NPD - new pants!

[CTN]

kidding, new pedal.

Been hunting around for a nice OD that'd stack well with my OCD but would be smooth, not super compressed, and give me a bit of a voicing bump for leads. This fit the bill, quite nicely, has a nicer look than my old TS9 which I never bonded with, and had me chuffed as nuts when I tried it in store today alongside an OCD and a Soul Food. I don't know what it is about the soul food, but I just don't like it at all.




and with the rest of my modest pedalboard



How's it sound?

to my ears, it's a bit more open than a tube screamer. It's still got a similar mid bump, but it's not as obnoxious, and the low end is a bit fuller. Stacks amazingly well with my OCD. Smooths out the OCD's fuzzy decay on the high gain stuff, and with low to medium gain, the two really sing together.

I'm more or less going to use the OCD in LP mode to add some totally open, natural sounding hair around the edges so to speak, as a low-medium gain boost, and then I'll use the East River Drive as a lead boost mostly, but also set for a low-medium gain sound, so I can add/subtract gain without changing channels on my amp. I modded the GE-7 with a monte allums mod that dramatically increased its clarity, openness and shimmer, so I basically use that as a clean boost (always on) - It adds a little extra liveliness to my whole rig, which is nice.

so yeah. First pedal purchase in quite a few years. I'm happy with it.

[CTN]

Between the OCD, ERD and my tubemeister I am getting some killlllllerrrrrrrr marshally tones.

[Agileguy]

Nice! I've been thinking about picking up that one just to have a TS flavor, especially now that I have the Egnater and Mesa. For under $70 you can't go wrong.

[CTN]

Yep, my thoughts as well. I like it better than the TS9, but it still has a distinct tube screamer-esque sound.

[Big Flannel]

Excellent, that one is on my list too.

[CTN]

I know, that's part of the reason I wanted to try it out in the first place :)

[Big Flannel]

Hehe, I'm full of great ideas.

Seriously though, I'm really glad that you dig it.

[lreese]

When are the Wah Wah Shoes coming in? :)

[CTN]

I already have a crybaby.

And honestly, no plans to get another wah anytime soon. They're fun, for about 2 seconds when I want to pretend to be a shitty lead guitarist of one of the biggest metal bands in the world, and then after that, it's stupid.

I might mod my crybaby at some point. If I do, I'll get some wah wah sandals.

[lreese]

There you go - the kind that lace up to your knees.

Actually not much of a wah guy myself.