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Re: overdrive pedals

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1/31/1997 12:01 AM

Re: overdrive pedals

Don't dicount the option of Just overdrive.
for years I used a Plexi Reissue (similar circuit
but different componants and tone).
For extra true overdrive I used a Boss GE7 eq
pedal pushed up in the mids with a little bass and
treble rolled off, then set the level for full
15db boost. You can control the harmonics of the
overdrive by fine tuning the freq. bands. It
sound great.
The idea occured to me while I was considering
the word "overdrive". I wanted to "overdrive" my
amp, and an eq pedal with as much as 30db boost
should do it I figured. It's not enough gain to
melt your face off, but almost.

2/1/1997 12:10 PM
Mark Hammer	One of the nicest sounds I ever got was a cheesy Univox Compressor (sound clamp?) into an MXR 6-band EQ, into my little Princeton. Compressors give a nice even, clean boost, which adds some dirt to a battery-based EQ, and the EQ pushes the amp's input stage in predictable (i.e., I can make it sound how I want it to sound) ways. Chuck's definitely on the right track.

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