Lev
March 31st, 2009, 09:31 AM
I love it when an old piece of gear that you had previously discarded ends up being an essential part of your rig!!
About 2 years ago I purchased a Marshall Bluesbreaker II pedal - it sounded good when I played it in the store and it was pretty cheap so I took it home intending to use it for blues/overdrive sounds. After a week I absolutely hated the tone from it and put it back in it's box and forgot all about it.
Fast forward two years and I'm now playing in a 3 piece band. I had been playing with my guitar volume at about 7 and kicking it up to 10 for solos but I found for heavier songs the volume had crept up to 10 before the solo kicked in. I decided a clean boost pedal was the way to go, then I spotted the Bluesbreaker sitting boxed on my shelf and I remembered that it has a clean boost setting. So I took it to my rehearsal last week and it made such an amazing difference to my sound. I'm using the Danelectro Cool Cat Drive as my main OD pedal and now I kick in the BBII to boost my solos and it sounds amazing - my solos really stand out and sparkle.
I'm now loving this pedal that I had previously discarded!! :rockon:
About 2 years ago I purchased a Marshall Bluesbreaker II pedal - it sounded good when I played it in the store and it was pretty cheap so I took it home intending to use it for blues/overdrive sounds. After a week I absolutely hated the tone from it and put it back in it's box and forgot all about it.
Fast forward two years and I'm now playing in a 3 piece band. I had been playing with my guitar volume at about 7 and kicking it up to 10 for solos but I found for heavier songs the volume had crept up to 10 before the solo kicked in. I decided a clean boost pedal was the way to go, then I spotted the Bluesbreaker sitting boxed on my shelf and I remembered that it has a clean boost setting. So I took it to my rehearsal last week and it made such an amazing difference to my sound. I'm using the Danelectro Cool Cat Drive as my main OD pedal and now I kick in the BBII to boost my solos and it sounds amazing - my solos really stand out and sparkle.
I'm now loving this pedal that I had previously discarded!! :rockon: