aheadofmetal
Active Member
I have owned tons of overdrive pedals over the years. Mainly to increase my pick attack and "tighten" the low end. Recently I have come to the amazing realization that I strongly dislike overdrive pedals for a few reasons:
Everyone uses them and most metal tones sound the same nowadays. (Peavey 6505 Maxon 808 EMG pickups).
Using EQ pedal as a boost is way more effective way of shaping your attack. It gives you way more control over the guitar and how much "boost" you are adding and on what frequency. Plus, it gives you a way more organic sound because you are not adding a diode between the guitar and preamp and essentially high-passing your guitar before the amp (although you could do this with eq if you wanted to). If you want to keep an organic sound but still like having a boost, I strongly recommend this.
Let me know your thoughts....
Everyone uses them and most metal tones sound the same nowadays. (Peavey 6505 Maxon 808 EMG pickups).
Using EQ pedal as a boost is way more effective way of shaping your attack. It gives you way more control over the guitar and how much "boost" you are adding and on what frequency. Plus, it gives you a way more organic sound because you are not adding a diode between the guitar and preamp and essentially high-passing your guitar before the amp (although you could do this with eq if you wanted to). If you want to keep an organic sound but still like having a boost, I strongly recommend this.
Let me know your thoughts....