Boss blues driver, get it keeley modded if you can. The mg is a bluesbreaker style circuit while the bb felt more like a tubescreamer. I started looking into this after doing some makeovers to a couple of joyo pedals i had. Its widely used as a clean boost, but also has some compression qualities and can also be used as very nice and transparent overdrive. Guitar overdrive pedals your ultimate guide from andertons music.
I messed with the eq a bit and found that taking the bbs treble down a bit was beneficial, too. The xotic bb preamp is probably our favourite overdrive pedal. The fulltone full drive 2 is also a nice pedal as well as the reverend train. The ones ive included here are those that are readily available off ebay. From pristine clean boost to smooth overdriven sound, the bb preamp lets you dial in just the right lead tone you want with its 2band active eq. Once someone releases a new blues driver style pedal i will.
See who uses xotic effects bb preamp, including keith urban, andy timmons, jack. Until i plugged into xotic effects, i didnt think it was possible to love them both at the same time unless i bypassed the pedalboard altogether. The bb can get close to the rc and then go from grind to distortion. Confronto overdrive ts10, bb preamp, vdl, od2, bd2, high gain. That said, while i the grunge is pretty cool i cant see myself using it all that much so maybe that will go in time as well. The pedal is equipped with incredibly flexible tone shaping options to help customize your sound. The soul driven was released in 2016, making it a relatively new addition to the xotic family, developed in collaboration with allen hinds to be his signature drive pedal. Between the rc, ac, and bb, you can cover all your boost, overdrive, and gain needs. If your looking for a fun od, get the crayon, or a caline orange bust, as i do. So i wanted to add a od type pedal to my setup and after a lot of good advise from people in here, i stumbled onto the boss wazacraft blues drive. The new xotic effects soul driven overdrive pedal, is based upon the limited edition signature allen hinds soul driver ah pedal from last year.
The bb1x is more a tone shaping preamp with some tube punch added. Ive read lots of people wrongly attributing the bb as a bluesbreaker where it. Although i can get very close with the bb gain at 0, the rc works a little magic in the mids that makes the bass sound better. I have had very good luck using the way huge green rhino for the affect you describe. Xotic releases the andy timmons bb preamp premier guitar. Boss blues driver and xotic bb preamp discussion in effects, pedals, strings. This is what i was looking to add to my pedal board. The crayon is more a straightahead boost in the vein of the coloursound power booster, which is what the silly name is likely referencing. To my ears it is similar to a ts with an added tweak of bass response and blend of the original signal. For some reason the bb doesnt behave with my older units as it does with the new ones.
But initially i did have a similar impression about the bb, but that was at quiet levels. Is a blues drivertype circuit redundant on a board with. Blues driver vs ocd, and a little bb preamp youtube. So is the bd2 bosss take on a blues breaker tone as one would guess at by the name. I find that putting on the rc booster after which ever od im using really smooths things out too.
I guess these would be more similar in the niche they fill to the blues, so maybe that would go. I have a zoom pd01 klone and a caline orange burst xotic bb preamp clone, so yeah, pretty diferent animals. Bbpcomp a few years ago, xotic effects and andy timmons partnered to recreated the original bb to what is now know as the andy timmons signature model bbat. The bb preamp, much like the tube screamer, is extremely good at two things. Lets do quick comparison of the bb preamp with the ac booster and rc booster pedals. Within fifteen minutes of plugging in the xotic, i knew without a doubt that this was going to be my go to overdrive distortion pedal. Discussion in the stomp box started by adamlovesgin, mar 7, 2016. It is thicker sounding than the ts9, which i think is more essential with single coils vs humbuckers. Xotic effects soul driven, a new harmonically rich.
The blues driver to me sounds more compressed with a slight scoop to the eq, the bb preamp is more open and much more mid focused and. Boss blues driver and xotic bb preamp the gear page. In this video i talk about how it can be great to stack overdrive pedals to get a variety of overdriven tones. I bought these first,several years ago, and they both sound very good. Trademark tone without the hassle more distortion than ac booster. J rockett archer ikon representing the klon style, xotic soul driven representing the tube screamer style and wampler plexidrive. The result was a more aggressive bbpreamp that today remains one of our best selling pedals. Seth compares some of the most popular overdrive styles.
The bb gives you a more sustained focused lead tone than the ac. Good reference for the bb preamp tones is andy timmons. It has qualities reminiscent of some other pedals tube screamers, blues driver, etc but it has its own unique voicing that shines through with. I had a blues driver and liked it ok, but i like the. Well, more like over 200 so far, and hopefully well find more to add to the list of effect pedal clones. The bb preamp is a great sounding soft distortion and sustain pedal. Confronto tra overdrive, xotic bb preamp, vdl overdrive, boss blues driver e turbo overdrive, ibanez ts10. The bb also utilizes a pregain stage which allows the pedal to go from a very pristine clean to a very smooth,compressed, overdriven sound. The bb is based on an old marshall bluesbreaker circuit. Id hope to use the opportunity to maybe get rid of one of my digitechs. Bassdrive vs xotic bb vs rc booster vs tone hammer my. Put the ep in front of the bb or the sd1 and i have my core setup.
Having the bb into the cornell 2018 plexi is as close to sonic nirvana as ive ever gotten in my practice room. With a reputation for natural sound and smooth compression, the original bb preamp became an instant hit with guitar players and a. It has both a 14 inch input and output and is powered by either a nine volt battery or power supply. Its a sound that i cant get out of my blues driver or modded ts9. I have used a tube screamer and blues driver for years and years as well as some mooer pedals as of late that i. Search in titles only search in effects and processors only search. The xotic effects bb preamp is an analog overdrive pedal designed for use with electric guitar. The tube screamer is a nice pedal and i think if it was between a stock bd2 and the tube screamer i would choose the tube screamer. Different flavors, both nice in different situations. I will be using a bb preamp, euphoria, and a ts808.
This week chappers and the captain take a look at guitar hero andy timmons pedal from jhs and xotic. Has both treble and bass,much better than just passive rolloff. Demo and comparison for a friend of my ocd and blues driver. I use the caline as an actual od, while the zoom pd01 is a always on pedal, keeping things nicer while pushing my amp. The bb preamp is not based on the old marshall blues breaker. I know its analog but it has a very tube break up tone to it. Far more affordable compared to tube screamers or klons, the bd2 is distinctive. Bb preamp at andy timmons 2017 edition please comment below and let me know what you think. But hey the blues driver does it, and its stood the test of time for almost 25 years. Xotic describe their new pedal as a transparent, harmonically rich overdrive. In order to please everybody, the bb preampcomp features a toggle switch to go from no compression at all, to a bit compressed current bb preamp and to more compressed early bb preamp and andy timmons models.
The bb preamp from xotic opens your tonal options to a wide variety of sounds. The og bb is not a bluesbreaker, but it is my favorite pedal here. Heres another kicker with it, it made my tc electronics dark matter sound. I love the way those pronounced uppermids cut through a mix. I like the bb preamp best because im a bluesrock guy.
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