Dual overdrives - yay or nay?

[buster poser]

Bought a Sunset a few weeks ago. I say yes.

 

[schmee]

I have 3 OD's. One for semi clean grit, one for woman tone and one for slide. One push with my switcher gets me any one of them, or I can have both on. They are individual pedals which gives you more choice I imagine...?

 

[WireLine]

Country guy here…this week a Fulltone Full Drive 2 Mosfet…works well, but I wish the boost was available without engaging distortion

 

[chris m.]

I agree with others who have said that buying and stacking separate, single dirt pedals rather than buying two-in-one-box pedals is better. You have more options for combinations and order. I did have a V.1 Jekyll/Hyde, and one side is a TubeScreamer, and the other side is a Marshall Shredmaster. Sounded pretty good, but in retrospect having these as two separate pedals would probably have been even better.

 

[allesz]

I always stack two dirt pedals nowadays,
but I prefer single pedals, it fits my always changing moods better.
If you need to save space, just use mini pedals: I got a killer combo with a couple of mooers, rat clone in ff clone, they are so close I can switch the combo in and out with just a tap.

 

[hopdybob]

the idea is a yay
but i do it myself.
still have some veroboard pedals to box.
try them out with each other and than decide what combo it will be.

 

[wulfenganck]

I like dual ODs.
My journey started with a T-Rex Alberta II. Already nice, but more restricted to the bluesier side of things.
On my main board sits a Hudson Broadcast Dual, it was a close race with an Earthquaker Devices Palisades. The Palisades sounds nicer in my living-room, but the Broadcast cuts better through the mix with the band and works better with my DOD Carcosa Fuzz.
I also have a Strymon Sunset with a favorite switch. Also a great pedal I use on my "grab'n'go"-jamboard. It does have some noise issues with other pedals, but I found a constellation where it works fine.
All in all, one could say I'm a dual-overdrive-pedal-guy.....

 

[sinecrafter]

Anybody wanna talk dual overdrive pedals?

I have been drawn to them for years, for some reason. I currently have an analogman king of tone, a kingsley juggler v2, a t rex mudhoney ii, and a mosky amp turbo (which I think is a clone of the lovepedal amp 11, one side of which I think is supposed to be a clone of a Timmy). I had an amp 11 and loved it, but I traded it away at some point. The mosky sounds like an amp 11, to me anyway.

I usually love the Xotic stuff, but I tried the AC+ and I didn’t love it. Made everything sound too smooth and fusion-y to my ear. Also tried a jhs double barrel but didn’t bond with it either. I’m currently curious about the duellist, the protein, the broadcast, and several of the wampler dual overdrive offerings. I have to admit that I do question whether dual overdrives are even the way to go, despite the appeal they hold for me.

Anybody have thoughts on this subject? Why do you use one, or why don’t you? Which ones do you like or dislike? Is it better to just find two single overdrives you like and stack them?

To be clear, these days I like using a greer lightspeed along with my king of tone. So I’m stacking and using a dual od. But I’m curious about other people’s approaches, philosophies, and so forth.

Mostly I avoid dual drives, because I find having two or three separate drive/boost pedals is more flexible. I can place them in whichever order suits me best for any given application.

 

[DavidP]

Truetone VS XO works for me, and allows changing the drive order.

 

[Lowspeid]

I own 3; Fulltone GT-500, Dual Gun (Dualist clone), and the Stewmac KOT clone. Like many have said already, they’re great in theory, but there’s always something that “needs fixing”. The GT-500 boost/OD side is one of my all-time favorite pedals to add just bit “more”, but the distortion side is very meh. The Dual Gun sounds great, but I prefer stacking the Bluesbreaker and TS clones I built (GGG & Stewmac respectively). The KOT clone sounds far better than the POT I bought last year, but again, I prefer the BB and TS clones I built.
I’ve played the Gladio and it was good but not great. I kick myself for passing on mint Camel Toe for $150 last year, even though I have both Green Rhino and Red Llama.

 

[mfguitar]

I am a multi-effect guy but one of the drawbacks for most is you cannot stack drives. I tried a couple of different Wampler units because I love the idea but I cannot get the sound I desire out of both sides. Might try a Fulltone because my OCD is the one I presently add to my rig and it is almost always on and I use the onboard for a more aggressive drive. The search continues.