And I could not be happier! I tried the MXR boost/OD, the TRex Mudhoney and a Box of Rock
The BOR was perhaps the BEST overdrive I've ever played. Just AMAZING. But at 120 pounds for the vexter version (240 bucks) it was a bit too much for me. Beautiful sound though, very clear sounding, cleans up well enough and overall an amazing pedal I WILL own someday.
The MXR wasn't great. That's all I'm going to say. Not bad, just... nothing too special I felt.
The Mudhoney was just like a big muff on 10 on top of a drive channel basically. Muddy, big, fat, thick sounding. Borderline between fuzz/distortion. I liked it but it's very redundant if you have a big muff + OD pedal. Sounded good otherwise.
The Blues Pro was the cheapest of the bunch and wit the BOR, the best up there. The BOR has less gain, is less thick sounding I felt, so they'd fill a different board space. The BP is absolutely brilliant. Now I'm usually NOT a tubescreamer fan. Shrill, nasal OD, only decent when used as a boost but I prefer something with a more balanced EQ. The BP is very musical, harmonic, just very nice sounding. I can actually use it as a standalone OD. With SD1s I have to mod them before. The BP is just very 'plug and play' style and easy to dial. I have tone set to 1 oclock, gain at 2:30 oclock, and level's at unity.
To me it's the perfect unmodded, not too expensive OD. It's the same price here as a boss BD2. Though admitedly I don't have that much experience with the BD2. But the Blues Pro just sounds amazing on its own either way.
The BOR was perhaps the BEST overdrive I've ever played. Just AMAZING. But at 120 pounds for the vexter version (240 bucks) it was a bit too much for me. Beautiful sound though, very clear sounding, cleans up well enough and overall an amazing pedal I WILL own someday.
The MXR wasn't great. That's all I'm going to say. Not bad, just... nothing too special I felt.
The Mudhoney was just like a big muff on 10 on top of a drive channel basically. Muddy, big, fat, thick sounding. Borderline between fuzz/distortion. I liked it but it's very redundant if you have a big muff + OD pedal. Sounded good otherwise.
The Blues Pro was the cheapest of the bunch and wit the BOR, the best up there. The BOR has less gain, is less thick sounding I felt, so they'd fill a different board space. The BP is absolutely brilliant. Now I'm usually NOT a tubescreamer fan. Shrill, nasal OD, only decent when used as a boost but I prefer something with a more balanced EQ. The BP is very musical, harmonic, just very nice sounding. I can actually use it as a standalone OD. With SD1s I have to mod them before. The BP is just very 'plug and play' style and easy to dial. I have tone set to 1 oclock, gain at 2:30 oclock, and level's at unity.
To me it's the perfect unmodded, not too expensive OD. It's the same price here as a boss BD2. Though admitedly I don't have that much experience with the BD2. But the Blues Pro just sounds amazing on its own either way.