Re: [Harp-L] Re: Boss Super overdrive pedal

[Michael Snowden <mike.snowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've never used one with Harp, only with guitar, but I found it a good unit to boost and thicken sound, particularly into valve preamps.  It's a fairly smooth overdrive, with relatively clean boost - it's not a metal dirtbox.  On guitar, I had mine set up for a lead/solo boost, and I wanted to lift my sound.

Mike



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 From: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 20:20
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Boss Super overdrive pedal
 
I am 80% certain John Popper used one in the 90's.  The SD-1, me
thinks.  I remember because I had just started playing and wanted
something to dirty up the sound of my harp straight to PA.  I was too
much of a newb to know if it worked well or not.  I think, even then,
I found just playing straight to PA to be the best option.  As a
matter of fact, I still use the same mic (now hacked into an Ultimate
57).  That was about 10yrs ago.

On Mar 15, 12:28 pm, martin oldsberg <martinoldsb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> An effects pedal that I own but don´t use -- and I have no recollection of ever having used it for harmonica -- is a "Boss Super Overdrive DS" something. Why I´ve bought it is not clear to me.
>   I wonder, can this be of use for the harp in some kind of setting?
>   It sound impossibly "electric" to me (psychedelic guitar 1960´s) but I haven´t tried it in a whole variety of rigs, just the one I´ve got here at home. Thinking of giving it away to some needy youngster in the metal zone, but I´m not Santa Claus so any interesting use for the harp must be considered first.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
> in Sweden