Best Overdrive Pedal - Tube Screamer Vs Klon Vs Nobels ODR-1

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If you’re on the lookout for a new drive pedal, there’s a very good chance you’ve been looking at a #TubeScreamer or a #Klon or a #NobelsODR1 or one of the many copies that are out there. I'll list some of the best of these and some links to check out prices.

Just what makes these three circuits so popular and so widely copied? Let’s take a look in a bit more detail.

The Tube Screamer

Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

The TS has been in production since the late 1970s and was first designed by S Tamura. It had a massive impact at the time and still continues to do so, being a staple on many players boards from blues players like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Johnson to players of heavier genres such as Kirk Hammett and George Lynch. It’s commonly used to fatten up single coils, especially with Stratocasters as it does this so beautifully. It’s also used to tighten up high gain sounds as it tends to roll off some low end as well as boost the mid frequencies.

It's the iconic mid-hump which really is the TS sound, affects the mid frequencies at around 720Hz. This is actually achieved more by rolling off bass and treble than actually boosting, which is why the pedal is also so useful for higher gain styles of music where too much bass can lead to unwanted boominess very easily.

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