Little Green Wonder Overdrive

19th July 202418th July 2024

First Impressions: LPD Pedals Dutch ’24 Overdrive As A Main Overdrive Pedal

This is a second (and lengthy!) look at the LPD Pedals Dutch ’24 that I recently bought.

Walrus Audio 385, LPD Pedals Dutch ’24 and Mad Professor Little Green Wonder on my pedalboard.

I’ve already written a First Impressions on the Dutch ’24. In that, I said that I’d briefly tried it as a main overdrive, and was a bit meh about it. (You should definitely go and read that post. I was very happy with how it helped me address the top-end of position 4 on my Strat.)

When used as a main overdrive, I’m finding the Dutch ’24 both incredibly familiar and – at the exact same time! – quite different too.

It’s been bugging me ever since.

So I spent a couple of evenings at the start of the week comparing the Dutch ’24 against other pedals aimed at the blues-rock market.

Along the way, I fell in love with how the Dutch ’24 is its own thing.

1st January 2024

First Impressions: Boss BP-1w Booster / Preamp Pedal

Santa brought me a Boss BP-1w 🙂

Boss BP-1w Booster / Preamp Waza Craft pedal

What do I think of it? Read on for my (lengthy!) first impressions.

24th November 202323rd November 2023

First Impressions: Carl Martin PlexiTone Lo-Gain Overdrive Pedal

I recently picked up a Carl Martin PlexiTone Lo-Gain overdrive pedal.

This photo shows two pedals on my pedalboard.

On the left side is the Carl Martin PlexiTone Lo-Gain Overdrive pedal. It has three controls: Level (set at around 10:30), Gain (set at around 1:30) and Tone (also set at around 1:30).

On the right is the Mad Professor Little Green Wonder overdrive pedal, BJFe's version of a Tubescreamer. It has three controls: Volume (set at 4 o'clock), Drive (set at 8 o'clock) and Body (set at 3 o'clock). — The Carl Martin PlexiTone Lo-Gain Overdrive Pedal and Mad Professor Little Green Wonder Overdrive Pedal

What does it sound like? And what do I think of it? Read on for my First Impressions.

7th April 2018

Blindfold Tubescreamer Challenge

Chappers and The Captain have posted their latest blindfold challenge. Can Lee tell a real Tubescreamer from a pool of clones? And which ones will he like?

The Tubescreamer is possibly the most-copied pedal circuit of them all. Most pedal brands have a TS-style pedal in their range, and there’s a TS-style pedal to fit every budget.

It’s not really an overdrive pedal, and that’s very confusing when you get one for the first time. It’s more of a colour pedal, thanks to it’s pronounced mid-hump. Run it into a dirty amp to shape the overall sound, or run it after a gain or fuzz pedal to act as a great boost.

A Strat -> Zendrive -> TS signal chain in particular is a very special sound.

Over the years, I’ve had a few of the pedals in the video, and the one I use is the Mad Professor Little Green Wonder. You can’t get a sense of it from this video, but one of the great things about the LGW (and, indeed, all Mad Professor pedals) is the low noise floor.

I’d love to try a Wampler Clarksdale one day – just waiting for one to turn up at a good 2nd hand price. The J Rockett Blue Note is another pedal featured in this video that I want one day. Burgs did a demo of it years ago now that really sold me on it.

And just how good does the new Hot Rod Deluxe Mk 4 sound?

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