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iowa · February 9th, 2009, 11:32 AM

I can live with just my Paul Cochrane Tim thru my Magnatone 260 (onboard true pitch-shift vibrato). I would miss my Boss RV-3 though.

kpmurphy62 · February 9th, 2009, 12:02 PM

I've palyed with a TS-9 for over 15 years and also a boss OD-1 the boss is cleaner than the I banez
but I love the mid peak of the TS-9 for blues and Country
really makes the tone I like

titaniumslide · February 9th, 2009, 04:30 PM

It would be my Fulltone Fulldrive 2

Hibachiman Paul · February 9th, 2009, 11:40 PM

If the amp has reverb, a Fulldrive 2 or a Boss Blues driver.

franchelB · February 10th, 2009, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Singin' Dave

For me, its a Fulltone Fulldrive 2 (pre mosfet version, a tuner and a nice old Fender amp.

My 2 guitar players love the sound of the Fulldrive 2...

tele salivas · February 11th, 2009, 09:08 AM

the one thing my 73 silvrface twin and tele can't really do is what I use my boss supershifter for, baritone, octaves, harmonies, slapback, whammy, it does a lot!

maxsmith · February 16th, 2009, 03:16 AM

Blues? Though a tube amp with a tele, strat or LP?

The only pedal you need for blues is that little silver one that comes with Fender tube amps (the only blues amp, Brits notwithstanding), the one that turns the "Vibrato" on and off.

If you made me use a pedal it would be a delay to get a little of that '50s Memphis/Chicago slapback.

Max

bosstone · February 16th, 2009, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxsmith

Blues? Though a tube amp with a tele, strat or LP?

The only pedal you need for blues is that little silver one that comes with Fender tube amps (the only blues amp, Brits notwithstanding), the one that turns the "Vibrato" on and off.

If you made me use a pedal it would be a delay to get a little of that '50s Memphis/Chicago slapback.

Max

While I believe that that can be true for some amps/guitar combinations in some situations. There are many situations where an amp can't be turned up loud enough where it sounds good and other situations where it has to be turned up so high that it over distorts and farts and blurs and just sounds like crap. Not all amps sound good in all situations and non MV amps have it even worse. In may of these situations, adding a pedal sounds better that an amp that is just loafing and too clean, with little sustain or one that is being flogged and over distorting. Beyond that, I see so many great players using pedals and know they have all the amps they want. If they thought that going without pedals gave them the best results, I am sure they wouldn't use them.

Big Lug · February 16th, 2009, 01:16 PM

Depends...

If I have an amp that I can crank to get those power tubes cooking then I would consider using a booster, like RGW's Bad Bob, to push it into total tube saturation nirvana.

Otherwise, I'll go with Paul Cochrane's Timmy which IMHO can emulate a very, very close approximation of the above.

November5th · February 16th, 2009, 01:17 PM

Hermida Zendrive.Smooth and sustaining.Peace.

Dean

PixMix · February 17th, 2009, 02:39 PM

+1 for FD 2. I have tried many OD pedals and fore some reason FD 2 just does it for me.

bosstone · February 17th, 2009, 02:42 PM

An Xotic RC Booster makes every amp and guitar I have used it with sound better.

nosuch · February 17th, 2009, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adifferentbreed

+1 it works on all three of my amps really well.

+1
I just rediscovered mine when klaus told me that he uses one quit often. so I set it free from the drawer where it spend some years just like an innocent in guantanamo, schlepped it to the proberaum and stepped on it while doing the solo on lilly's daddy's cadillac. YES!

passingtime · February 18th, 2009, 03:28 PM

My Keeley Blues Driver into a Vibro Champ, Princeton Reverb or Blues Jr. Big and sweet w/ great harmonic overtones or add some hair w/ the gain.

zoso1119 · February 18th, 2009, 11:26 PM

Xotic AC Booster - Telecaster - Fender DRRI

garytelecastor · February 18th, 2009, 11:27 PM

Twin with a Carl Martin Compressor.

Bill · February 19th, 2009, 01:43 AM

This is the only pedal I use. It's designed to work with a clean amp--so my Pro Reverb is basically just there to set the volume:

notjustdrew · February 19th, 2009, 05:13 AM

+1 proco rat- my hot rod deluxe does blues overdrive fine on its own, but needs abit of a push sometimes.
Although, realistically, if I could only take one pedal on stage it would be a tuner (although I'll see your TU-2 and raise you one Korg pitchblack)

dalandan · February 19th, 2009, 08:43 AM

proco you dirty rat.

davidchagrin · February 19th, 2009, 11:06 PM

i think i'd have to stick with my Rocktron Short Timer for a little slapback echo when applicable. other than that, amp od does it for me.

zoppotrump · February 20th, 2009, 08:04 AM

i´d choose the voodoolab sparkle drive.
zoppotrump
:O)

Manolian · February 20th, 2009, 08:45 AM

Vox wah wah

longbow · February 22nd, 2009, 10:45 AM

Thanks for all the responses. I ended up getting a TS7 but it is modified from the factory to get the TS9 sound out of it. It has a tone, level and drive pots on it with a switch for TS9 and hot. I don't know why they call it a TS7 if it only has the TS9 config with the hot setting but I bought it for cheap and it does exactly what I want it to do. My VC50 is still in for repairs so I am using it through my VC20. Holy crap it does make it freakin loud I'll say that.

I have an SX tele that I rewired using the diagram for a 3 way switch in the reference section here and eliminated the cap on the vol pot and used a smaller cap on the tone pot. The pup in the bridge is a humbucking wound I guess as it is noise cancelling in the center pos so it is super quiet. Man the grit sound I get out of it with the settings on the TS at 9, 12, and 9 respectively is down right excellant. I can roll off the tone on the guitar or add tone and volume and it is the best sound I have heard that I have had come out of the guitar and amp combo. So thats it, thanks

mitscan · February 27th, 2009, 06:15 PM

One pedal blues = Fulltone Fat Boost 1

A few pedals = TU-2, Fulltone Fat Boost 1, Fulltone FullDrive mosfet, volume pedal, keeley compressor, analog delay

partscasteruk · February 27th, 2009, 06:20 PM

ProCo Rat Deucetone - but does that count as one pedal given that it's two Rats in one box...?

fenderpeet · March 6th, 2009, 07:23 PM

To use the format of mitscan:

One pedal blues = Fulltone Fat Boost 2
A few pedals = TU-2, Fulltone Fat Boost 2, Fulltone OCD

Jeri · March 7th, 2009, 01:04 PM

TS 808 Tubescreamer... it's the only pedal I have ever owned...

Radspin · March 7th, 2009, 01:19 PM

I'll give my vote for the FullDrive II MOSFET or the Xotic BB Preamp. Both are great overdrive pedals. I've seen discussions on The Gear Page that claim that different versions of the FullDrive (pre-MOSFET, different circuit boards and housing colors, etc.) sound different, but I never got into that level of research and I'm perfectly happy with my FD II MOSFET.

Maradona86 · March 7th, 2009, 02:19 PM

Menatone Fish Factory. all the OD flavors I need

E5RSY · March 7th, 2009, 02:42 PM

It would have to be my old B.K. Butler Real Tube 901 pedal, for me. Does the whole spectrum of OD so well.

Scott

gguitar55 · June 5th, 2009, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by E5RSY

It would have to be my old B.K. Butler Real Tube 901 pedal, for me. Does the whole spectrum of OD so well.

Scott

Is that how you run your Tube Drive? With the pots all dimed?

"All the knobs all the way to the right." Frank Zappa

andrewlwood · June 7th, 2009, 03:50 PM

If I were only allowed one pedal, it would have to be my T-Rex Mudhoney. Sweet Fender-style overdrive through to grimy distortion, then into psychedelic fuzz. My Orange amp loves it!

Madsen · June 7th, 2009, 04:02 PM

Tim.

SMurphy28 · June 7th, 2009, 04:40 PM

+1 Fulltone Fulldrive 2 (pre-mosfet).

Johnny Isaacs · June 7th, 2009, 09:23 PM

This is a tough one...

Either the Durham Electronics Sex Drive or the RGW Bad Bob.

Johnny Isaacs

chubbsdarcy · June 7th, 2009, 10:10 PM

I use a Jacques Overtube going straight to my Garnet Lil Rock, with a EHX small stone ahead of it, and my prts-esquire-tele before that. I get pretty much all the sounds I want from this combo, for country up to blues and classic rock. I only just ordered a reverb, a van amps sole mate....

guit30 · June 12th, 2009, 03:20 AM

Eden Analog Nashvilee Hot Boost or Wampler Ego Compressor(depending on my mood)

Norrin Radd · June 12th, 2009, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bosstone

I always see that answer but unless you have an amp for every application and every size venue, in my experience you can't get the best sound with one amp. If you can, I would very curious to know what amp you use. Not being a wise guy, but I have been looking for an amp that can sound good in every situation for over 40 years, with no luck.

Quote:

Originally Posted by beep.click

Me too. Except you're ahead of me by a decade!

You guys need to check out a Maz Jr.

dalandan · June 13th, 2009, 06:08 AM

Analogman Sunface NKT 275.

callaway · June 13th, 2009, 10:01 AM

If you're looking for adding anything from a barely-cranked sound to a full-on crunch to a clean amp on a budget, I'd go with either of these BYOC kits: Overdrive 2 (Tubescreamer clone plus an additional footswitchable boost, 3-way fatness switch, and a switch to change the clipping stage) or a Shredder (Marshall Shredmaster). I use the tubescreamer model in my Line 6 M13 unit, but I drool over the idea of building BYOC's. I did build their Shredder and it's dead-on with my friend's real Shredmaster.

The Shredmaster clone may sound like a completely far-out idea for what you want, but it's not. I really think it captures the breakup sound of those early Marshall combos and is terrific in the low-gain territory. It also has a darker sound (although you can swap 1 cap to change this), but it's like instant neck-pickup blues.

February 16th, 2009, 03:16 AM	#47 (permalink)
maxsmith Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: KY Posts: 224	Blues? Though a tube amp with a tele, strat or LP? The only pedal you need for blues is that little silver one that comes with Fender tube amps (the only blues amp, Brits notwithstanding), the one that turns the "Vibrato" on and off. If you made me use a pedal it would be a delay to get a little of that '50s Memphis/Chicago slapback. Max __________________ Become who you are! -- Nietzsche

February 16th, 2009, 01:16 PM	#49 (permalink)
Big Lug Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: the Great White North Posts: 677	Depends... If I have an amp that I can crank to get those power tubes cooking then I would consider using a booster, like RGW's Bad Bob, to push it into total tube saturation nirvana. Otherwise, I'll go with Paul Cochrane's Timmy which IMHO can emulate a very, very close approximation of the above. __________________ "Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you please." - Mark Twain

February 16th, 2009, 01:17 PM	#50 (permalink)
November5th NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toronto Age: 41 Posts: 6	Hermida Zendrive.Smooth and sustaining.Peace. Dean __________________ www.myspace.com/deanjohnston5 Suhr Standard,Suhr Classic "T" Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature DR.Z 2x12 Celestion G12-65,G12H Eventide Time Factor

February 17th, 2009, 02:39 PM	#51 (permalink)
PixMix TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MI Age: 35 Posts: 64	+1 for FD 2. I have tried many OD pedals and fore some reason FD 2 just does it for me. __________________

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garytelecastor Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5,104 18 Photos	Twin with a Carl Martin Compressor. __________________ éí 'aaníígÓÓ 'áhoot'é What in the world do I know???? Redd Volkaert is a Jedi Knight at one with the Force!!!

February 9th, 2009, 11:32 AM	#41 (permalink)
iowa Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: iowa Posts: 244	I can live with just my Paul Cochrane Tim thru my Magnatone 260 (onboard true pitch-shift vibrato). I would miss my Boss RV-3 though.

February 9th, 2009, 12:02 PM	#42 (permalink)
kpmurphy62 NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lima,Ohio Age: 47 Posts: 7	I've palyed with a TS-9 for over 15 years and also a boss OD-1 the boss is cleaner than the I banez but I love the mid peak of the TS-9 for blues and Country really makes the tone I like

February 9th, 2009, 04:30 PM	#43 (permalink)
titaniumslide TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Age: 56 Posts: 42	It would be my Fulltone Fulldrive 2

February 9th, 2009, 11:40 PM	#44 (permalink)
Hibachiman Paul TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hugo, Minnesota Posts: 36	If the amp has reverb, a Fulldrive 2 or a Boss Blues driver.

February 11th, 2009, 09:08 AM	#46 (permalink)
tele salivas Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: tulsa,ok Age: 40 Posts: 1,015	the one thing my 73 silvrface twin and tele can't really do is what I use my boss supershifter for, baritone, octaves, harmonies, slapback, whammy, it does a lot!

February 17th, 2009, 02:42 PM	#52 (permalink)
bosstone Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Alameda, CA Posts: 1,009	An Xotic RC Booster makes every amp and guitar I have used it with sound better.

February 18th, 2009, 03:28 PM	#54 (permalink)
passingtime Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 185	My Keeley Blues Driver into a Vibro Champ, Princeton Reverb or Blues Jr. Big and sweet w/ great harmonic overtones or add some hair w/ the gain.

February 18th, 2009, 11:26 PM	#55 (permalink)
zoso1119 TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 60	Xotic AC Booster - Telecaster - Fender DRRI

February 19th, 2009, 01:43 AM	#57 (permalink)
Bill Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 3,181 67 Photos	This is the only pedal I use. It's designed to work with a clean amp--so my Pro Reverb is basically just there to set the volume: __________________ B i l l B a e c k WilliamBaeck.com

February 19th, 2009, 05:13 AM	#58 (permalink)
notjustdrew TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: exeter Age: 22 Posts: 38	+1 proco rat- my hot rod deluxe does blues overdrive fine on its own, but needs abit of a push sometimes. Although, realistically, if I could only take one pedal on stage it would be a tuner (although I'll see your TU-2 and raise you one Korg pitchblack)

February 19th, 2009, 08:43 AM	#59 (permalink)
dalandan Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: philippines Posts: 463	proco you dirty rat.

February 19th, 2009, 11:06 PM	#60 (permalink)
davidchagrin NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI Age: 27 Posts: 5	i think i'd have to stick with my Rocktron Short Timer for a little slapback echo when applicable. other than that, amp od does it for me.

February 20th, 2009, 08:04 AM	#61 (permalink)
zoppotrump Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: nuernberg, germany Posts: 588 34 Photos	i´d choose the voodoolab sparkle drive. zoppotrump :O) __________________ zoppotrump :O) _______________________ may the twang be with you !

February 20th, 2009, 08:45 AM	#62 (permalink)
Manolian Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Miami,FL Age: 56 Posts: 286	Vox wah wah __________________ Birds sing sweeter than books tell how.

February 22nd, 2009, 10:45 AM	#63 (permalink)
longbow Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: roch ny Posts: 288	Thanks for all the responses. I ended up getting a TS7 but it is modified from the factory to get the TS9 sound out of it. It has a tone, level and drive pots on it with a switch for TS9 and hot. I don't know why they call it a TS7 if it only has the TS9 config with the hot setting but I bought it for cheap and it does exactly what I want it to do. My VC50 is still in for repairs so I am using it through my VC20. Holy crap it does make it freakin loud I'll say that. I have an SX tele that I rewired using the diagram for a 3 way switch in the reference section here and eliminated the cap on the vol pot and used a smaller cap on the tone pot. The pup in the bridge is a humbucking wound I guess as it is noise cancelling in the center pos so it is super quiet. Man the grit sound I get out of it with the settings on the TS at 9, 12, and 9 respectively is down right excellant. I can roll off the tone on the guitar or add tone and volume and it is the best sound I have heard that I have had come out of the guitar and amp combo. So thats it, thanks

February 27th, 2009, 06:15 PM	#64 (permalink)
mitscan Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 124	One pedal blues = Fulltone Fat Boost 1 One pedal blues = Fulltone Fat Boost 1 A few pedals = TU-2, Fulltone Fat Boost 1, Fulltone FullDrive mosfet, volume pedal, keeley compressor, analog delay __________________ 'The best guitar players in the world are in Nashville, Tennessee.' -- Jeff Beck

February 27th, 2009, 06:20 PM	#65 (permalink)
partscasteruk Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK Age: 38 Posts: 104	ProCo Rat Deucetone - but does that count as one pedal given that it's two Rats in one box...?

March 6th, 2009, 07:23 PM	#66 (permalink)
fenderpeet TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: hoofddorp Posts: 81	To use the format of mitscan: One pedal blues = Fulltone Fat Boost 2 A few pedals = TU-2, Fulltone Fat Boost 2, Fulltone OCD

March 7th, 2009, 01:04 PM	#67 (permalink)
Jeri Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: brighton UK Posts: 229	TS 808 Tubescreamer... it's the only pedal I have ever owned...

March 7th, 2009, 01:19 PM	#68 (permalink)
Radspin Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: East Northport, NY Age: 54 Posts: 723	I'll give my vote for the FullDrive II MOSFET or the Xotic BB Preamp. Both are great overdrive pedals. I've seen discussions on The Gear Page that claim that different versions of the FullDrive (pre-MOSFET, different circuit boards and housing colors, etc.) sound different, but I never got into that level of research and I'm perfectly happy with my FD II MOSFET.

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March 7th, 2009, 02:19 PM	#69 (permalink)
Maradona86 TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Bombonera Posts: 85	Menatone Fish Factory. all the OD flavors I need

March 7th, 2009, 02:42 PM	#70 (permalink)
E5RSY Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Austin, TX Age: 42 Posts: 646	It would have to be my old B.K. Butler Real Tube 901 pedal, for me. Does the whole spectrum of OD so well. Scott

June 7th, 2009, 03:50 PM	#72 (permalink)
andrewlwood NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London Age: 33 Posts: 1	If I were only allowed one pedal, it would have to be my T-Rex Mudhoney. Sweet Fender-style overdrive through to grimy distortion, then into psychedelic fuzz. My Orange amp loves it!

June 7th, 2009, 04:02 PM	#73 (permalink)
Madsen TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 21	Tim.

June 7th, 2009, 04:40 PM	#74 (permalink)
SMurphy28 Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Madison, NJ Age: 27 Posts: 221	+1 Fulltone Fulldrive 2 (pre-mosfet). __________________ Guitars: 1997 Fender American Telecaster :: Fender '72 Telecaster Custom (reissue) Pedals: Analogman TR-2 :: Fulldrive 2 :: MXR Phase 90 (1977) :: Boss FV-500H Volume Pedal :: Analogman DD-6

June 7th, 2009, 09:23 PM	#75 (permalink)
Johnny Isaacs Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,642 30 Photos	This is a tough one... Either the Durham Electronics Sex Drive or the RGW Bad Bob. Johnny Isaacs __________________ Myspace music page I've never trusted a guitar player who hasn't licked a few 9volts... Famous last words...... after this one, no new Tele's!

June 7th, 2009, 10:10 PM	#76 (permalink)
chubbsdarcy Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: La Tabatiere, Qc. Age: 26 Posts: 146	I use a Jacques Overtube going straight to my Garnet Lil Rock, with a EHX small stone ahead of it, and my prts-esquire-tele before that. I get pretty much all the sounds I want from this combo, for country up to blues and classic rock. I only just ordered a reverb, a van amps sole mate.... __________________ The answer, my friend, is pissin in the wind!

June 12th, 2009, 03:20 AM	#77 (permalink)
guit30 Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Abington Age: 56 Posts: 752	Eden Analog Nashvilee Hot Boost or Wampler Ego Compressor(depending on my mood) __________________ Wampler Ego Compressor Edan Analog Nashville Hot Boost Jim's Country Reviews www.geocities.com/guit30

June 13th, 2009, 06:08 AM	#79 (permalink)
dalandan Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: philippines Posts: 463	Analogman Sunface NKT 275.

June 13th, 2009, 10:01 AM	#80 (permalink)
callaway Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Blacksburg, VA Posts: 162	If you're looking for adding anything from a barely-cranked sound to a full-on crunch to a clean amp on a budget, I'd go with either of these BYOC kits: Overdrive 2 (Tubescreamer clone plus an additional footswitchable boost, 3-way fatness switch, and a switch to change the clipping stage) or a Shredder (Marshall Shredmaster). I use the tubescreamer model in my Line 6 M13 unit, but I drool over the idea of building BYOC's. I did build their Shredder and it's dead-on with my friend's real Shredmaster. The Shredmaster clone may sound like a completely far-out idea for what you want, but it's not. I really think it captures the breakup sound of those early Marshall combos and is terrific in the low-gain territory. It also has a darker sound (although you can swap 1 cap to change this), but it's like instant neck-pickup blues.