How many use two overdrive pedals to get a specific tone?

andrenighthound · March 18th, 2008, 07:35 AM

How many of y'all use two overdrive pedals to get a certain overdrive sound that maybe one pedal alone won't give you?

Me, sometimes i use my barber ltd and my maxon od9+pro

guitarzan13 · March 18th, 2008, 08:03 AM

My Keeley Mooded Sparkle Drive is my main OD.... I kick in modded blues driver as a lead boost or a heavy OD when needed.

xjazzy · March 18th, 2008, 08:18 AM

I use a Visual sound Jekyll & hyde for the TS type of drive and a SD Twin Tube for the more transparent and light OD.

Lance · March 18th, 2008, 11:16 AM

Klon into the OCD. Together, they can give a huge range of tones.
I guess the same is also true for the King of Tone.....it's really two overdrives in one pedal.

hxchip · March 18th, 2008, 11:48 AM

One's not an OD, but I do use two drive pedals. The order I engage them in is different based on the kind of music I'm playing.

Keeley DS-1 (SEM/Ultra mods) usually on the Ultra setting
Bad Monkey OD

Bad Monkey then DS-1 if it's softer or classic rock
DS-1 then Bad Monkey if it's the heavy stuff for solo boosts

bowlfreshener · March 18th, 2008, 12:49 PM

I find when trying to blend 2 fuzzes, ODs, or distortions, that I end up having to back off the gain/fuzz/distortion a bit compared to just using the pedal by itself...

Doug Ferguson · March 18th, 2008, 12:56 PM

I use the on-board OD mixed with either an FBM-1 or TS-7 to create certain lead and rhythm tones.

SabuJSE · March 18th, 2008, 01:02 PM

I kick a Keeley Compressor into an OCD sometimes for added sustain at low drive volumes... or, for an almost fuzz like quality at max guitar volume.

backalleyblues · March 18th, 2008, 03:45 PM

I'm actually using 3 boxes right now...
Boss SD-1, this is set around halfway, into a
Ibanez TS-7 Tubescreamer, gain 8 o'clock, volume set to give slight boost, into a
'86 ProCo Rat, gain about 10'oclock, filter 3 oclock, then the other stuff...
Still getting the tuning JUST right, although it was pretty good to begin with. Stangely, I'm using just the TS-7 most of the time...

Franc Robert
Back Alley Blues Band

JimiBryant · March 18th, 2008, 04:06 PM

I've got a couple of trunks packed full of stompboxes, so I'm always messing
with this n' that --- a Z-Vex SHO with a Crowther Hotcake can be quite nice,
but then again so is an MXR Micro-Amp and a Visual Sound Route 66..

I like an OD paired up with a distortion/fuzz sometimes as well.
sometimes a couple of fuzzboxes in line can be just the ticket!

ruger9 · March 18th, 2008, 04:11 PM

I've never been a "stacker." Never sounds good to me. The only sort-of exception is when one pedal has TWO levels of drive... like the FD2's Boost or the KOT (2 channels, stackable). THAT I like alot. But I've never been a fan of stacking 2 pedals.

Part of the reason probably is, I get quite a bit of drive from my amps, and more than one pedal added tends to get way too compressed & mushy. Looses all definition.

GuitarJunkie84 · March 19th, 2008, 07:50 AM

I use a bad monkey and a little big muff. I haven't had a lot of time with the two together yet, so I am always tweaking settings. I didn't even think about switching which of them is first. New stuff to try out I guess. So far I am really liking the combination though.

mad dog · March 19th, 2008, 02:54 PM

Not ODs I guess, more clean boosts, but I often use the Burris Boostier with the Super Chile Picosa. Not for solo boost ... for always on tone.

andrenighthound · March 19th, 2008, 04:57 PM

i guess i'm looking for a booster for my 5f1. i'm trying out the barber eq as a booster right now, i guess it wasn't made for being used as a booster but maybe it was...it does come with a volume pot.

i don't know but it might be too much treble even with the treble pot all the way down. It seems that the treble pot doesn't work going counter clockwise passed 12 oclock.

if the barb eq works for me i'll add the barber ltd even more sustain/gain

xjazzy · March 19th, 2008, 05:35 PM

Oh... I just saw I didn't answered the question! I have to go back to the english classes...

rul8agn · March 19th, 2008, 09:28 PM

My favorite tones that I get come from something(okay, anything into my Timmy) Menatone Red Snapper sounds great on its own, but better into my Timmy.
Same for Subdecay Liquid Sunshine, Keeley RAT, and Zvex Box of Rock. The cool thing is that the Timmy sounds amazing on its own as well. You want it to be a clean boost? Just turn Gain, Bass, Treble all the way down and adjust Vol. to taste. Want a little dirt? Turn the gain knob a little. It's the best purchase a guitar player can make for improving their tone.

garytelecastor · March 19th, 2008, 09:43 PM

I use a TS9 for the crunch and blues stuff, a TS10 for a little more overdrive. The two together make some beautiful overtones. Nice feedback.

beep.click · March 19th, 2008, 09:48 PM

I'll mix and match a lot of different things, depending.

One of my favorite distortion sounds ever was a Snarling Dogs VeryTone Dog into a Bad Monkey, into a little 10 watt Epiphone Galaxy amp. It was very bright and snarly and dynamic -- not in the least smooth, sophisticated, or tasteful!

Bill · March 19th, 2008, 10:37 PM

I found that not all overdrives chain together well. I tried two Fulltone overdrives and they sounded bad. On the other hand, two Vox Valvetones gave me a great sound. Set one with gain high/level low and set the other with gain low/level high. Gave me clean, clean boost, medium overdrive, and big overdrive.

photoweborama · March 20th, 2008, 01:01 AM

I run a Bad Monkey into a modified DS1 into a TS9DX.

I never run all three, but I'll run the DS1 into the TS9, or the BM into the DS1.

johnhe · March 20th, 2008, 06:51 AM

I've changed the way I use my distortion pedals in the past year. Now I set both my Reezafratzitz and my OCD to a much lower gain setting and then boost each with various pedals. I find that "stacking" in this way give a much, much fatter, fuller, and yet much more cutting sound.

Running my pedals this way means that each pedal gives a much better rhythm sound, and then when boosted, the lead sound is great.

For boosting duties I use an old TS808, a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster and the fat boost on a Toadworks Deathrattle.

Rick J · March 20th, 2008, 01:35 PM

I use a Bad Monkey into a Boss OD3, - in effect I use the BM as a tone control for the OD3, - the bass control on the BM provides a lot of "oomph" to the OD3. There's a tremendous amount of different sounds available with these two, I find.

Rick J

SixString821 · March 20th, 2008, 01:43 PM

i usually cascade two bad monkeys into each other so i can get a real nice warren haynesy sound when i need it.

Telarkaster · March 21st, 2008, 09:22 AM

I've combined a Bad Monkey with a Boss SD-1 and liked the sound, but it was very noisy (hiss).

Tele-phone man · March 23rd, 2008, 04:36 PM

I feed a Boss OD3 with a modded SD1, both with the gain set at about 11 o'clock. The OD3 is essentially my amp "modeler", giving me a flat-frequency, amp-on-the-edge crunch, and the SD1 is my "Tube Screamer clone" that sends me into saturated-lead land. I can clean the sound up by lowering my volume control, and I control the overall volume with a volume pedal after both the overdrives.

I've tried many combinations, and many just couldn't work at all. This combination is the best I've tried, but I'm sure there are better ones out there.

bowman · March 27th, 2008, 04:10 PM

I run a Bad Bob booster before my ODs, it's always on, so that gives them an extra little punch as soon as they're engaged. After the BB, there's a Keeley BD-2, a Barber Direct Drive, and a Soul Patch Fuzz from Aramat Effects. One or more of those will run in tandem with the BB when it's time for the crunch. I also have a Danelectro Daddy-O, Keeley Sparkle Drive, stock DS-1, and stock OD-3 that may rotate into that board at times - many flavors, all a little different.

March 18th, 2008, 07:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
andrenighthound Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bronx NY Age: 32 Posts: 231	How many use two overdrive pedals to get a specific tone? How many of y'all use two overdrive pedals to get a certain overdrive sound that maybe one pedal alone won't give you? Me, sometimes i use my barber ltd and my maxon od9+pro __________________ "Blues in a doggy bag, is what I got to eat!" www.andreandthenighthounds.com Last edited by andrenighthound; March 18th, 2008 at 04:04 PM.

March 18th, 2008, 08:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
guitarzan13 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: LaGrange, GA Age: 43 Posts: 1,209 8 Photos	My Keeley Mooded Sparkle Drive is my main OD.... I kick in modded blues driver as a lead boost or a heavy OD when needed. __________________ Practice make permanent!!!!....Perfect practice makes perfect!!! Chris B. Current Band www.productoffaith.net Last band as a bass player www.neonjones.com

March 18th, 2008, 08:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
xjazzy Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 880 6 Photos	I use a Visual sound Jekyll & hyde for the TS type of drive and a SD Twin Tube for the more transparent and light OD. __________________ Still got the Twang! myspace.com/jotacaster

March 18th, 2008, 11:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lance Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,164	Klon into the OCD. Together, they can give a huge range of tones. I guess the same is also true for the King of Tone.....it's really two overdrives in one pedal. __________________ Lance "not very good...but I make up for it by playing loud"

March 18th, 2008, 12:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
bowlfreshener Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2007 Location: Virginia, USA Age: 32 Posts: 1,453 6 Photos	I find when trying to blend 2 fuzzes, ODs, or distortions, that I end up having to back off the gain/fuzz/distortion a bit compared to just using the pedal by itself... __________________ RAMA LAMA FA FA FA

March 18th, 2008, 11:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
hxchip TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lilburn, GA Age: 23 Posts: 32	One's not an OD, but I do use two drive pedals. The order I engage them in is different based on the kind of music I'm playing. Keeley DS-1 (SEM/Ultra mods) usually on the Ultra setting Bad Monkey OD Bad Monkey then DS-1 if it's softer or classic rock DS-1 then Bad Monkey if it's the heavy stuff for solo boosts

March 18th, 2008, 12:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
Doug Ferguson Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indianapolis, IN Age: 55 Posts: 1,557	I use the on-board OD mixed with either an FBM-1 or TS-7 to create certain lead and rhythm tones. __________________ If you get hung up on just guitar players, you've missed something.... Don't ever get to a point where you just gotta be a guitar player. You hear something, go try to get that note and sound as much like that as you can.-Buddy Guy

March 18th, 2008, 01:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
SabuJSE Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Massachusetts Age: 42 Posts: 310	I kick a Keeley Compressor into an OCD sometimes for added sustain at low drive volumes... or, for an almost fuzz like quality at max guitar volume. __________________ Fender 2007 Custom Shop Custom Classic Telecaster \| Gibson 2004 Les Paul Standard Gibson 2005 SG Std / Fender 2004 AmDlx Ash Strat \| Mesa '05 Lonestar Special Gibson 2006 CJ-165 Maple \| Martin 2004 DC Aura "Playing is not practice. Practice is taking something you can't do, and trying it until you can." - Ben Harper

March 18th, 2008, 03:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
backalleyblues Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tampa Bay, FL, USA Age: 45 Posts: 263	I'm actually using 3 boxes right now... Boss SD-1, this is set around halfway, into a Ibanez TS-7 Tubescreamer, gain 8 o'clock, volume set to give slight boost, into a '86 ProCo Rat, gain about 10'oclock, filter 3 oclock, then the other stuff... Still getting the tuning JUST right, although it was pretty good to begin with. Stangely, I'm using just the TS-7 most of the time... Franc Robert Back Alley Blues Band __________________ www.myspace.com/deltaaces "It don't mean a thang if it ain't got that TWANG!!"

March 18th, 2008, 04:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
JimiBryant Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Chicago that toddlin' town Age: 46 Posts: 1,719	I've got a couple of trunks packed full of stompboxes, so I'm always messing with this n' that --- a Z-Vex SHO with a Crowther Hotcake can be quite nice, but then again so is an MXR Micro-Amp and a Visual Sound Route 66.. I like an OD paired up with a distortion/fuzz sometimes as well. sometimes a couple of fuzzboxes in line can be just the ticket! __________________ *we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun.*

March 18th, 2008, 04:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
ruger9 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 1,608	I've never been a "stacker." Never sounds good to me. The only sort-of exception is when one pedal has TWO levels of drive... like the FD2's Boost or the KOT (2 channels, stackable). THAT I like alot. But I've never been a fan of stacking 2 pedals. Part of the reason probably is, I get quite a bit of drive from my amps, and more than one pedal added tends to get way too compressed & mushy. Looses all definition. __________________ "I've got callouses, from all those nights, spent playin' a Telecaster, 'till my fingers bled Bud Light" - Travis Tritt

March 19th, 2008, 07:50 AM	#12 (permalink)
GuitarJunkie84 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Age: 24 Posts: 235	I use a bad monkey and a little big muff. I haven't had a lot of time with the two together yet, so I am always tweaking settings. I didn't even think about switching which of them is first. New stuff to try out I guess. So far I am really liking the combination though.

March 19th, 2008, 02:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
mad dog Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 740	Not ODs I guess, more clean boosts, but I often use the Burris Boostier with the Super Chile Picosa. Not for solo boost ... for always on tone.

March 19th, 2008, 04:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
andrenighthound Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bronx NY Age: 32 Posts: 231	i guess i'm looking for a booster for my 5f1. i'm trying out the barber eq as a booster right now, i guess it wasn't made for being used as a booster but maybe it was...it does come with a volume pot. i don't know but it might be too much treble even with the treble pot all the way down. It seems that the treble pot doesn't work going counter clockwise passed 12 oclock. if the barb eq works for me i'll add the barber ltd even more sustain/gain __________________ "Blues in a doggy bag, is what I got to eat!" www.andreandthenighthounds.com

March 19th, 2008, 05:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
xjazzy Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 880 6 Photos	Oh... I just saw I didn't answered the question! I have to go back to the english classes... __________________ Still got the Twang! myspace.com/jotacaster

March 19th, 2008, 09:28 PM	#16 (permalink)
rul8agn TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: MD Age: 29 Posts: 32	My favorite tones that I get come from something(okay, anything into my Timmy) Menatone Red Snapper sounds great on its own, but better into my Timmy. Same for Subdecay Liquid Sunshine, Keeley RAT, and Zvex Box of Rock. The cool thing is that the Timmy sounds amazing on its own as well. You want it to be a clean boost? Just turn Gain, Bass, Treble all the way down and adjust Vol. to taste. Want a little dirt? Turn the gain knob a little. It's the best purchase a guitar player can make for improving their tone. __________________ Guitars: '58 RI Les Paul, AV52RI Tele Effects: Tone Press>Red Snapper>Keeley RAT>Liquid Sunshine>Timmy>Zvex BOR>EB VP JR>Korg DT-10>AM Bi-Chorus>Semaphore>Disaster Transport>Analogman AR20DL>Deeelay Amp: Traynor YCV50 Gibson GA-5

March 19th, 2008, 09:43 PM	#17 (permalink)
garytelecastor Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,405 18 Photos	I use a TS9 for the crunch and blues stuff, a TS10 for a little more overdrive. The two together make some beautiful overtones. Nice feedback. __________________ éí 'aaníígÓÓ 'áhoot'é Would you mind holding this bag while we go through the custom shop????? Redd Volkaert is a Jedi Knight at one with the Force!!!

March 19th, 2008, 09:48 PM	#18 (permalink)
beep.click Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Age: 49 Posts: 1,807	I'll mix and match a lot of different things, depending. One of my favorite distortion sounds ever was a Snarling Dogs VeryTone Dog into a Bad Monkey, into a little 10 watt Epiphone Galaxy amp. It was very bright and snarly and dynamic -- not in the least smooth, sophisticated, or tasteful! __________________ "It looked like a giant green gum drop to me."

March 19th, 2008, 10:37 PM	#19 (permalink)
Bill Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 2,611 58 Photos	I found that not all overdrives chain together well. I tried two Fulltone overdrives and they sounded bad. On the other hand, two Vox Valvetones gave me a great sound. Set one with gain high/level low and set the other with gain low/level high. Gave me clean, clean boost, medium overdrive, and big overdrive. __________________ B i l l B a e c k A journal of our year in London

March 20th, 2008, 01:01 AM	#20 (permalink)
photoweborama Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sacramento, CA Age: 50 Posts: 1,461 15 Photos	I run a Bad Monkey into a modified DS1 into a TS9DX. I never run all three, but I'll run the DS1 into the TS9, or the BM into the DS1. __________________ Best guitar photos on the net! photoweborama.com!

March 20th, 2008, 06:51 AM	#21 (permalink)
johnhe TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 26	I've changed the way I use my distortion pedals in the past year. Now I set both my Reezafratzitz and my OCD to a much lower gain setting and then boost each with various pedals. I find that "stacking" in this way give a much, much fatter, fuller, and yet much more cutting sound. Running my pedals this way means that each pedal gives a much better rhythm sound, and then when boosted, the lead sound is great. For boosting duties I use an old TS808, a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster and the fat boost on a Toadworks Deathrattle.

March 20th, 2008, 01:35 PM	#22 (permalink)
Rick J Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North London, UK Posts: 456	I use a Bad Monkey into a Boss OD3, - in effect I use the BM as a tone control for the OD3, - the bass control on the BM provides a lot of "oomph" to the OD3. There's a tremendous amount of different sounds available with these two, I find. Rick J __________________ "If you want to know what an electric guitar is supposed to sound like, just listen to this." - British DJ John Peel introducing a Roy Buchanan track on BBC radio in the late 60's.

March 20th, 2008, 01:43 PM	#23 (permalink)
SixString821 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Delaware Age: 22 Posts: 255	i usually cascade two bad monkeys into each other so i can get a real nice warren haynesy sound when i need it.

March 21st, 2008, 09:22 AM	#24 (permalink)
Telarkaster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Posts: 1,608	I've combined a Bad Monkey with a Boss SD-1 and liked the sound, but it was very noisy (hiss).

March 23rd, 2008, 04:36 PM	#25 (permalink)
Tele-phone man TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Asheville, NC Age: 45 Posts: 63	I feed a Boss OD3 with a modded SD1, both with the gain set at about 11 o'clock. The OD3 is essentially my amp "modeler", giving me a flat-frequency, amp-on-the-edge crunch, and the SD1 is my "Tube Screamer clone" that sends me into saturated-lead land. I can clean the sound up by lowering my volume control, and I control the overall volume with a volume pedal after both the overdrives. I've tried many combinations, and many just couldn't work at all. This combination is the best I've tried, but I'm sure there are better ones out there.

March 27th, 2008, 04:10 PM	#26 (permalink)
bowman Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Westborough, MA Age: 56 Posts: 377	I run a Bad Bob booster before my ODs, it's always on, so that gives them an extra little punch as soon as they're engaged. After the BB, there's a Keeley BD-2, a Barber Direct Drive, and a Soul Patch Fuzz from Aramat Effects. One or more of those will run in tandem with the BB when it's time for the crunch. I also have a Danelectro Daddy-O, Keeley Sparkle Drive, stock DS-1, and stock OD-3 that may rotate into that board at times - many flavors, all a little different.