Circuit topology of the Lightspeed is pretty similar in many ways to the Timmy OD and Vemuram Jan Ray (both those have bass and treble control whereas the Lightspeed has the one Tone knob) which both are also in the league of "transparent" overdrives.
Nice! I didn’t know that. I think I prefer the Timmy to the LightSpeed. Seems to work more for what I do. Have tried a Jan Ray at the namm show but that’s not a good way to evaluate as it’s hard to hear anything
@@NickGranville I have a Timmy-isch circuit with added mids control (bass / mids /treble) which sounds like fitting your gap there... just saying once you have sold the Lightspeed haha ;)
@@willrowe9920 yeah, I wanted to like it, as it’s reputation was good but I think the whole transparent overdrive thing isn’t that important to me. Still I use it sometimes for a certain thing but I get why some people love it.
low gain OD isn't for you I guess. But as a session guitarist, this pedal into a Princeton Reverb is 90% of what my sessions are - light breakup at the pedal, that also pushes the Amp a little gives the grit asked for by producers for pop and country guitar. Even some rock sessions. I can hit it harder with a boost too
I love low gain pedals. That’s where I live 90% of the time. I do heaps of sessions, but I find that LightSpeed just sounds a bit cold to me. I thought transparent was what I wanted, but really I just want character. I use it sometimes, but I have other pedals I prefer for doing that thing, or better yet, get an amp loud at the point of break up and that’s a better way to do it (or in the fractal).
