which pair of overdrives for my studio .22+?

[diegs]

hey, i'm building my effects setup to compliment my guitar and amp, i could really use some help.

i love the clean tone on my studio .22+. i want to stack a pair of boosts/overdrives in front of it so i can get hairy and then lead tones for rhythm and then lead respectively.

any thoughts on this? i'm on something of a budget--i think that barber have a good price/performance ratio and they're true bypass. i'm just not sure which ones would work best.

in terms of tone i really like umphrey's mcgee, modern distortion but not heavy. i'm not really looking for the "singing" leads of robben ford/larry carlton. oh and i'm playing a prs ce-22 (humbuckers). thanks!

 

[fatboy135]

rat and ts9, no more pedals you need

 

[Guitarzan]

I like the Visual Sound Jekyll and Hyde Pedal. It's half TS-9 and half Super OD. or both on at the same time. Check it out.

 

[YOUNGIE41]

A stock TS9 is as good an overdrive as most (and I have tried most)
Distortion aint my thing but Rats and the BOSS MD2 are highly rated and don't cost the earth.

 

[mgarrison99]

I've tried many and currently have a VS Route66, VodkaMods Rat2, MI Audio Crunch Box, Marshall Guvnor Plus, and Fulltone OCD. I really like the Crunch Box for heavy sounds and the OCD has a very nice blues sound (can get raunchy as well). Both pedals very dynamic. Good luck.

 

[tommyhawk13]

I think you might be able to squeeze what you want out of the amp without pedals.

You've probably already tried this, but turn the volume all the way down, crank the master all the way up, and SLOWLY bring the volume up.
The sound will be loud, bright and crisp, but super pick sensitive.