Stacking Overdrives - Do you do it?

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Re: Stacking Overdrives - Do you do it?

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Archer and Timmy or Archer and Boiling Point can be very good.

Brian Wampler has done a good video on this subject. Imagine the Pedal Show guys would have too.
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Yeah, shitloads.
Ts style (sd1) into big muff mostly. Now it’s klone into big muff or amp drive.

Or big muff into amp drive.

Or all 3.
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I'm pretty sure those pedal dudes did a vid on this...



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"Dude knobs are a fucker to see". I'm sure I just said a JB thing there.
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Scooter13 wrote:I'm pretty sure those pedal dudes did a vid on this...


The way that guy is hanging onto his Strat makes me uncomfortable.

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Mk 1 Catalinbread DLS is my main overdrive. I've also got a JB built 808 copy on my board. In the wings is an original 1974 mxr distortion +, a Boss overdrive and a Redwitch fuzzgod 2. Help me layer!
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808 —> boss —> dist+ —> DLS —> fuzz
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Single coil wrote:808 —> boss —> dist+ —> DLS —> fuzz
Please explain reasonings please.
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It's a Boss OS-2 btw. Actually a pretty good sounding unit.
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I use a Treble Booster, nearly always on into my M13 into the Katana 100 212. I use the M13 Rat or Tubescreamer stacked with the TB for drive sounds, the Rat is awesome for eighties driven Marshall tones, sustain and feedback on demand, good fun.
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All the time. Tim first then usually Zendrive, Eternity, BEOD or Honey Bee to follow depending on what I’m after. Tim usually on all the time as a base (occasionally including boost).

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kdawg2a wrote:
Single coil wrote:808 —> D+ —> OS2 —> DLS —> fuzz
Please explain reasonings please.
Edited now I know what it is.

Generally you go low gain into high gain.
Fuzz before overdrives sounds a bit naff. After though, it’s great.
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DS2 -> whatever, and you have tone perfection.

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kdawg2a wrote:Mk 1 Catalinbread DLS is my main overdrive. I've also got a JB built 808 copy on my board. In the wings is an original 1974 mxr distortion +, a Boss overdrive and a Redwitch fuzzgod 2. Help me layer!
DLS is a 'foundation' pedal. Put all your OD's in front of it. Pretend the DLS is a Marshall amp, set it up how you like then hit it with your other drives.
This will definitely work; Catalinbread guarantee it.
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Re: Stacking Overdrives - Do you do it?

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Yes I do it.

Current preference is OD into clean boost.

Using a Fulldrive 3 for this.

It comes pre stacked.

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