Tube screamer/overdrive demo

[plapnab]

Hi all. I'm looking into getting a tube screamer or overdrive pedal to get some really good lead saturation out of the orange and red channels on my dual rectifier. On both of these I run the gain at about 1 to 2 o'clock...anything past three gets a bit flubby on the low e string. I've checked youtube and I cant seem to find any demos and how they sound with a high gain amp like a DR. Does anyone know any links that demo, for example, a Maxon OD808, Zack Wylde 44, or Ibanez TS9 with a high gain amp like a DR?

 

[ESP123]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELfJP4_uY4c

Enjoy!

 

[Silverwulf]

TS9 with a DR on both rhythm and leads:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30KyAYmLq0

 

[fluff191]

TS9 with a DR on both rhythm and leads:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30KyAYmLq0

I am totally buying another 2 Channel Recto. According to Andy Sneap, they literally took the Recto out of the box and plugged it in and off they went. You could never do that with a 3 Channel Recto and get a tone like that.

 

[rectofried]

sounds like my "96" hehehe

 

[Silverwulf]

I am totally buying another 2 Channel Recto. According to Andy Sneap, they literally took the Recto out of the box and plugged it in and off they went. You could never do that with a 3 Channel Recto and get a tone like that.

That's quintessential Revision G tone to me right there, for heavy stuff. Speaking of that album, here's the approximate settings they used too:

2 Channel Dual Recto - Revision G
Bold/Diodes/Modern Red
Treble - 11:30
Mids - 10:00
Bass - 11:30
Presence - 12:30
Gain - 12:30

TS-9:

Output - 12:00
Tone - 10:00
Drive - 9:00

It was also with a G12T-75 Marshall 4X12 and EMG's. Still my favorite Nevermore tone hands down.

 

[plapnab]

Thanks everyone for your replies. This might sound kind of strange from a Dual Rec owner, but to be honest I'm really not into Metal so much. About the heaviest thing I play is Metallica. For the most part its ZZ Top, Motley Crue, some modern rock, Satriani, Rush, and all sorts of 80's hair metal for my cover band. Probably should have went with a Mark V, but I've always liked the DR's tone that covers the spectum of really deep warm lows to clean crisp highs...with the occasional high gain whomp! I'm looking into a tube screamer to give it a little more saturation for solos...the DR alone is a little too dry and tight, unless you turn the gain past 2:00. But, then you get into that flubby zone sound especially on the low E. Looking for a good tube screamer to loosen it up a bit. Any recomendations are more than welcome. Thanks!

 

[fluff191]

I am totally buying another 2 Channel Recto. According to Andy Sneap, they literally took the Recto out of the box and plugged it in and off they went. You could never do that with a 3 Channel Recto and get a tone like that.

That's quintessential Revision G tone to me right there, for heavy stuff. Speaking of that album, here's the approximate settings they used too:

2 Channel Dual Recto - Revision G
Bold/Diodes/Modern Red
Treble - 11:30
Mids - 10:00
Bass - 11:30
Presence - 12:30
Gain - 12:30

TS-9:

Output - 12:00
Tone - 10:00
Drive - 9:00

It was also with a G12T-75 Marshall 4X12 and EMG's. Still my favorite Nevermore tone hands down.

Yeah my 3 Channel Recto and a V30 cab is not cutting it. I am getting another 2 Channel Recto (Don't really feel like taking the Rev E out of the house every weekend) with a Marshall cab with the 75's. Such a great tone.

 

[Silverwulf]

Yeah my 3 Channel Recto and a V30 cab is not cutting it. I am getting another 2 Channel Recto (Don't really feel like taking the Rev E out of the house every weekend) with a Marshall cab with the 75's. Such a great tone.

I hear you. I don't want to drag my Rev C around, and the clean channel doesn't cut it live (though I can tweak it to sound really nice when configured right), so I have my Rev G that's my live workhorse. I use it with my Mesa 4X12 (Traditional, Straight) 4X12 with V30's, but those V30's have plenty of years of abuse to break them in nice. It sounds great with my buddies Marshall 1960B 4X12 w/75's too.

 

[TimeSignature]

I highly recommend any of the HBE Germania pedals for added saturation.


I own a bad monkey, screamin blues, hot head distortion, ts9, ds1, nano boost, sd-1, os2, fulldrive 2, wylde od, hardwire cm-2, rat, blood drive, dod fx53, way huge pork loin, radial hot british dist, mxr dist+ and my favorite for adding saturation is the Germania 44 with 3Q eq button....

 

[rectofried]

Thanks everyone for your replies. This might sound kind of strange from a Dual Rec owner, but to be honest I'm really not into Metal so much. About the heaviest thing I play is Metallica. For the most part its ZZ Top, Motley Crue, some modern rock, Satriani, Rush, and all sorts of 80's hair metal for my cover band. Probably should have went with a Mark V, but I've always liked the DR's tone that covers the spectum of really deep warm lows to clean crisp highs...with the occasional high gain whomp! I'm looking into a tube screamer to give it a little more saturation for solos...the DR alone is a little too dry and tight, unless you turn the gain past 2:00. But, then you get into that flubby zone sound especially on the low E. Looking for a good tube screamer to loosen it up a bit. Any recomendations are more than welcome. Thanks!

i play everything you just named plus alot of southern rock,even skynard...on my G 2 channel .gain on 2 o'clock..i just roll my guitar volume back. also just started using el34 tubes in it,that helped alot. to me the clean on the revision G is pretty good.no boost pedals yet but want to try a few to see if they work for me.i have a 3 channel and a roadster, but i keep going to my 2 channel for stage use. it just sings when cranked.
ohh did i mention we even do a few jason aldean songs too.. 8)

 

[R_ADKINS80]

.the DR alone is a little too dry and tight, unless you turn the gain past 2:00. But, then you get into that flubby zone sound especially on the low E. Looking for a good tube screamer to loosen it up a bit. Any recomendations are more than welcome. Thanks!

Dude......the tube screamer wont loosen it up.....it'll make it tighter. i have yet to hear a tight rectifier in person without boosting it somehow.

 

[plapnab]

.the DR alone is a little too dry and tight, unless you turn the gain past 2:00. But, then you get into that flubby zone sound especially on the low E. Looking for a good tube screamer to loosen it up a bit. Any recomendations are more than welcome. Thanks!

Dude......the tube screamer wont loosen it up.....it'll make it tighter. i have yet to hear a tight rectifier in person without boosting it somehow.

Perhalps "loosen" isn't the word I'm looking for when describing the tone I want. Maybe more responsive, easier to play, saturated soloing. Something to hit harmonics a little easier...just something with a little more face melting attack and sustain. Also, the reality is that it seems every recto player from hardcore metal to country has a TS-9 or something like that in their pedal chain. And, I've never really tried one...so, since most of them are under $100 used on ebay, I though I'd give it a shot.

 

[R_ADKINS80]

.the DR alone is a little too dry and tight, unless you turn the gain past 2:00. But, then you get into that flubby zone sound especially on the low E. Looking for a good tube screamer to loosen it up a bit. Any recomendations are more than welcome. Thanks!

Dude......the tube screamer wont loosen it up.....it'll make it tighter. i have yet to hear a tight rectifier in person without boosting it somehow.

Perhalps "loosen" isn't the word I'm looking for when describing the tone I want. Maybe more responsive, easier to play, saturated soloing. Something to hit harmonics a little easier...just something with a little more face melting attack and sustain. Also, the reality is that it seems every recto player from hardcore metal to country has a TS-9 or something like that in their pedal chain. And, I've never really tried one...so, since most of them are under $100 used on ebay, I though I'd give it a shot.

Now that pretty much hit the nail on the head......get a tube screamer of just about any kind and be in soloing bliss.

 

[endless_mike03]

I just recently was turned onto the idea of boosting my amp (mainly thanks to this board!), but unfortunately am laid off right now, so I can't afford a Tube Screamer or any other pedal, for that matter. I then remembered that a buddy of mine had loaned me his Boss MT-2 Metal Zone pedal a long time ago, so I figured "what the heck?", and decided to ATTEMPT to use that as a clean boost. Surprisingly, it worked pretty well. It did, however, make the tone seem a bit more digitized than I'm used to, but I figure I'll use it as a boost until I get a proper overdrive pedal, as it did tighten my sound up and improved my attack and dynamics a bit. The settings I used on the pedal were Volume = 2:00, all EQs = 12:00, Distortion = completely off.

 

[lailer75]

I just recently was turned onto the idea of boosting my amp (mainly thanks to this board!), but unfortunately am laid off right now, so I can't afford a Tube Screamer or any other pedal, for that matter. I then remembered that a buddy of mine had loaned me his Boss MT-2 Metal Zone pedal a long time ago, so I figured "what the heck?", and decided to ATTEMPT to use that as a clean boost. Surprisingly, it worked pretty well. It did, however, make the tone seem a bit more digitized than I'm used to, but I figure I'll use it as a boost until I get a proper overdrive pedal, as it did tighten my sound up and improved my attack and dynamics a bit. The settings I used on the pedal were Volume = 2:00, all EQs = 12:00, Distortion = completely off.

thats what cannibal corpse uses.

 

[clutch71]

....The settings I used on the pedal were Volume = 2:00, all EQs = 12:00, Distortion = completely off.

thats what cannibal corpse uses.

Yeah on the vocals.

 

[endless_mike03]

....The settings I used on the pedal were Volume = 2:00, all EQs = 12:00, Distortion = completely off.

thats what cannibal corpse uses.

Yeah on the vocals.

Hahaha for real.

But yeah, I heard somewhere that Pat O'Brien did that. Which is cool, cause I love their tone.