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I bought the Dude because I like the writing on it
Evaluation to follow when it arrives
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02-27-2021 02:59 PM
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A humbucker equiped guitar is probably an easier place to start. Maybe a guitar + overdrive search would double the fun. Klon style drives can get the sound with their tone control. I dropped a Hot Rails pickup in a Strat once and was surprised that it sounded like a full size humbucker, the down side is it no longer had the single coil bridge sound, even with a split the tone changed.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
But more seriously .. Give us a 1-2 line review once you've evaluated
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Again finding an overdrive pedal that works is amp and pickup dependent ax well.
I always like a Clean Scream as I call it. That's what Dumbles and great amps do when pushed power tubes come in to play.
That's really hard to achieve with pedals, but can be done with the right setup.
Really it comes down to what inspires you and the room also plays into that also!
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I have a Dude v2. I think it does a good job at mid/high gain fusion style tones. Of course, a lot always depends on guitar, pups, amps, speakers, volume, etc.
A lot of guys will use marshall-style amps/cabs with a fair amount of amp breakup and use something like a SD-9 or TS to push the front-end into overdrive, i.e. what those sorts of pedals were originally designed to do. Scott Henderson does this. If you try to use the same technique into a squeaky BF style it just won't work the same.
I always use clean amps. In terms of "D-Style" pedals I also have a MP Simble, Xotic Soul Driven, red dot Zendrive, BB Preamp, MP Royal Blue, Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku and Jetter Monster. I also have many, many, many distortion, TS style, fuzz of various flavors, etc. It's the result of 37 years of pedal collecting
Amps are:
- Fender Princeton RI w/ Jensen c10q
- Fender Deluxe RI w/ Jensen c12q
- 5e3 clone w/ Jensen c12r
Amps are always set clean, no overdrive at all.
Guitars are:
- Fender BP Tele w/ Texas Special in the neck and Tex-Mex in the bridge
- Fender Road Worn Tele w/ Fralin 2% overwind neck and a Fender '51 bridge
- Eastman Romeo w/ Fralin p92 neck and Lollar Imperial bridge
I usually keep the vol/tone controls all the way up.
I set the Dude like:
- level - 12:00, ie just above unity gain
- ratio - 11/11:30ish
- treble - 11:00
- deep - 1:00
The Dude is very filtered, i.e. it chops off quite a bit of the airy top end, which helps give the perception of "smooth-ness". It's also very, very compressed. The deep control is kinda like a backwards Big Muff tone control, once you get it past 12:00 it starts to really pull up a thick midrange and bottom. The "tooth" of the distortion is very close, unlike, say, a Zendrive which is more ragged, or a TS which is "looser". I do find it possesses an upper-mid or lower treble spike which can't be dialed out. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't. It took me a while to find a couple of sweet spots that work for me, so give it some time!
I tend to use the bridge pup with it, though it does work ok on the neck.
The other drive I currently use for smooth, fusion-y type leads is an old Skreddy Screwdriver (with the Led Zeppelin graphics), but it's a fuzz and the bottom end on it is very loose, so not useful on the neck pickup. I also ALWAYS have a buffer on in my signal chain when using more than 3 pedals. Especially since I use a volume pedal on my main board. I use a JHS buffer that is second in line. Seems to be the best place for it for me.
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I will mostly be using it for recording through a clean amp sim of some kind and IR’s for cab and speaker sims. If I use it live it will be similar or my Princeton.
Sounds like this is an ‘amp in a box’ so it might even work straight in (with IRs etc of course) The El Pescadoro i have is fabulous at this for instance.
We’ll see how it gets on with my Tele. I can get a good drive lead sound on other gear so I know it’s possible.
An EQ filter actually sounds like a good thing. I wonder how good it would cut through live though?
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Originally Posted by Lobomov
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by ruger9
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Originally Posted by citizenk74
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Originally Posted by christianm77
P.S. If you haven't already, check out the tele forum TDPRI
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Originally Posted by Roy Boy
Im not buying a new guitar lol
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I don’t use pedals, but I am curious about the possibilities of the Hotcake.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
Since you are already familiar with Ibanez TS, I'll start with a similar but more versatile version:
Ibanez Turbo Tube Screamer: (This has 4 modes for more tonal flexibility. These are great for studio work due to the different flavors of TS-themed overdrive they offer in a single pedal).
Hermida Audio Zendrive: (I like the original, but they've since come out with several versions. They say these are so-called Dumble in a pedal, but I wouldn't know. I still sound like me. I think they are over-priced, but good for what they do).
ProCo RAT: (They've come out with several versions. One even has an On/Off light! I use a White Face RAT Reissue. These are amazing sounding for legato lines and best of all, are relatively inexpensive.)
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Originally Posted by Gitfiddler
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Another one you might want to consider is the Tubesteader Beekeeper:
BEEKEEPER
– Tubesteader
"
The Beekeeper is a hand-built guitar preamp in a pedal, featuring two vacuum tubes running at high voltage.
Its design is inspired by the famous ODS circuit, usually associated with the signature sound of many legendary guitar players. As a result, Beekeeper is having a sparkling clean tone, which is gradually pushed into a smooth, rich, and touch-sensitive overdrive as you crank up the gain.
There are several ways to integrate the Beekeeper into your rig: it can be connected to the other pedals on a pedalboard, into the front end of an amp, or directly into a power amp or FX-return input.
The Beekeeper is a very “amp-like” pedal and responds accordingly. It’s not just a simple “stomp and go” pedal - some exploration is required to reveal its true potential. "
The only down side is the price: $369 Cdn dollars or 208 GBP.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Ok the Dude arrived. Solid bit of metal could probably hurt someone with it.
initial impressions
- compressed
- makes guitar very easy to play
- definite amp in a box
- sounds great through IR’s
more to follow
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Originally Posted by Doug B
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Originally Posted by christianm77
Glad you're liking it so far!
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Originally Posted by ruger9
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I'd suggest either one of theses:
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I'm not really a pedal guy, but recently listened to a Chick Corea recording with Bill Connors on guitar (Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy), and was reminded of how great a sound he got on that recording. That's got me wanting to dig out some of my pedals and see if I can't get something like that sweet singing legato tone. I'm thinking it may take stacking a couple pedals - like a boost and a drive to do so. It should be fun trying even if I don't get there.
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