Hamstead Odyssey overdrive/distortion/fuzz pedal

rico

Saw this on That Pedal Show - it sounds amazing and incredibly flexible.



Blurb from the website:

AN UNBELIEVABLE JOURNEY THROUGH TONE

Our obsession with tone and electronic design has driven us to push the boundaries of what a drive pedal can be. This is Odyssey: One analogue circuit by Peter Hamstead, countless sublime classic and contemporary tones. With interactive controls for unbelievable versatility, Odyssey can take you on a journey from clean boost with tone shaping, to classic rock, through to heavy metal, and all the way to oversaturated fuzz. The sweet spot is wherever you want it to be - whether you simply want to find your sonic nirvana, or embark on an epic adventure of discovery.

Odyssey Features:

3 Clipping Circuits • Guitar & Amp Tone Shaping • 18dB of Clean Treble & Bass Boost & Cut
Transparent Overdrive • Mid Boost Overdrive • Medium Gain Overdrive
Rock Overdrive & Distortion • Metal & Doom Distortion • Fuzz 

An optical OptoKick footswitch from our friends at TheGigRig.

Electronic design by Peter Hamstead. Dreamt up & voiced by Tim Steer.

http://www.hamsteadsoundworks.com/odyssey/

prlgmnr

Sounded good to me, tempted to get one ordered as I was expecting it to be about another hundred quid over what they're actually selling for,

rico

prlgmnr said:

Sounded good to me, tempted to get one ordered as I was expecting it to be about another hundred quid over what they're actually selling for,

Yeah same so i've ordered one!

tone1

It reminds me of a DR Scientist the Elements

edit...An optical OptoKick footswitch from our friends at TheGigRig.
Did Dan have full disclosure about his financial involvement when he was raving about it?

prlgmnr

tone1 said:

It reminds me of a DR Scientist the Elements

edit...An optical OptoKick footswitch from our friends at TheGigRig.
Did Dan have full disclosure about his financial involvement when he was raving about it?

Yeah he failed to keep that one a secret which I'm sure would have been an incredibly lucrative ruse for him had he only managed to keep quiet about it.

rico

Update: this pedal is bloody awesome. It could replace all dirt pedals on my board easily. It’s immensely flexible and the range of sounds is superb. Even at extreme settings it still sounds great and very usable. I love the foot switch too. 

UnclePsychosis

What Mick and Dan do is so removed from my taste that I find it hard to judge. I prefer the demos of The Elements by Dr Scientist to what they do with the Hampstead here. 

rico

UnclePsychosis said:

What Mick and Dan do is so removed from my taste that I find it hard to judge. I prefer the demos of The Elements by Dr Scientist to what they do with the Hampstead here. 

I hope PGS Andy does a demo!

lovebuzz

i bet fuzz is its weak spot

rico

lovebuzz said:

i bet fuzz is its weak spot

Couldn’t be further from the truth!

Sassafras

prlgmnr said:

tone1 said:

It reminds me of a DR Scientist the Elements

edit...An optical OptoKick footswitch from our friends at TheGigRig.
Did Dan have full disclosure about his financial involvement when he was raving about it?

Yeah he failed to keep that one a secret which I'm sure would have been an incredibly lucrative ruse for him had he only managed to keep quiet about it.

Keeping quiet about things isn't one of Dan's strong points.

lovebuzz

rico said:

lovebuzz said:

i bet fuzz is its weak spot

Couldn’t be further from the truth!

hmm. i'm dubious.

do you have the pedal yet or is it on order for January?

I'm sure you totally impartial about your new honeymoon period £220 dirt pedal purchase.

what other fuzzes do you have to compare its fuzz capabilities with?

lovebuzz

tone1 said:

An optical OptoKick footswitch from our friends at TheGigRig.
Did Dan have full disclosure about his financial involvement when he was raving about it?

in the video he mentioned his 'amazing' footswitch being used on that pedal. what more do you want?   the business contract?

Lebarque

With so many sounds available and considering the price, I wish it was a dual pedal so that you're not limited to just one sound at a time.

rico

lovebuzz said:

rico said:

lovebuzz said:

i bet fuzz is its weak spot

Couldn’t be further from the truth!

hmm. i'm dubious.

do you have the pedal yet or is it on order for January?

I'm sure you totally impartial about your new honeymoon period £220 dirt pedal purchase.

what other fuzzes do you have to compare its fuzz capabilities with?

I have only ever used a handful of fuzzes to be fair but I know what sounds good to me and this certainly sounds good. The last fuzz I had was a Muffroom Cloud and before that a tone bender. 

Ive has the pedal for a couple of weeks now and it was £200 actually

I tend to be pretty harsh with the whole honeymoon period thing and I have had pedals before (both cheap and expensive) that I have either returned or moved on within days because they don’t sound good. 

This pedal sounds fucking great. 

Wazmeister

lovebuzz said:

rico said:

lovebuzz said:

i bet fuzz is its weak spot

Couldn’t be further from the truth!

hmm. i'm dubious.

do you have the pedal yet or is it on order for January?

I'm sure you totally impartial about your new honeymoon period £220 dirt pedal purchase.

what other fuzzes do you have to compare its fuzz capabilities with?

Which fuzz do you reckon are the best you have played ? 

lovebuzz

rico said:

lovebuzz said:

rico said:

lovebuzz said:

i bet fuzz is its weak spot

Couldn’t be further from the truth!

hmm. i'm dubious.

do you have the pedal yet or is it on order for January?

I'm sure you totally impartial about your new honeymoon period £220 dirt pedal purchase.

what other fuzzes do you have to compare its fuzz capabilities with?

I have only ever used a handful of fuzzes to be fair but I know what sounds good to me and this certainly sounds good. The last fuzz I had was a Muffroom Cloud and before that a tone bender. 

i thought as much.    that Thorpy pedal is a big muff so it it isnt a proper fuzz.    what sort of tonebender?  2 transistors, 3 or 4?

lovebuzz

Wazmeister said:

Which fuzz do you reckon are the best you have played ? 

me?    well, i'm not the one making claims about pedal X, but if you insist....
i've played more than handful.
there are many that are 'best'.   fuzz comes in many flavours.   it's like asking me to choose a favourite child.

Wazmeister

lovebuzz said:

Wazmeister said:

Which fuzz do you reckon are the best you have played ? 

me?    well, i'm not the one making claims about pedal X, but if you insist....
i've played more than handful.
there are many that are 'best'.   fuzz comes in many flavours.   it's like asking me to choose a favourite child.

True enough... but which are your faves ?

lovebuzz

Wazmeister said:

lovebuzz said:

Wazmeister said:

Which fuzz do you reckon are the best you have played ? 

me?    well, i'm not the one making claims about pedal X, but if you insist....
i've played more than handful.
there are many that are 'best'.   fuzz comes in many flavours.   it's like asking me to choose a favourite child.

True enough... but which are your faves ?

i dont want to ''de-rail'' the thread.

why are you so interested in my opinion anyway?   you called me a tool.

Wazmeister

lovebuzz said:

Wazmeister said:

lovebuzz said:

Wazmeister said:

Which fuzz do you reckon are the best you have played ? 

me?    well, i'm not the one making claims about pedal X, but if you insist....
i've played more than handful.
there are many that are 'best'.   fuzz comes in many flavours.   it's like asking me to choose a favourite child.

True enough... but which are your faves ?

i dont want to ''de-rail'' the thread.

why are you so interested in my opinion anyway?   you called me a tool.

You see, and this is my last attempt, its a forum. So, we learn from each other along the way...

Now, my fuzz knowledge is poor, and yours seems better. Hence, the questions...

Ive been limited to Analogman White NKT (loved it) and Wampler Velvet... oh, and a few Bearfoot which always sound good to my ears.

Id appreciate your recommendations.