Good Pedal for a Fender Deluxe Reverb?

Hadden · #1 08-09-2009, 12:42 PM

Hello,

I picked up a Fender Deluxe Reverb, and am trying to find a good OD pedal to run with it.

So far I've tried these that I own MI Tube Zone, Boss SD-1, Overdose by Big Lloyde, Coffin Blood Drive...and I still need to try my Butler Tube driver...haven't tried that yet.

Any suggestions?

Strat58 · #2 08-09-2009, 12:54 PM

Hi this weekend used the Eternity with the Fender Deluxe Reverb, great tones, was looking for such OD for a long time.
Peace Strat58

Trandy · #3 08-09-2009, 12:59 PM

Barber Direct Drive...works like a charm.

Artur_I_Tis · #4 08-09-2009, 01:50 PM

I have a deluxe reverb. I like my barber direct drive, barber small fry, marshall guv'nor 2+, and Ibanez Tube King TK999US into it with my faded sg. I lean more towards the guv'nor and the tube king because they have more bass. More bass gives me a bigger sound. But, the barbers are good pedals so they stay.

I also have a delta lab td-1 and dgfx-1. Both of them are good for me too. Had I bought the dgfx sooner, I would have a much small pedal collection. It's great.

I don't have such luck with my danelectro cool cat drive and distortion. Both of them are horribly fizzy in spades with my deluxe and sg.

coldfingaz · #5 08-09-2009, 02:14 PM

DLS loves Fenders

gigant0r · #6 08-09-2009, 02:20 PM

Catalinbread Silver Kiss sounds great with DRRI, if you want Marshall flavor, try Dirty Little Secret..

majorledhead · #7 08-09-2009, 05:52 PM

When I had a Deluxe Reverb the Fulltone Fulldrive 2 worked pretty good. But overall, it wasn't the most pedal friendly amp I've owned.

B_of_H · #8 08-09-2009, 06:17 PM

a mid-hump type pedal. any ts style one will work great IMO.

BillyK · #9 08-09-2009, 06:41 PM

What B of H said.

The scooped EQ of the DR (and many other Fender amps) loves the mid-hump of a good TS. It's a TS808 RI for me.

Presc · #10 08-09-2009, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimBascom

Barber Direct Drive...works like a charm.

This one has worked the best for me. It does seem like the Fenders benefit from a pedal with some mid-hump and compression which the DD definitely has, but it's not overcompressed and boxy than a TS9 and has a wide range of tone and gain. A basic TS is fine, but you can definitely do better.

I also had an OCD V3 for awhile - it only sounded good when the amp was cranked. At low/moderate volumes, it sounded horrible - really fizzy, not smooth, no sustain. The dynamics everyone talks about are definitely there, but the TONE was not.