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10-28-2008, 11:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Austin, TX | | | And the award for Most Transparent Drive goes to...?
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don't know yet. but i'm looking.
i'm not even sure how to go about it. i'm not really looking for an overdrive, i guess, but something more like a second, dirty channel on my amp.
i've tried boosts, but they just don't cut it enough.
and i'm looking into the Catalinbread HyperPac, but i'd like to hear both from a current owner, and a sound clip that has the unaffected sound as well. (sorry Tayste, but your wiki clips were lacking that)
i have a warm amp to begin with, but i just want something to add some grit for chorus's and such.
i have a GeminiDrive for when i want a full driven sound.
hmmm... decisions decisions. what to do, what to do?
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10-28-2008, 12:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | I don't know about transparent, but try an EBS Valve Drive. Goes from subtle crunch to almost full on grind, very natural sounding overdrive. When I think transparent, I think clean boost, but sounds like your past that.
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10-28-2008, 02:00 PM
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10-28-2008, 03:16 PM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | | The boost side on the HBE Hematoma might be what you are looking for. It's a boost, but also adds a little meat to the signal (to my ears). Plus, you get an awesome sounding OD to boot. I've also read that the EHX LPB-1 is quite similar to the boost side of the Hema. |
10-28-2008, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Austin, TX | | | hmmm... as i think about it, i'm almost looking for two boosts in one box. like, two clean boosts. one knob each. use one for a bit of drive while the other is volume. but as transparent as possible. maybe i should just build it myself? a clean boost into an LPB might be nice, as i've liked the sound of the LPB, but it's not quite dirty enough as it is.
well crap.
anyone ever try the Devi Ever Punch Love/0525?
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10-28-2008, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by cheapbasslovin  | ...you need help.
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10-28-2008, 04:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Seattle USA | | | My suggestion would be a Fulltone Bassdrive. |
10-28-2008, 04:52 PM
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has too much gas | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: auckland, new zealand/malaysia | | | i quite enjoy the gemini drive. its got a gain, and then a seperate clean volume as well. very nice. should be some clips around somewhere |
10-28-2008, 04:55 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | In terms of overdrive-type drive, transparent =/= drive. Drive = distortion, distortion = not transparent. Just saying. |
10-28-2008, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by irvinz i quite enjoy the gemini drive. its got a gain, and then a seperate clean volume as well. very nice. should be some clips around somewhere | Yeah, I was going to suggest that too, but he named it, so I think he knows about it.  |
10-28-2008, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania In terms of overdrive-type drive, transparent =/= drive. Drive = distortion, distortion = not transparent. Just saying. | I dont know if I'd agree with that necessarily. A blended distortion can sound very transparent IMO and still be rockin the distortion. Its the amount of distortion and how it colors the tone that determines it's transparency IMO. |
10-28-2008, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by coolrunner989 I dont know if I'd agree with that necessarily. A blended distortion can sound very transparent IMO and still be rockin the distortion. Its the amount of distortion and how it colors the tone that determines it's transparency IMO. | That's not transparent, that's a clean signal blended with a distorted signal. |
10-28-2008, 06:17 PM
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10-28-2008, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by AqueousView11 Barber LTD SR is supposed to be. | Any company that claims a distortion effect is "transparent" needs a smack. |
10-28-2008, 06:53 PM
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10-28-2008, 06:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Canada | | | FWIW, I'd say that a distortion/overdrive effect which retains a similar tonal balance to the unprocessed signal could be viewed as transparent-ish.... this in contrast with units which add a pronounced boost in the midrange or a cut to the lows.
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10-28-2008, 06:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | Does anybody make an OD with a plexiglass housing? Because that would be transparent!  |
10-28-2008, 07:18 PM
| | | | It's all relevant, of course they aren't going to be completely transparent, but some are more than others. For example, the tubescreamer boosts the midrange, and cuts bass, so it is not transparent. However, the LTD SR has a very flat response and you can hear your original tone. |
10-28-2008, 07:35 PM
| | ...overly qualified for janitorical deployment... | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cameron, NC USA | | | Jacques Fat Burner compressor pedal has two outputs. One is an adjustable clean boost... and I mean clean BOOOOST. |
10-28-2008, 07:52 PM
|  | Ojo. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Beaumont/Calimesa, CA | | | try a Barber LTD SR or a Fulltone Fat-Boost.
i use the Barber in very much the same way as you'd be using it: a gritty boost for the choruses. it's a low-gain and very "flat" overdrive... so the tone you put into it comes out the same but with some added grit.
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