The
Overdrive
on the PB-1 is very sweet. I always
wanted to have a pedal that that would give me that nice,
warm sound that a good tube amp will give you. It also
had to be very responsive to my playing, just like the old
Dumble amps are known for. If you play light it sound
clean; hit the strings hard it sound like the tubes are
working. My Overdrive does that nicely. Set the Gain (see
controls 16.) 7-9 o'clock, Volume (see controls 18.) 10-12
o'clock, Tone (see controls 15.) 12-1 o'clock, Bass (see
controls 13.) 11-12 o'clock, and set the switch (see
controls 14.) to Cream sound. That is the sound I was
referring to. (If using a humbucker equipped guitar you
may want to back the gain off a little to keep a cap on the
dirt).
The
Delay
is always a tough one a specially when you want it
to sound analog. We are all familiar with TC 2290 which is
widely regarded as the holy grail of delays. If you're lucky, you
have one. At this point TC is not making them anymore. How
cool would it be to have a floor pedal that sounds very close
to the holy grail in an analog flavor. The PB-1 delay does this.
My favorite way to use the delay is to dial in a setting to be
used in tandem with my Reverb on the PB-1 to create an
echo sound. Try this: Set the Delay (see controls 21.) all the
way up for a long delay, set Tone (see controls 19.) all the
way down for a warm sound, Repeats (see controls 20.) 8-9
o'clock. Now adjust the Level (see controls 23.) slowly until
you get more of an echo sound rather than a delay. Read on
and I'll give you my Reverb settings to be used together with
these Delay settings for my favorite echo sound.
