Recommend me a pedal.....

AndyJP

Hi all,

I'm playing a Strat into a Victory V40, which gives me is a pretty good scooped blackface style sound.
But wanting to push the mids more.

Guessing the obvious choice is a TS808 tubescreamer but thought I'd check for other options.

My current pedals are a JRockett Dude and Wampler Tumnus.    These sound superb with humbuckers but the Dude is a little thin with vintage style single coils .

I'm wanting a Matt Schofield type of sound I guess...

Gassage

@thorpyFX Peacekeeper.

notonlybutalso

Dr Scientist The Elements. Three band EQ with a moveable mid-hump so you can pick which part of the midrange you want to boost

professorben

Boss MT-2 always and forever. 

AndyJP

Cheers for the suggestions all.

Is the peacekeeper a Klone style pedal?   Wondering if it's a similar deal to my tumnus.

Not heard of that Dr Scientist pedal.  will have a look at that.

pintspiller

Any EQ will do. That way you can select the frequencies you want to boost and by how much.

 I remember seeing a pub band playing shortly after I started and being amazed at his tones. I was a snob who knew next to nothing except what I read in International Musician and Guitarist. I had assumed you kick in OD for solos, but all this guy had was a GE7.

AndyJP

pintspiller said:

Any EQ will do. That way you can select the frequencies you want to boost and by how much.

 I remember seeing a pub band playing shortly after I started and being amazed at his tones. I was a snob who knew next to nothing except what I read in International Musician and Guitarist. I had assumed you kick in OD for solos, but all this guy had was a GE7.

I like this idea!  Great advice.

Gassage

My Pete Cornish ST2 EQ is singularly my most tweaked and most used pedal.

Re Peacekeeper, not a klone, original design, pre drive mid eq, post drive bass and treble (I think- Adrian?)

Jalapeno

Watch the That Pedal Show on overdrives - very impressed how the (new mini) Tubescreamer tightens up the mids of other distortion pedals,

pj310

Agree with @Gassage and definitely recommend the Peacekeeper. It really can be anything you want it to be in the low to medium gain department. The pre gain mids, or "presence" control changes the character of the overdrive from smooth to gritty, and the post gain bass and treble controls are active and with a huge range, allowing you to eq it to taste/to suit your guitar/amp. It really is marvelous.

Jimbro66

An Ethos Overdrive will get you exactly what you want - at a price. The Peacekeeper is great but you already have two really nice pedals sound-wise so just add a graphic eq, as suggested by @pintspiller, to fatten up the Strat sound.

ThorpyFX

Can't add a lot more than @gassage and @pj310 have already. the peacekeeper can do exactly what you want but gives you more flexibility to full in the gaps with your amps voice, ie fatten, thin and add a few more layers of complexity to the drive sound if you want it too. It's definetly not a klone and does a lot more than your standard klon or tubescreamer. 

AndyJP

Jimbro66 said:

An Ethos Overdrive will get you exactly what you want - at a price. The Peacekeeper is great but you already have two really nice pedals sound-wise so just add a graphic eq, as suggested by @pintspiller, to fatten up the Strat sound.

Hey mate, very good suggestion.   But I've tried a few dumble style pedals now,  ZenDrive and the Dude.  Both sound amazing with Humbuckers but not keen with single coils.  I've read similar things about the Ethos and single coils. Never tried one myself tho.

AndyJP

Had a look at the Peacekeeper, it does sound the business.  But not quite the sound I'm after.

Wondering if I need something that has a little bit of compression.  

JD50

Maybe a RAT.

siraxeman

professorben said:

Boss MT-2 always and forever. 

No....2 of em cascaded 

Sporky

professorben said:

Boss MT-2 always and forever. 

With the drive down low it works very nicely for this - the parametric mid is particularly useful. If people ignored the "metal" bit of the name and actually tried experimenting with one they'd likely have quite a different opinion. As it is most people seem to think it just makes bees-in-a-jar noises.

Jimbro66

For a Matt Schofield sound I assume you have already considered (and discounted?) the obvious choice of a VOS?

BTW I use and Ethos with a Tele and it sounds good but the Ethos is more flexible that most D*mble-type pedals. That's what you pay for.

Jimbro66

I meant SOV of course

professorben

Sporky said:

professorben said:

Boss MT-2 always and forever. 

With the drive down low it works very nicely for this - the parametric mid is particularly useful. If people ignored the "metal" bit of the name and actually tried experimenting with one they'd likely have quite a different opinion. As it is most people seem to think it just makes bees-in-a-jar noises.

It wasn't entirely a fatuous suggestion. 
Plus there are some pretty decent mods for them
Brian Wampler has a nice one to turn it into a booster/EQ. 

Richardj

+1 for the Peacekeeper, you could also try a Wampler Euphoria. All of the demos are with a Strat or Tele and they sound very nice.