Guv'nor Dead. Looking at options

[AudioWonderland]

I am pretty sure my original Guv'nor has bought it. I have the new version Guv but its not the same. I have the usual SD-1/Tubescreamer/Fulldrive II and they are good at what they are but are pretty different from the Guv'nor.

having had what I needed for the last 20 years I really haven't looked into OD pedals. Short of surfing through hundreds of over priced boutique pedals what are the good production OD pedals to look at?
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[Commodore 64]

I'm not a good judge of these things yet. But I have a Boss DS-1, A Boss OD-2 (I think-yellow with 4 knobs), A digitech Bad Monkey, an Allum Modded Boss BD-2, and a Marshall Jackhammer.

I keep ending up with the Jackhammer engaged whenever I practice. It has Distortion and OD choices, contour, frequency, gain, and level. A lot of stuff to tweak. I always try the others too, and land on the BD2 now and again, but more often than not, I'm stomping on the Jackhammer.

 

[Algonquin]

I'm pretty happy with the budget priced Danelectro Cool Cat Drive. You can't go too wrong with a pedal in this price range. :AOK

 

[AudioWonderland]

I'm pretty happy with the budget priced Danelectro Cool Cat Drive. You can't go too wrong with a pedal in this price range. :AOK

I have heard rumors that the Dano Daddy O is a very similar circuit to the Guv'nor. Jut not sure which version of the Guv'nor

 

[markb]

Try a GV-2 Guv'nor or a pre-2003 ProCo Rat.

 

[Eric]

I'm pretty happy with the budget priced Danelectro Cool Cat Drive. You can't go too wrong with a pedal in this price range. :AOK

Is that V1, the Tim clone that was banned? Or was that the transparent overdrive?

 

[bcdon]

I am pretty sure my original Guv'nor has bought it. I have the new version Guv but its not the same.

Talk to duhvoodooman here on The Fret.. maybe he can fix it for you.

 

[Algonquin]

Is that V1, the Tim clone that was banned? Or was that the transparent overdrive?

I believe the Transparent OD was rumoured to be a Timmy clone, which may be why they released the V.2
When I picked one up, I opted for the V.1

 

[duhvoodooman]

Is that V1, the Tim clone that was banned? Or was that the transparent overdrive?

That was the original version of the Transparent Overdrive that was a Timmy circuit copy.

 

[duhvoodooman]

Talk to duhvoodooman here on The Fret.. maybe he can fix it for you.

Would be happy to take a look at it. These things can usually be fixed pretty easily/cheaply. PM me if interested.....

 

[deeaa]

If the new Guvnor is too dark/tubescreamey for you, I can also recommend the Jackhammer. OD mode is close to the new Guvnor but is much clearer and less, well, 'tubescreamy', more like a JCM800 amp drive sound with great string separation and classic marshall bite. And as C64 said, it's got great EQ too. I don't use the distortion side myself, but the OD engaged it has been my go-to pedal for many years now. Plus, they're cheap!

 

[SuperSwede]

Check out Blackstar´s HT line of pedals.. I have the HT Drive and I am more than satisified with it.

 

[AudioWonderland]

If the new Guvnor is too dark/tubescreamey for you, I can also recommend the Jackhammer. OD mode is close to the new Guvnor but is much clearer and less, well, 'tubescreamy', more like a JCM800 amp drive sound with great string separation and classic marshall bite. And as C64 said, it's got great EQ too. I don't use the distortion side myself, but the OD engaged it has been my go-to pedal for many years now. Plus, they're cheap!

Well, I would not say the GV2 is too tube screamer like. Its just a little more jagged in the top end than the original. Can't put my finger on exactly what the cause is. The result is I do prefer it for metal sounds but I virtually never need that sound.

 

[Perfect Stranger]

Give the new ProCo SOLO a test drive. I LUB mine.....