New OD To push Suhr Riot

[eric12]

Hey,
I've just ordered Suhr Riot from e-bay, and I'm looking for od which will push it for solos and will work as od alone.

Someone offered me Ibanez TS9 fromel modded, as trade for delay I'm selling.
In addition, I'm thinking on BB preamp, or maybe ocd.

Looking for Vai/Satriani as "main sound", with the Suhr pushed by the od.
For the od, I'm looking for sweet drive, for blues, maybe a bit classic rock.

 

[DrugDM]

Suhr Shiba Drive would work for that. Lower gain and increase volume to increase sustain for solo and crank the gain as a standalone OD. Another option is to get a Suhr Koko Boost which works incredibly well with the Riot. The midrange boost creates a little amp break up and you can change settings on the Riot so it goes from OD(switch to your left) with low gain or high gain (I use switch in center). Hope that helps.

 

[eric12]

The shiba and the koko boost are bit expensive for me, and i wont find second hand here.

 

[DrugDM]

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Not to be self serving....I have 2...

 

[eric12]

I'm from Israel, but thanks.

Any more suggetions?

 

[cardinal]

I love the Dunlop CAE Boost into OD pedals for extra oomph. It's built in to the CAE wah and I love it so much I had to buy the stand-alone CAE boost too.

 

[DrugDM]

The ts9 would work well. Just keep the gain low and increase volume and you would be good to go. The mxr micro amp maybe be a good cheaper alternative to boost the Riot. Good luck.

 

[eric12]

Hey, the Riot had arrived yestorday(AWSOME pedal, the best distortion I've ever heard).

I've already checked it with the ts9 and the Ibanez ts808, both are awsome but the 808 is soooo AWSOME, really liked it.
I found second hand modded Maxon od808, which I guess would be even better, and I was sure that I'm gonna buy it.
But now someone offered me fulltone ocd, which I know will solve the only problem with the 808 I had, it doesn't has enough gain, so I'm not sure which one would be better for me.

The most important thing for me is boosting the Suhr, looking for kind of Vai/Satriani tone and sometimes a bit heavier sound, which would be better for that?
In addition, I need the od for sweet bluesy tone, which I know the 808 doing GREAT, looking just for that tone, how the ocd would be for that?
And my last need is a bit more gainy od, which the 808 cant do, and as I know the OCD is great for that, and my Suhr can do it but not as the ocd.

What are your suggetions?

 

[fek]

The new EHX Soul Food seems interesting. Klon Klone and just over $60 in the states.

 

[eric12]

Dont have them here in Israel.

I guess I would choose the Maxon or the ocd, I just need some help choosing among them, about what I wrote in the last post.

 

[byrdparis]

eric12 what your budget for the od pedal?
try to get "greanhouse - gold driver"
it will boost your riot and can be used with enough gain for a sweet blues sound.
you can get it on wild guitar or second hand maybe.

 

[eric12]

My budget is about 100$-150$, that's the reason I'm looking for used od(considering that in Israel the price are a bit more expensive).

I've heard lot of good opinions about the gold drive, greehouse are very appriciated in Israel, but I didn't find any second hand one.