OD Pedal Dilemma

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How many OD pedals can I put on my board before I look ridiculous?

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6
25%
Three
6
25%
Five
0
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There is no limit
8
33%
Forget it. You already look ridiculous
4
17%
 
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Re: OD Pedal Dilemma

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jimi wrote:...the more pedals I have the more tap-dancing f-ups I will have when gigging.
Yeah, this.
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jeremyb wrote:Theres no way I'd limit space for delays and reverbs with something as silly as an OD pedal! :lol:

haha I used to think like that, then I got older! :D
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I'm planning a large pedalboard just for OD - just got word from Futurlec, they found my PCB order it got returned to Singapore - probably my fault for not getting to the Post Office in time so its getting re-sent and my OD project can continue...

I think they key to this may be having an OD "mothership" pedal board at home or in the studio etc, then being able to select 1 or 2 that take your fancy in the moment for the gig or practise etc...

Remember the key to OD not sounding incredibly cheesy is using it to drive the tubes (which are already a bit dirty) harder - then the magic happens...
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jeremyb wrote:Theres no way I'd limit space for delays and reverbs with something as silly as an OD pedal! :lol:
I think Capt. Black still thinks like this tho and He's a few days older than me! :moresarc:
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StratMatt88 wrote: Just get a separate board for your OD's ;)
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fuzziebro wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Theres no way I'd limit space for delays and reverbs with something as silly as an OD pedal! :lol:
haha I used to think like that, then I got older! :D
I'm 41 :mental: anyway I'm kinda of the persuasion of having an amp that sounds awesome when driven and to just push that a bit harder without colouring it :)
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
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jeremyb wrote:
I'm 41 :mental:
Oops! your're in the lead by 2 :oops:
jeremyb wrote:
anyway I'm kinda of the persuasion of having an amp that sounds awesome when driven and to just push that a bit harder without colouring it :)
yea, probably the purest method, is this with some kind of booster? what do you use?
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I've got two dirt pedals, Catinbread SCOD and SFT, everything was fine until the JMP50, now all I use is a little slap back delay echo. That monster is loud & dirty enough as is.
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I think 2 dirtboxes is about right. Maybe 2 'normal' dirt + a fuzz
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fuzziebro wrote:
jeremyb wrote:
anyway I'm kinda of the persuasion of having an amp that sounds awesome when driven and to just push that a bit harder without colouring it :)
yea, probably the purest method, is this with some kind of booster? what do you use?
HBE Germania, I use it in the lofi (treble booster) mode into the top boost channel of my AC15, and in hifi (clean boost) mode into the normal channel, just gives me more of the amp, altho' the bulk of my time i play into the normal channel and switch the muff on and off for dirt :)
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
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Pastasauce wrote: But into a clean Jansen (right?) it looks like half your OD's are just giving you various amp tones.
Saucey's pretty much right here. DLS, Les Lius and Ace30 are all about simulated amp tones. The others just work well with my Jansen which, having a grand total of 12 clean watts available, tends to always be cranked in anything more than a Trio.
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+1 for an OD board. I had one:
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I switched all of TCMB's overdrives on at once at gearfest... well he did it while I was holding his guitar.

Much loud. Very feedback. Wow.
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Yeah, exactly. What do you think got me started on this sootying exercise?
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