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Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:49 pm
by ancientbones
I'm thinking of snagging another overdrive. Something that emphasizes more of the lower-mid frequency range instead of the higher marshall/tubescreamer mid ranges.
So far I'm thinking of finding a klone of some sort (maybe a grind customs or something. i don't have any pedal building equipment though.) or a fairfield barbershop, though I'm not exactly sure if that does the lower-mid od thing I'm after. Looking into the Moog MF Drive too. Might be able to be dialed in on that, but I don't know if it can do the subtle sparkly klon thing.
Should I just find a klown?
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:52 pm
by Casavettes
Speaker Cranker is worth looking into, I guess depending on how much you love your amp
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:49 pm
by ancientbones
Casavettes wrote:Speaker Cranker is worth looking into, I guess depending on how much you love your amp
Hmmm never heard it before. Always thought this was a boost haha. Guess I was wrong.
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:49 pm
by rustywire
If I'm not mistaken, EQD Monarch perfectly fits this description.
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:06 pm
by ancientbones
rustywire wrote:If I'm not mistaken, EQD Monarch perfectly fits this description.
I've looked into the Monarch before. It's like an Orange in a box right? I still want to retain some characteristics of my weird amp. It's a very punchy solid state amp. I'm using a boxidizer right now but it kind of takes away my amp's flavor being a preamp and all. It's nice, just not what I want. I'm going for like a "what if my amp had a dirty channel" sort of thing more than making it sound like a different amp.
I see Earthquaker stuff in the local stores pretty often but I never see either of these otherwise I'd give them a try in person!
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:34 am
by rustywire
Well then, Dr Scientist's The Elements is likely the droid you are looking for

Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:07 am
by HorseyBoy
Sarno Earth Drive has a really nice tone stack on it. Can definitely give your lows and mids a boost. Other idea would be a PDF-1 or something similar to boost the frequencies you want boosting.
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:47 am
by ancientbones
rustywire wrote:Well then, Dr Scientist's The Elements is likely the droid you are looking for

I've always been a little curious about The Elements, but there's so much going on with it I feel like it'd be hard to dial it in to something I like. I tend to stay away from too much tweaking. Are there any good demos that show off what I'm looking for with it? Damn, it's also really expensive compared to everything else I've seen
HorseyBoy wrote:Sarno Earth Drive has a really nice tone stack on it. Can definitely give your lows and mids a boost. Other idea would be a PDF-1 or something similar to boost the frequencies you want boosting.
Never heard of either of these. The PDF-1 sounds interesting. I'll have to find more demos when I'm off of work.
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:30 am
by echodeluxe
rat, lol
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:44 pm
by goroth
ancientbones wrote:rustywire wrote:Well then, Dr Scientist's The Elements is likely the droid you are looking for

I've always been a little curious about The Elements, but there's so much going on with it I feel like it'd be hard to dial it in to something I like. I tend to stay away from too much tweaking. Are there any good demos that show off what I'm looking for with it? Damn, it's also really expensive compared to everything else I've seen
HorseyBoy wrote:Sarno Earth Drive has a really nice tone stack on it. Can definitely give your lows and mids a boost. Other idea would be a PDF-1 or something similar to boost the frequencies you want boosting.
Never heard of either of these. The PDF-1 sounds interesting. I'll have to find more demos when I'm off of work.
Elements is easy to dial in. It is a really well thought out pedal.
Give me an example of a song with a tone you're after and I'll try and dial it in and post it on YouTube. Not that I'm a virtuoso or anything but I'm just very certain of how good and versatile the Elements is.
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:00 pm
by kbit
echodeluxe wrote:rat, lol
You're on a roll here.
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:03 pm
by Chankgeez
kbit wrote:echodeluxe wrote:rat, lol
You're on a roll here.
Kaiser?
(What happened to the rest of your screen name?)
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:04 pm
by echodeluxe
no but really. rat
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:05 pm
by Chankgeez
Have you invested in Rats recently?
Re: Lower-Mid Overdrives?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:16 pm
by sylnau
Mid-Fi Overdrive
Dr. Sci. The Elements
Two of my fave.