Greer Lightspeed vs Southland Harmonic Overdrive

mark_jwedge

I’m on the lookout for a new drive pedal and I’m really interested in the light speed but I’m worried it won’t have enough gain. 

I play a Les Paul into a 50w plexi style amp set to a light crunch. I play everything from country/Americana/ blues up to classic rock so probably need G ‘n’ R, Whitesnake, Blackstone Cherry level of grunt at the uppermost range. 

I think the lightspeed will be fine pushing the plexi crunch further into classic rock territory but occasionally we don’t use our own back line and I might have to use a completely clean amp and I doubt the lightspeed would have enough gain in that context?? I would be stacking it with a Klone.

I then saw the Greer Southland Harmonic overdrive which according to the Greer website takes the lightspeed a bit further by adding more gain and altering the voicing slightly so I wonder if it might be a better bet.

Anyone tried the Southland? 
Any lightspeed users able to comment on how much gain it has in the context of what I would use it for?

Cheers

Mark

soma1975

This is me with a Rangemaster very gently pushing a Lightspeed into a clean Marshall. Was tons more gain on tap if needed. 

https://soundcloud.com/user-886084606/steppin-out

The Southland sounds great in demos but every account from owners is that it totally disappears in the mix. I'd stick with the Lightspeed and stack it with your Klone.