overdrive pedal

kazaam

im looking to get a good overdrive pedal... already been thru an SD-1 and an MT-2 and i dont like either... i hear the MXR zakk wylde and Dimebag Darrell are 2 of the best going... ill be willing to pay about 160, any suggestions?

Chardee MacDennis

ibanez tubescreamer (ts-9 i think)

Neo#

Yep I have one. Got it off JCoote from these boards and its the biz.

-=al=-

what amp u using with the pedal and is it ur only way of gettin distortion of do u want it as a "boost" for ur deistortion already, i love the boss Od's they make an overdrive distortion pedal too, not sure of the name =/ but the Od-20 is pretty versatile, it has a good range of settings

fitz

I'd go with the MXR Karl, the make some great stuff.

sean_0

You can't beat the Boss OD-3. Ultra smooth overdrive and it's not that expensive - I have two (just in case). I've always thought that the OD-1 was a better pedal than the TS808/9 and then Boss went and made a good pedal even better with the OD-3. I also have a Boss SD-1 that I did the Keeley mods on and it sounds pretty amazing too.

Of course the Ibanez TS series and Boss OD series are designed for overdriving the preamp stage of a tube amp, and this is what they're famous for. If you stick them in front of a solid state amp, they won't be performing at their best.

daram

for overdrive, OD1 is nice. distortion, i use a DS-2 but sometimes I don't like it.

kazaam

just bought the zakk wylde ZW-44, great pedal, really nice overdrive sound off it