OD Opinions

therose789

Hi, 

I am currently planning a new board and i have a couple of OD's in mind two that i am pretty set on and one that im not too sure about.

I definitely would like a Palisades by EQD and a Box of Rock by Zvex. 

I would quite like to get something a little lighter to go first in the chain 0 kind of a break up but with potential to go a little gainy. 

With that in mind i have looked at the sick as by bondi effects and the klone v2 by arc effects. Is there anything else up to and in that kind of price range that people have had experience using? Of have people had experience using these pedals? 

I play through an AC30 and i mainly use a jazz master and if i'm feeling saucy i use a les paul. 

monquixote

Liquid Sunshine FTW. 

samzadgan

EQD White Light?

Dave_Mc

The ehx soul food would more or less let you see what a klon does for an awful lot less than the klone v2 you're looking at. or way huge is coming out with a klone (i think, the saucy box) which will be more than the soul food, but probably a fair bit less than that klone v2 as well (judging by the PGS price I saw).

Tempted to say a timmy as well would be worth a look.

EDIT: that liquid sunshine monquixote mentioned gets a good rep too but I haven't tried it.

not_the_dj

Isn't the Hotcake + AC30 supposed to be a great combination?

mike_l

For a light gain I like the Zvex Distortron, with a Toadworks Mr.Ed into the front of it for a higher gain lead sound.

Think along the lines of Pink Floyd* for the sounds.

*Even though I can't play like Mr.G....

stickyfiddle

In my experience, Hotcakes work very nicely with AC30s and JMs. Liquid Sunshines don't work so well.

meltedbuzzbox

not_the_dj said:

Isn't the Hotcake + AC30 supposed to be a great combination?

Thats my understanding. Away from an AC30 I much prefer the Blueberry muffin setting

Cirrus

For AC30, I enjoyed the klone I had. Actually preferred it at higher gain settings though! For edge of breakup sounds Timmy, OCD, Rat and Fuck Overdrive have been winners for me.

Rat also wins for heavier sounds.

The Distrorton is a better option than the box of rock for that kind of tone with an ac30 because of the bass switch - too much low end into the front of the amp ruins the tone IMO.

NervousJohn

I use a Joyo Ultimate Drive - an OCD clone into my AC 30. Really fancy trying a Hotcake though.

joeyowen

I used a TS808 into my AC30 and they were not friends at all...

Boss SD1 worked quite well

I never got chance to try a klone or Timmy, so I can't help on those fronts I'm afraid.

Cirrus

Yes, SD-1 works well on the tubescreamer side of tings. TS9/808 not quite so much, it ends up being a bit too smooth, compressed and midrangey for my tastes.

Dave_Mc

Cirrus said:

Yes, SD-1 works well on the tubescreamer side of tings. TS9/808 not quite so much, it ends up being a bit too smooth, compressed and midrangey for my tastes.

That's why I can never decide if I prefer an SD1 or a TS... I think they work better into (slightly) different styles of amps. As you said, when the amp is already verging on too smooth/too middy, the SD1 works better, whereas if the amp is already on the brighter/fizzier side I think a TS works better.

Kind of annoying because they sort of feel so similar that it's a bit of an extravagance to have both on a pedalboard, since I basically use them for exactly the same thing.