need recommendation for a high gain pedal for leads... that costs less than $100

[mystixboi1]

i'm thinking i'm going to go the used route...

what pedals out there can give me a great liquid lead tone... slightly compressed but can still cut through a mix?

what say ye?

 

[Mark Wein]

I'm not sure you're going to get all of that from one pedal...in my rig I'd use my Barber Direct Drive SS pedal..they're about $120 though.

 

[Mark Wein]

Here's a few videos:

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Define "liquid".

 

[Mark Wein]

Define "liquid".

composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid.

 

[mystixboi1]

Define "liquid".

Petrucci's lead tone

 

[Mark Wein]

Petrucci's lead tone

I think most of that comes from having a huge rig of Mesa's and processing, though. I'd almost think that if I was going for that I'd play a stack of the Direct Drive, EP Booster and some light delay with my rig.

 

[Kerouac]

Petrucci's lead tone

Don't forget your neck pickup.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Petrucci's lead tone

I don't know a pedal that will do that under $100.

 

[Mark Wein]

I don't know a pedal that will do that under $100.

I just don't think trying to find a sound like that in a pedal is possible.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I just don't think trying to find a sound like that in a pedal is possible.

there are a few, but not under $100.

 

[Mark Wein]

there are a few, but not under $100.

Examples?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Examples?

the Tube Zone might do it if you set it up right.
the Wampler Triple Wreck Distortion might nail it.
the WMD Acoustic Trauma could do it, but that thing is really only for tweakers.
the Black Arts Pharoah fuzz gets highly touted for just about everything.
maybe the Way Huge Fat Sandwich

 

[jelloman]

maybe a Barber Dirty Bomb?

 

[Psychotronic]

Mark, how do you like the EP-Booster?

 

[Mark Wein]

Mark, how do you like the EP-Booster?

I love it... One of the best purchases I've made in years....


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[Lerxst]

MI Audio Tubezone
AMT VT Drive
AMT R1
Mesa V-Twin
Shur Riot

The Wampler Triple Wreck sounds like it has a little too much fuzz circuit in the mix in most of the clips I've heard but it does sound like it's capable of some pretty nice saturated tones.

Any of the tasty booteek high gainers are going to be hard to pick up under that 100 buck mark.

 

[Psychotronic]

I love it... One of the best purchases I've made in years....

So are you using it as a boost, or as a subtle EQ massage? Where in the signal chain do you have it, at the end? Front end or FX loop?

 

[telecaster911]

If I need a fluidy lead tone, I put the OCD and the Fatboost on at the same time. I'd say you are going to have to stack 2 pedals to get what you want.

 

[paulskirocks]

This thread is moot, as Myz has already bought and sold 5 pedals since he posted this thread...