🚀 go-pugleaf

Skip May <skipp@runner.ucdavis.edu> writes:

> Consider buying a Danalectro T-Bone... cheap enough at $40 and 
> will provide you with enough distortion for almost any heavy 
> dirt tone. 

Hmm.  I took your suggestion and looked around.  The T-Bone is a distortion
unit, not an overdrive, which is what I needed.  I checked around on the
net and the Danelectro "Pastrami" is their overdrive.  It's not very well
regarded, unfortunately, either in terms of its sound or (especially) its
durability.  That plastic case is a problem.  Knowing me, I'd break it in a
matter of hours and probably lose a toe in the process.

I was checking around, and used stuff is going more than the same gear new
(thank you, EBay!), so I just bit the bullet and did some price-matching
homework and got a Boss SD-1 at GC for $42.  Couldn't find a decent used
one for that.

Among serious gearheads, the SD-1 seems pretty generally regarded as the
best  overdrive in the sub-$100-MSRP class.  The Tubescreamer TS-7 has all
the history and mojo, but people who have both tend to find the SD-1 a
little better sounding, particularly in the midrange.

Being a pedal-hater, this is the first one I've bought in decades, and I
was surprised to find how well-made and well-designed it is.  I've been too
lazy to try it out with the specific amp for which I bought it, but I'm
fairly pleased already.