BEST Overdrives on a Budget

Episode 101: BEST Overdrives on a Budget

Article 1: https://guitar.com/guides/buyers-guide/guide-best-overdrive-effects-pedals/
Article 2: https://www.guitarworld.com/news/paul-reed-smith-hits-back-at-no-soul-critics

Welcome to the Chairmen of the Boards Podcast! The ultimate pedalboard podcast with the foremost rig builders in the world: Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio), Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio), and Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects/The Rig Doctor). We've teamed up to democratize great tone and provide you with our best tricks, tips, resources and hacks so you can build the pedalboard of your dreams!

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//TABLE OF CONTENTS//
00:00 - Intro
00:05 - Grant is back home!
01:41 - Introducing todays 1st topic
04:04 - What overdrives are we talking about?
05:31 - Can you ‘trust’ these articles?
06:54 - Does Mason ‘endorse’ this article?
07:46 - Grant's thoughts on the ‘best budget’ overdrives mentioned
09:27 - In general, recommending overdrive pedals is hard
09:32 - Grant's doubts of the article
11:27 - The pedals listed, don’t cover ‘every sound’
11:59 - The irony of both , ‘Duke of Tone’ and ‘Bluesbreaker’ being listed together
12:20 - Large box effects?
12:55 - Best ‘Dumble in a box’ pedal
15:29 - The two boutique companies mentioned
16:48 - Our thoughts on ‘unique circuits’
22:29 - Best ‘amp in a box’
26:50 - Walrus Fundamental Pedals
27:23 - THREE Bluesbreaker type pedals are on this list!
28:27 - DOD 250; Most versatile pedal?
28:48 - Warm Audio Centavo
29:35 - There are many more Klon clones available on the market
30:54 - We don’t wanna seem harsh on these articles
31:34 - Article Number 2; PRS vs Tone Woods
35:09 - Grant on the PRS Tone wood Debate and the ‘feel’ of PRS guitars
40:36 - Mason on PRS Guitars
42:11 - You’re not gonna beat up a PRS Guitar
43:17 - PRS vs Fender vs Gibson
44:18 - Precision and consistency on an instrument isn’t a bad thing
49:54 - Back to the PRS Tonewood debate
50 :25 - Is it fair to judge a guitar just on looks, for example, Rickenbacker
53:38 - People buy with their eyes
55:39 - There is nothing wrong with having a preference
56:30 - This is all a personal choice
57:38 - Go out and try the gear
58:38 - Mason's finals thoughts

//HOSTS//
Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio)
YT - @GoodwoodAudio
IG - https://instagram.com/goodwoodaudio

Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio)
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Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects)
YT - @VertexEffectsInc
IG - https://instagram.com/vertexeffects

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