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TEISCO|OVERDRIVETiesco as a brand was a major maker of MIJ guitars in the early 60's. About 5 years a group of pedal makers bought the trademark and brought out a line of very well made and designed pedals at budget prices long before the idea was resurrected by JHS, lol.
It is based off the Tube Screamer OpAmp topography but it certainly is not a ts. It reminds me of the still hot Greer Lightspeed also based off a ts. Although it can be pushed into a medium gain Crunch as well as a very respectable low gain or boost pedal. The layout is level, gain, treble and boost. A switch kicks in a mid boost.
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This pedal is best when not pushed. In fact I don't like the pushed sound of the pedal at all. It is perhaps the best sounding OD with the gain set just before breakup I have heard. This is opposite of 99% of these kind of OD's. It is damn hard to do really low gain well. The sound gets thin or has no sustain. Many of the stupidly pricy OD's that reviewers describe to you in the hushed tones of the music world's culturally elite are not half this good. In short there is no need to bend over and get poked to get a very decent low gain transparent OD.
Is sounds like a kind of Timmy. How would you compare it with a Caline Pure Sky. greer lighttspeed or DemonFx Jan Ray (all are Timmy modded pedals)
ReplyDeleteAll the transparent type drives have a colored sound which is kind of like different brands of vanilla ice cream which is the most neutral of ice creams. The Teisco barely has any vanilla, lol. It is practically a clean booster pedal except most boosters don't have much sustain. If you push a booster you get sustain but it is because you are sending so much level it is the amps pre breaking up that cases it. So I guess what I'm saying this pedal is as transparent as it gets. Which is what most guys think a transparent drive is until they try one and that vanilla shows up. Nothing wrong with vanilla. It is really just a choice. I just find I prefer really mild vanilla :-) A lot of guys end up using a transparent drive cranked so if you do it becomes a medium gain OD which is an entirely different thing. Some guys like it but I want a medium gain aimed at being a Crunch not a low gain drive straining itself.
ReplyDeleteThanks! i’ve found this interesting comparaison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ZOKOVJFI4
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