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Mark Sottilaro wrote: > There are also a bunch of tube distortion pedals I've been looking at as > well. I've gone through a ridiculous amount of distortion pedals (an indispensable loop tool.) Of all of the solid-state "overdrives" I've used, the Tech21 Tri-OD has one of the best sounds available, though it has some harsh mid-range coloration due to the fact that it's actually not meant to go into the front-end of an amp. Also, I'm very fond of the (discontinued) Morley JD-10. These are the only solid-state "overdrive" boxes I've kept, though they now sit in a closet as back-ups and not on my pedal board. The top-of-the-line tube overdrive is the S.I.B. Varidrive. Sweet, absolutely transparent, and it can get that just on the edge of breakup to a very full lead tone. It equally respects single coils and humbuckers. It uses full current as opposed to a 12 or 15 volt power supply, and I can really hear the difference. I use two of them: one as my mild crunch box, and the other for singing lead tones. $290 Next is the ToneBone Hot British and ToneBone Classic tube drives. These give excellent sound and far more eq flexibility than the SIB, but they have a mild "paint-on" quality, and the basic tone under the distorition is dull and muddy. Still far better than ANY solid state device. $230 I've tried the Soldano Super Charger GTO, but I thought it had too much of a mid-range hump. The Hughes & Kettner Tubeman is fine, but the heavy drive sounded "buzzy" to me. The Mesa V-Twin distortions basically suck, but I actually use its clean setting as my recording pre-amp. Very sweet. I have NOT tried: Siegmund Double Drive Tube Overdrive Budda Phatman J.T. Valveboy Hot Chili Tubester Good luck!