Best pedal for a JCM 900 dual reverb
Shane Johnston
dual reverb head (100 watt) and quad box. I am looking for a pedal that
will enhance the gain and sustain of the amp. I dont want it to sound too
muddy
Thanks
Shane.
PMG
I can't say how it would be with a JCM900, I don't have one, but I
have Marshall's Bluesbreaker II pedals, that's a good overdrive pedal.
It sure doesn't seem muddy though my Bassman amp. I also have a much
cheaper DOD Mystic Blues pedal, that's a cool pedal, but you need an
amp that has midrange adjustments because it's not very heavy in
those. So that pedal doesn't work well with my Bassman, but it works
ok with other amps.
Pete
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Kent Pearson
I have a Boss Turbo Overdrive OD-2 that I bought over 15 years ago to use
with my Voxes at that time. I chose it because it sounded natural to me,
rather than sounding like a "fuzztone" per se. It also sounds very good
with my Marshall, although it seems to accentuate the mids a bit. Some
folks think that's a good thing. I'd suggest putting that pedal on your
list of ones to compare. It DOES enhance the gain and sustain, that's
exactly what it does. Think Santana. You might also want to try some of
Marshall's pedals, since they might be a good match with thier amps.
I would NOT pay a lot of attention to the names they give ANY of these
pedals, since that's a marketing tactic to target entire groups of players.
For instance, if the pedal has the word "blues" or "metal" in the name, it's
not necessarily to say that that pedal wouldn't sound good (or even better)
for another style of music. Ignore the marketing BS.
I have other "distortion" boxes that are more suited as "effects", since
they don't sound natural at all. They are nasty, buzzy, fuzzy effects that
are employed specifically for that. Think "Satisfaction", "Purple Haze",
etc. These are the Octavia, Fuzz Face, and Vox Tonebender. I doubt these
would be what you're looking for.
~kp
Carl Fia
"PMG" <avo...@mediaone.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:52:19 +1000, "Shane Johnston"
> <shan...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> >Can anybody recommend a good overdrive or distortion pedal for a JCM 900
> >dual reverb head (100 watt) and quad box. I am looking for a pedal that
> >will enhance the gain and sustain of the amp. I dont want it to sound too
> >muddy
> >Thanks
> >Shane.
With amps that already have built-in gain, like the 900, I find lower gain
OD pedal work best for adding a bit more sustain and distortion.
Boss OD's up to the more expensive stuff like a FD-II.
PMG
wrote:
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>I would NOT pay a lot of attention to the names they give ANY of these
>pedals, since that's a marketing tactic to target entire groups of players.
>For instance, if the pedal has the word "blues" or "metal" in the name, it's
>not necessarily to say that that pedal wouldn't sound good (or even better)
>for another style of music. Ignore the marketing BS.
I gotta agree. As an example, the DOD Mystic Blues pedal, I have no
idea where they came up with THAT name, and then if you go to their
website, it's in the section "DOD Country" (as in Country music) and
they give a vague description that sounds something like what they
said about their American Metal pedal that I bought years ago.
But I wouldn't recommend the Mystic Blues pedal to Country or to Blues
players, not real ones anyhow, but their are plenty of people labeled
as Country and Blues who clearly are not.
I get the impresion that the guys at that company that design the
circuits tend to listen to high gain Metal type music, I seldom do,
but I do tend to like DOD's pedals. But I DID replace their pedal
with the Marshall pedal, it's much more natural and easier to just
play and ignore, you can forget that you have it on.
Påt ¦¬Ž
amp OD. It adds to the sound, but still doesn't get noisy or muddy. I use it
with a chorus. Now, my Boss Blues Driver (BD-2), that gets the sound noisy
in a hurry. It's only useable through the clean channel on it's own. The
BD-2 is actually a pretty high gain pedal to boost with.
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bill
Chum
sd-1 or the ibanez ts-9 or ts-10.
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