it's certainly cool. I like the fact that it seems to want to runaway with any note sustain. Definitely colors the sound... not like a Tube Screamer, but really imparts its to every guitar I play it with. Mid punch works great with old 4 input Marshalls. Nice and loud as well. The Best? I don't feel that, but it's very good. The most versatile OD/Boost I use is my ODR-1. I have 2 on my board, one is always on. At lower gain, it has this uncompressed sound that still lets you milk the piss out of any note. Doesn't color the sound, all the sparkly highs are still there. Feeds an overdrive channel great and stacks with other pedals (the other ODR, an EP booster, and a EQD grey channel) really well. I have my Soul Food on another board that I use when I playing some of my old Marshalls. Great vid.
@@andrewsiemon looks like a TS, sounds NOTHING like a TS. The TS has a pronounced mid hump, somewhat attenuated highs and lows The ODR is very full range, and the tone control is not a treble cut, but more of a mid band pass. I have an old one and 3 new ones... they sound identical to my ear. If you have used TS's and been unimpressed (as I have) the ODR will be a game changer. What Tube Screamers are EXCELLENT for is taking old 4 input Marshalls (which are very bright, with scooped mids) and making a full, authoritative lead tone. The pedal shaves off enough highs to combat the shrill qualities of old Marshalls while providing the mids that a great lead tone needs.
@@andrewsiemon The TS-808, and later TS-9 solved a problem... make a shrill loud Marshall high gain and full. Old Marshalls are very bright. The old joke was that a Marshall had a bass control, 2 treble controls, and a 'hiss' control. The mid was tuned so high, it felt like a treble control, The Presence was the 'hiss' control.
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it's certainly cool. I like the fact that it seems to want to runaway with any note sustain. Definitely colors the sound... not like a Tube Screamer, but really imparts its to every guitar I play it with. Mid punch works great with old 4 input Marshalls. Nice and loud as well. The Best? I don't feel that, but it's very good. The most versatile OD/Boost I use is my ODR-1. I have 2 on my board, one is always on. At lower gain, it has this uncompressed sound that still lets you milk the piss out of any note. Doesn't color the sound, all the sparkly highs are still there. Feeds an overdrive channel great and stacks with other pedals (the other ODR, an EP booster, and a EQD grey channel) really well. I have my Soul Food on another board that I use when I playing some of my old Marshalls. Great vid.
I just checked out the ODR-1. Looks a lot like the older Tube Screamer and it’s not too expensive
@@andrewsiemon looks like a TS, sounds NOTHING like a TS. The TS has a pronounced mid hump, somewhat attenuated highs and lows The ODR is very full range, and the tone control is not a treble cut, but more of a mid band pass. I have an old one and 3 new ones... they sound identical to my ear. If you have used TS's and been unimpressed (as I have) the ODR will be a game changer. What Tube Screamers are EXCELLENT for is taking old 4 input Marshalls (which are very bright, with scooped mids) and making a full, authoritative lead tone. The pedal shaves off enough highs to combat the shrill qualities of old Marshalls while providing the mids that a great lead tone needs.
Yeah I don't like the sound of Tube Screamers either. They sound "mushy" to me. Thanks for the input, you sound pretty knowledgable.
@@andrewsiemon The TS-808, and later TS-9 solved a problem... make a shrill loud Marshall high gain and full. Old Marshalls are very bright. The old joke was that a Marshall had a bass control, 2 treble controls, and a 'hiss' control. The mid was tuned so high, it felt like a treble control, The Presence was the 'hiss' control.