Alternative to TS types for a boost: OCD?

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Bxlxaxkxe said:
Techdeath talked me into buying an OCD when the Fulltone news broke out the other week. Been a LONG time since I’ve played one and I gotta say, it rips as a boost. I’m surprised and it’s nice to have something different from the 30 TS types I have in a drawer.

I get bored of most stuff quickly so time will tell, but aside from a TS type, my favorites are the Koko boost and OCD.

I should do a clip comparing them all. Maybe if I get some time this week. Thinking Buxom Boost, Koko, 805, OCD, Green Rhino, SD1. Have a Tim but I don’t like that as much as a boost - feel like it works better as a mild OD to give you a couple notches more gain with the same general tone you already have. Missing anything obvious that should be in there?

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For the Marshall, try an MXR Custom Badass Modified OD, or a Zakk Wylde. Cheap, and quite effective. Excellent with Marshalls. I've been really talking up the Mesa Flux Drive here for awhile. It kicks ass. I love it!
 
hammered said:
You've got me interested in the Jam Ray . Are you using it set as a clean boost ?
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I had a Jam Ray and it sucked, (IMO). Way TOO clean, no grit. Just added flub.

If you want clean, yet aggressive grit if wanted, Flux Drive. I've raved about mine, it's a kickass pedal.
 
napalmdeath said:
I had a Jam Ray and it sucked, (IMO). Way TOO clean, no grit. Just added flub.

If you want clean, yet aggressive grit if wanted, Flux Drive. I've raved about mine, it's a kickass pedal.
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I had the Flux Drive years ago . Wouldn’t be the the first time I revisited a OD pedal for the 2nd sometimes 3rd , 4th time
 
napalmdeath said:
I had a Jam Ray and it sucked, (IMO). Way TOO clean, no grit. Just added flub.

If you want clean, yet aggressive grit if wanted, Flux Drive. I've raved about mine, it's a kickass pedal.
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Not mine. Def more grit than an SD1.
 
Anyone has tried the Seymour Forza or the Wessex Bogner to boost an overdriven sound?
 
KHDK No.1 and No.2.

I don't see KHDK mentioned often. It is often my preference.
 
Bxlxaxkxe said:
I think a good old EQ is first gap I need to fill.

Maybe try a Nobels after that. Haven’t heard any clips of it as a boost for high gain that I like though so not sure about that one
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The Wampler take on that circuit has a bass knob, which is essential imo, for using it as a boost for high gain tone. There's an od shootout on my youtube where I used the Wampler Belle to push a 2204. Sounded good. The trick for me with Klon circuit is getting the gain knob at 9 or above, where it cuts out a decent amount of bass and adds some mids. Still, it's more tubby sounding than an SD-1, TS or any pedal where you can pull the bass right out.
 
I never liked TS with JCM, my boosts of choice have always been an OCD or BB Preamp.
 
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