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I'm running my classic 50 so I have a nice medium crunch on the overdrive channel, early acdc type tone, its kinda open and bright, but works really nice for rhythm. I'm kicking on a keeley baked mod tubscreamer right now for leads, it makes the amp more aggressive and sustain more, but is making single note leads sound a little thin, especially on higher notes. It works well for riffs, but I want a big chewy, warm, sustaining lead tone with just a hint of bite. I guess I'd like to compress the top end some and thicken those notes up. Almost a fuzz type tone. I'm looking for overdrive suggestions that will get me there. So far I'm thinking an ocd, green rhino, maybe a bb pre amp? I would be using it exclusively to push an already distorted amp, or occasionally into a big muff set to low gain. Any input?

I don't know about higher gain, but the BJF Honey Bee/Mad Professor Sweet Honey OD are probably the warmest sounding ODs I've ever heard.

Not cheap but the MP can be found used on eBay for less than the BJF or you can find s clone.

The Way Huge Pork Loin is really nice. Quite flexible and it doesn't mess with your tone too much. Has the same form factor issues as the Green Rhino.

I really like the EQD White Light. Stacks well with fuzzes - actually it is great with fuzzes. Not as flexible as something like the Green Rhino but does its job well and has a more standard form factor.

EDIT: you know, I read OD but thought boost for some reason. I guess it was because the OP mentioned stacking with a fuzz which the White Light does exceptionally well. The Pork Loin can get into mild OD territory though.

I want to try a Monte Allums H20 modified BD-2 for almost the same reasons... I think that it would work well for you; but I can't say for sure. Of pedals that I have tried, the MI Audio Tube Zone might be your ticket too... It is a bit expensive, but uber versatile!

Cole

The Bucktone Black Powder OD is like a Swiss Army knife. I can dial it to sound nearly identical to a Bad Monkey or TS, or completely transparent. It has a high cut dial that lets you back off on the treble and the girth control fattens up the tone.

Klon variant.

Yeah.

OCD

So many options its almost overwhelming lol.

my bandmate also runs a c50, i love that amp

he has been using my keeley ts9dx for OD and fulltone catalyst for fuzz. sounds really really good.

Yeah I really like the amp, I actually pulled two tubes so I'm running it about 25 watts. Once I get the master up to about 7 it really sounds great.

Does anyone know of any good youtube videos of overdrives hitting amps set up to a crunch tone already? Most of the ones I'm finding are going into really clean amps.

Dude, you were already on the right track when you said BB Preamp. Specifically as a lead boost, it's really REALLY hard to beat. It does EXACTLY what you described you wanted only without giving any fuzz quality. It will sound like your amp, boosted, and give you that big, chewy, slightly compressed sustaining singing tone with the capability of dialing in that top end bite. I would get the custom shop version with the mid-boost knob so you can really shape it. It's a really awesome pedal.

If you like Keeley pedals I'd try the Keeley SD-1 for what you're going for. I gave mine to Billy but not because it wasn't awesome. It's also a great lead boost and was my favorite before I tried the BB preamp. In a shootout they were neck and neck, not because they sound similar or anything, but because they both do lead boost very well.

BB preamp forever!!!!

Bluesymetal wrote:I'm running my classic 50 so I have a nice medium crunch on the overdrive channel, early acdc type tone, its kinda open and bright, but works really nice for rhythm. I'm kicking on a keeley baked mod tubscreamer right now for leads, it makes the amp more aggressive and sustain more, but is making single note leads sound a little thin, especially on higher notes. It works well for riffs, but I want a big chewy, warm, sustaining lead tone with just a hint of bite. I guess I'd like to compress the top end some and thicken those notes up. Almost a fuzz type tone. I'm looking for overdrive suggestions that will get me there. So far I'm thinking an ocd, green rhino, maybe a bb pre amp? I would be using it exclusively to push an already distorted amp, or occasionally into a big muff set to low gain. Any input?

So I just got a Green Rhino day before yesterday -- thus, not a lot of time/experience with it yet, but it'll do what you're asking & sound great doing it. Interestingly enough, the Bad Monkey I got the GR to replace would do it very well, also. The differences, other than price? The Monkey has more of that traditional TS mid hump & a lovely, throaty sound to it; the GR is smoother, a tad more tweakable, a lot more transparent (though again, that's tweakable) and just overall sounds ... "nicer" -- though how much of that is a placebo effect because I know it's the more expensive unit, I can't tell ya.

The rest may depend upon your amp. I'm running my boosts into a Marshall 1987x reissue with a jury-rigged master volume in the fx loop, fwiw. And seriously, both those pedals sound absolutely awesome through that amp. Ymmv, o'course.

Anyone have experience with the fulltone full drive 2? I like the feature set with the second boost stage.