A lot of people make the mistake of cranking up the gain way too far. This will allow the Maxon OD-808 to really sound great and open sounding. To my ear, this pedal sounds best with the gain under 12 O’clock and the volume up at around 1 O’clock. EL MACOMBO PROThis does sound different to the Maxon Overdrive Pro listed above, but it’s not a bad thing. If you’re into ripping blues guitar or if you want to turn your very clean amp into an off-clean amp, the OD-820 is the way to go. This is still a very nice pedal covering the tones needed for sticking out in a mix. Overall, the Maxon OD-820 wins the category for best Tube Screamer overdrive pedal by a country mile. This is a great thing because you can also run it as a straight up clean boost as well. If you have the gain control under 10 O’clock, it won’t add any gain into the circuit. This is made for pushing a Tube amplifier over the edge but it can be also used as a great rhythm pedal.Īnother interesting feature of this pedal is it has a “clean blend” gain control. This gives you a much richer and fuller sound than any of the other Tube Screamer on this list. It doesn’t sound like a Klon, but it does have more headroom and a much lower noise floor. The OD-820 is built with the “ Klon” in mind. In terms of sound, the Maxon Overdrive OD-820 Overdrive Pro has a very transparent sound and also has more headroom in terms of volume and the overall body of sound. They made the physical size of the pedal larger and the controls are way easier to see and use. Maxon changed up the design with the OD-820. It takes everything you love about the Maxon OD808 and makes it sound better. The Maxon OD-820 Overdrive pedal is by far the best Tube Screamer I have ever played. While I haven’t filmed every single one on the list, I have tried them. If you search my YouTube channel, you’ll see many comparison videos of the pedals below. This was initially a Top 13 but I have added some new ones to the list! I have owned and tested the pedals on this list. Today, I am going to cover what I believe to be the top 15 Tube Screamer pedals and Tube Screamer clones I have tried. Includes custom El Mocambo hardshell case, strap, collectible case candy kit, and certificate of authenticity.The Top 13 Tubescreamer Pedals and Clones Other premium features include a quartersawn and roasted Canadian maple neck with a ’59-style “D” profile, 9.5” radius flat-laminated African blackwood fingerboard with 21 jumbo (6100) frets and bone nut, hand-wound Josefina Campos Twisted Tele (Neck) and Texas Special™ Tele (Bridge) Pickups, Fat '50s Tele wiring, Heavy Relic® lacquer finish with gold hardware, three-ply black pickguard, '58-'63 Tele Bridge with Gatton Saddles, vintage-style tuners, and wing string tree. The first-fret inlay and engraved neckplate are inspired by the El Mocambo’s signature feature, the giant 22-foot sign on the front of the building since its 1948 opening-an enormous palm tree with “El Mocambo” spelled out in glowing neon letters beneath the cascading white lights of the tree’s moonlit leaves. Each board was examined with a metal detector to locate and extract nails, and the extremely tight-grained old-growth timbers are light and extremely resonant, making for amazing body wood for these guitars. Limited to 25 paired sets, the instruments are fashioned from 300-year-old eastern white pine reclaimed from the rafters between floors one and two during the massive 2014 renovation of Canada’s most famous nightclub. The El Mocambo and Fender itself both trace their founding to the post-WWII era (19, respectively), and the Fender Custom Shop is excited to introduce a very special Master Built paired instrument set-the Limited Edition El Mocambo Telecaster and El Mocambo Stratocaster, crafted by Master Builder Ron Thorn, himself a Toronto native. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, the Cars and Elvis Costello and the Attractions all recorded incendiary live albums there from 1978 to 1983 and, famously, the Rolling Stones played a surprise two-night appearance there in March 1977 (billed as “The Cockroaches”), which was recorded for 1977 album Love You Live. From Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Sam and Dave, Gil Scott Heron and Charlie Mingus to Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, Blondie, U2, the Ramones, Squeeze, Duran Duran, Hall and Oates, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett, Queens of the Stone Age and many more, the El Mocambo has reverberated with the sounds of the greats. The list of acts who played Toronto’s famed El Mocambo nightclub in its ’70s-to-’90s heyday reads like a veritable Who’s Who of rock, soul, jazz and R&B. Limited Edition El Mocambo Tele® - Heavy Relic®, Masterbuilt by Ron Thorn More about Limited Edition El Mocambo Tele® - Heavy Relic®, Masterbuilt by Ron Thorn
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