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Post by Ward on May 2, 2016 8:26:53 GMT -6
50,000 overdrives on the market and I want something different!! I want a front end pedal or preamp rack strip to front-end an amp that has things like: Sparkle, Chime, Chew, Throat, Thrust, body, guts, warmth, thump as tone controls that work slightly differently to an EQ and can be used to model your amp into something else. Am I alone in my insanity?  ? The voices in my head tell me I'm not. |
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Post by swurveman on May 3, 2016 12:22:27 GMT -6
Being a Joe Walsh fan, I thought this pedal was cool.
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Post by Ward on May 3, 2016 12:59:56 GMT -6
That's nice, but not what I'm looking for.
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Post by swurveman on May 3, 2016 13:31:40 GMT -6
I have a JMP-1. Depending on what guitar you use, what pickup, and what tone control setting you're using you can do a lot with that thing.
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Post by Ward on May 3, 2016 21:36:01 GMT -6
I have a JMP-1. Depending on what guitar you use, what pickup, and what tone control setting you're using you can do a lot with that thing. Yes, you certainly can! I have a JMP1 also and it makes up a lot of the tones I use in recordings I perform on . . . . and I strongly recommend that every guitar player buy one, if you even find one at a reasonable price! However, still not what I'm looking for. Something that you can plug into another amp and change the tonal characteristics in a profound way. Make a Supro sound like an AC30 with the EF86 preamp tube architecture, for example. Or vice versa! |
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Post by 79sg on May 4, 2016 7:11:55 GMT -6
50,000 overdrives on the market and I want something different!! I want a front end pedal or preamp rack strip to front-end an amp that has things like: Sparkle, Chime, Chew, Throat, Thrust, body, guts, warmth, thump as tone controls that work slightly differently to an EQ and can be used to model your amp into something else. Am I alone in my insanity? ? The voices in my head tell me I'm not. You're not alone, we have all gone down this road over and over again, I stopped right here: Effectrode Tube Drive or Blackbird, not cheap but worth every penny: www.effectrode.com/tube-drive/www.effectrode.com/blackbird-vacuum-tube-preamp/ I did a couple of the demo's on Phil's site for this pedal and a couple of others. Here's one with the Blackbird pedal, when I did this for Phil he asked for my production notes but I never thought he'd print them, but there they are: soundcloud.com/effectrode/the-bird-takes-flight?in=effectrode/sets/blackbird-vacuum-tube-preamp#t=0:00The Tube Drive uses a Baxandall EQ circuit and the Blackbird uses more traditional equalization. Scott |
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Post by Ward on May 4, 2016 7:28:34 GMT -6
79sg thank you! This is definitely closer!! And OMG... the TONE! WOWZERS!!!!
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Post by Guitar on Aug 2, 2016 16:35:02 GMT -6
I'll just give a list of the drive pedals that are on my pedalboard.
Klon klone, OCD clone, Turbo rat, Fulltone '70 clone, any number of Big Muff variants, and one of my favorites a DAM Meathead Deluxe clone.
They are all "tone changers" which is why I have so many drives lined up, since drive is my main sound. It's like a fuzz buffet. It really gets fun when you start to mix in filters, delay, etc to warp the tone even more.
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Post by stratboy on Aug 3, 2016 16:45:04 GMT -6
I just bought a first gen zen drive.
LOVE IT.
Creamy...
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Post by Martin John Butler on Aug 3, 2016 19:37:06 GMT -6
Ward, it seems to me you really want a versatile modeling amp with adjustable presets, no?
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Post by guitfiddler on Aug 3, 2016 22:30:26 GMT -6
I just bought a first gen zen drive. LOVE IT. Creamy... Yes!!! Love mine!!! Ward says he loves the ZenDrive 2. I am looking for one of those now. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by ragan on Aug 4, 2016 0:03:57 GMT -6
50,000 overdrives on the market and I want something different!! I want a front end pedal or preamp rack strip to front-end an amp that has things like: Sparkle, Chime, Chew, Throat, Thrust, body, guts, warmth, thump as tone controls that work slightly differently to an EQ and can be used to model your amp into something else. Am I alone in my insanity? ? The voices in my head tell me I'm not. How is this not describing a Sansamp PSA-1? |
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Post by Ward on Aug 4, 2016 7:04:37 GMT -6
ragan, that's a beautiful machine but I am looking for something to front-end another tube amp with. For example, something that can make a standard cascaded gain 12ax7 based preamp sound more like an EF86 type preamp. Just one example. I'm not looking for more overdrive. Im looking for more clean options.
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? The voices in my head tell me I'm not. 
