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I'm using a shitty DOD FX91. It's probably not shitty if you have, you know, a bass guitar, which is what it's made for—but it does not sound great with my V guitar. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I could replace it with?

My main dirts are MXR Distortion+ and DanElectro Fab Tone. (I also have the Digitech Death Metal that I use... ehh... kind of like a compression pedal... but also booster... and ehh... don't ask.) The Dist+ sounds terrific for post-rock-y tremolos (think MONO) as well as soaring open chords (think The Pine), and thick riffs (think My Bloody Valentine). The Fab Tone... well, it's loud.

So what I want is a pedal that will give me a nice and pretty, clean, low-volume (I use the overdrive to bring down the volume, so that the other dirts sound louder) sound, with a bit of bite. Something like the right-panned tremolo thing here https://monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/track/ ... the-snow-3 would be... not terrible.
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if they weren't utterly impossible to find i'd recommend the Mellowtone Singing Tree, or perhaps the Hi Five for a cleaner sound.
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Boss od3?
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Barbershop is the best low gain overdrive ever.
Get a fuck if you want to get into higher gain or crackly fun.
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Mid-Fi Magic "I" or Full Frequency Overdrive
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The Pine is a nice reference, love them. Not sure what gear they used, tho. I'd recommend the Fuck OD as well, at least I own that and use it for any number of more or less broken drive sounds. Other JFET-based circuits would probably also get you there, i.e. "amp-like" overdrive with that compression and bite. Seems you have op-amp dirt pretty much covered.
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Any older Fulltone OCD. v1-1.4 basically.
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I really like my EQD Westwood, but I wouldn't hesitate to get a Fuck either
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I agree re: the Barbershop. when the Fairfield box went around a few years ago i called it "the Klon Killer."
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qersty wrote:Boss od3?
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frodog wrote:The Pine is a nice reference, love them. Not sure what gear they used, tho.
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Yeah I did listen to that, should have commented in the thread. How is Annie Records I see, they're in my neck of the woods and have been involved with other releases I liked. Also this one! Not as immediately captivating as the Pine but I like the last three songs especially. Might be a grower. Same loose feel but not as intense. The CE-2 is in effect here and there with both, really nice.

What do you mean by LPS2, excuse me. I've seen older pictures of Kurt (think it was him at least) with a Les Paul type guitar.
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what type of amp are you using? that makes a big difference with ODs.
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Another vote for a Fuck. It's a very versatile OD and a Mini would probably work too.
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