Monday, December 8, 2008

Custom Shop MXR GT-OD. SOLD!



Built from the ground up with the best available components, the MXR Custom Shop GT-OD Overdrive pedal creates smooth, warm, and classic overdrive without excess noise or tone coloring. The simple controls make it easy to dial in a great tone quickly—from crunchy rhythm tone with chord clarity—to sparkly and harmonic-rich lead tones with tons of sustain. You won't find an overdrive that is more organic, responsive or open sounding. Available only from the MXR Custom Shop. • A traditional overdrive that provides powerful, cutting, transparent overdrive tone with great definition • Adds sustain and gain without adding excess noise • Place in front of an overdriven amp for screaming lead tones • Indestructible die-cast housing

Boss SD-1. SOLD!


SUPERB CONDITION. View to believe, mine comes with JRC4558DD!
The SD-1 has been around for a very long time and has gone almost unchanged from its conseption back in 1981. The pedal contains an asymmetric overdrive circuit that responds very well to the player's picking force. It produces a dynamic and smooth overdrive effect well suited to any type of rock music. The SD-1 is also poular as a booster pedal for valve amplifiers. Turn the distortion down and the level up and connect it in front of the amplifier. The higher input level will push the input valve of the amplifier harder producing more distortion from the amp itself. The SD-1 is well suited to do this because it maintains the natural tone from the guitar.

The OD-1 didn't have a tone control so the engineers felt that the tonal range was limited because of this. As an answer to the problem they came up with the SD-1. Comparing the two circuits reveals that they are very closely related and using the exact same overdrive circuit. When comparing the sound of the two pedals side by side, it is however obvious that they're not identical. Opinions are divided when it comes to the question, which one sounds best, but there is no doubt that they're both legendary overdrive pedals.

Dimarzio PAF Fred and PAF Joe. SOLD!

I guess we don't have to guess who uses these pickups other than Joe Satriani. Joe wanted a bridge and neck position humbucker that combined the best qualities of the DiMarzio PAF Pro with those of a late '50s Gibson humbucker. Joe described this tone as being "tubular". Through the use of Virtual Vintage technology, clear-sounding low frequencies are blended with warm-sounding mids and high frequencies, which makes the PAF Joe and PAF Fred equally good for chords and single notes. It was first used by Joe throughout the 2003 G3 tour. Recommended for all positions, solid, semi-solid and hollowbody electric guitars.

Tech Talk: What does "tubular" mean? In this case, it means making low notes "speak" more clearly while giving high notes a rounder voicing. This accomplishes 2 goals: chords have better definition, and single notes at higher fret positions remain warm sounding rather than getting thinner. The combo has slightly less power than the PAF Pro does.