Mad Professor LGW vs SBOD

[thesjkexperienc]

Can anyone tell me how they differ? None of the demos for the Sky BLue Overdrive really seem to show it off well. I know the Little Green Wonder is a tubescreamer tweaked by Bjorn, but it is hard to tell how much gain it has.

I use a Strat and am familiar with the BJFe HoneyBee and MP SHOD.

[dudinka]

gearmandude did a direct comparison on youtube.
check it out.

[thesjkexperienc]

Originally Posted by dudinka

gearmandude did a direct comparison on youtube.
check it out.

I saw that, but I have a few pedals GMD demos and they are rather different with my amp. GMD gets good sound with his demos, but I am not so sure he uses the pedals as they could/should. Plus he likes EL84 amps and I like 6V6 which react VERY differently. And lately he uses that SG for most of his demos and everything sounds the same.

I think the Blue Sky might be too cold/clean for my amps and taste. I am looking for another BJFe pedal first, but may pickup a LGW and send it back if it isnt what I need/want.

I just went through a huge OD pedal shoot out of my own and the results were very interesting! It can be a BIG difference in sound between the demos and what it sounds like through your own rig. Now I have a bunch of pedals to send back, but the discovery was worth it.

[sutherland]

The Sky Blue is far from cold and clean...its medium/high gain overdrive with control over the input load and its compression. The SBOD retains much of your original sound while adding dynamically smooth overdrive with a touch of warmth (but only as much as you have dialed in on your amp to begin with). Its a extremely touch sensitive soft distortion...hard to get to know, but easy to love.

The Little Green Wonder is a high headroom overdrive. Though it is cut from the TS cloth, it truly is in its own category (because a lot of the natural TS traits are resolved). The pedal can go from clean boost, to sweet low gain, to a moderate gain box.

I think a lot of Bjorn's pedals require a learning curve because the controls are extremely unique. He doesn't slap on a tone and say "FIN!", he finds a way to create control over many other parameters of his effects while doing his best to retain our true sound.

So in regards to the LGW, SBOD, and any Mad Professor pedal...its the marriage of the knobs. The LGW is simple in layout, but its the relationship of the Body and Gain that make this pedal special. I've played and owned many Tubescreamers...the LGW is far from it...the Screamer for people who hate Screamers.

[sutherland]

I probably didn't help that much.....but, the Mad Professor pedals are like open canvases. Very few restraints...like a kid with a chemistry set.

[thesjkexperienc]

Originally Posted by sutherland

I probably didn't help that much.....but, the Mad Professor pedals are like open canvases. Very few restraints...like a kid with a chemistry set.

Thanks! Actually I just discovered the BJFe pedals about a week ago when someone loaned my a HBOD and EGDM. Now I have both of those and a DRD on the way! Crazy! I think I am out of things to sell quickly to pick one up soon, but I do have a few amps for sale, but things are slow as I am ot as fond of mailing amps.

If the BSOD isnt cold that will be on my to do list, but right now I am still trying to figure out me EGDM. Easily the first pedals I have tried that dont sound like pedals, but sound and react like an amp.

[dudinka]

the SBOD is the only one I haven't tried yet.
I guess I'll grab it someday...

[thesjkexperienc]

Pretty cool board!

Just picked up a Dyna Red today, so another OD is going to have to wait a bit.

I agree about the open canvas. I find myself tweaking knobs like never before, with my two BJFe pedals, to get great new sounds from one box. I found my old boxes liked one setting that was optimal and thats about all you got. Maybe a little more gain or less bright, but very narrow parameters on what sounded good.

[emjee]

I have both a DRD and a SBOD. They are both great pedals and I've found them to differ enough so that they compliment each other extremely well. Since one is an overdrive and the other a distortion, its like adding two sweeet gain stages to a single channel amp. When you get a chance come back and post how you are liking the DRD...

[thesjkexperienc]

I hope to get it Wednesday. I am taking a bit of a gamble on it as I am not a huge fan of 80's Marshall sounds, but I am hoping it will have a nice mix with my SHOD and EGDM where I can stack two lower gain for new type of sounds. I just love the feel of the BJFe boxes, and I have the cash, I thought why not?

[emjee]

The BJFE Dyna Red is made to emulate a 70's Marshall, and the Mighty Red, a Mad Professor pedal, an 80's Marshall, I.E. they are quite different.
The latter being a more compressed "Hair metal" sound, and the DRD more a classic rock sound.

[thesjkexperienc]

Woohoo! I did well then! It is easily worth the extra 10 - 15% to get the real BJFe just for the feel of the pedal. I did see on the BJF forum they recommend the MP pedal for Strat users, but I see Bobby D with his Dyna Red all the time and thought I would go that way.

[Melodic Dreamer]

I've always wanted to try the Little Green Wonder. How does it compared to a silver modded TS?

[Holliman]

The Sky Blue is full of gain. Way more than an average overdrive.

[thesjkexperienc]

Originally Posted by Melodic Dreamer

I've always wanted to try the Little Green Wonder. How does it compared to a silver modded TS?

Tone Factor has a TS style shoot out and it has the Maxon, MP, and Cusack. All sound different, but I do wonder if it is possible to get the MP sound for half the price. The thing about the BJFe and MP pedals is how they feel and react. I have never been a TS guy at all, and even owned several originals in the early 80s.

I have a NOC3 pure drive on loan and that is supposed to be similar to a sparkle drive/landgraff? Nice pedal, but I cant see ever using it. I am afraid the LGW would be the same. I have seen in other posts the BSOD is a little particular to the amp you use. But, as I found having about 7 ods in the house to compare it all depends on your rig and ears what sounds good. ODs and Fuzzes are hard to know until you try yourself!