 |
Over the years I've tried alot of overdrive pedals (there is a difference between distortion and overdrive). If your a metal head and play guitar and want a classic 80's tone this pedal will give you that sound especially if you use a tube amp that does not have built in distortion. So if you have lets say a peavy valve king you dont need a pedal, but if you have a marshall jcm 800 or a fender bassman this pedal will give you a damn good sound, i personally have a nady-gth 100 and it sounds amazing with the tube screamer. Its well worth the money if you can pick one up then get it, in my opinion an amp modler can only take you so far and they dont sound as good and solid state amps arent worth the money. Nothing beats the sound of a tube amp and a tube screamer, if that is the sound you want, i happen to like the classic 80s metal tone. Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This is a great, classic pedal for up to medium level distortion. It definitely has some mojo to it and creates some cool overtones with a tube amp - stuff that is hard to get with another pedal. It is a bit notchy in the midrange and if that is what you are looking for, then this will work great. If you use it as a lead boost it could work really well for a classic pushed medium distortion tone. You may have to dial your amp in with a little more bass and treble and then kick this on to warm up the middle for leads. I use a Marshall JVM so I already have a lot of variety, but like to tweak the sound and distortion level to add even more variety. I have a Fulltone OCD and a Digitech Bad Monkey already. I ended up selling the Tube screamer. The Bad Monkey can be dialed in a little better, tone wise and the OCD has a different frequency response. Neither of these two have the same "mojo" effect on the tubes that the tube screamer does though. Good classic rock and blues tone. Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This pedal is still your best bet for overdrive that lets your guitar come thru. There are some other fine pedals but none better and most not as sweet in this price range. It has great dynamics also with your picking technic. Great pedal! If you don't have one get one.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Being fairly new to playing guitar (6 years) I've been searching for a certain tone, buying various pedals and amps with no luck, but with this pedal I can dial in the perfect tone in seconds. The pedal is very responsive to pickups, well built pedal with great mods.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This is sound great. It's incredibly easy to use, but most stompboxes are anyway. 3 knobs, drive, tone, and level. Drive is the amount of Overdrive. The tone knob controls sound wether it's more trebly or bassy. Fully counter-clockwise is for a more bassy sound, and fully clockwise will give you a higher pitched with the treble more prominant. The level controls the total output of the pedal. There's input and output and the stomp switch.
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best-selling in Distortion & Overdrive
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Distortion & Overdrive
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like
