So I have an Ampeg BA108. I’ve enjoyed it for years but I’m planning to get an RB-210 now. I have never used a pedal. I like to play this amp jacked pretty much to the max. The speaker is not blown. I play with my thumb and index mostly, pretty stoner rock style but usually softly. When I “dig in” I have a feeling it’s more like the average intensity a lot of others play with as opposed to their digging in. I guess O have a soft touch. One thing I LOVE about this amp is that at max volume I can keep a clean tone with a soft touch, but if I dig in it distorts. I’m not sure if it’s the speaker being driven too hard or if it’s that amp itself that distorts. I assume the latter. This will be what I miss so I want to be able to recreate that distortion with a pedal. I don’t want every note I play to have distortion, in fact I’d prefer basically zero distortion/overdrive unless I choose to increase the force of my plucking. Transparent would be nice since again I’m after a purely clean tone and only what the overdriven sound when I pluck harder. Maybe all overdrive pedals are touch sensitive I don’t know..
What I’ve seen that looks like it may fit the bill is an 80’s or early 90’s DOD250, possibly a spaceman Saturn VI, ampeg scrambler or perhaps any number of dark glass pedals that I don’t really understand. The videos on their website just are so far from my playing style that it’s hard to know what I’d be working with personally. Any advice for a total pedal noob is most welcomed!
What I’ve seen that looks like it may fit the bill is an 80’s or early 90’s DOD250, possibly a spaceman Saturn VI, ampeg scrambler or perhaps any number of dark glass pedals that I don’t really understand. The videos on their website just are so far from my playing style that it’s hard to know what I’d be working with personally. Any advice for a total pedal noob is most welcomed!
