Hi I had a pedalboard get stolen recently and I'm building the replacement. I had a JPTR Jive and a mxr phase 90 with boost as my boost options on the last board. On this board I wanted to get the JPTR Jive again, but they are really hard to find and I'm in a hurry so I can't preorder a deluxe. Who knows maybe someone will sell one tomorrow. I'm definitely getting the DCX for tubey od/saturation and I was thinking maybe something like the Sanamp to replace the jive for the warm always on sound or for the nice high gain sound. In my head they sound similar but I'm curious what do yall think? I would get the sansamp but it's too big, the pedal needs to be about the same size as a jptr jive, the normal compact enclosure you see most of the time. Do I just want an svt gain pedal like the Broughton SV Pre?
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- Thread starter TravisUdallBass
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Broughton or @Sushi Box FX would be my choice. With Sushi Box FX you can real tube goodness in several flavors. The Underground Accelerator is an excellent all purpose preamp pedal with a wide range from clean to full saturation. He also offers several tube preamp/DI combo pedals that are most excellent.
Yeah i don't mind that at all! What would your recomendaciones be if I asked for non preamp style pedals? I have a noble on this board, also have a hx stomp so I can do eq, etc on there.
Jive user here.
I don't think Sansamps sounds similar to Jive.
I would get TC Eleletronic Spark (four knobs version) if were you. I own and use one myself.
It is cheap and sounds similar (enough) to Jive. Once you get your next Jive, you can relegate the Spark to booster/EQ duty...
I don't think Sansamps sounds similar to Jive.
I would get TC Eleletronic Spark (four knobs version) if were you. I own and use one myself.
It is cheap and sounds similar (enough) to Jive. Once you get your next Jive, you can relegate the Spark to booster/EQ duty...
Like many here I have a collection of drive pedals but I often turn to one of my Source Audio pedals when looking to create something unique or particular because of all the possibilities in those little magic boxes. The Aftershock has a number of classic often hard to find 'engines' as starting places and then all the tools to customize those for any need. Ultrawave and Artifakt take things to even more exotic textures. Any of them can cover a broad spectrum of drive, fuzz and distortion as well as cover a lot of possibilities.
Idk man the jive is based in a SHO is a clean boost with jfet, the sansamp also has jfet. They are just pushing the transistor to get the sound so it's just the clipping switches that make the Jive unique and the eq/other circuits that make a sansamp unique. Based off of that knowledge and listening to demos + looking for a similar price I bought the Broughton SV Pre, a jfet pre. The gain/saturation sounds really similar to my ears. I'll have a better take in this when it gets here, but I've never owned a sansamp so I can only base my idea of it on youtube clips and recordings I know used it. I'm going to have it as always in saturation for rock sounds and probably send the DCX into it or use something on the stomp for higher gain settings. Or maybe I'll just hunch over and juice the SV pre every now and then
