Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
This pedal is one of the true classics. I’d put it in the same company as the Ibanez Tubescreamer TS-9, in terms of it’s popularity. If you were to do a survey of guitarists pedal boards across the world, I’m guessing 90% of them would include either a TS-9 or Boss SD-1, or even both. [...]
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
The Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9 is one of the most famous overdrive pedals. It takes its name from its tone, which is similar to the sound of an overdriven tube amplifier. One of the TS-9′s strengths is that whilst also providing a boosted overdriven and bluesy tone, it also allows the original signal to shine [...]
Friday, January 11th, 2008
The Hotcake is the handy work of Paul Crowther, and was first produced in 1976. It is regarded as one of the cleanest sounding overdrive pedals on the market. With the Drive and Presence controls set to their minimum and the Level to 2 o’clock, it would take a very good ear to tell the [...]
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