Please recommended a pedal that does OD and Distortion well

[maxsmith]

I'd like something under $100 that can do the Fenderish light breakup/blues lead and the marshall crunch and grind in one pedal - any suggestions?

Thanks,
Max

[FMA]

Rat.

[mrmorrison]

Landmine distortion pedal

http://www.guitarpedalstore.com/guit...stortion-Pedal

[AngryEL34s]

+1 to the Rat. Only you'd have to moves the knobs manually, if you want a pedal that you can footswitch between the two, you'll have to pay more to get into a Fulldrive 2-ish type of pedal.

[TeleBrew]

The Danelectro Cool Cat Drive has tons of gain on tap. When dimed, it'll grind just fine, and it also sounds nice with the gain throttled back.

[Dr. Teeth]

a RAT with the ruetz mod.

[pcypert]

For 100 you can get the Transparent Overdrive and the Drive from Danelectro...done. I have a rat as well and like it for what it is, but honestly I'd take the versatility from these two pedals over that any day.

Paul

[booncrusher2000]

hao rust driver .........nails marshall .the od is fixed at full bore you clean it up with your guitar volume ..............sweet!! check one out on you tube ..........killer jmp tone ,does not really replicate plexi though it really nails the early jmp marshalls ...think ac/dc ....rhandy rhoads ,iron maiden zz top and you can clean them up with a twist of the guitar volume............not gonna get a fender sound out of this though but it will get a jt-45 type dist.. hao makes a sole pressure that is a real good bassman clone .....good luck ..................love mine~~~~~~

[xjazzy]

Visual Sound jekyll & hyde. You can find them used for less than $100 and you get a TS and a Marshallized TS that you can combine!

[Telesavalis]

Try a Toadworks John Bull Mk 2

[Beerts]

Originally Posted by xjazzy

Visual Sound jekyll & hyde. You can find them used for less than $100 and you get a TS and a Marshallized TS that you can combine!

I've got one of these and I really like it!

[the_existential]

I'll say Rat too, but if your at all handy with a soldering iron, I strongly recommend the BYOC Rat. You won't be disappointed. You get the original LM308 chip and 6 tonal options - its just under $100
http://www.buildyourownclone.com/mouse.html

Otherwise, I'd suggest the 2 Dano pedals (Tranparent OD, and the Drive)

[pinkspider]

a big +1 to the BYOC Rat.

Vintage rat crunch on position 1 and switch to asymmetric OD on position 5 for some blues. I'm enjoying this pedal alot recently, if I didn't have the rat and fulldrive, this pedal would have been mainstay on my board.

[Nub]

Barber Direct Drive... It's $120 new, but can be found under $100 used. It's a great pedal. I love my Moho Mods Rat & will never get rid of it, but the DD does both low gain OD & Marshall tones better than the Rat:

http://barberelectronics.com/directdrive.htm

[Anchoret]

Originally Posted by the_existential

You get the original LM308 chip

Is it the can or the DIP LM308?

[Anchoret]

Originally Posted by maxsmith

I'd like something under $100 that can do the Fenderish light breakup/blues lead and the marshall crunch and grind in one pedal - any suggestions?

If you REALLY want to go cheap on this, like $23, there's the Behringer BDI21, which does (or claims to) precisely what you ask and adds Mesa in the deal. Whatever you think of the results (I find it too noisy), its a huge amount of pedal for the money.

It's a somewhat interpretive adaptation of the SansAmp GT2, minus the expensive TLC2262 OpAmps.

Compare them in the YouTube video linked from the first site and see if you're convinced.

[czech-one-2]

these came out in the 90's,among this series was the boss pn-2 temolo/pan.
IMHO the sd-2 is perfect for light breakup and santana like distortion in one pedal.

[Marshall Thinline]

Originally Posted by xjazzy

Visual Sound jekyll & hyde. You can find them used for less than $100 and you get a TS and a Marshallized TS that you can combine!

+1

[tele salivas]

I have a Danelectro Daddy-o that works great with a silver faced twin

[schenkadere]

Originally Posted by mrmorrison

Landmine distortion pedal

http://www.guitarpedalstore.com/guit...stortion-Pedal

Landmine doesn't do OD...it has one set distortion level.

[JohnSS]

Digitech Hardwire Valve Distortion SC-2. In crunch mode, gets a great 70's rhythm sound ala Stones/Faces playing through Ampeg V-4s. In Saturated mode, great solo tones, plenty of gain on tap and precision notched settings for EQ really make this a keeper. Guitar Player magazine's reviewer said there's not a bad sound to be had with this pedal and I agree.

[e-merlin]

Well, for a few hundred more, you can get a used Peavey 5150 Combo, which will do either without a pedal. A 5150 combo can be tuned with speakers and tubes to give you everything from a great, if somewhat aggressive, clean to a blinding distortion. I've got probably $550 tied up in mine.

[rangrfan]

I prefer the Fulltone GT500 myself

[fendorst]

MI Audio Blues Pro Overdrive. Includes a switch to choose overdrive mode or all-out fuzz mode.

http://www.proguitarshop.com/product.php?ProductID=68

[jmcw]

Tim does it extremely well IMO.

[Ben Harmless]

Originally Posted by czech-one-2

these came out in the 90's,among this series was the boss pn-2 temolo/pan.
IMHO the sd-2 is perfect for light breakup and santana like distortion in one pedal.

+1!

I thought everyone hated these pedals but me! The SD-2 was the only pedal that I like anywhere near my old Marshall Guv'nor for Marshall sounds. I think it gets a bad rap just because it's Boss. If you see one, try it, and then ask yourself if the boutique stuff is really any better. I doubt most of the people who pan it have even tried it.

I mean, it's always nice to support small builders, but there's no reason to pass up the good stuff from the bigger guys too.

[dan1952]

Originally Posted by xjazzy

Visual Sound jekyll & hyde. You can find them used for less than $100 and you get a TS and a Marshallized TS that you can combine!

+1, and they're built like tanks!

[thebluesbarn]

It'll be hard to find a good dual OD/dist fior < $100.


I second the HAO Rustdriver!!! If you ride the volume knob you get gritty OD to Marshall in a box. It isn't a slam dunk for everyone, not a lot of people these days seem to ride the volume knob and it can through you off if you always keep the vol on the guitar cranked and use pedals for solos.

I use mine with a DRRI and use it for rhythm and leads. I'll keep it on depending on the tune and either ride the volume konb on the guitar like you would with a germanium fuzz pedal for the clean to cranked effect, or set the guitar vol where I want for gain and use a clean boost after it for leads and a treble boost before it for even more gain.

It's worth checking out!

[schenkadere]

SRB808+...does all of that and more.

[WrapAround]

Also check out Tweedy. Despite its name, it does heavy overdrive sounds quite well.

[elmatt]

+1 on the Boss SD2. I also like the Boss OS2. It's different than the SD2 but worth looking at.

[rockinhorse]

A friend just got one of the Danelectro's ...I think about $40 ? It is a very very good sounding pedal...I believe it is a clone of the 'Timmy'....amazing value...lots of settings that work very well....

I play a Blackstone Appliance but it's not <$100.....heheh

Enjoy the search

[porto leone]

Marshall BluesBreaker 2 (BBII). very underrated pedal, plus you can use it as a plain booster too.

[mlweidl]

Boss OD-3 does it all just scored one this week new for 80 bucks