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Post by Colchar on Oct 12, 2017 2:22:11 GMT
Edro should be happy - I finally picked up a Soul Food! I wasn't liking my Boss SD-1 that much with my Marshall. They are a classic pedal for boosting Marshalls but I don't think it paired with my amp too well. Maybe it is the fact that most Marshalls use EL34s whereas mine is more old school and uses KT66s. Whatever the reason, I wasn't thrilled by the SD-1 when paired with my amp. That pedal was also a bit noisy which didn't help. I also wasn't very happy with the Joyo Ultimate Drive that I had. A few weeks back I picked up a Boss Blues Driver and much preferred that over the SD-1. That made my SD-1 and Joyo UD expendable. I was going to put them up on Craigslist but didn't want to bother with the bullshit that comes with selling gear online so I decided to trade them in at the store I deal with and to put the money towards a used Soul Food that I had found in there on the weekend. I lost about $15-$20 on what I had originally paid for the two pedals but whatever, who cares about $20 right? After trading them in I only paid $18 for the Soul Food so I was fine with that, especially because it was such a quick and easy transaction. So now I have the Blues Driver and the Soul Food. Next I want to get an MXR Custom Badass '78 distortion pedal and some sort of a delay pedal. Once I do, I'll be all set and will put them all together on a small pedal board (my amp has reverb so no need for a reverb pedal).
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NPD
Oct 12, 2017 18:20:35 GMT
Post by Bill h on Oct 12, 2017 18:20:35 GMT
I always used boss distortion pedals (ds1 and sometimes the metal zone) in combination with the boss equalizer pedal and it always worked out pretty good. I never tried their overdrive pedals so I can’t speak to the one you have but the equalizer was always the key for me when it came to overdriven tones. Back in the day the pedal world was limited compared to today with all the boutique pedals and various effects units out there. I read a piece by Dimebag on pairing overdrive/distortion pedals with an equalizer to smooth out and compress the tone and I started doing it for a while and it worked great. That was a lifetime ago in my metal playing days. Anyhow, after my metal days were over I always kept that boss equalizer in my effects chain. Down the road it came in handy for many many things. It provided a natural compression and moderate control of higher end of the tone. Boss makes a decent delay but I always preferred the mxr delay. What kind of pedal is the soul food anyhow?
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NPD
Oct 21, 2017 15:06:19 GMT
Post by Colchar on Oct 21, 2017 15:06:19 GMT
The pedal went back as there was something wrong with it.
Even with the gain and volume cranked, there was virtually no affect on my sound. And when the pedal was turned off my guitar signal couldn't get through.
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NPD
Oct 27, 2017 6:03:26 GMT
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Post by Grand Toad on Oct 27, 2017 6:03:26 GMT
The pedal went back as there was something wrong with it. Even with the gain and volume cranked, there was virtually no affect on my sound. And when the pedal was turned off my guitar signal couldn't get through. That sucks.
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