Ok... lead tone pedal help...

wingo84

Use an elite Tele into a Victory V40 with a few pedals in between 

polytune
Xotic Wah
Philosophers Tone
SL DRIVE**
AC Booster
RC Booster
EP Booster
DD500
neunaber slate


**the Sl Drive doesn’t do it for me. I want something that I can dial in a smooth lead tone. 

Thoughts are on... 

Xotic Soul Driven
Keeley D&M
J Rockett Dude

what would you guys say? Just gathering thoughts! 

JDE

Is your amp set clean or dirty? Will you be stacking it with the AC at all?

builttospill

Clean amp setup... Muffcloud stacked with an overdrive/distortion of your choice both the sustain and volume whacked up on muffcloud

Beexter

Buffalo Fx Evolution into a clean amp. 

tone1

Muffroom Cloud into a treble booster is my current favourite 

photek

The best lead tone when I had my V40 was with a Lovepedal Hi Volt, there was one for sale in the classifieds recently. Smooth singing lead tone with plenty of eq so you can get it to sit right in the mix.

If you can't find a Hi Volt, Suhr Riot worked well as did the Bearfoot Dyna Red Distortion.

MrMusic

Analogman King of Tone or The cheaper Prince of Tone

TimmyO

2 pedals I've used in the past for a good "insta-lead" sound :-)  

Zendrive

Xotic BB Preamp (even better if you can get the 'MB Custom Shop' version where you can tune the mid boost to taste)

Both are great - as is the (discontiued but you can find them used sometimes) Zoom Hyper Lead which has a really powerful EQ

ChrisCox1994

do you mean just an eq/gain/tone thing or a "cut through the mix in a live situation" thing? 

ChrisCox1994

because between the ac,rc, ep and sl you can pretty much get any lead tone out there, minus specific fuzzy stuff haha..

koss59

The Dude is incredible if you want thick, sustaining solo tones.

Maynehead

Have you considered an EQ pedal? My cheap Joyo 6 band EQ can turn the harshest of screechy crunch tones into a smooth as a baby's bottom lead tone.

If you use it in front of the amp you can even dial in a boost a the same time as shaping the tone.

wingo84

JDE said:

Is your amp set clean or dirty? Will you be stacking it with the AC at all?

Its a single channel clean amp, great pedal platform

and I could stack with the AC... the AC is great... but just want something with more Drive really.
 ChrisCox1994 said:

do you mean just an eq/gain/tone thing or a "cut through the mix in a live situation" thing? 

Something that will drive more and get a smoother lead tone. I’d be pushing with my RC. The SL works well, just wanted a slightly less plexi tone... it’s really hard to describe