Overdrive Pedals

[Craig]

I've asked before about overdrive pedals for adding the odd bit of grit to some single string riffs.
Edward recommended the MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe Overdrive for it's tone and the fact that it has a blend control so you don't have to obliterate the sound of your guitar, you just add a bit of grrr to it.

Well I've not managed to get my hands on one over here, I'm not even sure if they're made anymore but I came up with an alternative, the Voodoo Labs Sparkle Mod, It's got loads of tone option and the all important clean blend control.

I got a great sound with everything pretty much at 12 o clock and I'm sure it'll get better when I get to spend more time with it.

I'll let yo know

Craig

[Edward]

Hey Craig,

Try the Lovepedal OD11, which is also a transparent-sounding OD that can be set really light, which is what you want for an acoustic, and has Bass and Treb knobs for decent tone shaping. The Amp11, btw, is the identical pedal with boost, so if you find this one at least you can give it a demo, and may even like the boost fan. I use the OD11 on my electric board and it's a nice, versatile OD that sounds like natural breakup ...tasty "grrrr" IMHO.  This pedal is, btw, purportedly a redo of a Timmy, which I've never played. But the Timmy gets nearly universal love.  And both it and the OD11 are very easy to find, and of course you'd want to demo them with your acoustic, and a PA if you can, so as not to let an amp color your demo.
  FWIW, you may want to lurk in thegearpage in the pedals forum as dirt pedals are almost religion over there

Edward