My favorite overdrive pedal of all time time is the Amptweaker tight drive jr. (Original green box version). It is super versatile, does exactly what I want it to, every feature was genius design and thought of everything. and the built in noise gate works so perfectly that it actually works better than having an external noise gate pedal. And I have a number of great ones. It will be really hard to top that pedal, for me.
I gotta get me a Dirty Tree... My current fav's (which change monthly it seems) is i discovered the Blues Driver (yes, for pushing the front end of a dirty amp) and i really seem to vibe alot with the Way Huge Green Rhino... Nice work, RJ.
Love your comparison videos. I would like to ask if you might consider using a Les Paul for sounds some times and a Fender Strat once in a while. That would give us a different tone perspective. Thank you
My favorite is a pedal made by a guy who was local to me. It is called the King Klon and it is a klone stacked into a single side of a King of Tone. It's no longer in production. He stopped making them after getting a cease and desist letter from Bill Finnegan over the use of Klon in the name. Bill also tried to convince him to stop making his klones all together. Before supply issues related to the pandemic shut him down; my favorite local pedal company, in reaction to Bill asking him to stop making klones, built a near exact replica.... with a twist. I forget exactly what the mod was, but he marketed it as a pedal based on the Centaur that did something the original doesn't... and at the flip of a switch, you got the Klon circuit without the mod as an added bonus. 😂
I have the angry driver and the angry Charlie side is based on a marshall jcm800 preamp there morning glory is based on a blues breaker not a blues driver but on the angry driver I do like the blues driver side the most
I've never tried the Walrus but it's awesome in this demo, and I trust your demos. They are very well recorded. I will keep an eye out for this pedal. I also dig the Krush, been a Tube Screamer fan forever, dig the Direwolf. The Blues Driver is a favorite, sort of a tie with the Tube Screamer and SD-1. But I'm very interested in the Peper's Dirty Tree. I also love the OCD. A good friend who plays blues rock has been using one for about twenty years and I totally dig it. I live not that far from the old Fulltone factory in Culver City, CA. Just five minutes away by car. I even gave one of their employees a ride to Glendale when I was an Uber driver about six years ago. Cool cat. Great demo, as always. You have a great ear for tone.
Of all time? The BK Butler Tube Driver, the sky blue Fulldrive 2, the pre Tube Screamer green case Maxon and Ibanez overdrives. Wow, gotta get that Blackstar.
I bought a fulltone fulldrive 2 twenty years ago and use it all the time. It doesn’t have as much gain as the OCD but it stacks well with other pedals. I use a klone a lot too. My BD-2 doesn’t see much use, but otherwise I don’t have experience with a lot of overdrive pedals.
Blue Full Drive user here. The FD2 and the OCD work really well together for gain staging. Many, many years ago, a local GC floor manager showed he his stage pedal board. He was running these pedals into each other and got some incredible sounds out of them. I'm still using my FD2. The toggle switches are what make that pedal great. I'm running mine alone or with a MXR Timmy pushing it.
I have the Angry Driver. I bought it for the Blues Driver and liked the additional features of the moded Angry Charlie that comes with it. I've never owned any of the others before.
The OCD is probably the closest thing to a boutique pedal I’ll ever have. It’s a fantastic pedal no doubt but man a good old SD1 does so good for 45-50 bucks, try boosting your OCD (set up as a distortion on a relatively clean amp ) with an SD1 with the level from noon to 9 and just crack the gain pot until you hear the sd1 add some clipping then set your tone controls to taste on each pedal. I do like that the OCD doesn’t cut as much bass and it doesn’t have harsh highs like the sd1 but sometimes you want that. But for 50 bucks the nastiness of a an SD1 and it being able to cop some cocked wah lead tones is hard to beat.
My first OD was the TS-7 tube screamer and I didn't like the sound so I got a TS-9. I didn't like that either. It sounds like a low gain, wimpy distortion to me. I sold it and got the TS-9DX which I've had for about 20 years now, since my early 20s. I like the hot and turbo modes because they act more like a traditional overdrive/boost where you have to balance gain and volume to get the perfect sound. They don't add distortion but they increase output to push an amp into break-up plus they add low end. I also have the Mosky Silver Horse, a $30 Chinese Klon clone I got from Amazon. Partly because it's a meme pedal but also because it sounds like it cost many times its price.
Hey man! Thoughts on Ibanez sd9? Do you have one? I think it’s more like an overdrive than a distortion. Cleans up with volume really nicely. Cool vid. I use the sd9 into a Wampler pantheon into an orange. The amp is basically clean. Before the sd9, I have a ts9 to push it into fuzz but it’s not fuzz. I use my volume on the guitar to clean up. The wampler and sd9 are always on. Sounds amazing.
@@RobertWJackson I think you’d like it a lot. I actually do have the Maxon version. They’re extremely similar if not the same to the Ibanez. I think the same guy came up with the ts9 as well as the sd9.
Visual Sound VS-XO...left side (Nobels>Drivetrain circuit) right side TS with tons of eq and clipping options....add an OCD for high gain stuff and I'm done...
My favorite overdrive pedal of all time time is the Amptweaker tight drive jr. (Original green box version). It is super versatile, does exactly what I want it to, every feature was genius design and thought of everything. and the built in noise gate works so perfectly that it actually works better than having an external noise gate pedal. And I have a number of great ones. It will be really hard to top that pedal, for me.
Mxr 5150 says it's an overdrive but it's way more and my favorite
I'm sure you know what my favorite Overdrive pedal is. The Boss SD1 Super Overdrive pedal. I use it in every gig.
I gotta get me a Dirty Tree... My current fav's (which change monthly it seems) is i discovered the Blues Driver (yes, for pushing the front end of a dirty amp) and i really seem to vibe alot with the Way Huge Green Rhino... Nice work, RJ.
Love your comparison videos. I would like to ask if you might consider using a Les Paul for sounds some times and a Fender Strat once in a while. That would give us a different tone perspective. Thank you
Great suggestion!
My favorite is a pedal made by a guy who was local to me. It is called the King Klon and it is a klone stacked into a single side of a King of Tone. It's no longer in production. He stopped making them after getting a cease and desist letter from Bill Finnegan over the use of Klon in the name. Bill also tried to convince him to stop making his klones all together. Before supply issues related to the pandemic shut him down; my favorite local pedal company, in reaction to Bill asking him to stop making klones, built a near exact replica.... with a twist. I forget exactly what the mod was, but he marketed it as a pedal based on the Centaur that did something the original doesn't... and at the flip of a switch, you got the Klon circuit without the mod as an added bonus. 😂
I have the angry driver and the angry Charlie side is based on a marshall jcm800 preamp there morning glory is based on a blues breaker not a blues driver but on the angry driver I do like the blues driver side the most
I've never tried the Walrus but it's awesome in this demo, and I trust your demos. They are very well recorded. I will keep an eye out for this pedal. I also dig the Krush, been a Tube Screamer fan forever, dig the Direwolf. The Blues Driver is a favorite, sort of a tie with the Tube Screamer and SD-1. But I'm very interested in the Peper's Dirty Tree. I also love the OCD. A good friend who plays blues rock has been using one for about twenty years and I totally dig it. I live not that far from the old Fulltone factory in Culver City, CA. Just five minutes away by car. I even gave one of their employees a ride to Glendale when I was an Uber driver about six years ago. Cool cat. Great demo, as always. You have a great ear for tone.
My favorite is the danelectro blue paisley pure drive
I’ll have to check that one out!
Of all time? The BK Butler Tube Driver, the sky blue Fulldrive 2, the pre Tube Screamer green case Maxon and Ibanez overdrives.
Wow, gotta get that Blackstar.
Nice list, minor correction: The JHS side of the Angry Driver/Angry Charlie is based on a Guv'nor/MI Crunch Box
You need to check out Sarno Music Solutions Earth Drive, Dozzy Boost, and Solar Flare.
I have the OCD 1.7. It sounds great on its own, but it really comes alive when boosted by a tube screamer 808.
I have an OCD with the red light on it and I love it. I really liked the Peppers pedal.
I bought a fulltone fulldrive 2 twenty years ago and use it all the time. It doesn’t have as much gain as the OCD but it stacks well with other pedals. I use a klone a lot too. My BD-2 doesn’t see much use, but otherwise I don’t have experience with a lot of overdrive pedals.
Blue Full Drive user here. The FD2 and the OCD work really well together for gain staging. Many, many years ago, a local GC floor manager showed he his stage pedal board. He was running these pedals into each other and got some incredible sounds out of them.
I'm still using my FD2. The toggle switches are what make that pedal great. I'm running mine alone or with a MXR Timmy pushing it.
I have the Angry Driver. I bought it for the Blues Driver and liked the additional features of the moded Angry Charlie that comes with it. I've never owned any of the others before.
That Walrus Audio Fundamental drive has a cool bite too it and I really like sliders.
Multi-effect Boss ME-25. All you need (+ some soul, talent, and rehearsal).
The JHS Andy Timmons is my favorite right now. Sounds amazing. I also have a J Rocket Touch and a Timmy that I use and highly recommend.
Their Vox Joe Satriani Ice 9 is my favorite.
I liked the drive/boost pedal the best
The Dirty Tree? That thing is kickass.
The OCD is probably the closest thing to a boutique pedal I’ll ever have. It’s a fantastic pedal no doubt but man a good old SD1 does so good for 45-50 bucks, try boosting your OCD (set up as a distortion on a relatively clean amp ) with an SD1 with the level from noon to 9 and just crack the gain pot until you hear the sd1 add some clipping then set your tone controls to taste on each pedal. I do like that the OCD doesn’t cut as much bass and it doesn’t have harsh highs like the sd1 but sometimes you want that. But for 50 bucks the nastiness of a an SD1 and it being able to cop some cocked wah lead tones is hard to beat.
Everyone should start with a BD-2 and an SD1...not much you cant do with those 2
My first OD was the TS-7 tube screamer and I didn't like the sound so I got a TS-9. I didn't like that either. It sounds like a low gain, wimpy distortion to me. I sold it and got the TS-9DX which I've had for about 20 years now, since my early 20s. I like the hot and turbo modes because they act more like a traditional overdrive/boost where you have to balance gain and volume to get the perfect sound. They don't add distortion but they increase output to push an amp into break-up plus they add low end. I also have the Mosky Silver Horse, a $30 Chinese Klon clone I got from Amazon. Partly because it's a meme pedal but also because it sounds like it cost many times its price.
I actually love my TS7. It surprises me every time I plug it in and use it.
Hey man! Thoughts on Ibanez sd9? Do you have one? I think it’s more like an overdrive than a distortion. Cleans up with volume really nicely.
Cool vid.
I use the sd9 into a Wampler pantheon into an orange. The amp is basically clean. Before the sd9, I have a ts9 to push it into fuzz but it’s not fuzz. I use my volume on the guitar to clean up. The wampler and sd9 are always on.
Sounds amazing.
I’ve never heard one, actually. But economically, the current Maxon version seems to be the way to go right now.
@@RobertWJackson I think you’d like it a lot. I actually do have the Maxon version. They’re extremely similar if not the same to the Ibanez. I think the same guy came up with the ts9 as well as the sd9.
Thanks for another great vid!
Visual Sound VS-XO...left side (Nobels>Drivetrain circuit) right side TS with tons of eq and clipping options....add an OCD for high gain stuff and I'm done...
Hey Robert what's the easiest and cheapest interface to use with reaper???
Rat 2 and tube screamer hands down my two favorite drive pedals
Focusrite Scarlett series. Choose the model depending on how many inputs you might need.
Metal zone, no really The metal zone rules.
Agreed! (But that’s a distortion, not an overdrive. 😉)
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Yeah, TH-cam was kind enough to completely bury it so hardly anybody saw the damn thing. 😡