Hey guys,,I was just reading here about the BB preamp and od pedals in general. I currently own the BB preamp,,Ibanez ts-808 and the
MI Audio blues pro. They are all nice pedals.
I am actually quite suprised that nobody here has mentioned the
MI Audio blues pro. Now that my ts-808 sits on the side not used I constantly compare the blues pro and BB. I owned the BB before I got the blues pro and being the pedal the bb is I automatically favored it.
It didnt take long before I found myself using the blues pro more though.
I cant believe MI Audio is selling these so relatively cheap. I dont want to talk down the bb at all because I also love the thing,,its great.
But I have found that the blues pro seems to be a much quieter pedal in high gain settings. I use it mainly to overdrive my preamp for high gain lead work. The BB does seem to stay quiet at high gain levels when used alone on my clean channel though. The 2 pedals seem to have about the same available amont of gain. One more thing I immediatly noticed with the blues pro compared to the BB is it adds some compression to your sound. I found I like that,,,keeps things tighter. And the tone knob on the blues pro actually offers a wide range of sound difference unlike the ts808.
The only reason I wanted to bring this to all of your attention is because the the blues pro goes for about $80 or so less than the BB.
Incredible,,I was amazed.