Need OD for Tele into Marshall Class 5

[Livetheblues]

ok, heres what Im doing. My rig is going to be stereo into a blues deluxe and a marshall class 5. Im goign to use the class 5 as a dirty amp and want to keep an OD after the A/B/Y box to keep the amp overdriven and control volume. My Main OD is the T1M pearl and before that it was a BBE green screamer and a bog box rat. I had that setup for a while and never had to shop for another OD.

So make a suggestion. Dont really wanna go much over $100, $150 is the ceiling. Not too concerned about it being boutique, but just want something a little different. Someone recommended the Joyo vintage OD which is only like $40, so that looks cool right now. What do yall think???

[plexistack]

OCD and be done with it.

[popinvasion]

hotcake100%

[Livetheblues]

I would do an OCD but the Pearl can get OCD tones when I dial them in. looking for something unique. bout to check out the hotcake

[whaiyun]

get a booster and slam the v1 of the amp. the amp's tube od is pretty good.

[Livetheblues]

turn up the amp


id love to and hope i can, but there will be some situations where i cant or need to adjust the volume and still want the drive.

[cpricecpa]

looking for something unique.

I wish you the best of luck.

[EricPeterson]

timmy.

[inca_roads]

A good treble booster into the C5 is hard to beat.

[Chas]

A good treble booster into the C5 is hard to beat.


Agree 100%. I use one with a germanium in it and the class 5 loves it. IMO the small British combo amps, Vox Marshall, take a treble boost to get the best out of them. To me it sounds like a heavy blanket is covering the sound without the boost.

[Livetheblues]

Agree 100%. I use one with a germanium in it and the class 5 loves it. IMO the small British combo amps, Vox Marshall, take a treble boost to get the best out of them. To me it sounds like a heavy blanket is covering the sound without the boost.


recommend a good treble booster? i confess to have never used one

[cwcashiniv]

Analogman Beano Boost - probably the best out there.

There are tons of mods out there for the C5, too. There's a master volume mod - that may just do the trick to get some more push out of your amp at bedroom volume. I plan on doing that with mine!

[CA_Dan]

I tried a tube screamer, OCD v3, Boss OD-3, Modified Boss Blues Driver, Fulldrive v1, MXR Classic Overdive, and several fuzzes. My recommendation is the MXR Classic Overdrve with the volume turned up to 3:00, gain turned down to 9:00, and tone at 11:00. Sounds great with my tele, and with the tone up to noon sounds great with my les paul. I would imagine a treble booster would sound top notch with this amp also.

[Ramblin390]

ocd and or mi audio blues pro- has a great fuzz mode if used lightly

[Binaural]

Barber Direct Drive