Boost/Dirt Pedals

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I'm looking for a Boost Pedal that will add a little dirt to my Jubilee or could be used simply to boost the amp as is. Currently i have a Maxon OD-9, SD-1 and even a T.C. Electronics Distortion/Booster pedal. I'm looking for something new though. Maybe a OCD or Suhr Koko. Any other suggestions would be awesome.
 
Check out the Catalinbread Naga Viper. It's billed as a treble boost, but has a control to change that to full range. I've put it in front of about 6 different amps and it's worked great with all of them. Great boost pedal.
 
If you are looking to retain the tone of your amp without coloration, the Pigtronix Class A is great. I literally just put one up for sale below your post. If you type my name and Pigtronix on YouTube you can find a video where I demo it. (along with other pedals from a clinic I did)

If you are looking to add some color, I like the Xotic AC (more vintage, warmer vibe) and also the Xotic BB (more aggressive and with mid range push)
 
Thanks Carl i will check that out when i get home. sadly i'm at work and don't have speakers attached to my computer. I would like to make my jubilee heavier if possible.
 
Are you looking to boost the clean or the distortion channel on the Jubilee?

I am currently using a Maxon OD-9 as well to boost the distortion channel. I would suggest trying a Timmy. I have tried a Timmy boosting R2 of my mesa mark IVA, but not tried boost the silver jubilee yet, I can give that a try and report back if you are interested in considering the Timmy.
 
Any tubescreamer type of pedal or a rat, or both like a Nova Drive, which literally has both built in and is a digitally controlled analog pedal. I use either my Fulldrive 2 (sort of a Tubesreamer, ) or my TC Electronics Nova Drive (which has both.) That lets me choose. The fulldrive I can use as a clean boost, or turn on the overdrive as well. There is also an additional boost which adds more (adjustable) gain. I have quite a few others, but those are my favorites.
 
I have a maxon od9 analogman classic, an od808 keeley, a oliver sd-10 (roland licensed boss sd-1 clone) and a zambelli catalinbread picoso clone, but I've been preferring my couple tube loaded pedals lately: maxon tbo9 (based on the od820, but with a real tube boost circuit) and a juansolo baby boobtube (vox based single gain stage)

I love the regular solid state overdrives for that dry midrangy boost with focused gain, but the tube ones make my tone thicker and smoother but still giving some focus

the tbo9 gives me a huge mastodon-like tone with my modded '73 jmp
I like how the knobs interact by pushing the output but changing the feel... it has the regular drive, level and tone, working like the od820 (which has different blend circuit that mixes the dry and distorted signal together) and the boost knob, that controls the gain boost from its little tube
I'd really like to try the green tod9 version, which is supposedly closer to the regular screamers

the juansolo used as a clean boost sounds more transparent, just making everyhing bigger, and pushes the amp gain quite hard (lot harder than the picoso clone), but seems to make the frequencies and harmonics expand, unlike a solid state clean booster
lowering the amp gain and pushing the pedal harder, I get a really fat and open Soundgarden-like tone, pretty smooth and keeping all the string separation

I tend to use the juansolo always on as a clean booster in low settings with the amp set on a mild crunch and the maxon for the heavy stuff
 
metalmaniac93":2zm44lkf said:
Suhr Koko Boost!!!!
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yep, Koko is fantastic (clean boost and mid boost with lots of tweakability)
 
If you decide to go the Xotic BB route, hit me up. I have one for sale. I also have a Way Huge Green Rhino, Marshall guv'nor(not the black box) and MXR Custom Badass 78 Dist.
 
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