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What's yer best OD pedal? Duh, any ideas?

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DVM ships international but doesnt have insurance on it i believe.

all the lovepedal models are available at proguitarshop which i think ship international.

Fulltone OCD, Divided by 13 Joyride and the Mad Professor Sky Blue OD are all great boutique quality pedals. (all relatively average in price for quality pedals, apart from the mad prof, which is £225 which is roughtly $400-500 i believe.)

footnote - the mad professor pedals are made in finland by hand, so i hope they are available there!
 
ibanezjunkie said:
DVM ships international but doesnt have insurance on it i believe.
Some clarification on this statement:

I typically use USPS First Class International Package as my shipping method for non-US destinations, which is very reasonably priced but offers no insurance option. If someone has another shipping option they want me to use and it's (1) readily available to me, and (2) they're willing to pay the additional cost, I'll certainly consider it! For international purchases, I REQUIRE payment by PayPal and shipment to a confirmed address. And you'll need to have been a member here for more than 10 minutes! :D
 
My ZYS Mk II is in transit. Can't wait to plug it in.:rockon: Robert's demo's sound great!
 
Duh, do you have a list/explanations of your pedals, prices etc?
 
deeaa said:
Duh, do you have a list/explanations of your pedals, prices etc?
Pedal pages on my website:

Click on the indvidual pedal thumbnails to open a page with a description of each pedal.

Ordering info:


Price list:


I primarily use Buildyourownclone.com kits for by pedal builds. You can check out their product line here:

 
For an extra fiver he'll do all the soldering wearing nothing but the official Fret thong. Talk about adding to the degree of difficulty!
 
ibanezjunkie said:
DVM pedals, made in USA! (just like the thongs!)

And make sure you put the potato in the front of your thong,you dont want Emma or the guys in the band laughing at you. Sumi:D:rotflmao:
 
I think I might send mine back................This talk of a thong kinda weirds me out. :eek:
 
Oh and my best pedal is my potato masher,err I mean my Rabid Rodent,DVM made me of course!Sumi:D
 
M29 said:
I think I might send mine back................This talk of a thong kinda weirds me out. :eek:
Don't worry--as long as you didn't pay the extra $5, you're safe. As far as you know.
 
Well guys, I listened to some demos and decided to try the Danelectro Transparent...especially since it was way cheap. Only about forty euros with all the freight and stuff from the U.S! Seems it'd be a great time to buy stuff overseas now the dollar is low compared to the Euro.

Anyway, from now on I think I will not sell my OD pedals forward any more. There are so many I regret selling...especially I long after the FX100 RealTube DOD. That was a killer pedal to liven up SS or D/I sounds. Oh well.

I'll report how the Danelectro works for me once I get it....will take a week I suppose at least.
 
marnold said:
Don't worry--as long as you didn't pay the extra $5, you're safe. As far as you know.

LOL!!!! The Rev is on a roll today!


Deeaa, I hope you enjoy it and it does what you are looking for!
 
from what i hear, DVM's ZYS has more saturation than the bad monkey and the Transparent OD. Something like the DVM OD2 has a alot of options on it (like Marnold's Thesis pedal) and should be very versatile.

just make sure you pay him $10 to NOT wear the thong :rotflmao:
 
My Thesis pedal has a lot more gain on tap, although you can control that with the internal trim pot if you are so inclined. It's also a lot brighter than a regular Tube Screamer clone. I find myself rarely turning the tone knob past noon. The gain and tone at 9:00 A.M. would give you roughly the same sound as my old TO800 with both of those set at noon.
 
marnold said:
My Thesis pedal has a lot more gain on tap, although you can control that with the internal trim pot if you are so inclined.
And if it's gain you're after, my ZYS Mark II version of this pedal will give you even more by letting you switch the boost stage in front of the OD stage.

AAMOF, I just completed a ZYS Mk II build for a non-Fretter who specifically wanted muy grande gain, so I built the pedal to run 5x the normal TS808 gain factor, rather than the 2x that is my standard ZYS setup. While testing it, I dialed up the overdrive gain pot to near max. and switched on the boost in front of the OD--definitely sounded more like an outright distortion pedal than an OD at that point. Tons of "hair" and lots of compression/sustain....
 
Robert said:
The Transparent OD is a great pedal, but it doesn't have a lot of gain (not supposed to either), like the ZYS, so they very different pedals.

That should work for me...my base sound is already driven so when I use a TS or something, it's 1/4 gain maximum usually. When I kick in the compressor it's already in ultra-gain territory.

I don't want a lot of gain, I need every string to be hearable as its own when full chording....but I do need some OD.
 
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