I need some suggestions for things to try. I am trying to get the Mad Professor Sweet Honey overdrive sound in an effect. It is a very transparent overdrive but add some chime and sustain without really changing the tone so much. I've been playing with the Green Scream and while it doesn't sound bad it isn't what I'm trying to get. I can just put my pedal in front of the KPA, but if anyone has some ideas on approaching it with another internal effect let me know. I've tried a few other but they seem to be more distortion or fuzz. Rather than continue I thought I might ask and reduce my curve a little.
Overdrive Suggestions
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I've read of a few people using an OD in front of the KPA, and saying the built in ones aren't as good -- I've just ordered the Seymour Duncan 805 overdrive for exactly this purpose... but it isn't here yet, so I can't give you anything better than that!
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Hey there
do you know that the Joyo "F-36 Sweet Baby" pedal is a clone of the Mad Professor pedal...? I have one and it works well with the KPA, especially with profiles that already have a bit overdrive. The sound gets then more transparent with the Sweet Baby....Cheers
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Have you thought about using the gain pedal option with an expression pedal? It adds gain without changing the overall profile structure. I use the pure boosters alot but when it came to one of my Mesa profiles it just didn't react the way I wanted it no matter what I tried. I tried the gain pedal on it and it blew me away.
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I don't know the sound you try to aim for (good basis to give tips, i know
) but you might wanna try the parallel path function and mix the overdriven signal to the "normal" signal. -
I just bought the Mad Professor Simble Pedal,
with this added, in my opinion, many Rigs sounds much more natural
Its great Pedal for all purposes. -
I have tons and tons of OD pedals, but the One I always use is the AC booster. (Xotic Effects) - is the bee all and end all of OD pedals. (IMO).. The Honey bee is good, but I did not like the Tonestack on it much..
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I just bought the Mad Professor Simble Pedal,
with this added, in my opinion, many Rigs sounds much more natural
Its great Pedal for all purposes.I saw that one and it was definitely interesting. What you described is what I'm looking to accomplish within the KPA if possible.
the AC booster. (Xotic Effects) - is the bee all and end all of OD pedals. (IMO).
Have you made any attempts to replicate it within the KPA? It seems all of the OD/Dist options are going to be more distortion based. I will try some of the other ideas presented, but it may just be a matter of leaving the pedal in front of the KPA and I would then gain an open slot...(nice bee reference.)
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I've tried a few other but they seem to be more distortion or fuzz.
the Plus DS is really more of an overdrive than a distortion - despite it's name. It has a certain mellow quality to it, that I like. -
here's a setting I call 'Fat Cat OD'
Mouse ->
Studio EQMouse
Drive 0
Tone -3.3
Volume -5Studio EQ
Low Freq 60.3 Hz
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Bshaw92,
I'm up to a couple dozen OD pedals so far, and the Sweet Honey was the one that made me a Bjorn Juhl believer. I liked the BJF Honey Beest a bit more (better active EQ section, more body) and the Sparkling Yellow OD1/3 even more (I have both. The 'American Mode' has a slightly brighter, more transient character that helps rhythm guitars jump out of the mix.)
Those are for rhythm. For lead, it's the creamy Mad Professor Amber Overdrive. I have all of these running at extremely low drive levels into relatively gainy (JCM-800ish) amp models. I know it sounds like I have some kind of crush on Mad Professor/Bearfoot FX, but I'm cutting to the chase here or this could be a very long winded post!
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Two "master of the obvious" overdrive suggestions:
Turning up the profile Gain up a little bit pushes the front end up the amp like a transparent pedal does.
Find a dynamic sounding profile that has entirely too much gain to be useful for you. Turn the Gain down just enough for it to be a boosted sound for you - it will be just as, if not more, dynamic than it was before.
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They said Klon is transparent and Arc Effects V2 is a cheaper version. I like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IagqxGNxxnYTim is also transparent to me as well as Okko Diablo.
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Find a dynamic sounding profile that has entirely too much gain to be useful for you. Turn the Gain down just enough for it to be a boosted sound for you - it will be just as, if not more, dynamic than it was before.
or, turn down the volume pot on your guitar to adjust the gain. -
or, turn down the volume pot on your guitar to adjust the gain.+1,000,000 That's my favorite way of doing it
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Never been a fan of boost pedals, I get my tone and I'm happy with it, why mess with it? I might add some treble or cut bottom and add mids but only with the amps EQ and only if I wasn't in a 3 piece band and don't really have much competition in my frequency range. I use a clean boost post amp and/or Pure Boost in the pre section and I kill any mod effects for solos. Nothing dramatic just boosting what I already like.
