Low gain OD/ boost preamp

[bipedal2]

I'm using a Fairfield Barbershop for this purpose. Have it set for a nice signal boost with Drive set quite low. To my ears it adds just a bit of tonal richness and oomph. With my guitar's volume set around 8 everything stays nice and clean. Roll it up to 10 and dig into the strings and I get a pleasing growl.

There's just something wonderful about that on-the-edge-of-break-up tone.

[GreenKnee]

I have a Barbershop, really great pedal. I found it didn't play that well with my other pedals and so now it lives in a cupboard.

Barbershop into a Twin is such a good, dynamic sound.

[UlricvonCatalyst]

Boss GE-7 anyone?

[GreenKnee]

http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/7/

I've put a request in to see availability on the Page from Kingsley. I've only ever heard amazing things about them and the demos sounds really, really nice.

[GreenKnee]

5 - 6 weeks until it's built, my order is placed. Probably be about £300 all in with import etc.
I'm thinking this will be placed at the end of my chain where a Klon KTR currently resides. I think the Page will push my Bassman really nicely with less drive and less mids than the KTR, and then I can sell the KTR and have some extra cash to piss up the wall

http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/7/



Couple of demos that really show it off:

https://youtu.be/8sVCpVua4ek?si=4J-mshcBzCqEhOwd

https://youtu.be/8sVCpVua4ek?si=FWozfletutByj1k_

[MechaBulletBill]

Couple of demos that really show it off:

https://youtu.be/8sVCpVua4ek?si=4J-mshcBzCqEhOwd

https://youtu.be/8sVCpVua4ek?si=FWozfletutByj1k_

always thought they sounded great in demos but price has kept me away. let us know what you think of it when you get yours!

[mynameisjonas]

I've almost always based my main sound on a low gain OD/distortion, and used a second similar pedal either in front (to boost the gain) or after (to boost the volume). Lately that's evolved into having two identical pedals, with the second one set a little louder than the first one (same settings otherwise), and using different combinations of them to get 4 different levels of dirt and volume. Right now it's two OD-3s, but I've also used two BD-2s, BD-2 + OD-3, OCD + RAT, two RATs, two Red Llamas, TS9/SD-1 + DOD250, and probably a few other combos of those pedals I'm forgetting right now.

[GreenKnee]

let us know what you think of it when you get yours!

I certainly will!

Sounds like a good justification for having 3 of the same pedal so you can boost going in to and after the middle pedal

[i love sharin foo]

It’s funny, after all these years, I am finally discovering that you can get good sounds out of pedals without the gain full up. Who knew? Haha.

[Johno]

Boss GE-7 anyone?

I bloody love the GE7.... Brilliant boost tone shaper ....I'd go as far to say my favourite OD maybe.....

[marqueemoon]

API makes and eq/boost pedal that looks sweet, but $$$.

[Shadoweclipse13]

API makes and eq/boost pedal that looks sweet, but $$$.

Same with the programmable EQ2 from Source Audio. That thing is really cool, but definitely expensive.

[mynameisjonas]

Sounds like a good justification for having 3 of the same pedal so you can boost going in to and after the middle pedal

I actually did that a really long time ago, well, almost. I had a Vintage RAT going into a RAT2, going into a Turbo RAT. But from what I remember, I had dramatically different settings on them, so it wasn't quite the same thing.

[del]

Some combo of DOD 250, red llama, and Rat has served me well for many decades.

And all of these can produce boost and low gain very well - yet with the turn of a knob (or a cascade from one into the next) ramp up into serious distorto-fuzz!