High-Gain Pedals
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paisleywookiee
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The old style is way cooler, IMO. And yeah, James Brown sold the company.
Elric
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Well, it's certainly appropriately hideous for the brootalz.
Desertdweller
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I’ll throw in another vote for AMT. I had a full pedal rig a few years ago around an AMT P2. It’s an excellent preamp, has 3 different outputs (front of amp, preamp, and cab emulated), and has a fender style clean channel instead of being bypassed.
The AMT Legend 2 pedals are all really good, but the P2 especially I recorded excellent quality sounds with it and played with it live and it is my vote for a fantastic preamp pedal.
Another one that may fly under the radar is the Mooer Preamp Live. The sounds on it are not terribly good on their own, but you can use it’s tone matching process to match your amp’s preamp sound. It actually worked way better than I expected and I think it’s a great form factor too.
The AMT Legend 2 pedals are all really good, but the P2 especially I recorded excellent quality sounds with it and played with it live and it is my vote for a fantastic preamp pedal.
Another one that may fly under the radar is the Mooer Preamp Live. The sounds on it are not terribly good on their own, but you can use it’s tone matching process to match your amp’s preamp sound. It actually worked way better than I expected and I think it’s a great form factor too.
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My Chug showed up last night, but I bought it to use as a bass preamp - and wow does it do that really well.I think I may need to check out Ola's CHUG pedal.
I'm also a fan of the AMT Legend pedals; had the R1 (recto) and played my buddy's V1 (vox) many times; both are killer!
At one point I did buy a used E2 (Engl) but I'm convinced something was wrong with it. Totally lacked gain and balls, which is the exact opposite of what I hear when I play Engl amps lol.
Here's a lil clip I recorded with my R1 back in the day just for the hell of it:
James Freeman
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I totally lurve the Friedman BE-OD Deluxe. Dave did this one right.
It's not "modern metal", though. Definitely cranked Plexi to boosted JCM 800 range.
Searing mids, fat, chunky, top-end hash, harmonics-laden goodness... sounds like an amp, not a bunch of transistors:
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Possibly. If you scoop all the mids (soul) out.
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I thought the BE-OD copped a good modern metal sound during the time that I owned it
5153 OD still top dawg for that imo though
5153 OD still top dawg for that imo though
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I think all high gain pedals sound more like pedals than low to medium gain pedals do.
I have given up chasing them. Completely!
I'd never recommend the Friedman BE-OD to anyone ever. Nor the BE-OD Deluxe. Tried
both a few different times. Not going there again.
Best high-gainer I ever owned or tried was the Megalith from MI Audio.
JiveTurkey
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Ibanez Smash Box 
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BahamaDada
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That one was actually rad and was my go to in my early band years. Couldn't afford shit, so the Smash Box into a 40w solid state amp was "my sound". Did more than a few gigs with that.Ibanez Smash Box
I so wanted the EVH 5153 pedal after Pete Thorn did a demo of it (search it on YT - AMAZING!), but it was always out of that "money sweet spot", where I could justify buying a pedal.
