Dirt Pedal Shootout for Board Redesign

[Marshall Arts]

The title says it all. Using my Looper to swap and Compare:

Left bottom to top right:

Katana boost (not in Looper)
Cascadia overdrive
Rog umble
Zendrive
Super tube screamer
Aion fractal
Ego driver / ocd
King of tone
Brown betty
Bsiab/Diablo mash up
Ge7 (not in Looper)



Winner(s) will go back on my currently naked board...

[jjjimi84]

What kind of amp are you using to do the shoot out?

[Marshall Arts]

What kind of amp are you using to do the shoot out?

Different amps, a matchless Spitfire clone, a Marshall silver jubilee and an engl ironball. My main amp is the engl, though, can't beat the weight/size/versatility and the clean channel is a great pedal platform.

[jkokura]

I'd like to see the results.

Jacob

[Marshall Arts]

I'd like to see the results.

Jacob

I will post

[somnif]

All those options, and yet three of my favorites are missing.

Distortion may be a bit of a broad topic in the pedal world, huh.

(for the record those three are the Nobels ODR1, SHO, BMP - and ain't that last one a topic in and of itself!)

[HamSandwich]

What kind of amp are you using to do the shoot out?

Different amps, a matchless Spitfire clone, a Marshall silver jubilee and an engl ironball. My main amp is the engl, though, can't beat the weight/size/versatility and the clean channel is a great pedal platform.

Yeeeeesssssss

[gordo]

Right?  And if you check out the video (there's a link on the site somewhere) for his Looper, and I think it may have been called the Linda Looper back then, there are some pretty tastey sound clips.

I'm looking forward to your opinion on this.  I fear that if any ten of us did the same we'd all come up different but it's always good to have some perspective with a reason behind it.

[Willybomb]

Putting money on the Zendrive being there.

[cooder]

This will be interesting, even though I agree we all would have different preferences. Still very keen to see what you come up with.

[Marshall Arts]

What kind of amp are you using to do the shoot out?

Different amps, a matchless Spitfire clone, a Marshall silver jubilee and an engl ironball. My main amp is the engl, though, can't beat the weight/size/versatility and the clean channel is a great pedal platform.

Yeeeeesssssss

Especially for HamSandwich, here is a picture of the amp. It's actually an original, not a reissue. And it sounds wicked!



And here are the other two amps.



Have been out yesterday night, so testing at relevant sound levels has to be postponed for a day or so ;-)

[jjjimi84]

Very nice collection of amps, couple questions;

How many drives are you going to have on the board?

What is the box in the back ofthe silver jubilee with the three knobs?

[Marshall Arts]

Very nice collection of amps, couple questions;

How many drives are you going to have on the board?

What is the box in the back ofthe silver jubilee with the three knobs?

Two, plus maybe a boost. The box on the Marshall is a rub-a-dub reverb in the fx loop.

[jjjimi84]

Brilliant idea! I would go boost, rog umble and diablo, different levels of gain and all sound fairly different. I look forward to the results.

[Marshall Arts]

Brilliant idea! I would go boost, rog umble and diablo, different levels of gain and all sound fairly different. I look forward to the results.

Thanks. I already sorted the drives on the picture by gain levels and the umble or the Zen are good candidates for low level boost/drive. The Cascadia is great, but also big... The tube screamer and the brown betty are likely to not make it this time.
A hard decision is always the ocd, it's a love/hate thing with me.
Big surprise is the pearl od aka Aion Fractal. I had it for yrs and it's so versatile with the active EQ. It also stacks nicely with the Katana...