Tube OD Pedal (no SVT tone)

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boilingTheDead

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I'm looking for a pedal that gives me a front end overdriven tubeamp tone for my transistor amp. Not so much that classic SVT growl, maybe a little more distorted going into direction of the Overdrive channel of a Super Bassman 500T or simular. (also not looking for something modern sounding like a lot of darkglass pedals for example)

+for affordable
+for physical preamp tube in it
+for cleanblend or EQ
+for available in europe

thank all of you in advance, really love this community
 
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What is your budget?

There are some solid tube OD's like valvecasters that are relatively cheap, as well as some nicer tube preamps for 200-300$+ like the Two Notes pedals. Two Notes makes a Bass preamp actually.

Not sure what the best affordable option would be. If you're on a budget it might be best to skip real tubes for now and get a nice responsive/tube like OD as some can sound pretty close for a much lower price.

The EHX Muff'n might be worth checking out:
 
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JHS Moonshine V2 might be up your alley. Vintage sounding with a very nice growl, has a clean blend, can be found reasonably priced. I had one as an always on pedal for about a year but eventually replaced it with a VT Bass sansamp for the DI.
 
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You want a killer tone with a real 12ax7 tube in it? You'll want this, and they are very affordable when they pop up used. It doesn't have a clean blend, but doesn't need one either...
 
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The ehx hot wax would be a good choice for a tube overdrive pedal that doesn't emulate an svt kind of sound. this pedal has 2 sounds. there's the hot tubes(which is a bright aggressive tube sound) and there's the crayon(which has a warm but heavy overdrive sound). you use one overdrive channel or use them both to get a heavy distortion sound. I use to own this pedal and it is a great sounding overdrive pedal. best of all, it has a blend control along with a 2-band eq to sculpt your overdrive sound. I personally would describe this pedal as the poor man's darkglass vintage deluxe. I am thinking about buying it once again. I definitely would recommend this pedal if you want a tube overdrive pedal that's not ampeg emulated.
 
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Sunset Shalom said:
What is your budget?

There are some solid tube OD's like valvecasters that are relatively cheap, as well as some nicer tube preamps for 200-300$+ like the Two Notes pedals. Two Notes makes a Bass preamp actually.

Not sure what the best affordable option would be. If you're on a budget it might be best to skip real tubes for now and get a nice responsive/tube like OD as some can sound pretty close for a much lower price.

The EHX Muff'n might be worth checking out:
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That's an awesome pedal. the hot wax is another awesome od pedal to own.

 
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