Desert Island Distortion/Overdrive pedal????

[ESQUIREoholic]

If you had only one dist/overdrive (not metal rather bluesy to clasic rock tone) pedal to go with your fav Tele and BF Fender amp, which one would you choose?

 

[biker joe]

For just one pedal, I'd have to go with the Xotic AC Booster. It can act as either a booster or an overdrive. Then again, most overdrives are two in one designs lately.

 

[E.D. Patton]

Been loving my Prescription Electronics Yardbox.

Very bitey, but cleans up nice with a little volume knob action.

 

[markinlondon]

Rat! Clean boost to fuzz in one pedal. I'll admit to using a Blues Driver more often these days though.

 

[Colin Johnston]

Zendrive

 

[franchelB]

Call me silly...

but I liked my stock Boss DS1 just fine. But then a friend modded it...good lord! I like it even more!!!

 

[rotren]

I'd bring my Maxon SD-9. Fantastic pedal.

 

[Bill]

Blackstone Appliances MOSFET overdrive. Designed to plug into a clean Fender amp. Two channels of overdrive that sound better than any pedal I've tried and cleans up from the volume knob of my guitar the way a tube amp does. It is also very, very cool looking. A pic I took of this mxr-sized box:

 

[blues]

lovepedal COT50

 

[Beerts]

Fulltone FullDrive2

 

[Tim Bowen]

If you had only one dist/overdrive (not metal rather bluesy to classic rock tone) pedal to go with your fav Tele and BF Fender amp, which one would you choose?

Klon Centaur. Some call it overpriced and overhyped, I call it the best at what it was designed to do, which is exactly what you've described.

 

[Nub]

HBE PowerScreamer or Pedalworx Texas Two Step...

But I could be happy with any of my pedals.

 

[AngelStrummer]

Specifically, my trusty, 20 year-old Boss OD-2.

Generally, a stock DS-1

 

[johnnykf]

Fulltone GT500, more transparent than my Mosfet FD2, works great at low and high volumes, like having 2 pedals in one, separate gains, tone etc. I have been on the King of Tone list for a long time and it looks like I may be up in a few months, can't wait to see what all the fuss is about.

 

[ESQUIREoholic]

Speaking of the Klon Centaur:

http://cgi.ebay.com/94-Klon-Centaur...ryZ41416QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Over $700

 

[Lance]

I have a Klon - it's the best sounding OD....but if I only had one pedal...it would be my King of Tone. Doesn't color things like most of the tube screamer varieties....and runs the range from clean boost to raunchy. It really is a all you "really" need. Toss one in the gig bag and go!

 

[Guitar_Ninja]

Probably a Boss DS-1, though the Dano FAB Distortion pedal does overdrive to fuzz quite nicely.

 

[EJG1]

I know it may heresy to say so, but I like my TS-9.

 

[Smokin' Joe Picante]

+1 Fulltone GT500

I'm enamored of almost ALL the Fulltone gear, but the GT500 is really something else. Outside of that, the Fulltone OCD.

 

[davie blue]

Then again, most overdrives are two in one designs lately.

What, is that a bad thing? Cause I was going to say I've been having a lot of fun with my Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde pedal. This one pedal covers a LOT of ground!