Tubescreamer experts needed..

[domguy]

Has anyone tried the sparkle drive and what are your thoughts on it?

This, and I'll also add the MOD version...

 

[Wizard of Ozz]

Anyone have any positive experience with the Suhr Shiba Drive?

 

[SLOgriff]

Anyone have any positive experience with the Suhr Shiba Drive?

Suhr Shiba Drive was a disappointment....couldn't get rid of it quick enough.

 

[lespaul6]

yeah, I'm suspicious of the suhr pedals.. just high priced crap.. sorry guys there is something about suhr that just rubs me the wrong way.

Anyway, I picked up a ZW overdrive and a MXR classic overdrive for 29 bucks.. will experiment and report back. I do like the SD 1 I have.. its a black label- whatever that means. It sounds good though.

 

[Wizard of Ozz]

Anyone have any positive experience with the Suhr Shiba Drive?

Suhr Shiba Drive was a disappointment....couldn't get rid of it quick enough.

... well scratch that off the list then.

 

[Wizard of Ozz]

yeah, I'm suspicious of the suhr pedals.. just high priced crap.. sorry guys there is something about suhr that just rubs me the wrong way.

Anyway, I picked up a ZW overdrive and a MXR classic overdrive for 29 bucks.. will experiment and report back. I do like the SD 1 I have.. its a black label- whatever that means. It sounds good though.

I really like the ZW OD... hard to beat for the money.

I had the original Suhr Koko Boost which I liked... the newer Reloaded Koko, not so much.

 

[lespaul6]

Good to know.. I considered the koko at one point maybe a year ago? and then put it out of my mind. I bought the bogner lagrange pedal... another mistake. the SD 1 sounds better to me

 

[braintheory]

yeah, I'm suspicious of the suhr pedals.. just high priced crap.. sorry guys there is something about suhr that just rubs me the wrong way.

Agreed. I don't get why they're so popular here and on groomed noodlers

I owned an original koko boost and thought it was decent but had other stuff that made it go

And had a suhr modem satin that was also decent but nothing exceptional

I tried many expensive suhrs in the 4-5k range and wasn't anymore impressed with them in neither sound nor playability, especially for the price, but even compared to the modern satin I owned

They always just seemed to me like bland guitars with nice looking tops (depending which one)

 

[lespaul6]

yeah, I'm suspicious of the suhr pedals.. just high priced crap.. sorry guys there is something about suhr that just rubs me the wrong way.

Agreed. I don't get why they're so popular here and on groomed noodlers

I owned an original koko boost and thought it was decent but had other stuff that made it go

And had a suhr modem satin that was also decent but nothing exceptional

I tried many expensive suhrs in the 4-5k range and wasn't anymore impressed with them in neither sound nor playability, especially for the price, but even compared to the modern satin I owned

They always just seemed to me like bland guitars with nice looking tops (depending which one)

I think its called the "endowment effect".. states that people ascribe more value to things when they own them. Its a psychological problem. I'm guilty of it too. so I'm always looking for that bias when I buy something.
I think an honest guy on here was Mosaholic back when he was buying 9,000 dollar amps and was not afraid to sell it the next day with a negative review lol love that guy

 

[maddnotez]

yeah, I'm suspicious of the suhr pedals.. just high priced crap.. sorry guys there is something about suhr that just rubs me the wrong way.

Agreed. I don't get why they're so popular here and on groomed noodlers

I owned an original koko boost and thought it was decent but had other stuff that made it go

And had a suhr modem satin that was also decent but nothing exceptional

I tried many expensive suhrs in the 4-5k range and wasn't anymore impressed with them in neither sound nor playability, especially for the price, but even compared to the modern satin I owned

They always just seemed to me like bland guitars with nice looking tops (depending which one)

What pedal made the Koko go and what genre do you play? That pedal is a killer boost, I have the KOT now but cannot bare to sell the Koko. I have not been able to find anything I liked "better" I am using the KOT but it is more different than better (plus that endowment effect mentioned lol)

I have played one Suhr guitar and I thought it was crap. I am not sure what the model was and I am guessing it was set up really poorly but I just did not like it.

 

[Panzer917-30]

There are a few interesting bids on YouTube by Brian Wampler concerning Tubescreamers. I thought the multi pedal comparison helpful.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ozkgpIryw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3c5Ar-iaWRE

 

[braintheory]

yeah, I'm suspicious of the suhr pedals.. just high priced crap.. sorry guys there is something about suhr that just rubs me the wrong way.

Agreed. I don't get why they're so popular here and on groomed noodlers

I owned an original koko boost and thought it was decent but had other stuff that made it go

And had a suhr modem satin that was also decent but nothing exceptional

I tried many expensive suhrs in the 4-5k range and wasn't anymore impressed with them in neither sound nor playability, especially for the price, but even compared to the modern satin I owned

They always just seemed to me like bland guitars with nice looking tops (depending which one)

What pedal made the Koko go and what genre do you play? That pedal is a killer boost, I have the KOT now but cannot bare to sell the Koko. I have not been able to find anything I liked "better" I am using the KOT but it is more different than better (plus that endowment effect mentioned lol)

I have played one Suhr guitar and I thought it was crap. I am not sure what the model was and I am guessing it was set up really poorly but I just did not like it.

I don't remember exactly which ones made the koko go since I've gotten rid of those too. I've gotten rid of almost 50 od/boost pedals over the years, tried countless other and now have 7 keepers from all those. I mostly play metal, but any piece of gear that I find to be top notch for something (even if it's not remotely metal) is a keeper for me, which is partly why I have 7

The koko was a fine pedal, but I didn't keep it for the following reasons: it wasn't nearly as effective at adding tightness or focus to my sound as other pedals, I had other pedals that were better at making an already overdriven or high gain amp more growly and aggressive on chords (the koko was more smooth and polite in comparison) and a few that also were better at making my lead tone more sweet and liquidy. The koko was actually really great for leads, but imo not the best out there

Basically, I thought the koko was a very versatile and good pedal, but for any given application I had other pedals that I felt did the job better. And I also remember it being sometimes a bit too polite sounding for me. That being said it's a cool pedal and it can work better than most into modern high gainers since it's not too compressed or narrow sounding, but for my taste, there are other pedals I prefer. Of my 7, my 3 favorites at the moment are my Friedman buxom boost, Landgraff Mo-D, and Schroeder Blister Agent, but those last 2 are quite noisy, very expensive, and don't always work well with amps that are too modern or compressed. The buxom boost though is super versatile and knocked several pedals off for me. I think I had like 10 keepers before I got the buxom boost

 

[maddnotez]

I may have to try the Buxom in that case. I have a few on my want list RN such as Airis Savage and Timmy or some of the Caline pedals.

 

[hammered]

I may have to try the Buxom in that case. I have a few on my want list RN such as Airis Savage and Timmy or some of the Caline pedals.

I love the Buxom boosting my Splawns

 

[braintheory]

I may have to try the Buxom in that case. I have a few on my want list RN such as Airis Savage and Timmy or some of the Caline pedals.

I had a Timmy and Savage. I liked the Savage a lot, but my Landgraff Mo-D smoked it for what I liked about it. I felt the Timmy was transparent as others say but didn't really add or take away anything I wanted that I couldn't get with my other pedals. I again thought other pedals were more effective at adding tightness and attack despite it's versatile bass and treble cut controls, and it wasn't particularly great for leads or single note stuff or growl. Something like the Klons or Landgraff Mo-D or Buxom Boost can be very transparent if set up to be, but I feel they're much more effective at adding to or enhancing my existing sound than the Timmy IMO. The Buxom Boost is also the first Friedman product that's been a keeper for me. I eventually sold all the Friedman amps I owned and wasn't too impressed with their other pedals (BE-OD and Motor City Drive)

Never actually heard of Caline

 

[maddnotez]

Never actually heard of Caline

Caline is a chinese knock off company.

They have a Timmy clone, a Klon clone and many others. I have actually heard really good things about them and they are really cheap pedals.

 

[lespaul6]

While waiting for the mxr overdrive to arrive.. here is the sd1 sound set for minimal coloring and boost with low output humbuckers

 

[Oblivion DC]

Classic TS 9 or TS808 (reissues) what are the differences if any? what do you like and use live?

Neither. Maxon OD808.

This.

 

[stephen sawall]

Anyone into the Fulltone Full-Drive 3 ?

 

[lespaul6]

Anyone into the Fulltone Full-Drive 3 ?

Have not tried the version 3.. I thought version 2 sounded lifeless and blah