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  • September 19, 2010 at 11:37 am #111510
    DarkAxel
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    i absolutely love tube amps but i didn’t have very great experience with tube pedals. i owned a Damage Control Solid MEtal distortion once and i was expecting it to be more dynamic… it wasn’t

    i tend to be very picky when it comes to distortions since then… after SM i got Visual Sound Jekyll&Hyde;and now i have the Catalinbread DLS, both are “solid state” and i like them more (well i like the DLS the best, Jekyll is gone)

    I believe that some pedals can be better with tubes in it, for example reverbs… but i believe that when it comes to distortion, as far as the tubes are behind it (in the power amp), it has the potential to be great :)

    September 19, 2010 at 10:15 pm #111521
    efilho
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    They sound different.

    I have a 12AX7 based overdrive and NOTHING sounds like it.

    Now… that said I actually use it like a preamp into a full valve single channel amp and push it with another (solid state) overdrive or a boost pedal (depending on my mood at the day).

    And the combination sounds far better than just crankin the OD pedal by itself.

    So I guess it’s a matter of finding the right pedal FOR YOUR EARS that fits IN YOUR BUDGET and trying it out with other components to “carve” your tone.

    I’m a TONE FREAK. I spend hours fiddling with gear to get to THAT SPECIFIC TONE. And I found out that I can only get it by playing tube amps, with a tube based pedal in front of it being complemented by other solid state pedals.

    So….

    DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? HECK YES.

    DOES IT MATTER? Depends on your ears, your pocket, your sound, etc, etc!

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