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Any Good Pedal Recs? [message #27173]

Fri, 25 January 2019 13:47

oldnavycdr
Messages: 38
Registered: July 2006
Location: Sanford, NC

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I've tried a couple of overdrive pedals on my SC150 and K100 but they suck. Anyone find something that delivers a smooth breakup with good mids? Kind of a SRV sound? I understand these amps are the king of clean but I would like some more versatility. Any recommendations?

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Re: Any Good Pedal Recs? [message #27174 is a reply to message #27173]

Sat, 26 January 2019 06:50

stevem
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Registered: June 2004
Location: NY

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You do not want to overdrive ( pump in a high signal level ) a solid state amp exactly because they suck when overdriven at the input stage and too much signal level will blow the first input transistor in the k100 pretty easy, and since 99 % of most most overdrive pedals are solid state they suck also!

What you want to do pump in a already distorted signal into a solid state amp.

Luckily SRs sound was not a heavy overdriven sound and is easy to get out of a Fender superreverb that has some mods done to it.
The other part of his sound and tone was that he recorded LOUD , really loud which also means he was driving the speakers hard, and those speakers being pushed to the edge is some 20% of his sound make up!

The best thing I can recommend to you is to get a true tube type overdrive pedal and they are not cheap most times.
My favorite which unfortunately is not made any longer is the liquid blues pedal which you might get lucky and find used.

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Re: Any Good Pedal Recs? [message #27175 is a reply to message #27174]

Sat, 26 January 2019 11:51

oldnavycdr
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Registered: July 2006
Location: Sanford, NC

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Thanks, Steve. I've been careful not to crank up overdrive or gain recognizing what you stated. Besides, it sounds terrible. I guess I'll need to pick up a tube amp for that sound. But I'll look around for a liquid blues pedal or something similar.

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