Reverb has revealed its best-selling pedals of 2024 – and it seems we have a winner in this year’s amp modeler race

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Interesting mix of budget and high dollar pedals. Crazy that the Strymon Big Sky is still such a huge seller.

It's great to see Keeley doing so well. He seems like such a nice guy. I had a Compressor Plus, good pedal, but I found I just didn't really need it. Or maybe I did. I just hate complex-ing my signal chain and then having to drag more junk to gigs. Maybe I'm just a simple kinda guy, I dunno. I find most of the noise makers are just that, novelty noise makers with no real world application. The again I'm a bluesman.

Morning Johnny. Hope you and your family are well bro. I'm looking forward to Christmas this year. My wife always makes it nice.
 
japetus said:
I used it for years. I prefer them over the SD-1 but Waynes 808 kicked it off my board.
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i've never heard of the waynes 808...hw assignment received haha...off to my local guitar center to terrorize the kids lol
 
japetus said:
I used it for years. I prefer them over the SD-1 but Waynes 808 kicked it off my board.
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How would you compare the SD-1 to the Blues Driver? I know the SD-1 is legendary for good reason.
 
Surprised to see a Hologram Electronics effect on the list. Thought they were esoteric and niche, not mainstream.
 
JohnnyGtar said:
How would you compare the SD-1 to the Blues Driver? I know the SD-1 is legendary for good reason.
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I play a Fender Bassman, so I was using the Blues Driver as more of a fat overdrive than the traditional SD-1 way of boosting. It just sounds fatter and warmer to me for that use. Now, I could see if you are looking for a boost for a JCM 800 or something, the SD-1 might be better because it's a "tighter" sound.
 
JohnnyGtar said:
How would you compare the SD-1 to the Blues Driver? I know the SD-1 is legendary for good reason.
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as far as how it's built ..... The BD-2 is a bit more complex circuit wise .... it utilizes JFETS .... which the SD-1 does not .... the clipping section is a bit different ... there's a few other things ..
 
japetus said:
I play a Fender Bassman, so I was using the Blues Driver as more of a fat overdrive than the traditional SD-1 way of boosting. It just sounds fatter and warmer to me for that use. Now, I could see if you are looking for a boost for a JCM 800 or something, the SD-1 might be better because it's a "tighter" sound.
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Thanks, man!
 
griff10672 said:
as far as how it's built ..... The BD-2 is a bit more complex circuit wise .... it utilizes JFETS .... which the SD-1 does not .... the clipping section is a bit different ... there's a few other things ..
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Do you have a schematic on hand for a stock BD-2?
 
JohnnyGtar said:
I wish I would have learned electronics when I was a young man. Now my old addled brain would burn itself out trying to understand.
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I maxed out my brain learning how to wire a basic 12v system on a motorcycle. I see all those squiggly lines on a schematic and my brain starts hurting. My kid on the other hand is gonna rewire my Viper for me. I don't get it.🤷‍♂️
 
VonBonfire said:
I maxed out my brain learning how to wire a basic 12v system on a motorcycle. I see all those squiggly lines on a schematic and my brain starts hurting. My kid on the other hand is gonna rewire my Viper for me. I don't get it.🤷‍♂️
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this is all you have to worry about
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