Vintage sounding OD peddals

corona11 · Post by **corona11** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:16 am

Im looking for a distortion pedal for playing bluesy stuff with my 325, i also play a stratocaster.

oops sorry i put OD peddal in the subject, i meant distortion.

Josh

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:42 am

Josh,

I'll be interested to see what people recommend. I don't use one. I use the features of my amp to obtain my sound. I play blues too. I believe that we are in a minority here.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:08 pm

I have been using an Analogman-modded Ibanez TS-9 for a few years now. It's incredible. Everything from bluesy crunch to just a bit of a boost.

http://www.analogman.com - it's the Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer "Classic" mod.

I can't vouch for how it sounds in front of a solid-state amp, but it's wonderful with Class A tube amps.

corona11 · Post by **corona11** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:42 pm

Hmm ya ive been eyeing the ts-9. I own a fender hot rod deluxe tube amp.. so, ya i love playing blues, stevie ray vaughan is my main influence, howa bout you brian? (not to get off subject or anything..)

josh

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:13 pm

Hmmm influences in terms playing guitar?

Well spanning the breadth of time and space in no particular order:

Muddy Waters
Elmore James
Rory Gallagher
Elvin Bishop
Jeff Beck
Eric Clapton
Chuck Berry
Duane Allman
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
SRV
Peter Green
Buddy Guy
B.B. King
Robert Johnson
George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Gary Moore
Albert Collins
Leslie West
Robert Cray
Johnny Winter
Mike Bloomfield
John Lee Hooker
Ry Cooder
Joe Satriani
EVH
Alvin Lee
Jeff Healey
Taj Mahal

Just to name a few.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:52 pm

Cool list, Brian. You really do need to listen to more blues, though.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:53 pm

Josh, this pedal will nail SRV. Of course, a Strat with overwound pickups helps too. But the pedal is designed to be as close to the Tubescreamer he used as possible.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:33 pm

I know John I should really expand my horizons. I forgot Colin James who is a great local Vancouver blues guitarist and also a few friends from many years ago. Randy Bachman, Paul Dean and Bill Henderson.

Then there's Pete Townshend who made me realize that playing in a trio could be a lot of fun.

All on the list, have shaped and honed my ability to play the music that I love.

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:40 am

Josh, through the last decade I've used these pedals:

Danelectro Daddy-O (overdrive)

Mesa Boogie V-Twin (tube preamp, monster od/dist)

Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (one trick pony -but cool)

Vox Cooltron Brit Boost (what can I say)

Tech 21 Double Drive (I thought this was God's box)

UNTIL

I recently picked up a Voodoo Labs SPARKLE DRIVE.
This, my friend, IS God's box. Technically, it's an overdrive based on the vintage tubescreamer -but it has a 'clean' knob which allows you to mix in as much unaltered clean signal straight from your guitar as you like. Used in tandem with my amp's footswitch and the double drive, I have all levels of dirt I could ever want. I highly recommend it (obviously

).

All the best,

Noel