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12-20-2011, 03:09 PM
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| |  Overdrive pedal without EQ
I understand most Jazz guitarist, do not use overdrive. I play alot of blues also and I use a Marshall BluesBreaker II pedal. Its a decent pedal but I am going to get rid of it. I was just wondering if they make a decent overdrive, without all the EQ crap on it. I am tired of EQing the hell out of my amp. Anyone know of a overdrive pedal, with just a volume and drive knob. At a price I won't have to pawn my house for. I have try Boost pedals my Marshall has one on it, but it still has an EQ. The over drive on my amp is just to much, it s a Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue. |
12-20-2011, 04:00 PM
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It is all about understanding how the EQ works. If you have like a Treble, Mid, Bass set up you can set the controls flat to bypass the EQ. |
12-20-2011, 04:18 PM
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I really like the Barber LTD for a low to mid gain pedal. It's really dynamic and natural sounding. It has a tone knob, but you can just keep it at noon. |
12-20-2011, 04:20 PM
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I have tried that on my, Marshall Bluesbreaker and a Boss BD2. Also a Barker Direct Drive. I ran these pedals in front of the amp on the clean channel. I set the EQ flat on all these pedals. I then took them out of the loop and my sound change. The only effects I use is a overdrive sometimes and reverb. Most of the time I play clean with reverb. |
12-20-2011, 04:23 PM
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I forgot to mention, my Marshall pedal just has a tone knob. |
12-20-2011, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by gary mitchell  I understand most Jazz guitarist, do not use overdrive. I play alot of blues also and I use a Marshall BluesBreaker II pedal. Its a decent pedal but I am going to get rid of it. I was just wondering if they make a decent overdrive, without all the EQ crap on it. I am tired of EQing the hell out of my amp. Anyone know of a overdrive pedal, with just a volume and drive knob. At a price I won't have to pawn my house for. I have try Boost pedals my Marshall has one on it, but it still has an EQ. The over drive on my amp is just to much, it s a Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue. |
I usually find a little EQ usefull, since you don't always use the same guitar or amp; sometimes you need to cut into the mix for a solo, or an overdriven tone a bit more laid back to play the rythm section... |
12-20-2011, 05:09 PM
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Keep in mind that when you are playing with a tube amp there is a chain reaction effect. When you use an overdrive pedal and increase the input to the front end of the amp, you will feed a hotter signal to the power tubes and in doing so make the rectifier work harder. What this may amount to is subtle changes in EQ without even changing the settings on the pedal, because of how the pedal is influencing the amplifier's function.
This same thing would happen regardless of if you were using a pedal with an EQ or not.
I hope that helps, I think I might be answering a different question than the one you originally asked, but I'm trying! LOL |
12-20-2011, 05:12 PM
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