There was an original vintage colorsound power boost versions of which are still available at macaris charing cross road, then there was the trufi color driver and electronic orange bananaboost all pretty much faithful reproductions of the original circuit two of them with the added master volume dial for better control. Sep 01, 2017 the 9v overdriver as stated above was designed for the us market initially as it was thought that the bright orange colour and 60s type lettering wouldnt go down well. Colorsound power boost overdriver by sinner 22 apr 2012, 23. Od pedals can be used to boost a solo or to push an. It has insane volume so the reissue pedals from macaris in the 90s have master volumes. Colorsound overdriver a reissue of the old classic 1971 colorsound overdriver, still distributed by macaris of london, and hand made by jake rothman. Oct 26, 2005 20100708 the colorsound overdriver pedal by musictoyz 20101124 colorsound powerboost vs vintage colorsound overdriver vs colorsound overdriver by simplexiammine 20121120 torpedo c. The colorsound power boost and colorsound overdriver were also favorites of marc bolan and is considered by many to be the best overdrivebooster ever made. Iam of course talking about the colorsound powerbooster. The playing is not improved from the original, however i couldnt replicate the mistakes, so i. Tones still in demand in the pro guitar shop of today. The tube driver has been davids main overdrive unit since 1993 to present. Devices power driver v2, and the throbak overdrive boost which i.
David gilmour has been an avid tube driver user since around 1993. Overdriver duo tube screamer ts808 179 infos sur pedale deffet colorsound overdriver. The circuits are largely or exactly similar but the power boost runs on 18v and has a bit more headroom and dynamics than the overdriver which runs at 9 volts. Davids also using pedals with a lot of lows, like big muffs and tube drivers. The colorsound power boost overdriver is a great pedal. Ibanez ts9 tube screamer vs boss sd1 super overdrive battle of the screamers duration. A tube driver, or similar overdrive pedal, can be used as a light boost before or. Set the colorsound overdriver for a light drive and place it before or or after. I bought mine new in 2005 at macaris in london, uk. The amazing thing, unlike many distortion pedals, is it doesnt color or compress the instrument sound. The pcb is a copy of the final 18v version with pp3 batteries. We have produced the 9v colordriver overdriver to a true power boost replica down to the correct bc109 transistors. Vintage pow colorsound overdriver power boost overdrivedistortion a hunka hunka burning vintage overdrive tone right here.
I mainly use it to add overdrive with the gain down and the treble up a bit. Plasma colorsound overdriver clone pcb aion electronics. Colorsound overdriver sound clip 1 colorsound on light boost playing money bass line. The power boost was released around 19691970 while the overdriver followed in 1971. Theres a wide range of modifications that can be done to this circuit, and most of them will be useful in some way. Those same sessions also resulted in the division bell companion album, pink floyds the endless river, which was not completed until 2015.
Guitar mxr dynacomp compressor digitech brian may red special proco rat distortion boss ds1 skreddy pink flesh muff clone absolutely analog green russian muff clone colorsound overdriver bk tube driver with 12au7 tube ibanez ts808 tube screamer boss ge7 eq boss fv300l volume pedal boss dd20 giga delay eh. The colorsound power boost my favourite david gilmour tones. Prescription electronics rx overdriver colorsound reverb. Eric johnson used to spend a lot of time looking for perfect tubes to use in his standard tube drivers, but now he can just set the bias easily with the stock tube. More sound clips fender strat with ssl5 bridge pickup into overdriver, mxr carbon copy analog delay, and fender twin reverb. When it comes to amps, overdrive is the warm, natural distortion that comes from pushing the tubes to break up with the gain and volume controls. Both are clones of the original circuit and there is an order switch that controls which circuit is first in the chain. Colorsound pedals continued to be made until the early 1980s, then all production stopped. Just before turning completely to the right, the unit will produce a smooth transparent overdrive bordering distortion sound.
The power boost was one of the major components of gilmours sound around dsotm, with luscious, rich overdrive on just the right side of saturation overload. Smitty pedals makes a killer colorsound od and boost, the smittydriver. Hi eq at 4, lo eq at 6, drive at approximately 1 to 1. While the tube driver type circuit is properly one level lower at around a level 5. Colorsound powerboost vs vintage colorsound overdriver vs. The end result was that the overdriver had less headroom and distorted at lower volumes. Colorsound power boost my favourite david gilmour tones. Like the tube driver, the crayon can deliver anything from clean boost to tube like overdrive and distortion and its two eq controls allow you to shape the tone to any amp. A classic reproduction of the 1971 colorsound overdriver. May 04, 2010 the colorsound overdriver pedal video demo, includes a quick chat some say too much talking. Carvin amps used to feature a footswitchable 6 db clean boost. I would never include that pedal in gilmour rig, remove at once. Overdrive pedals make these rich sonic complexities and overtones available in other situations, like lowvolume practicing and bedroom recording.
Just go up or down a few clicks and he nails what he wants. These pedals are both so amazing and sound great stacked. It is a highfidelity recreation of the overdriveboost pedal used by david gilmour on all pink floyd albums between obscured by clouds and animals yes, that includes dark side of the moon. There are other great clones of the circuit out there buffalo fx, throbak, etc. At low drive settings it opens up the tone of most tube amps, lightly or heavily. A drawback of the original overdriver is that when the drive knob was all the way up, the pedal could not be brought down below unity gain. The rx overdriver is based on the original colorsound overdriver, used for years by jeff beck during the jeff beck group era. This is a tutorial showing how david gilmour uses overdrive and booster pedals in combination with his big muffs.
The crayon can also be tweaked for more vintage tones similar to the colorsound. The 9v overdriver as stated above was designed for the us market initially as it was thought that the bright orange colour and 60s type lettering wouldnt go down well. This is a truly unique, ultra rare, highly sought after, rarely ever offered, legendary pedal. The power boost was born in the late sixties the idea was to give guitarists a boost. Trufi has now produced a handmade recreation of the famous colorsound 9 volt overdriver used by the likes of jeff beck and david gilmour among the few. This overdrive pedal presented by death by audio, the pedal company of oliver ackermann, frontman of a place to bury stangers couldnt really be much simpler. A sample of the colorsound powerboost vs vintage colorsound overdriver vs colorsound overdriver, with a fender stratocaster custom shop 60 relic time machine, a vintage 72 hiwatt custom 100 head. A customer in luxembourg contacted us to request a custom pedal that would combine our black cat bee buzz with a colorsound overdriver. Oct 26, 2005 20120523 colorsound power boosts and overdriver. The overdriver is a bass and treble boosting overdrive that is a virtually identical to the 18 volt colorsound power booster that was made famous by dave gilmour of pink floyd. Trufi pedal colordriver 9v version fuzz overdrive guitar. Sep 06, 2011 hd demo of the colorsound overdriver clone with much better audio. Colorsound overdriver placed after the muff in signal chain. I have a colorsound power boost but didnt want to gig with it, so i went.
The plasma project allows you to build either an overdriver or a power boost, with the incredibly useful mod of adding an output volume control. The classic colorsound overdriver taken to new heights. Its transparent and uncompressed, which i find works better as boost than a tube driver. This vintage circuit was made popular for its ability to bring body. The playing is not improved from the original, however i couldnt replicate the mistakes, so i put together some new ones for ya.
Apr 06, 2012 4 modify the stock component values to match the reissue b k butler tube driver. I believe it uses three bc109 transistors, its amazing. The powerboost was introduced in 1968 but when the americanas first saw it in the early 70s they apparently didnat care much for the colour. Although tube driven and sonically closer to a early marshall jtm type of amp, the.
The only real difference is the addition of a volume knob, which i feel make the pedal much more useable. For an idea of how it sounds jimmy page used one with his dragon telecaster from the led zeppelin 1 era, yes, its that tone. Its a three transistor fuzz circuit that creates an unholy amount of gain and sustain. The overdriver is a bass and treble boostoverdrive pedal that works great with tube amps. The colorsound overdriver power boost delivers a clean increase in volume as you turn the center rotary dial clockwise. Colorsound overdriver demo on an island trying a modern gilmour overdrive tone with the first on an island solo. The power boost used two batteries for 18v operation, and while it got extremely loud, it did not have much of an overdrive effect on its own and was primarily a booster. Yup, its an original colorsound overdriver as used by david gilmour, jeff beck etc. Colorsound overdriver clone project documentation plasma drive. Black overdriver, runoffgroove 227, roger mayer stone fuzz, colorsound octivider, devi ever torns peaker, carllin compfuzz, catalinbread formula no5, fred briggs e11even, divided by joyride, lotus pedals snowjob, sadowsky preamp, bjfe folk fuzz 3. The mids control will be sacrificed and replaced by the bias control.
He first used them in the recording sessions for pink floys the division bell album. The colorsound power boost and overdriver are pieces of british. Unfortunately i do not believe either of these are available as new options. Tube driven 1959 marshall overdrive with two channels, post boost, effects loop, and di. Black cat custom beebuzz overdriver black cat pedals. This vintage circuit was made popular for its ability to bring body, dimension and tonal flexibility to a single channel tube amp. Colorsound power boost 18v effects pedal element14.
Schematic colorsound overdriver back to index of schematics. The bias control is very helpful as it adjusts the amount of current applied to the cathode of the tube. The overdriver came later, having a couple of minor tweaks along with dropping the voltage down to 9 volts. Legendary vox engineer dick denney worked with macaris on the reissues, including a 9v power boost and overdriver. Ehx big muff and colorsound power boost tone tutorial youtube. So whats the difference between the power boost and the overdriver um. The colorsound overdriver pedal video demo, includes a quick chat some say too much talking. The colorsound overdriver was also a favorite of marc bolan and is considered by many to be the best overdrivebooster ever made. Difference between colorsound overdriver and colorsound. The power boost is a transparent preamp designed to inderact with your pickups and tube amp. Face ripping loud put this in front of your amp, hit it, then turn on your amp while forgetting to. Marsall code vs boss katana recently i was able to check out two of the most promising budgetmodeling combo amps released in 2016.
We actually had an original vintage colorsound overdriver premaster volume mod. Colorsound power boost 18v effects pedal element14 andy. On the other hand, i use the colorsound overdriver to color the tone of my big. I think the first one was a reverse board, second was the normal way up, but had the 33k in a different position and no terminal for the common battery connection.
Although tube driven and sonically closer to a early marshall jtm type of amp, the tube driver and power boost do have some similarities and david often use the tube driver similar to how he would use the power boost both for boosting and overdrive. The overdriver from vick audio is based on the same. The sola sound colorsound tonebender mkii professional is probably the second most famous fuzz box after the fuzz face. The vick audio overdriver is a bass and treble boosting overdrive that is a virtually identical to the 18 volt colorsound power booster that was made famous by dave gilmour of pink floyd. He used tube drivers extensively for his 2006 album on an island and the subsequent tour, heard on the.
Tube driver placed before the muff in signal chain. Colorsound vintage reissue effects pedals analog man. Dimension and tonal flexibility to a single channel tube amp. The difference isnt that big but ive always found the powerbooster to be easier to control and blend in as a booster. It can make any tube amp have a more hifi sound just using the clean setting. The power boost was david gilmours main overdrive unit in the 70s and it was used on several pink floyd albums, including dark side of the moon, wish you were here and animals. As you can see, this project uses alpha boardmounted pots, box caps, and 0. Hd demo of the colorsound overdriver clone with much better audio. They run on a 9v battery or a negative tip power supply. The tube driver and tdx can be tricky to set up because its so much. This is a high quality overdrive built by prescription electronics.
Classic 1970s era wah same as original but with improved potentiometer for longer life. It contains expresspcb sch and pcb files, and a pdf toner transfer image. Throbak overdrive boost effects pedals, colorsound power. Feb 07, 2011 2 also i like the clean boost button on the the chandler tube driver unit. There was an original vintage colorsound power boost versions of.
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