Blackstar pedals?

baddog01

have any of you tried any of these pedals? What are your thoughts?

mike_l

I have a LT Dist. It's a fantastic unit, has enough gain for Van Halen/Iron Maiden style. But is way more flexible than that, it'll do a nice lightish crunch, right up. 
Well worth the £not much that they cost.

ThePrettyDamned

They're really nice sounding pedals. I've had the Lt boost which is genuinely fantastic (sold when I got a juansolo boost) and I've tried the Lt overdrive. 

Underrated. 

baddog01

I see there is a LT Metal for sale locally but I don't know if I liked it in the demo. I thought the other ones sounded good. Hmm

baddog01

I have a Marshall Guv'nor clone and an OCD knockoff. Do you think either of these would be comparable the the LT distortion? I hate it wen I buy an pedal and it sounds like a pedal I already own.

mike_l

The Guvnor does a great Marshall JVM cranked sound, the LTD would be put in this category, but when I put the Mk1 (or Mk2)  guvnor in comparison the the LTDthey sound quite different.

I'm not familiar with the OCD so can't comment on that.   

baddog01

   I can get the OCD and Guv'nor to sound really close to each other but the Guv'nor is more flexible. I can get a wider array of tones out of the guvnor  with its full eq.  The OCD does a good clean boost as well as distortion. 

pintspiller

If you already have two OD pedals, you are best trying others first before buying as, like you say, a lot of them can sound the-same-but-different. 

hugbot

They're alright, they sound very amp like, albeit a blackstar amp.

its funny, I don't like the sound of blackstar amps much at all, but when the exact same sound comes out of a pedal, I'm super impressed by how amp like it sounds.

Gassage

I recall being mildly impressed by the multi mod pedal for this price.

bingefeller

You can get them pretty cheap on Amazon, sometimes they will reduce the price of them quite a bit.

baddog01

The wife and I have Amazon Prime. Might have to see what they have for pedals....

cbilly22

ThePrettyDamned said:

They're really nice sounding pedals. I've had the Lt boost which is genuinely fantastic (sold when I got a juansolo boost) and I've tried the Lt overdrive. 

Underrated. 

Agreed, I'm on my 3rd LT Boost and hopefully won't be stupid enough to sell this one.

baddog01

pintspiller said:

If you already have two OD pedals, you are best trying others first before buying as, like you say, a lot of them can sound the-same-but-different. 

    Good point. I have a couple OD pedals on the board already. Marshal Guv'nor Clone, Klon Clone, Modded TS808 and a Joyo Ultimate Drive( OCD copy).  By mixing pedals I should be able to get a good variety of tones. It's odd, I think I have a small pedal addiction problem brewing:)

pintspiller

Don't forget about amp OD too. If you are a bedroom-player, you won't need as much drive once you start playing out because of volume/loudness

mike_l

baddog01 said:

pintspiller said:

If you already have two OD pedals, you are best trying others first before buying as, like you say, a lot of them can sound the-same-but-different. 

    Good point. I have a couple OD pedals on the board already. Marshal Guv'nor Clone, Klon Clone, Modded TS808 and a Joyo Ultimate Drive( OCD copy).  By mixing pedals I should be able to get a good variety of tones. It's odd, I think I have a small pedal addiction problem brewing:)

4OD's is an amateur attempt at a pedal addiction problem...........

baddog01

  What if I said  I had 6 OD's....:)

bingefeller

I'd say buy more.

baddog01

I'm trying but the wife keeps track:)

mike_l

baddog01 said:

  What if I said  I had 6 OD's....:)

I'd say, its a start, but you have a long long way to go........

Moss

baddog01 said:

  What if I said  I had 6 OD's....:)

I'd say get off the drugs ASAP