 I like to use all three types. My board has the Klon KTR (mentioned before with the crappy SMTs that still sound pretty decent and is my favorite), an OCD that I dont use much, and my current non-klon favorite, the JHS Calhoun. Its OD and Fuzz in one pedal. Can use either or both. That makes it an easy to love pedal. I also have a Midnight 30+ dual unit that I like a lot and can never find a reason to have it on the board. It sounds great, but other pedals do what it does and more. Hate to sell it, but almost never use it. What can I say? I feel the same way about my ZVEX Distortron which sounds great but never makes it on my board. The only one I discarded and now regret was a Barber Direct Drive (v2). I should have kept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juicy Elk Man Posted October 23, 2018 Members Share Posted October 23, 2018 Right now I'm digging the distortions I get from my Zoom G2Nu multi-effects pedal into a Roland KC-100 keyboard amp Nice to see someone else using a Zoom G2Nu. I mainly use mine for eq, a touch of reverb, and some noise gating. I've been having fun with the comb filter lately. I have mine plugged into my HT-5's power amp through the fx return, coming after a Laney IRT pulse tube pre-amp (bypassing the elaborate labyrinth pre-amp circuitry of the HT-5, hehe.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted October 24, 2018 Members Share Posted October 24, 2018 Awesome, we're Zoom G2Nu bros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted October 26, 2018 Members Share Posted October 26, 2018 I prefer a nice rich loam with very little clay and just a bit of sand (for drainage). Regular recharges of compost. Sometimes I mix in some used hydroton clay pellets. How could I forget to mention worms? Lots and lots of earthworms! Above the surface, I like to have plenty of toads living there. They eat slugs and bugs. The toads that live in my gardens are so happy, they don't even pee on me when I pick 'em up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 26, 2018 Members Share Posted October 26, 2018 That's a good toad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted October 26, 2018 Members Share Posted October 26, 2018 My wife Cinny named 'em all "Herman" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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