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Re: Looking for a high headroom overdrive/boost

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:53 pm
by halkaloogie
I appreciate the input so far, Any others that I should look into?

Re: Looking for a high headroom overdrive/boost

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:10 am
by Dowi
i Have been looking for a high headroom dirt pedal to pair with the Hiwatt amp for ages before settling with my actual setup (i hate to be THAT guy, but it's a Fulltone OCD :erm: ). All the difference is powering it at 18v instead of 9v. Totally opens everything sound-wise. There are plenty of other options anyway, at the time this was just the easiest one to find for me :idk: .

Re: Looking for a high headroom overdrive/boost

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:17 am
by halkaloogie
Dowi wrote:i Have been looking for a high headroom dirt pedal to pair with the Hiwatt amp for ages before settling with my actual setup (i hate to be THAT guy, but it's a Fulltone OCD :erm: ). All the difference is powering it at 18v instead of 9v. Totally opens everything sound-wise. There are plenty of other options anyway, at the time this was just the easiest one to find for me :idk: .
Interesting I don't have an OCD anymore I gave it away a few years ago. I never really got along with it, but I never ran it 18v. A lot of the other recommendations are a little harder to track down but I'll see if I can borrow one to give it a try.

Re: Looking for a high headroom overdrive/boost

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:02 pm
by whoismarykelly
You might consider a build of the MAE Massive Amp. Its a Micro Amp with a charge pump so you get a TON of headroom.