Rancid Rumpboogie
Blues Mangler
Boy snarf, did you ever ask for a site-wide core dump with this thread! Happy hunting and hand-wringing!
Pedals/Effects what's a good OD?
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Terry B
Humble student of the blues
The Beano Boost is actually a Treble Booster based upon the Rangemaster circuit. IMHO much better sounding than the Screaming Bird I have from Electro Harmonix.
And for Fuzz Faces, you have three models to chose from, the red, blue and turquoise (Jimi Hendrix). One is Germanium, one Silicon and the JH I believe is a variation of the two but I could be wrong there...
Rancid Rumpboogie
Blues Mangler
That Big Lloyd is mighty tasty!
But alas, to work on my board it is imperative that a pedal has all cable jacks (9v, In, Out) on the TOP of the pedal and not on the sides! If you look at my "larger" board you will see that 4 of the 5 pedals in the front row are that way, otherwise they won't fit! The only way to use the Big Lloyd would mean exchanging my Okko for it, and that just isn't going to happen!
Besides, I have way too many pedals already. This is just half of them.
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Stinger22
Blues Junior
If you think any green TS pedal is great, you haven't tried the Earthquaker Devices Dunes pedal.
This is why it is on my board and all of my green meanies are on my woebegone pedals shelf. (Well, with the exception of the 808 mini on my super-mini board).
I think the OP said "I decided that I absolutely do NOT need another green pedal. "
Rancid Rumpboogie
Blues Mangler
Yes, he did. I was responding to Sloslunas's post about how much he loves his TS9 ... which has mysteriously disappeared.
Many Moons
Biking+Blues=Bliss
Stinger22
Blues Junior
I have two OD's on the board these days the first is either the TS mini or Wampler Tumnus (Klon) then the Big Lloyd F6.
zwantedone
Blues Newbie
With all this o/d talk, what is the collective opinion on fuzz pedals? Thought I would just throw it out there for discussion. Might just be interested in getting one. You know, help out the economy and all!
snarf
making guitars wish they were still trees
I've got 2, but I never really use them. I haven't played with them enough to really learn how to tame them I don't think. I've got the a Wrought Iron Effects Kaiburr Fuzz which I won from the 60 Cycle Hum podcast (supposed to be a really nice one) and a Dano French Toast which is supposed to be a copy of some famous fuzz pedal. I keep waiting for that Behringer Super Fuzz to get back in stock online again so I can grab one of those too. If you buy it new, it's like $25. Mr JHS talked about it one of his podcasts, so they used ones run like $50 or more. So I can wait until it hits shelves again. Like the Dano, it's supposed to be a copy of a famous old one. Other than those, the only one I really have heard of is the Fuzz Face. So I'm a wealth of noninformation when it comes to fuzz pedals.
JPsuff
Blackstar Artist
Well, if you're ever jonesing to get your "Floyd" on, a fuzz is required equipment.
I have a Big Muff Pi and though it does the job, it, like many fuzz pedals, can be temperamental. The trick is "small moves" when dialing it in along with some patience.
But once you get it right it adds that touch of sustain and creamy crunch that distortion pedals and gain-stages can't quite offer on their own.
I have a Big Muff Pi and though it does the job, it, like many fuzz pedals, can be temperamental. The trick is "small moves" when dialing it in along with some patience.
But once you get it right it adds that touch of sustain and creamy crunch that distortion pedals and gain-stages can't quite offer on their own.
Silicon Valley Tom
It makes me happpy to play The Blues!
I have one pedal for my guitars. It is a Keeley Luna Overdrive, and I like it.
Tom
Tom
PapaBear
Guit Fiddlier
I'm a Big Muff Fan, currently got a couple of others in my build Que, some of which are Muff variants
Rancid Rumpboogie
Blues Mangler
Tom, that is an outstanding pedal. You can get just about anything you would ever want or need out of it with just a little tweaking from sound to sound. Do you ever play out ... live, in a jam setting or such? There is a reason I am asking, will get into that later maybe.
Silicon Valley Tom
It makes me happpy to play The Blues!
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Rancid Rumpboogie
Blues Mangler
Hey Tom, love Dylan ... and that song in particular is SO relevant today!I have not played out in some time, but the times they are a changin!
Tom
Reason I asked, is because the needs / use of a pedal is dramatically different in a live setting. Playing live, often you just don't have time to bend down and mess with a pedal. Pedals on a pedal board are generally set for one sound and never messed with thereafter. That's why my pedal board has four OD pedals on it, any one of which is capable of many different sounds. But each is only used for one sound. I can punch that sound up by just a stomp. Stacking them offers up a wide pallet of different combinations ... all without ever tweaking a single pedal.
I didn't think any pedal on the planet could make me consider swapping out my Okko Diablo for it ... but that Big Lloyd pedal stinger22 put up on here is sorely tempting me. It has a really "gravely" character that I just can't get with my board but its $160.00 price tag is giving me pause.
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Crossroads
Thump the Bottom
These are among the best pedals I've ever heard. But are expensive, and you have to wait.
Ordered my Jester Custom in June I might have it by Christmas, but the list was two years at one point, so I guess. 6 months ain't too bad.
Ordered my Jester Custom in June I might have it by Christmas, but the list was two years at one point, so I guess. 6 months ain't too bad.
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