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Offline psychic_sushi

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #50 on: March 05, 2007, 01:25:24 AM »
I dig the tone of the Barber Direct Drive. "Dumble-esque" is how i describe it, it's got a nice midrange, with 'buckers it is possible to approximately ape Robben Fords tone, running on 12-18V for max headroom.

The Vintage Rat is really nice too, set to "just about smoking" on the gain, it is phat.

A combo that I wish I still had was the Ibanez MT-10 Mostortion, feeding a Rat 2. Rat 2 gain set right before it starts to compress, then the MT-10 set with just enough volume and crunch. Holy Mother of Mammaries, its the recipe for instant Jeff Beck. The "basag" tone of the MT-10 feeding the fatness of the Rat 2. (Miss you!  :cry:) turned my strat into a special effects machine. Sarap ng texture and midrange. Hopefully BAMF can "clone" this into one pedal, a mosfet boost with 3 stage eq feeding a vintage rat clone.

Vegetablejoe's pimped Arion tubulator feeding Blue Buddha's Vox was nice and memorable, got a great overdrive outta that combo. Smoooth...

But my heart is still captured by my BAMFX DS-1 Bakemono. Swiss Army knife of overdrive for my tastes. Cuts through the mix like a ginzu knife, versatile and ultra dynamic. Just the right amount of hair and clarity.
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #51 on: March 05, 2007, 01:28:33 AM »
I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Rat yet ..

Probably has one of the widest gain sweeps of any dirt pedal, with very usable (and great) tones at every point. Fascinating lil' black box ..  :-)

heheheheh, you posted ata while I was drafting mine... daga daga daga daga  :-D
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #52 on: March 05, 2007, 08:04:22 AM »
you dirty rat...
you get more lows... i like it...

and also has good overdrive sounds... ganda ring i isabay together with BM...
i own them both

YDR can also produce fuzzy sounds... but i'd rather buy a fuzz pedal... kekekek

gusto ko rin yung full-drive2 ay... nakakaihi ang tunog, total goosebumps...
pero sa ngayon yung YDR and BM are fine with me...
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #53 on: March 05, 2007, 12:31:58 PM »
overdrive pedal by mesaboogie yung de vacuum tubes


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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #54 on: March 05, 2007, 10:43:24 PM »
overdrive pedal by mesaboogie yung de vacuum tubes



that's a handsome pedal.



kinda reminds me of darth vader though...


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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #55 on: March 06, 2007, 07:46:13 AM »
^ v1 bottle rocket. nice nice nice
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #56 on: March 06, 2007, 09:05:55 AM »
was used by guitarist of "Marias mistress" wayback they have used the silver enclosure version pa that time

(V-Twin)


...and I bet this v1 bottle rocket is the next generation has more improvements....with a true bypass switch and the glorious of all time 12AX7 driver vacuum tube is still around

many are called but only the few are chosen to afford this  :-D

whoaa!
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #57 on: June 26, 2007, 04:46:17 PM »
My Nobels ODR-1 (really nice, i doubt if i'll ever sell this one).....  although i hope to get a TS9 reissue soon....

Chum

Now, we are 3 who owns this relic pedal  :-D I think SpilledMilk also has this gem! I think, this is the warmest OD that I've used (TS9, Bad Monkey, SD-1, OD-3) It can also go to distortion zone as well... really the best money I've ever spent on!! Couple it with a TS-9 (stock) sustain heaven...................

Vintage rules!!
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i had 1 of this.. it can really drive the tube amps!! transparently.......and thinking to make 1 DIY with a true bypass..
I compare it to my  DIY Landgraff DOD and 1 of my japanesse pedal overdrive..it has different sounding.. paglalong tumatagal sumasakit ang ears ko...heheh..pero sa Nobels pasok na pasok!! :-D..

ito review ng isa.....
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4100237625254262444&q=nobels+odr-1&hl=en

Si Sir Oloc meron din nito!!! :-D.... and 1 of our pinoy giutarist idol has one of this right now!!! :-o
Sana pareview din sila!!!  :-D  :-D

yep yep i have 1. and back to basics ako ngaun...eto na lang gain pedal ko. pero once i used this with an MIJ Ds-1 before it (as if the nobels is  a tube amp on slight drive...and the ds-1 is a booster)...and man....chug chug sustaaaaaaaaaain....but somehow i felt too much power was like cheating...so now im selling the ds-1 and im sticking with the odr-1 (although im thinking of getting another OD to boost it...baka iba kalabasan)
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #59 on: June 27, 2007, 12:40:31 PM »
for me:
TIM
Foxrox ZIM

Tube OD's:
BK Butler Tube Driver
VALVEBOY
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #60 on: June 27, 2007, 03:54:21 PM »
for me since bata pa ako nun i was amazed sa pedalboard ng father ko and the overdrive sound i can never forget is the Boss OD-1...yup smooth and creamy...

now bago na..i'll vote for the Boss OD3...

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Offline skunkyfunk

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #61 on: June 27, 2007, 03:58:01 PM »
Depends on your guitar.
Depends on your pickups.
Depends on your amp.
Depends on your playing style.


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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #62 on: June 27, 2007, 10:12:05 PM »
mine's a tie between the boss od-3 and the mxr zw-44.

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #63 on: June 28, 2007, 12:33:09 AM »
foxrox ZIM 8-)
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #64 on: June 28, 2007, 12:40:15 AM »
SD2's crunch channel... 8-)

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #65 on: June 28, 2007, 06:30:49 AM »
for me it's still the good old ts808  :-)
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #66 on: June 28, 2007, 06:54:12 AM »
i havent tried a lot of od's, but i love my BAD MONKEY to death!!!

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #67 on: June 28, 2007, 07:43:31 AM »
you'll get as many answers as there are overdrives...  personally, i use whatever will do the job best... OD3, TS808, Rat... they're all good for somethin... the secret is knowing when and where they're good, and when they're not...

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #68 on: June 28, 2007, 10:47:42 AM »
I have GT2, yjm308,ts9dx,RAT Proco--so far they sound good for me....nice pedals :-D

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #69 on: June 30, 2007, 12:51:39 AM »
i havent tried a lot of od's, but i love my BAD MONKEY to death!!!

this post sounds more appropriate to the sex forum. heheh.  :roll: :-D


as for me, i like my tubulator. sounds better with ceremics tho. i have alnicos on my strat and it just plain sucks.

crunchbox at a low gain setting ok din. it sings with my LP, and i luve the grit that it adds to my fender highway one.

and my bad monkey is in the mail. ayuz. :)
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #70 on: June 30, 2007, 01:34:49 AM »
Used:
Digitech Bad Monkey
TS-9
TS-7
OD-3

Have:
Digitech Screamin' Blues
Ibanez TS-5 Soundtank (Self-Modded and rehoused)

Best: TS-5, Bad Monkey.

I highly regret buying the Screamin' Blues instead of the Bad Monkey. I was looking for an Overdrive/Distortion pedal then. I realized now that it should be either overdrive, or distortion.
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #71 on: June 30, 2007, 01:42:23 AM »
behringer to100. oh yeah.

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #72 on: June 30, 2007, 01:47:08 AM »
bd-2 and ts-808 :-D

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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #73 on: June 30, 2007, 01:52:26 AM »
behringer to100. oh yeah.

e2 ba ung tube od ng behr??????
sure ka,, ? ngkaroon ako n2 from trade,, sarap ibato e.. imo lng
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Re: what is the best overdrive pedal you heard?
« Reply #74 on: July 04, 2007, 07:46:56 PM »
i havent tried a lot of od's, but i love my BAD MONKEY to death!!!

this post sounds more appropriate to the sex forum. heheh.  :roll: :-D

maybe if i said, "i spank my bad monkey to death", hehehe.
the BM is a classic in the making,
its on my "do not sell" list.
great for blues
plus hard to beat for its price