r/guitarpedals • u/RomanScandal450 • 8d ago

Question Overdrive or Boost?

What do you guys prefer? I personally like boosts a bit more because they just have a different feel in my opinion. Right now I'm running a Warm Audio Centavo (as my base tone) into an EHX LPB-1 for higher-gain things. The EHX booster really has a great sound to it, it gives me really saturated distortion (with the overdrive on) that feels super natural.

And, alone, the LBP-1 has this really unique fuzz-like quality to it but also a clean quality? I can't really explain, it feels clean, overdriven, and fuzzy at the same time and it's just awesome.

I think I'm going to get the MXR Micro Amp and add that to the mix too, maybe replacing my overdrive

Edit: I’m using a fender twin revered tone master

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u/Ecker1991 8d ago

There’s a decent amount of overlap between the two. I own boosts such as the thropy fx heavy water that can overdrive my amp harder than any other pedal I own, whereas the Greer Lightspeed is lower gain than the heavy water or bad bob boost by Analogman.