Thread: Overdrive pedals?

Originally Posted by mhammer

I tried one about 2 years ago in a local store. My impression at that time was that it was not anything distinctive or revolutionary in itself, but rather it managed to cop a fairly broad array of well-loved tones that would easily replace 2 or 3 pedals on most boards. Some folks (inevitably) whined about the price, but my feeling was that if you added up the cost of what it could replace, it was fair value for the money.

I don't have quite as expansive a familiarity with pedals as you do, Mark, but yeah, I totally hear what you're talking about. I played with my OCD for a while and found lots of interesting tones, but ended up settling on the volume at 9 o'clock (this pedal is LOUD), drive at 11 and tone at 1 with the switch on the HP setting. This seemed to me to be the most fundamentally useful setting so far, except it's a bit gainy for some things. I'm getting an attenuator for my Marshall, so I'll have to fiddle some more after that.

Originally Posted by krall

I have a prototype Solid Gold Sound Labs "High Octane" od (from Montreal)..Best OD i've ever owned..Mine's a prototype with lots of gain on tap, clip and bass switches, the ones he's currently making are a low/mid gain pedals, but a friend of mine has one and they're also great..And customer service is next to none..Check them out at: http://www.solidgoldfx.com/

Greg's stuff is 100% awesome. He modded a Diaz Tremodillo for me and I love what he did to it. I also own a NOB boost pedal from him and that's a keeper as well. In fact the NOB and OCD combo is pretty unstoppable. It really gives my solos a fantastic tone and oodles of sustain.