Slide overdrive shootout (Barber, Boss, Greer, Joyo)

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:38 am

I felt a right dick bringing a second guitar to gigs for a single song we play in open G, so I've been writing a lot more in that tuning and working on slide stuff. I noticed that some overdrives react a little differently when playing slide (or maybe I just play weird, who knows?) so I made this video to see the differences.

The pedals are the Barber Gain Changer, Boss OD-3, Greer Ghetto Stomp and Joyo Ultimate Drive.

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George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:02 am

nice demo. boss sounds best in my opinion. i'd also recommend sticking a klon type drive in front of it to boost it. it's amazing for slide guitar.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:25 pm

George wrote:nice demo. boss sounds best in my opinion. i'd also recommend sticking a klon type drive in front of it to boost it. it's amazing for slide guitar.

Hmm, that's interesting. I might have to give that a go with the Klon-esque mode on the Gain Changer and see what comes of it.
Sounds like a pedal buddies episode...

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 4:11 pm

Traditionally you just get a small amp and crank.

But good video and nice playing.

For some reason I liked the Boss the least, I thought it sounded too heavy and produced for blues, maybe better for hard rock or something.

George · Post by **George** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:06 pm

Fakir Mustache wrote:Traditionally you just get a small amp and crank

this is why pedals were invented ^__________________________________^

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:04 pm

Fakir Mustache wrote:Traditionally you just get a small amp and crank.

But good video and nice playing.

For some reason I liked the Boss the least, I thought it sounded too heavy and produced for blues, maybe better for hard rock or something.

That's actually why I bought the Ghetto Stomp. The only small amps I own are a Champion 600 Reissue (that I've modded to tweed champ spec) and a Princeton Reverb. Neither of those amps are really loud enough to comfortably play the kind of gigs I do in my band. The Ghetto Stomp gives the sound of a small, piece of shit Valco amp cranked right up. I really like it in that regard.

I love the OD-3 for crunchy rhythm playing, and I totally get what you're saying. It does sound pretty 'hi-fi' in comparison to the others.

The Gain Changer is still my favorite I think.