The bd2 earned its place in the stompbox hall of fame thanks to those evolutions and the ways it continues to. But wit what you are asking on the poll i would go with the soul food. Why put out a pedal so closely related to your other pedal, but better. Really, any good boost pedal like a ep booster or a treble booster will serve you well. But again, i am a proponent of using a tubescreamer as a boost as it will help your leads cut through more than a clean boost would. We tested a tube screamer, a fulltone ocd, an ehx soul food, proco rat and a fulltone plimsoul back to back. Guy fieri dives into hearty helpings of comfort food from atlanta to utah. The safe and least expensive bet is the micro amp, though. The verdict with the right setting, the soul food is the kind of tone shaping tool you can keep on all the time.
According to actress nicole ari parker, showtimes hit series soul food might make a return although parker left fans in a. Jul 21, 2019 the first step in chasing down the dumble drive is to recreate that pregain eq circuit on the floor using a common graphic equalizer pedalsuch as the boss ge7 or a mxr eq of the six or ten band variation before a vintage voiced overdrive pedal, like the boss blues driver bd2. I know the crayon has two eq knobs, the soul food has one. The klon is beyond the means of most of us, but if youre looking for that type of touchsensitive, transparent overdrive and boost that keeps your core sound intact, the soul food delivers it, with a small bump in the low.
Without the brightcap it does the slightlydirty clean thing great and works really well as a clean boost. As such, even getting two different overdrives could be a good idea. Something more transparent like a soul food or a blues driver to give your amp distortion, and a tubescreamer for a lead boost. But after extensive research, entirely food related, it is also the place of chicken livers, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, and cornbread.
This handmade, customorder overdrive pedal has become a pedalboard standby for players of all genres, including guitarists like marc ribot, eric krasno, brad whitford, and jimmy herring enthusiasm among bigname players has, of course, been a large cause for the. Fulltone ocd obsessive compulsive drive overdrive guitar effects pedal. In its time, it has inspired pedal tinkerers, builders, and even its own parent company to make the humble overdrive even better. They learn the archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the education authority. Way better than my pork loin that cost twice as much. Ive heard good things about stacking ocds and bluesdrivers with the soul food, but just wanted to get some more suggestions. Its very good at clean boosts but not at sweet as the soul food, and pretty good at a greasy saturated overdrive but doesnt have quite the gain and definition of the ocd. It looks like the reported reboot of martin will have some company. Are the soul food, ocd, and bd2 completely different. The reason i went with the soul food is the combination of clean boostod for the price and footprint that comes with the bonus option of a quality buffer as the rest of my stuff is true bypass. Electroharmonix soul food distortionfuzzoverdrive pedal.
Overdrive and distortion pedals can be divided in two categories. I have a soul food and play a strat into a drri and let me say, on the brightcap input of my amp, that sf is crazy sharp on the top end. Fulltone ocd v1 series 4 obsessive compulsive drive pedal. You really cant go wrong, especially if youre after a bluesier tone. More than 20 years on, the boss bd2 blues driver has become a staple for players across genres. The only thing is, this would be utterly stupid for ehx to do. Is the jhs morning glory a clone of a cheaper pedal too. Why is the analogman king of tone in such high demand. But when we used it in the 80s i dont recall anyone thinking it was a great pedal or even a good one it was usually the only one. The blues driver sounds awsome on my old kent all tube amp which was the main reason i bought it. What has kept the blues driver on my board compared to the others is the dynamic response. Transparent and mids scooped and on the other side of the spectrum, compressed and mids boosted. The soul food is ehxs take on the transparent overdrive of the klon centaur, and an excellent complement to a valve amp. The nations official soul blues and southern soul albums chart.
I dont mind it doesnt take a battery as i have a awsome dan electro power supply. I just ordered a soul food to boost my big muff pi. I use a clean signal from the amp and would need a pedal that makes it a little more gritty. Blues driver easily, but my opinion of the soul food is that its one of the worst pedals on the market. The klon and soul food both have boosted mids just a little. Boss blues driver vs electro harmonix soul food overdrive pedal shootout duration. This might be good and usable in some cases but way too much for what i have going on right now. One nice thing about this pedal is it has boosted power rails which provide a higher voltage to the circuit. Oct 24, 2017 we tested a tube screamer, a fulltone ocd, an ehx soul food, proco rat and a fulltone plimsoul back to back. The bd2 is designed to be more of an overdrive pedal. And amazon even took it upon them selves to split my order in two so everything would arrive faster. Arching the eqs frequency sliders into subtle variations. I just got a soul food, which is a transparent od from ehx. Soul food has an internal switch to activate a buffer or make it true bypass.
I own and use a soul food, and i love it for the purposes you describe. Jun, 2019 it interacts nicely with drive pedals, too. I was torn between the joyo ultimate drive ocd clone and the soul food. The top 10 bluesapproved overdrivedistortion pedals. Jul 31, 2019 i find the ibanez tube screamer ts808, boss bd2 blues driver, fulltone ocd, mxr custom badass modified o.
The analogman king of tone overdrive pedal has earned a reputation reserved for only the highest echelon of effects units. The transparent and mids scooped models were originally designed in the late 60s and early 70s to drive large tube stacks into distortion. This popular pedal provides instant access to the kind of warm overdrive and emotive distortion usually. No issues to be had at all, and the amp interacted nicely with each. This is the best bangforthebuck blues driver that i am aware of having tried similar pedals from the large manufacturers. The bd2 adds a higher end gain and a bit of sparkle to the sound that the soul food doesnt. The blues highway and soul food the south in my mouth. Had a standard soul food in the past and couldnt get along with it.
I have both on my board and they are completely different sounding pedals. Its double the price of a soul food, but there is something undeniable about the tone. Erd vs soul food erd won ordered both the erd and soul food through sweetwater. But if youre the kind of purist who lets these kind of distinctions ruin your fun, you should probably skip this movie and go hang out at buddy guys legends. How to get a blazing country guitar sound guitar world. It aims for transparency, without the compression or midbump you might get with a tube screamertype overdrive. Just got the bass soul food and i wanted to resurrect this thread since i wasnt able to find a lot of info on it.
The controls allow for all the sound manipulation once could expect in a package this small and the size itself helps with ease of portability or fitting more stomp boxes on a pedal board. By the way, your screamin blues would be similar to a boss blues driver, and a lot of people used those the same way the use klons soul food now. The rest of us can enjoy calloway as the blues brothers mentor, brown as a charismatic preacher, charles as a blind, guntoting music store owner and franklin as a soul food restaurateur. Some might say its thinner sounding because of less midrange hump. Electroharmonix soul food pedal this is a new overdrive pedal from the electroharmonix company in new york which is basically a copy of the klon. Nicole ari parker mulls over soul food reunion vibe. Whether or not the soul food lives up to the legend of the klon is a different discussion, but the soul food is a celebrated clean boost in its own right. The ehx jhs modded soul food, the boss blues driver with keeley modifications and the original 80s maxon ibanez tube screamer od pedal. I prefer the soulfood as a boost with some added midrange, its much cleaner and natural sounding than the bd2. So im just wondering if anyone knows of a good pedal to stack with a soul food for a bit of grit and distortion, but something that can pronounce chords decently and could drive a bass big muff. Best overdrive pedals for guitarists 2020 crambler.
Consistently nice tones from gritty boosts to fuzzy overdrive. All of these 3 pedals go in slightly different directions. View entire discussion 8 comments more posts from the guitarpedals community. Whether or not the soul food lives up to the legend of the klon is a different discussion, but the soul food.
This handmade, customorder overdrive pedal has become a pedalboard standby for players of all genres, including guitarists like marc ribot, eric krasno, brad whitford, and jimmy herring. It aims for transparency, without the compression or midbump you might get with a. Cranbourne music top 5 overdrive shootout cranbournemusic. Buy electroharmonix soul food distortionfuzzoverdrive pedal. Sunday, november 10th the shakespeare pubs 28th annual blues. This will boost your output giving you a boomier bass with a high gain setting or a nice boost to your.
I like vintage tones, for all types of blues and some progressive rock. If the soul food exploded because of the sound you get for the price point, the timmy might stand on sound alone. Three ways to nail the dumble sound on a budget reverb news. Aug 02, 2014 electroharmonix soul food pedal this is a new overdrive pedal from the electroharmonix company in new york which is basically a copy of the klon.
The klon is beyond the means of most of us, but if youre looking for that type of touchsensitive, transparent overdrive and boost that keeps your core sound intact, the soul food delivers it, with a small bump in the lowmids and a range of gain from clean boost up to mid. To my ears they have some similarities, but i like the soul food better than the modded blues driver i had. Tsstyle drives boost mids, taper highs and lows, and add some compression and a bit of clean, undistorted signal to the mix. Nov 23, 2015 its a soul food with a jhs type mod jeez, i hope so. The stock soul food is a great pedal for the price but towards the upper gain levels it sounds a bit thin and shrill.
Both are great sounding pedals and great values, but the erd just sounds so much more creamy and meaty. These changes improve the stock pedal in every way and even with the mods the pedal is incredibly affordable. Apr 21, 2016 the electroharmonix soul food overdrive pedal is a tasty, transparent boostoverdrive pedal that can produce some great sounds. This edition of the blues driverthe bd2wincludes the originals controls for volume, tone and drive and, as with the other waza craft pedals, it includes a switch to activate standard mode denoted by the s or custom mode indicated by the c. It is a place of historic suffering, which is why the blues were invented there. Tc electronic dark matter distortion guitar effects pedal bundle 960720001. Shop chewy for the best wet dog food on the market. The soul food was a great match for the p90s, and with the treble knob on the soul food set to tame the p90s more sizzling side, i got a very big and robust clean sound. The boss bd2w blues driver waza craft takes the overdrive game and throws a new rulebook in its face. Jul 23, 2015 cranbourne music top 5 overdrive shootout cranbournemusic. The bd2 delivers the creamy, slightly crunchy sound associated with great blues guitar.
The bass soul food is just that, a four knob soul food, although the fourth knob with a signal mix. Blues driver or soul food for my setup help please. It is much tamer than its orange cousin the ds1, but it can put out a fair amount of distortion with the gain knob cranked up. Transparent drives are great for adding gain or boost to a sound you dont want to alter, like a second channel or gain stage. The boss bd2 blues driver is a relatively inexpensive overdrive pedal featuring high quality boss construction. In praise of the humble, underrated boss blues driver. Animations, gameplays, and parodies, is what my channel will revolve around. They are available to offer you personalized product advice any time you need it. The blues brothers 1980 the blues brothers 1980 user. Electroharmonix east river drive classic overdrive pedal. The custom mode adds a beefy lowend and increased sustain ideal for blues, stoner rock and metal.