Need Blusey Overdrive

[KevinSTP]

Seein as my DS-1 is sounding good for the Eric Johnson ,SRV sound I need a good blues type overdrive-More of a Danny Gatton,Brian Setzer sound.I'm playin a tele with Joe Bardens and a Duncan Alnico strat middle pickup,and a Semi Hollow with Dimarzio Q100 pickups through a Fender 75 with 2,10" celestions.Any recommendations,I'm leaning toward a Highway 89.Which compressor is recommended also?
                        Kevin

[Ansil]

i would go highway 89 all the way..   hollis compressor

[petemoore]

I haven't tried it yet but Ive heard from numerous reliable sources that it's the 'new route' through Bluesville, and is quite smooth!!!
 Boasting cleanup at guitar vol. should make it easy to negotiate the 'turns, entrances and exits' !!!

[Zero the hero]

Blue magic at GGG. Easy to build and nice sounding.
There are sounds samples too.

[Paul Marossy]

I second the Blue Magic. The TS808 is good as well. And, at lower gain settings, the BSIAB sounds really good, IMO.

[Gringo]

I'm about to build the blue magic, but i've got no j201, only mpf102, bf245 and 2n5457.

Has anyone built it with those, or any other fet than the j201? Any mod to perform to make it tick?

Thanks in advance.

[Oliver]

Seein as my DS-1 is sounding good for the Eric Johnson ,SRV sound I need a good blues type overdrive-More of a Danny Gatton,Brian Setzer sound.I'm playin a tele with Joe Bardens and a Duncan Alnico strat middle pickup,and a Semi Hollow with Dimarzio Q100 pickups through a Fender 75 with 2,10" celestions.Any recommendations,I'm leaning toward a Highway 89.Which compressor is recommended also?
                        Kevin

Hi,

modify your DS-1...
Change the Clipping Diodes (D4 and D5) to Germanium and put 2 or 3 in Series on each Side, or add 2 1N914 on one Side and one on the other, for cleaner Sound and smooth Distortion.
With a Strat the Sound comes as a nice Overdrive, with Tone turned back a little it is warm and SRV comes good with it..

So you will have not to build a Pedal

bye
Oliver

[KevinSTP]

Thanks all for the info,I will try you ideas Oliver,I checked out the Warp Control info at AMZ has anyone tried any of these?What about Removing the lowpass filter from the tone control?I am waiting on some parts to start down Route "89",I also love the samples of the Meteor ,WOW!!!
 Well I gutted my old Teac reel to reel and came up with a load of caps,diodes,transistor and such,it seems that hifi device bristle with .1 caps.How do I identify different diodes and transistors?

[Zero the hero]

I'm about to build the blue magic, but i've got no j201, only mpf102, bf245 and 2n5457.

Has anyone built it with those, or any other fet than the j201? Any mod to perform to make it tick?

Thanks in advance.

Used BC264 instead of J201. Py attention, the have different pin-outs!

[Gringo]

Thanks a lot Zero!

Now let's pay another visit to the local stores to see the stunned face of the employees when i ask them for parts  :twisted:

[troubledtom]

try the EVIL O.D.
   it's so cool !!
       the first ones are shipping !!!
             - tom :twisted:

[KevinSTP]

What's an Evil O.D. and where can I check it out?