If you can only have THREE drive pedals?

Freebird

Similar to the ONE drive pedal thread, but looking for a triple-pack to cover all bases well, with a bit of variety.

They would be used at the front of a Kemper amp, or in conjunction with a FX8 unit, as drive pedals seem to be the achilles heel in the guitar modelling world.

Is it just a case of picking 3 pedals from the ONE pedal thread, or can we do a little better with an expanded remit?

Slimbert

ThorpyFX The Veteran, Keeley D&M, pretty much any TS-808.

JohnPerry

Weehbo JTM (Marshall), Bearfoot SYOD3 (tweed), Tech 21 Liverpool (Vox).





better still 3 Revival Drives.

TheMarlin

Timmy, Tumnus, Prince of Tone. 

NorthernStomps

Black Moon
Warthog
Broadcast

prlgmnr

Some kind of tubescreamer, something with asymmetric clipping for variety, something that does a bit more (like an OCD) or something that's a bit plumper in the low end like an ODR-1, maybe the Tumnus covers those last two.

edit: or just a rat, it's the true way

TimmyO

MkI Guv'nor
Van Weelden Royal Overdrive
Katana or EP Booster 

vasselmeyer

Wampler Euphoria

Marshall Guv'nor Mk.1

Magnetic Effects White Atom

rivercider

Wampler Pantheon
BEOD Deluxe 
Friedman Dirty Shirley

earwighoney

3 Boss Metalzones. One normal and one Waza. The other to beat others over the head who don't love the Metalzone tone.

Wazmeister

Paul Trombetta (any)
RYRA

Duellist

paulnb57

Hudson Sidecar 1/4 gain
Hudson Sidecar full gain
EHX Green Russian Fuzz

builttospill

Boss SD-2
Boss OD-1
Boss OD-2

monquixote

If you wanted a really wide range I'd go:

Super Badass for distortion

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper for boost light drive

Subdecay Liquid Sunshine for Tweedy sounds

DesVegas

Rat into klon into silicon fuzz

jellybelly

Timmy, Rat, Some really diverse Ge Fuzz. Done!

Axe_meister

Lots of love for the. MK1 Gov'nr .
Must rehouse mine as the case is fucked.
TS9
OCD

octatonic

Thorpy Gunshot
Analogman King of Tone
Paul Trombetta PTD Tornita KS Fuzz

Kebabkid

Keeley TS-808, Fulltone OCD 1.4 & Xotic EP Booster (used as separates or all stacked or stacked in combinations).
That's been my set up for a while.

I could also go for the same but replace the EP with the JHS AT Plus (it has it's own boost).

thecolourbox

I'd probably go for:

Digitech Grunge
Mxr distortion + 
Mxr Micro amp

Though I haven't ever owned a Digitech Grunge, I've used the model of it several times on Digitech modelling units and it sounds great

soma1975

Sunface
Greer Lightspeed
Rockett .45 Caliber