Overdrive Pedal Shopping Spree: Help me out!

Here are my suggestions, for what they're worth:
1. My two favorite pedals for rhythm playing are the Tim (or Timmy) and the Subdecay Liquid Sunshine....both are extremely natural sounding and both have great eq options.
2. The hotcake might be a good one for this. I had one and sold it, and I regret it...it was a great pedal.
3. Maybe the Liquid Sunshine, again? It has three knobs, one for volume and two for overdrive...one controls od over the full frequency, one controls the midrange and high break up. With the latter cranked it can sound really nasty...not very much gain with this pedal, but if the amp is on the verge of breakup it may be enough for you.
Those are just some of my favorites. Good luck!

 

I don't have a lot of od pedal experience but I have been using a 3 knob Hotcake on and off for the last 3-4 years with good results in just about every amp I've tried.
Good sustain and it is easy to dial in a good sound without a lot of fuss. Definitely sounds best when you're gigging and your amp adds a little of it's own od to the mix. Not all that great sounding for bedroom playing.
Works really well with humbuckers. It adds a little high end.

 

i just bought a HBE Power Screamer with the FatBoost option.

Don't let the name fool you, it doesn't sound anything like a TubeSceamer. It uses an op-amp type design but there is no midrange hump and the gain is sick.

 

For smooth rhythm stuff, a MI Audio Blue Boy is fantastic - keeps all your string definition without getting muddy or loose with any pup I've tried, even at max gain. A Timmy is also killer, but not quite as smooth as the BB, IMO.

 

Curehardy:

I'm sorry, I think I misread your post. Do want to choose between only the pedals you've already listed or are you looking for something to cop those three tones that the pedals you already mentioned have?

 

I'd have to go with a Timmy on the rhythm tones. The addition of the Bass and treble roll off controls allow you to tailor the tone to your guitar. I find it likes my strat over my Paul but it adds a sparkle that's hard to beat.

Voxy tones from a /13 FRT I'm not too sure on.

For power chord crunch I'd have to go Lovepedal Eternity. It kills in that department and cleans up nicely with the volume control. An added bonus is to kick the Eternity in the pants with the Timmy. Smooth, liquid lead tone with all the controlled feedback you need.

 

Yes, the MI Audio Blue Boy is a really great pedal...that might work for #1 or #3.
I haven't played one, but one pedal that always seems to be described as "smooth" is the hermida mosferatu.

 

for number 1, don'd discount a digitech bad monkey. It's got boutique sounds for 40 bucks! Smooth as hell.

For number 2, an SCOD sounds like a good choice.

For marshall in a box, try out a keeley modded ds-1. Great pedal and not too over the top.

 

I liked it, but it had too much low-end with my amp (a '63 Gibson Falcon). The buffer was great, it was completely silent, had a nice top end to it - probably a great pedal thru the right amp. I also like the bottom a little tighter, again could have been the amp...

 

The Mos has lots of string definition for such a gainy box and is the definition of smooth - but I didn't particularly like it for rhythm stuff, too much compression for my taste...

 

Are you sure that's the right amp for you? Never played one, but was seriously considering that very amp for awhile. You seem to be wanting it to do a lot of things that you feel it lacks. Don't take this post the wrong way, I'm just confused because I thought that amp was capable of lots of drive.

I did read your list carefully though and I think that you could get a lot out of use out of a COT50 and your guitar's volume knob. It's bright and fat at the same time and I think you could get #1 and #3 from your list accomplished with this pedal, assuming your amp is overdriving a little on its own. #2 might be in there somwhere, but that one's a little more elusive for me.

Good luck.

 

One more thing, since I just noticed your gear list in your sig. Get the Les Paul. You might find that simply plugging that in after playing the tele brings #3.

 

Here's one for sale in the emporium...

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111443

Nice seller too!