Dave P
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Since TM1 and Big Al mentioned Fet and JFet based pedals in another thread, I figured I would start another thread just for these, since I like them too.
Here are a few I own:
Pedals by Tone OD/Distortion- the guy builds them and only sells on EBay, it is a cascaded Fet box that does the jacked Marshall thing really well. He builds the same pedal with different Fets as the Creamsicle for a retail store.
Ramble FX Marvel Drive- a guy in a town near me builds these, another cascaded Fet pedal. These are really cool for Marshall type sounds, plus have a gold plexi front panel and Marshall knobs so they look even cooler. The new ones have relay switching which is still true bypass but with the advantages of using a sealed mechanical relay switch over a clunky foot switch. These pedals have really taken off, the guy is struggling to meet demand.
OceanEFX Pearl Drive- A really juicy sounding moderate gain Fet based box. No longer made and one of my favorites. Not sure if it was designed for it, but it does a real nice sort of Dumbley sound if you want it to. Nice woody sounding OD tones. A shame it is not made anymore, Corby was onto something here.
MXR Joe B Fet Driver- I'm not sure it sounds like my BK Butler Tube Driver, but it is pretty cool. The tone controls have a lot of range so it can sound sweet or really gnarly and ugly depending how it is dialed in.
Audioworks FET Distortion- made in the early 80's by Henry Karn. Hard to find little buggers. Cascaded Fet pedal that was ahead of its time. If carefully dialed in it is capable of nice really midrangey sounds, though a little light on the low end. Since they haven't been made for over 30 years, I've tried to get a few builders to make some tweaked clones to no avail.
Here are a few I own:
Pedals by Tone OD/Distortion- the guy builds them and only sells on EBay, it is a cascaded Fet box that does the jacked Marshall thing really well. He builds the same pedal with different Fets as the Creamsicle for a retail store.
Ramble FX Marvel Drive- a guy in a town near me builds these, another cascaded Fet pedal. These are really cool for Marshall type sounds, plus have a gold plexi front panel and Marshall knobs so they look even cooler. The new ones have relay switching which is still true bypass but with the advantages of using a sealed mechanical relay switch over a clunky foot switch. These pedals have really taken off, the guy is struggling to meet demand.
OceanEFX Pearl Drive- A really juicy sounding moderate gain Fet based box. No longer made and one of my favorites. Not sure if it was designed for it, but it does a real nice sort of Dumbley sound if you want it to. Nice woody sounding OD tones. A shame it is not made anymore, Corby was onto something here.
MXR Joe B Fet Driver- I'm not sure it sounds like my BK Butler Tube Driver, but it is pretty cool. The tone controls have a lot of range so it can sound sweet or really gnarly and ugly depending how it is dialed in.
Audioworks FET Distortion- made in the early 80's by Henry Karn. Hard to find little buggers. Cascaded Fet pedal that was ahead of its time. If carefully dialed in it is capable of nice really midrangey sounds, though a little light on the low end. Since they haven't been made for over 30 years, I've tried to get a few builders to make some tweaked clones to no avail.