has anybuddy EVER stopped Gassing for ODs?

bingefeller

Yeah I don't buy OD's now either, I'm happy with Boss SD-1 Waza, Suhr Shiba Reloaded, and MXR Badass Overdrive.  

slacker

Klon

TimmyO

I exist in one of two phases: 

Gigging/rehearsing - in which case GAS goes away and I have a nice simple OD and boost setup and all is good in the world.

Not gigging/rehearsing - an endless cycle of chasing fairy dust

Winny_Pooh

I've tried most of the variants out there but still buy and flip things. Everyone should try the main food groups: Rat, zen, klon, TS, ODR-1, muff, mosfet etc and then look at variants that fit their needs. 

ennspek

Yeah. The Thorpyfx stuff genuinely cured my of gas.

not_the_dj

TimmyO said:

I exist in one of two phases: 

Gigging/rehearsing - in which case GAS goes away and I have a nice simple OD and boost setup and all is good in the world.

Not gigging/rehearsing - an endless cycle of chasing fairy dust

Much wisdom here.

Gassage

Most people change the OD when they'd do a lot better changing the EQ profile of what they have with an EQ pedal.

ICBM

I have no interest in overdrive pedals. I own a Boss DF-2 and a Mesa Flux Drive, and if I wanted a more "overdrivey" one I would just go and buy another Boss SD-1...

Lew

Never especially gassed for them. I prefer a lowgain fuzz. I think the one that hung around the longest was a Keeley BD-2. Usefull post, eh?

Teetonetal

hootsmon said:

proper Klon?

No a soul food. 

Grunfeld

Nobels ODR-1
Works for me. 

nick79

octatonic said:

nick79 said:

Mesa Throttle box eq. I need nothing else. 

... well, aside from a hearing test.

Take it you've actually used one? And not just listened to the (tbh quite poor) Mesa Boogie official demo's? 
Or maybe it's just that it works for me, and i actually know how to use it...? 

Slimbert

I've given up on drives completely.

Nothing will beat the drive channels on my amps and I'd rather use the extra room on my board for more interesting things.

Also, I no longer need two power supplies....WIN!

meltedbuzzbox

Grunfeld said:

Nobels ODR-1
Works for me. 

Same for me

Well, I have the ODR-1 and the ODR-S on my board but I dont bother buying anything else as they have seen off everything I have compared them too (got to be over 20 or 30 overdrives)

Nomad

I've owned precisely three crunch pedals in the 41 years since I started playing. A boss DS-1 when I first started, a Boss HM-2, which I used for years, and now a TC Nova Drive. Still have the HM-2 but don't use it any more. The Nova Drive has bags of variety and works a treat with the add-on 3-way footswitch (so, direct access to 3 patches in each of 6 banks).

I've never gassed for overdrives (or much of anything else guitar related, come to that), and have never understood the fascination

Winny_Pooh

^because you've not tried any nicer ones?

Nomad

The stuff I have sounds good to me. Besides, I have better things to do than spend inordinate amounts of time and money chasing some holy grail that, by all accounts, appears to be unobtainable.

Dave_Mc

do you mean actual overdrives, or all dirt pedals?

if you mean the former, sure- timmy and an sd1 or tubescreamer (or clone) will work for me just fine, and to be honest i could be happy with pedals which are similar to a timmy as well.

for actual dirts, not so much, though at the same time my GAS has been a lot less since I never seem to be 100% happy with distortion pedals and think i'll just stick with what i've got (I use those OD pedals I mentioned as boost so that's maybe not just as critical as using them as standalone ODs like I'd do with distortion pedals).

octatonic

nick79 said:

octatonic said:

nick79 said:

Mesa Throttle box eq. I need nothing else. 

... well, aside from a hearing test.

Take it you've actually used one? And not just listened to the (tbh quite poor) Mesa Boogie official demo's? 
Or maybe it's just that it works for me, and i actually know how to use it...? 

I'm not in the habit of slating gear I've not owned or used.
If it works for you then great- but IMHO it isn't a great pedal, unless what you're looking for is something overcooked and over compressed.
Show me something you've recorded with it- I'm open minded enough to change my opinion if proven wrong.

Drew_TNBD

I never started.