The Logic Off Topic list

On Friday, Jan 30, 2004, at 08:14 Europe/Brussels, litepipe wrote:

>  "HKC" wrote:
>> I´m not sure if it´s even possible to recommend stompboxes to anyone. 
>> It´s
>> such a personal matter and has so much to do with the guitar, the
> amp.....and >so on. I have maybe 10 different overdrive/distortion 
> pedals
> and all of them >have different strenths. Not even the quite expensive 
> ones
> like Matchless or >Fulltone will neccesarily do a better job than a 
> cheap
> Marshall. It depends what  >"more distorted cranked-up sounds" means 
> to you.
> Ritchie Blackmoore or >Steve Lukather, both qualify but they certainly 
> don´t
> sound similar. So what I´m >saying is shop around, if it sounds right 
> it is
> right.
>
>   I agree. I've owned and still own several OD pedals. It really 
> depends on
> the application. One thing that can be gained with a recomendation 
> though is
> maybe someone isn't familiar with certain OD's. Some people never 
> heard of
> Fulltone and maybe they would like their stuff. I can tell people what 
> works
> for me as anyone can, but that really means nothing in the long run. 
> You
> still need to check it out. This is a difficult issue ofcourse because 
> there
> are a ton of OD pedals out there.
>
>   --litepipe

Hi,

Amazing how long this thread keeps going on for - there seems to be a 
lot to talk about, and it's very interesting :-)

I started it originally, and while I have found one solution, a treble 
booster (Range King by the Tube Amp Doctor from Germany), I'm still 
looking into the subject of overdrive pedals. What I have found I need 
is a pedal that gives me warm overdrive for picked, arpeggiated chords 
without breaking up. I haven't had the opportuinity to try many pedals 
yet, but I THINK I need something like the early Ibanez Tube Screamer. 
(Incidentally, I had one as a teenager, dunno where it went, maybe it's 
still at my parents' - people are paying crazy money for it on eBay!!!! 
Hope I can find it.....) One pedal I really like is a vintage Electro 
Harmonix Hot Tubes (without tubes) - great with my vintage guitars. 
Difficult to get, though.

Cheers,

Recky

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