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Post by jammergreg on Apr 25, 2016 15:55:08 GMT -7
Anyone? How does it compare to like an OCD? Heard a clip and a Sounded really good.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 16:04:58 GMT -7
I logged on at the right time. Best overdrive pedal ever. Low gain, high gain (not Rectifier high gain, but it will do Marshally gain with an American flavor), flat eq, mid boost, it will do everything you need it to do with a clean or dirty amp and your guitar's volume knob. I bought a Gain Changer and sold my Z Drive and my Keeley Oxblood. It's THAT good. purpletele can corroborate my story...
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Post by walt on Apr 25, 2016 16:06:22 GMT -7
I don't know about the ocd,but i love the gain changer-loved it with my therapy,used it as if it was a channel switch to a gain channel.Then i got a z drive and pulled it off my board for about 7-8 months.Recently put it back in line,before the z drive,and love it even more.
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Post by purpletele on Apr 25, 2016 16:09:47 GMT -7
I logged on at the right time. Best overdrive pedal ever. Low gain, high gain (not Rectifier high gain, but it will do Marshally gain with an American flavor), flat eq, mid boost, it will do everything you need it to do with a clean or dirty amp and your guitar's volume knob. I bought a Gain Changer and sold my Z Drive and my Keeley Oxblood. It's THAT good. purpletele can corroborate my story... I concur with Frank's assessment. Great pedal. Sold my Oxblood within minutes of putting it on the board. Much more organic than the OCD by far, unless your plugged into my super duper highly modified OCD, even then it is still not as smooth. Two thumbs up on the Gain Changer
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Post by Mark (Basement Enthusiast) on Apr 25, 2016 17:25:00 GMT -7
OCD & Gain Changer can both do low-gain & high-gain, but the Barber can do lower-gain/cleaner better than the OCD (more transparently than the OCD). OCD is more compressed and always feels like it's there; the Barber will feel more like an extension of your amp, or almost like your amp has a "gain" knob on it.
FWIW, with the Gain Changer on its high-gain setting, and the EQ switch in the "fat + flat" mode (similar profile to David's older single-channel "unLimiTeD" pedal) gets you exactly into the tone & gain range of the Fulltone FullDrive. Again, a little less compressed and more open-sounding than the OCD. The OCD also goes a little more "British/Marshall" in its HP mode, whereas the Barber stays a little flatter-EQ throughout all its settings.
I still own both, and I don't think I will be getting rid of either. Although the Barber is getting glued to my board (if I ever finish it) whereas the OCD is more of a stand-alone, "when I feel like it" kind of pedal.
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Post by zed on Apr 25, 2016 17:33:56 GMT -7
The GC is one of my favorite drives, period.
I added it to my band board and it's stayed there ever since. I fell that it's similar to a Timmy, but more. Fairly transparent, flat EQ and plenty of gain.
I use mine for a low gainer and a CDD for my distortion.
I do like the OCD too, I finally picked up a used one fairly recently. There seems to be a good bottom end on the OCD, which I like.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 17:35:36 GMT -7
OCD & Gain Changer can both do low-gain & high-gain, but the Barber can do lower-gain/cleaner better than the OCD (more transparently than the OCD). OCD is more compressed and always feels like it's there; the Barber will feel more like an extension of your amp, or almost like your amp has a "gain" knob on it. This! I was shocked at how close the Therapy with the volume and master at 3pm sounded compared to the Therapy dialed in for clean tones with the Gain Changer on med-high gain in front of it.
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Post by jammergreg on Apr 25, 2016 18:12:39 GMT -7
Wow! Lots of replies. I guess it will be nice to have this guy?
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Post by j4gitr (John) on Apr 25, 2016 18:23:17 GMT -7
Everyone has taken the words out of my mouth. Very natural and smooth. Lots of good sound in this pedal.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 18:45:21 GMT -7
The GC is a soft clipping pedal with much in common with a TS, except much, much better--more gain, more bottom, less mid-hump, more transparent. The OCD is a hard clipping pedal (or that's my understanding), with more gain and compression than the GC, which is open and uncompressed. The higher gain setting on the GC can get into the lower gain settings on the OCD, though. If it was me, I'd probably want something GC-like and something OCD-like to cover a wide range of gain options.
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Post by jammergreg on Apr 25, 2016 19:00:05 GMT -7
I noticed the OCD was a bit compressed! I pulled the trigger on one.
Ask and you shall receive. Z-Talk.
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Post by purpletele on Apr 25, 2016 19:10:24 GMT -7
The sea foam green color sound the best. I hope you got that one.
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Post by jammergreg on Apr 26, 2016 7:25:08 GMT -7
Had to sell some gear. Had two Z-drives,, down to one and the gain changer & z-drive may be good.
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Post by daveyk on Apr 26, 2016 14:20:49 GMT -7
I loved both my OCD and Gain Changer, but ended up selling both! The OCD is definitely a Marshall flavor and really has that rectifier sag feel to it especially in the LP mode. The Gain changer has a stiffer response. The OCD has a bigger bottom end and I always had a hard time taming the high end on it. The Gain Changer is very balanced. It retains the bottom end, but doesn't really add any. The mids are fairly flat, and the highs are very much controllable with the tone knob. The Gain Changer can do completely clean, the OCD can't. I sold the OCD because I simply didn't need it anymore and I sold the Gain Changer because I was using it as more of a low gainer and I felt that my Morning Glory did the transparent low gain thing just a little better and had a better feel to it compared to the Gain Changer. Anyway, this is just my experience with these pedals. You may find something different.
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Post by daveyk on Apr 26, 2016 14:22:34 GMT -7
Oh and as others have stated, I felt the Gain Changer was very much an extension of my amp.
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Post by walt on Apr 26, 2016 15:33:25 GMT -7
Had to sell some gear. Had two Z-drives,, down to one and the gain changer & z-drive may be good. It is
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 19:07:08 GMT -7
Had to sell some gear. Had two Z-drives,, down to one and the gain changer & z-drive may be good. It is Yes, if I could only somehow get just the green channel back!
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Post by dreamlander on Apr 26, 2016 22:14:05 GMT -7
Well you guys convinced me to order the Barber Gain Changer. Still looking for that one od pedal to go with my klone and clean boost. Got a Wampler Euphoria recently, but I am not getting along with it at all.
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Post by jammergreg on Apr 27, 2016 1:56:27 GMT -7
Well you guys convinced me to order the Barber Gain Changer. Still looking for that one od pedal to go with my klone and clean boost. Got a Wampler Euphoria recently, but I am not getting along with it at all. Here we both go, again. lol
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Post by doctorice on Apr 27, 2016 9:17:30 GMT -7
I had the GC on board for quite a while. Liked it a lot, but I also like changing things up. May have to bring it back out.
I think I had it paired with a Keeley Red Dirt. Those two pedals covered a lot of territory.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 12:20:32 GMT -7
Well, this looks interesting...
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Post by daveyk on Apr 27, 2016 20:15:42 GMT -7
Also, you can run the Gain Changer up to 18 volts if you'd like! I really liked it at 18. Gave it more headroom and dynamics. Great pedal!
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Post by Faze on Apr 28, 2016 8:03:50 GMT -7
Gain Changer always interested me. I never got a chance to check one out. Def would like to test drive one.
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Post by Mark (Basement Enthusiast) on Apr 28, 2016 8:42:24 GMT -7
Also, you can run the Gain Changer up to 18 volts if you'd like! I really liked it at 18. Gave it more headroom and dynamics. Great pedal! Yup! I run mine @ 12 V. Kind of a nice "Goldilocks" in-between 9 V and the full 18 V; still sounds nice & "open" at that setting, a smidge nicer than at 9 V.
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Post by daveyk on Apr 28, 2016 8:45:58 GMT -7
Also, you can run the Gain Changer up to 18 volts if you'd like! I really liked it at 18. Gave it more headroom and dynamics. Great pedal! Yup! I run mine @ 12 V. Kind of a nice "Goldilocks" in-between 9 V and the full 18 V; still sounds nice & "open" at that setting, a smidge nicer than at 9 V. I agree. 12v is great too. When i didn't want to take up 2 spots on my voodoo lab power supply to make it 18 I usually just switched the switch on a single lead to make it 12. I usually ran my maxon od9 at 12 volts too! Sounded great
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Post by jammergreg on May 2, 2016 23:04:37 GMT -7
Got one and love it. Just a perfect and versatile OD!
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Post by dreamlander on May 2, 2016 23:11:02 GMT -7
Thanks everyone for bringing my attention to this OD. I got it today and I just can't say enough about how much I am enjoying this pedal. At this point if I could only have one it would be the Gain Changer without question.
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Post by purpletele on May 3, 2016 0:53:26 GMT -7
Wow,
Did you guys plan that report?
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Post by Darasick on May 20, 2016 20:15:22 GMT -7
Reading these testimonies I've concluded you guys effect me like beans or maybe even cabbage!
Seriously how does it compare to a BB? I've never had a BB, but it's on the short list of the next one to try.
Also any comparisons to a Klone?
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2016 20:24:20 GMT -7
Reading these testimonies I've concluded you guys effect me like beans or maybe even cabbage! Seriously how does it compare to a BB? I've never had a BB, but it's on the short list of the next one to try. Also any comparisons to a Klone? You'll forget the BB even exists. And a Klon??? What's a Klon??? All joking aside, I went from Spark Booster to BB Comp to Z Drive to Oxblood to Gain Changer. I haven't been jonesing for a primary OD since. Now, I've added a TS and a Fuzz since then, but I've had no desire to replace the Gain Changer. And I go through OD's like toothbrushes...
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