Re: Your favourite overdrive
11Most other overdrives (and I've been through dozens) - once they pass the point of clean/cleanish boost - have felt, at least with my rig & my playing, like they're adding a layer on top of my guitar sound rather than changing or shaping it. Not like a clean blend, exactly, but like there's an effected second guitar existing alongside whatever I'm playing. Not doing a great job of explaining this, but it's not a super tangible thing to begin with. Anyway. The SS/BS can be the most or least subtle version of an overdrive pedal and still feel really musical and responsive - very much not "transparent" but giving me what I want dynamically from a "transparent overdrive". The Fuck stacked with a Rat variant has been the core of my guitar sound for longer than anything else.
Also just bought this:
Still figuring stuff out but really pleased so far. Another keeper.
I have one of the $40 Aliexpress/DHGate Klons too. It does the Klon Thing just as well as any of the boutiquey clones that have passed through.