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whats a good stand alone smooth overdrive pedal
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Whitestrat
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I was thinking about something like this the other day. If we want this particular tone, how can we get it? Then we start going pedal hunting etc etc... Thing is, what about all these guys? EC? EVH? SRV? Hendrix? When they were around, there weren't so many pedal choices. There were only the few key ones we know of today. How did THEY get that tone? EVH himself has said he's never used a distortion pedal in his life. All the crunch he gets is from his amps. Yet we have people hunting for that elusive EVH tone with a pedal?
Are we some times barking up the wrong tree?
PatheinRaindropMoe
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heh, i got ebook on ic design, can pass you if you are interested. But unfortunately, it has nothing to do with effect nor sound and totally rocket science from geetar point of view.
i didnt survive beyond the first few pages of chapter 1. Haha, imho, geetarer rather be of doing music then to ponder bout ic design
you can get an approximation or close to their tone but i dont think u could do that with one pedal.
e.g for the beano tone, clapton fan was using a burst, into a treble booster and JTM45. how r u gonna replicate that with a pedal? use a multi fx/amp simulator like a POD X3 live maybe?
e.g for the beano tone, clapton fan was using a burst, into a treble booster and JTM45. how r u gonna replicate that with a pedal? use a multi fx/amp simulator like a POD X3 live maybe?
Ized
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he did mention that he used the MXR Dist + and the Boss SD-1 (yes, that humble cheap yellow pedal) to give his Marshalls/Peaveys more kick and saturation in the front end in a magazine interview i think.
Randolf also mentioned it in his gear 101 thread.
dudelove
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ultimately, its still their amps that constitutes the main portion of their tone
some ppl who cannot afford the luxury of having such amps at home, turn to pedals to get their desired tone. still a far cry from the original i'm sure. but players need to learn to make do with what they have.
Whitestrat
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No need lah... I got my textbooks still Hahahaha... I don't think it's 100% documented, but I'm sure in some way the IC design does affect the resultant tone. But of course, once you have a proven method, why screw around with it?
Whitestrat
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Wasn't EVH notorious for hiding his tone recipes?
taypeng81, I dunno how one can replicate a treble booster... that thing doubles the gain for every octave higher so all the harmonics and stuff get gain-ed up in different ways. I don't know if digital drive can replicate that kind of random-ish harmonic interaction.
taypeng81, I dunno how one can replicate a treble booster... that thing doubles the gain for every octave higher so all the harmonics and stuff get gain-ed up in different ways. I don't know if digital drive can replicate that kind of random-ish harmonic interaction.
dudelove
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very very true. i think he lies alot. :mrgreen:
he lied that his amp was modded to help a friends business.
penta-tonic
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definitely a zendrive. or anything thats pretty compressed.
Ized
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EVH is a liar...we can debate about this the whole day!
Seriously man....he used to bullshit that his amps were modded.....and it turned out that his marshalls were actually stock......
I wouldnt use EVH to talk about tone...cos nobody really knows whether hes telling the truth. Like what Shredcow said...notorious for hiding his tonal secrets.
Ized
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its not just about knowing the technical know hows but also having good ears...which is why builders with great ears build such nice sounding pedals
PatheinRaindropMoe
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that depends actually, imho.
Again, it goes back to the differences in our hearing which to a certain extend, affected by the stuff we listen, play and frequencies we like hearing according to our preferences/familarity.
Again, it goes back to the differences in our hearing which to a certain extend, affected by the stuff we listen, play and frequencies we like hearing according to our preferences/familarity.
iwantdigimon
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well okay, maybe not exact clapton tone, but something pretty close to it I guess! Maybe its their guitars as well? I read somewhere that clapton and hendrix spammed the dials on their amps - vol, bass, mid, treble on full. Or maybe its the inate nature of the amp itself?
Whitestrat
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But how do we know that your source is correct either?
EVH a liar? Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised. Even Slash has been confusing on what he's used on AFD.
But how do we know that your source is correct either?
DiY man... the key is DiY...
I think a lot of gear out there can approximate the SOUND of some famous tone... but then... the playing stinks, then what? You nail the SOUND you don't have the Skills/Vibe/Feel then its still a tone fail right?
Eh, I also know that rolling down the tone control = smooth.
PatheinRaindropMoe
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heh, didnt digitech have the clapton and hendrix pedal
anyway, i plus 1 with shreddy!
anyway, i plus 1 with shreddy!
