OD pedal for a Princeton

rlw

Having proved that I can't get my lovely new Princeton to break up at anything approaching comfortable volume, I'm after a really good OD or distortion pedal.  Guitars are LPs.

I have a Keeley modified BD2 which gets me a nice tone but the bottom end seems to disappear somewhat, although I could always turn up the bass on the amp, currently on 3.

I have been loaned a Box of Rock which also gets a very nice tone but still isn't quite what I'm looking for.  It's like the BD2 on steroids but still the bottom end is a bit light. 

I am toying with getting a DS1 and using it with the BD2 but that will probably rob me of even more bottom end, or add more middle at least.

I'm not after a Marshall on 11 sound but something more subtle and definitely bluesey.   Alvin Lee at Woodstock; EC Crossroads on Wheels of Fire; 335 very wound up if you like.

The Gunshot appeals but may not be the thing I need.  Any thoughts and comment gratefully received. 

Ta.

Adam_MD

Timmy should work well for you and has a dedicated bass control.

JD50

Boss OD3

meltedbuzzbox

Nobels ODR-1

simonk

I'd go for something Tubescreamery. Something with some mids to fill in the scooped Princeton sound. I use an XTS Precision Multidrive with mine and it's superb, plus it has some bass EQ options via a mini toggle switch.

crunchman

Tubescreamer is at it's best driving something that's already breaking up a little.

If you want something more amp like then an OCD (or cheaper clone) is worth a try.

BB preamp is also a great pedal and with the 2 band Eq gives quite a lot of flexibility.

xSkarloey

simonk;935098" said:

I'd go for something Tubescreamery. Something with some mids to fill in the scooped Princeton sound. I use an XTS Precision Multidrive with mine and it's superb, plus it has some bass EQ options via a mini toggle switch.

Bad Monkey then?

Got two eq knobs there, low and high.

Discontinued so grab one cheap before ebay prices ramp up and an expensive RI comes out 5 yrs hence!

Sassafras

Way Huge Pork Loin was all I ever used with my Princeton. It has loads of bass if you need it. Seems to have been made for it.

Gagaryn

Lazy J Cruiser works well too and gives lots of options

meltedbuzzbox

simonk said:

I'd go for something Tubescreamery. Something with some mids to fill in the scooped Princeton sound. I use an XTS Precision Multidrive with mine and it's superb, plus it has some bass EQ options via a mini toggle switch.

thats a modded Nobels ODR-1

badlydrawnbanjo

I've found with mine that different guitars work differently with different OD's on my 68 Princeton. The humbuckers on a 335 work great with a Fredric effects Zombie clone. The single coils on my Strat sound great with the Zombie clone and a tube screamer stacked.    

BluesyDave

I have a Zen Clone that goes beautifully with mine.  Since I changed the speaker to a Ragin Cajun it works even better.  

ThorpyFX

rlw said:

Having proved that I can't get my lovely new Princeton to break up at anything approaching comfortable volume, I'm after a really good OD or distortion pedal.  Guitars are LPs.

I have a Keeley modified BD2 which gets me a nice tone but the bottom end seems to disappear somewhat, although I could always turn up the bass on the amp, currently on 3.

I have been loaned a Box of Rock which also gets a very nice tone but still isn't quite what I'm looking for.  It's like the BD2 on steroids but still the bottom end is a bit light. 

I am toying with getting a DS1 and using it with the BD2 but that will probably rob me of even more bottom end, or add more middle at least.

I'm not after a Marshall on 11 sound but something more subtle and definitely bluesey.   Alvin Lee at Woodstock; EC Crossroads on Wheels of Fire; 335 very wound up if you like.

The Gunshot appeals but may not be the thing I need.  Any thoughts and comment gratefully received. 

Ta.

Although not out yet, (end of feb) the peacekeeper is what you need for this amp. ask @gassage

crunchman

Gagaryn said:

Lazy J Cruiser works well too and gives lots of options

It's a great pedal but I ended up selling mine because of the lack of Eq.  I wanted to be able to back the high end off a touch but I couldn't.

I have heard a Princeton Reverb reissue sound absolutely stellar (in the hands of someone a lot better than me it must be said) with an OCD and an EHX Soul Food.  That wasn't at home volumes though.

simonk

meltedbuzzbox;935185" said:

simonk said:

I'd go for something Tubescreamery. Something with some mids to fill in the scooped Princeton sound. I use an XTS Precision Multidrive with mine and it's superb, plus it has some bass EQ options via a mini toggle switch.





thats a modded Nobels ODR-1

Nope, the Precision/Multidrive are XTS' Tubescreamer alikes. The Imperial is their version of the ODR-1, and very fine it is too.

badlydrawnbanjo

badlydrawnbanjo said:

I've found with mine that different guitars work differently with different OD's on my 68 Princeton. The humbuckers on a 335 work great with a Fredric effects Zombie clone. The single coils on my Strat sound great with the Zombie clone and a tube screamer stacked.    

Here's the thing with a Princeton, I've just plugged my firebird into the same pedal board with all the same settings on the amp and pedals and it sounds shit. The only thing that works in this instance is to crank the amp.

DarnWeight

Slightly sales-y intervention, sorry, but here goes...I'm selling a VS Route 808 in the Classifieds right now if you decide to go the tube screamer-ish route.  Lots more low end than most TS-types in the boosted mode.

Lez325

Another vote for the Tubescreamer or Boss BD2 Blues Driver

Les 

Sassafras

Another favourite of mine is the Boss OD-2. Sounds great with any Fender amp.

Lee1974

Boss Bd2- phenomenal pedal with humbuckers, utter crap with single coils........I've had one  knocking on 20 years and tried a lot of guitars,  single coils & humbuckers pickups but have to say there's nothing sweeter than this cranked up on my Pearly Gates.........

BobTheSalmon

The MXR Custom Badass Modified OD is a criminally overlooked drive pedal. It has a 100Hz knob to put back in as much bass as you want as well as mid boost to put you in TS territory. 

It got great reviews on release and is universally praised by those who use it, but barely seems to get a mention. Very versatile.

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/mxr-m77se-badass-overdrive-guitar-effects-pedal?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&gclid=CjwKCAiAgrfhBRA3EiwAnfF4tgK0j7RtCj8-OJG-dg30saSLfEofESxcEXhgHTGu3Ag88R6ud5w6sxoCPyAQAvD_BwE