Hello, I just wanted some suggestions. I like jazz alot and how some sounds have the sound of a little overdrive or such right to the edge, just so its a little dirty. I know that most achieved the sound simply by their amp and such but is there a pedal out there that can do it reasonable well for me? Don't care about cost or anything like that. Anything is good here. Thanks
<blackbox>
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Check out the new Cobalt. It was designed with exactly this use in mind (it does a lot more to boot). You can pretty easily dial in just a tiny bit of break up without totally altering the tone or responsiveness of your guitar and amp.
quote:Originally posted by Schism: Hello, I just wanted some suggestions. I like jazz alot and how some sounds have the sound of a little overdrive or such right to the edge, just so its a little dirty. I know that most achieved the sound simply by their amp and such but is there a pedal out there that can do it reasonable well for me? Don't care about cost or anything like that. Anything is good here. Thanks
<Donner>
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Yeah the Cobalt looks interesting- I like the knob layout, being a foot knob twidler........also might try the Voodoo labs Sparkledrive- its good for those touches as you can dial in just a taste of drive...oddly enough awhile back I suggested to them the same layout as on the Cobalt and paint it in a big V for 'Voodoo', the sparkledrive is hard to tweek with your shoe while your playing,if thats important to anyone other than me
<klasaine>
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If you really want that sound you're gonna have to push your TUBE amp with a Hollow body HUMBUCKER equipped guitar ... at least semi - hollow ala a 335 . Heavy guage flat wound strings and a heavy pick are also part of the equation . NOW , if you don't want to do those things you can get close with an OD and a Les Paul ( or a Tele ) . BLack Box , Klon , Fat Boost , Sparkle Drive , etc ... any OD that has a tone knob that can be turned down . The Menatone " Howie " is one of my favorites . I use low powered Fender amps mostly ( 15 - 40 watters ) with a Ibanez 335 rip - off and usually one of the boxes above , Flat's and a really heavy pick . I've gotten pretty close with a Tele on the neck PU and the tone control down a bit .
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