push the pre amp

[poverty]

What does everyone here use for an overdrive for their EVJ?

 

For a while now I've been using a JH-F1 Silicon FuzzFace.

The only problem is, I can't use my wah along with it. Boo-erns!

Other then that, I great sound with a pair of GFS Mean 90's in my dot.

 

I just order a MI Audio Blues Pro and can't wait!!

[m-theory]

You could toss a buffer into the wah, or else put the fuzz in front of it.

 

All of mine are homebrew, but any decent booster or o/d will work very well to push this amp.

[poverty]

I fyou take a look at my avatar, you'll see a electro harmonix LPB-1 boost in between my wah and FF.It works great as a buffer and allows use of the wah, but very fuzzy and muddy. Not really the transparent sound I was looking for.

I love the FF but, it's gets thick and muddy at high volumes.

I wish it had a tone option. I guess I could rob a bank to be able to afford an analogman sunface.

[tele63]

FWIW, I have pretty good luck with my BBE Boosta Grande. It pushes the front-end to my liking and seems to be pretty transparent as far as tone goes. But then, I'm playing a Tele and they're kind of thin to begin with. I got mine with my Vjr head and cab and I'm happy. Hope this helps you out some.

[rafaelh]

TS-9 is what I use. I've tried some others and always seem to come back to the tubscreamer....maybe I've been using one for so long I've just gotten use to it.

 

I use a Boss Eq for a clean transparent boost however...have been for years with great results. One of my favorite pedals too, so much other stuff you can do with one....LOL...probably bored some enough mentioning this before.

 

Got a BBE Boosta Grande also and like it, but I find the EQ to bit much more transparent though. To my ears the Boosta Grande adds some gain and bottom end the more you increase it....not bad but not what I want or need sometimes.

 

Another one I like allot, but with ZERO GAIN added , is a Boss Blues Driver....very nice clean boost IMO. Also gives you a bit of a treble boost....in a good way. As I said great IMO for clean boost, but to much gain can get really fizzy and harsh with a stock one....never tried a moded one but have heard some folks rave about one after the mods.

 

Gosh....so many out there makes a person's head spin.

 

BTW tele63, welcome to the Epi forum.

[m-theory]

you'll see a electro harmonix LPB-1 boost

Not a buffer, but you're right that fuzzes don't always take well to all buffers. You need to either go directly to the fuzz first, or try a real buffer that's designed to work with a fuzz.

 

http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/mccoy.php

 

I love the FF but, it's gets thick and muddy at high volumes.

That's what they do. Keep the guitar volume rolled back a pinch, and it'll remain "open."

 

I wish it had a tone option.

Here's a really great site to bookmark...this is the page on fuzzface mods, but he's got tons of great info.

 

Btw, the LPB-1, although a fun little boost, is far from transparent or "clean." The cleanest boost that I know of is Jack Orman's mosfet boost.

 

http://www.muzique.com/schem/mosfet.htm

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=26

 

Commercially, it's known as this:

 

http://www.bmusic.com.au/prod4864.htm

 

Although, a slight variation of the same circuit brings you here:

 

http://zvex.com/hardon.html