Replacing Skychord Truck Loud

[SplinteredSkull]

I've decided that I'm not digging the drive character of my Truck Loud much anymore. I like how open it is, but the breakup doesn't sound quite right for using it as a low-med gain OD.

What should I swap it for? I've been looking at the JohnK Gamma, ss/bs Mini, Vick Audio Tree of Life, Southhampton Fifth Gear, and Idiotbox Han Taun. Any word on those? I'm planning to use it as a low gain OD to use through a whole song to dirty up the signal a bit, but not hugely contrast with clean guitars. Stacking well is important too.

Right now dirt wise I'm running a 250 as a high gain OD, Volt Thrower for distortion, Joyo American as a tube breakup/emulation type tone, and an Idiotbox BB as a dist/fuzz/noisemaker.

I know that the Barbershop and Blueberry come up often for this sort of thing, but I'm not really a fan of what I've heard from the Barbershop, or when I tried out the Blueberry.

 

[mmbongo]

Creation Audio Grizzly does exactly what you are looking for. It kicked the Barbershop, Mini, and Blueberry...and about 10 others ....to the curb for me.

 

[SplinteredSkull]

No words for any of these?

 

[nshuman]

-JohnK Gamma: nice middle ground OD. Like it.
-SS/BS Mini: Super versatile. Cut only 2 Band EQ is great, very flexible, TONS of range.
-SouthAmpton Fifth Gear: Amazing, small, gives you growl, will push tubes amazingly well. It's a dirty boost/growl machine, not necessary a super flexible OD
-Haun Taun: It's a modded Klon, no experience with it, but, Klons on bass are usually kind of meh.

 

[SplinteredSkull]

-JohnK Gamma: nice middle ground OD. Like it.
-SS/BS Mini: Super versatile. Cut only 2 Band EQ is great, very flexible, TONS of range.
-SouthAmpton Fifth Gear: Amazing, small, gives you growl, will push tubes amazingly well. It's a dirty boost/growl machine, not necessary a super flexible OD
-Haun Taun: It's a modded Klon, no experience with it, but, Klons on bass are usually kind of meh.

Sounds like a Mini or Gamma would be more up my route then. Especially since I know the Mini can do lots of high gain tones too. Excane did a demo of the HT and it sounded good, but I can't trust his demos because 1. He has a very hot signal (from playing the same pedals and not getting anywhere near the same gain) and 2. We have very different tones. That 5th gear was a recent find searching these forums. I feel like I'd wait on that so I can A/B it with a Phat Phuk B.

 

[nshuman]

Sounds like a Mini or Gamma would be more up my route then. Especially since I know the Mini can do lots of high gain tones too. Excane did a demo of the HT and it sounded good, but I can't trust his demos because 1. He has a very hot signal (from playing the same pedals and not getting anywhere near the same gain) and 2. We have very different tones. That 5th gear was a recent find searching these forums. I feel like I'd wait on that so I can A/B it with a Phat Phuk B.

The Mini has TONS of range, TONS.