It’s also Danish Pete Honoré’s favorite drive, if that means anything to you.Ī healthy volume of used examples on Reverb could save you a few dollars.Ĭontinuing with the trend of transparency (whatever that actually means), the new option from EarthQuaker is the Westwood, a light-to-medium drive in the tradition of several of the others on this list. Rabea Massaad spends 15 minutes with the Lightspeed in his demo. Use this as your first gain stage for a rich tone that responds well to pick attack. It’s basically a dirty booster, but part of the newer generation of them, with its own distinct vibe. The clipping is smooth, as you would expect from something meant to just bestow the lightest amount of drive to your signal. The Freq is basically a tone, rolling in some upper mids when you want them. This is a three-knob unit featuring Loudness, Drive, and Freq controls. The Lightspeed, however, is the very natural, very mild drive from Greer, meant to do the “transparent” thing a little differently than pedals that have come before it. All of these hang around the medium to crunchy area of things. Greer makes a few drives worth your consideration, including the Tomahawk Deluxe Drive, The Southland Harmonic Overdrive, and the Elliot Little Samson. You might be able to grab a Tumnus for under $100 used on Reverb, if you’re lucky. There’s also the Tumnus Deluxe if you love the sound but want more control over the EQ.ĮytschPi42 demos the Tumnus in a lengthy video worth seeing. The J Rockett seems to have a bit more gain on tap, but if all you need is that shining finishing touch, this is an excellent option. The major advantage here (besides price) is the smaller footprint. If you understand what the Centaur is about, you understand the Tumnus. This is a pretty ideal situation, too, since pedals like the Centaur are meant to be turned on and stay on, quietly doing their part without a lot of fuss.Īs its famous predecessor, this comes with three knobs, one each for Gain, Treble, and Level. Wampler have taken it upon themselves to somehow cram everything magical and transcendent about a Klon recreation into a pedalboard-friendly package. If the large footprint pedals on this list have got you down, but you still lust after the ethereal quality of the Centaur, you’re in luck. There are hundreds of used TS9s on Reverb, so check there if you don’t need a new one. Alternatively, you could dip into the world of Tube Screamer clones for more options.Ĭheck out this shootout between the 808, TS9 and the Mini to get a feel for all three. Ibanez also maintains various versions to keep up with the imitators, including the somewhat cheaper Mini and (for 808 lovers) the very costly hand-wired version. You get knobs for Drive, Tone, and Level. It doesn’t have nearly as much gain on tap as most other overdrives, so you’ll want to go with this if you only need a little bump or tonal variation. Of course, what’s available new these days is a reissue, and with its higher output and now made with quality controlled parts, the TS9 is likely the choice for modern players. Many, many players have used it, and that almost certainly includes one of your favorite musicians.
Technically, the only difference between the two was supposed to be output, but the TS9 came later and suffered from indiscretion when it came to selecting the amplifier chips, leading to even more disagreement amongst the devout.Īll that aside, the Tube Screamer is a mid-boosting overdrive that produces a somewhat thin, relatively transparent tone that was popular for power blues players beginning in the late 70s. It’s been copied hundreds of times, in both the TS9 chip configuration seen here and the original-design TS808 chip version. Depending on your outlook, it may be either fortunate or unfortunate that it’s virtually impossible to have a discussion about overdrive that doesn’t touch on the Tube Screamer. Let’s get this one out of the way first thing.
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