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hooverrocks77 · June 17th, 2009, 04:14 PM

I inherited a 1959 Fender Champ. It is all original - except in the 70's my dad took the tweed off and put vinyl woodgrain on it. Brutal! This spring I finally got around to refinishing it properly with tweed and it looks great. Also it sounds great. Right now I use just a Holy Grail reverb pedal with it, and it sounds amazing, but I want to find the right distortion pedal. Something that crunches, but that I can back off for a more subtle sound. Price is also a factor, I can't break the budget on this. Looking for suggestions and guidance, thanks!

Telemonger · June 17th, 2009, 04:27 PM

Well, OD pedals are very subjective as well as alot of other factors in guitar gear/tone. I like the tried and true Ibanez Tube Screamer. And particularly the BYOC overdrive pedal kit (TS-808 clone kit) that you can tweak with the extra parts in the kit. I A/B'd the BYOC kit with a vintage TS-808 and a boutique TS-9 and the BYOC kit sounded better and had a better respnose and feel. The Blackstone Appliances overdrive is VERY tube amp like and the Lovepedal Les Lius is another that worked for me with my Champ. I say try a bunch if you can and see what you like.

hooverrocks77 · June 17th, 2009, 05:24 PM

I never really considered the BYOC angle. That sounds pretty fun, I might give it a try. They make it sound pretty easy on the website, could it be that simple to put together a world class pedal?

goldtopper · June 17th, 2009, 05:32 PM

With my old Champ a Boss Super Overdrive was the ticket

June 17th, 2009, 04:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
hooverrocks77 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota Iron Range Posts: 115	59 Fender Champ - help I inherited a 1959 Fender Champ. It is all original - except in the 70's my dad took the tweed off and put vinyl woodgrain on it. Brutal! This spring I finally got around to refinishing it properly with tweed and it looks great. Also it sounds great. Right now I use just a Holy Grail reverb pedal with it, and it sounds amazing, but I want to find the right distortion pedal. Something that crunches, but that I can back off for a more subtle sound. Price is also a factor, I can't break the budget on this. Looking for suggestions and guidance, thanks!

June 17th, 2009, 05:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
goldtopper Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell Age: 47 Posts: 1,264	With my old Champ a Boss Super Overdrive was the ticket __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

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June 17th, 2009, 04:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Telemonger TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 65	Well, OD pedals are very subjective as well as alot of other factors in guitar gear/tone. I like the tried and true Ibanez Tube Screamer. And particularly the BYOC overdrive pedal kit (TS-808 clone kit) that you can tweak with the extra parts in the kit. I A/B'd the BYOC kit with a vintage TS-808 and a boutique TS-9 and the BYOC kit sounded better and had a better respnose and feel. The Blackstone Appliances overdrive is VERY tube amp like and the Lovepedal Les Lius is another that worked for me with my Champ. I say try a bunch if you can and see what you like.

June 17th, 2009, 05:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
hooverrocks77 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota Iron Range Posts: 115	I never really considered the BYOC angle. That sounds pretty fun, I might give it a try. They make it sound pretty easy on the website, could it be that simple to put together a world class pedal?

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