If you play around with one of these I'd be really surprised if you didn't get the amount of drive you're after. It's basically a tube pre-amp in a pedal - and you can go from totally clean and glassy all the way to very distorted. I used to own one - and really regret selling it! For the sound you're after I'd say that this is a great way to go. I've noticed a few guys on the forum have been saying good things about the Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic pedal (). One factor in how much overdrive you get is how hot your signal is going into the pedal - if you're really pushing the signal level with your Matchbox it may drive the pedal too hard from the get go. And as you've found even a distortion unit (like the DS-1) with everything turned down is too over the top for what you want.īy the way having single coils is actually an advantage in getting fairly subtle overdrive, humbuckers always push things a little further. What we 6-stringers call 'fuzz' is way over the top distortion like Hendrix used - Sneaky Pete would use fuzz occasionally for solos in the Burritos (it comes in around the 60 sec mark in Devil in Disguise).
I'm very new to the world of pedal steel (almost 2 weeks now!), but I've been playing electric guitar for ages, and getting great distortion sounds is one of my obsessions.īy the way, I think that what you're looking for isn't actually 'fuzz', but rather overdrive (the sound of a valve amp being driven a little hard). Having said that it still sounds good - and it's pretty easy to get that level of distortion on a guitar. I just listened to the Youtube clip, and believe it or not I think that is a clean pedal steel! The sound on the entire clip is distorted - just listen to the violin solo, it has about the same level of distortion as the steel!
Haven't really figured out the shifter and the bass chorus. The eq and the enhancer are really cool, fun to play through. I run my L120 VP through the pre eq patch.Īny Ideas on what to use to get the fuzz and where in the chain should I put the fuzz or any other pedals I may play with?
Or maybe the MXR fuzz.Heres a link to the video I mentioned about Al perkins playing the Fender īTW I'm playing a ShoBud pro II original pickups, running through a Matchbox 7a ,going straight into the High Gain input on a N112. I think you can get the levels down on the Bosstone and get that clear ,and thick, bright tone. Some things I've heard about are Fulltone OCD and I think you can use the old school Bosstone ,whether the old or the new ones being made. Haven't had a chance to play with anything else so I need some advice on where to go. Got ahold of a Boss DS 1 distortion pedal from my 6 string playing brother but even turning the levels down there's still too much distortion and it just doesn't sound good. Need some advice on a good fuzz, something close to what Al Perkins was gettin' on the Fender in the Six Days on the Road video on youtube.