Drive pedal for my Carr Sportsman (Princeton type) amp

JonHosker

Trying to buy right this time.....
Advice very welcome:

OPTIONS CONSIDERING...
King of Tone....still in the queue
Buffalo TD-X
RYRA Klone
OCD
Carpe Diem by Fire

Have an MXR Echoplex pre-amp - only current pedal!!

Thanks in advance for ideas
Jon

peteri

I have a Carr Skylark - and demo'd the Sportsman, so if I remember right.

I find it loves all the classic 'into a Fender' pedals - currently I'm very much enjoying:

Klon KTR - lovely low gain TS type stuff

JHS Andy Timmons - mid gain (although it sounds wonderful for high stuff too)

Wampler Pinnacle V2 - high gain stuff.

ThorpyFX PeaceKeeper was majestic and worth a look, Gunshot I liked too. Warthog - not so much, but think that was just me.

TS9 works well (but KTR is definitely better).

Hopefully come to the top of the KoT pile next month.

I'd say the only pedal that didn't work that well was my original Marshall Guvn'r that just had something funny in the mid-range, maybe not enough low mids or I didn't persevere?

Hope this helps

Pete

Winny_Pooh

Blackstone mosfet, a couple princeton & deluxe users find it a great match. Or perhaps a nobels ODR-1 if you play single coils on the bridge pickup alot. 

dindude

I'd say consider the Bondi Sick As as an alternative to the RYRA. I haven't tried the RYRA specifically but have had straight Klones and I preferred the Sick As as you can dial the bass back in at low volumes and you can add more compression via the toggle switch, very versatile Klon type which is great when you turn the gain dial up too.

With my Sportsman I use the Sick As for low gain, an MP LGW for mid gain and a Jam Rattler (vintage rat type) for high. All work very well, and have been chosen after much experimentation and pedal swapping, but then I'd quite like to try some in your list above!

JonHosker

Thanks for all the suggestions
Jon

BBBlues

I liked the following when I had a skylark (I guess they're similar) KOT, Arc Klone, FTT SOV-2, Kinglsey Jester/Minstrel and Blue Note. Good luck.

JohnPerry

absolutely loved my Kingsley Page into the Sportsman when I had one. Minstrel too. That Sportsman is a tremendous platform for just about any decent OD in my view though

JonHosker

Thanks - bought it as a platform...glad to have these thoughts - Jester is a strong do-all shout too 

frictionfraction

Bad cat Siamese drive.  Sounds great with mine 

Wazmeister

Thorpy Peacekeeper

Bearfoot SYOD

Any Barber 

builttospill

Really liking Black Cat OD-Boost or OD-Fuzz both sound fantastic. Just Nick on YT uses a 68 Custom Princeton Reverb with most of his stuff!

fretfinder

Fulltone Fulldrive II, works well with just about everything in my experience, although I haven't played one through a Sportsman 

builttospill

Crazy Tube Circuits Blackface Stardust is amazing for blackface tones.

tone1

builttospill said:

Crazy Tube Circuits Blackface Stardust is amazing for blackface tones.

No affiliation but Joes pedals have a Stardust on his sale page st £89

ThePrettyDamned

I really liked a Blues Driver into a Princeton when I tried it in store. Match made in heaven. Bright and snarly enough to be fun without getting too nasty or flubbing out the pretty easily flubbed out (lack of) bass. 

Chris_J

ThePrettyDamned said:

I really liked a Blues Driver into a Princeton when I tried it in store. Match made in heaven. Bright and snarly enough to be fun without getting too nasty or flubbing out the pretty easily flubbed out (lack of) bass. 

Agreed!

I use a Keeley Katana Blues Driver, great match. 

57Deluxe

I get sublime drive tones with nearly all my guitars with just an EHX East River Drive into my Fender Super Reverb (and other amps) but it likes the Fenders especially. Invigorating, reliable tones and not a fortune,

JonHosker

Great shout - I'll try the East River Drive - my local music shop stocks these....thanks

octatonic

I have a Klon and a King of Tone on my board- amp is a Princeton-style Louis Electric.
It sounds godly.

JonHosker

Yep....these two are on my radar...KOT is a long wait though!! 9 months in!!

octatonic

JonHosker said:

Yep....these two are on my radar...KOT is a long wait though!! 9 months in!!

I've done it twice now- have a 3rd on order.