How to get a great off-clean tone with any overdrive pedal - EXPLAINED!

This video shows you how to set up an off-clean/transparent overdrive tone from any overdrive pedal you have. Some pedals are more suited to a transparent sound while others that enhance or remove frequencies. The trick is to use your ears and set the EQ on your amplifier accordingly if you have a pedal that isn't an idea transparent overdrive. ‎

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[michael_caz_nyc]

I purchased a Barber Gain Changer S.R. ( specifically for this ) and it's Phenomenal with a Strat. I'm blown away. Great job Shane explaining this

[ColeDowden]

Love the new direction of the channel. Great inside tips and tricks. Keep it up!

[TheEZGlider]

Great vid, Shane! Very informative and useful. Really nice rhythm tone with the Tele, just enough dirt to make it interesting! Thanks for doing these. I enjoy your videos more than any I see out there. Short, sweet, and they make sense!!!

[edgararias]

Nice job Shane. This is great stuff, mate. Not only applies to blues, but also other genres. Cheers!

[daveinoz]

Well done Shane, great execution of the new channel format

[luisangelsmusic]

I don't know what it is about your tone. I've seen you use different amps and guitars and pedals. I appreciate how when I click on your videos, the sound of your amp, guitar and whatever else you got going on, sounds so lively, so real, like I can close my eyes and think I'm there with you. That's not even the best part though, what I truly appreciate is the dexterity of your playing, the soul, the emotion. I've seen others even bore themselves in the video, lol! But your tone grabs my attention from the first chord played.

[meanwhileinespoo]

Thanks, I was looking for something like this for a while... most had too much gain... this was perfect...

[kevinwilkins]

This is perfect timing. lol. I have been wanting transparency and couldn't quite get it. Thanks Shane for the direction:-)

[michaelpalmer]

This was great, really handy and what i'm looking for! Going to try this with my Blues Driver. Liking the new videos!

[Zigger]

Now this is a very usefull video. I actually sometimes use an SFT for this purpose. It also stacks other pedals in front of it very well and fattens up the bottom end of my small amp.

[TheMichaelseymour]

this is strange ...just this eve ..i did this very thing - and i stumbled on it without watching this vid - bit of cosmic confirmation that i am on the right track.The effect was subtle- but just like this vid - crucial to getting that little bit of grit that made the tone bite a bit - great vid shane .

[ManuelPassarella]

I personally use a splash of reverb (always on) and my trusty Vox Duel Overdrive. Basically I keep its first channel on with a light overdrive setting that affords me to play clean when I lighten the touch or roll back the volume knob. This is the backbone of my sound... Then I add other pedals to taste, stacking overdrives or adding modulation effects... That's it. I do have 2 always-on pedals.

[teo-english]

Hey, Shane. Nice vid. I am one of the guys out the there who's always playing kinda clean. I use the Blues Driver Keeley mod to so so. It works great for me. However I'm still in the search for improvements. Hahaha

[alexanderwebb]

A Boss Blues Driver is a great pedal to use if you want to get this tone as well. It doesn't push the mid frequencies as much as a tube screamer type of pedal. I actually prefer it over the klon style pedals for this sound.

[davidwright]

Great video Shane, and it's given me some great ideas. Thanks Brother

[ronnieo.]

Great video! I do exactly this with the Jrad Archer!

[Da_Porkchop_Xpress]

Great vid Shane. FYI, i purchased the Royal Flush and Vibler because of your reviews. Of course, my wife lost it at saying "How many pedals do you want". Forgive me, in that moment of weakness I blamed you so if you get a message from an angry woman...you know why. Ha!

[SaMmYbOyLAUGH]

Cheers heaps shano! Been looking for some info about how some guitarists get a sweet clean-ish tone with the tiniest bit of grit from a pedal
Do ya reckon you could do a vid on the ibanez modernfusion soundtank mf5 pedal? I feel strongly it's an underrated pedal that deserves some more attention and it would be cool to see what you make of it!
As always, mad content shane !

[sgmarshall]

If you get time, can you do a video on how to play the right solo over a particular rhythm?

[StueyDoo]

Scooping the mids there Shane?! Well, I never. Haha. Cool vid. I use a klon clone (Archer) for this very purpose. Gives it a nice 'big' sound