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I'm sick of my Tube Screamer. Don't get me wrong, I dig what TS can bring to the table, I'm just missing what it leaves in the kitchen. The focused mid-boost and compression works nicely as a lead boost but always seems lacking girth for rhythm.
I had a Klon - it was way better in every way. But when I saw them bringing $500 I sold mine (it ain't worth that much to me). I've had a few others such as the thin and crispy Jekyl & Hyde, a few DODs, a few Digitech's, etc. They all ended up being so fundamentally similar to a TS - no depth and/or girth.
I was talking about this a week or so ago with Eddie over at Indoor Storm. He suggested I try the Clark Gainster. I tried it with a Tyler dual-hum Mongoose Special into a CAE OD-50 with a Marshall 4x12 and a Port City Blackface style combo. The Gainster sounded really great. It kept the full range tone in tact! I am immediately happy that this not going to be yet another TS knock off. I ran it through a variety of gain/tone settings as well as different playing dynamics - light/hard picking, fingerpicking, volume rolloff, etc. The Gainster responded extremely well. Needless to say the Gainster followed me home.
I hooked it up to my CAE 3+SE/G-System rig in a loop and used it at practice the other night. I had very little time to dial it in but the results were fantastic. I used it on the clean channel to add a moderate crunch tone and on the second channel to get it extra dirty for a couple tunes. The Gainster is very responsive like a good tube amp. The sound of the overdive is very natural. It really cut through evenly unlike a TS.
So far I am very impressed with the Gainster. With that rig I have 5 basic tones from the 3 channels of the 3+SE and the Gainster applied to channel 1 & 2 via a loop - I have it set at about unity gain and get my solo boost from the one built into the G-System.
I had a Klon - it was way better in every way. But when I saw them bringing $500 I sold mine (it ain't worth that much to me). I've had a few others such as the thin and crispy Jekyl & Hyde, a few DODs, a few Digitech's, etc. They all ended up being so fundamentally similar to a TS - no depth and/or girth.
I was talking about this a week or so ago with Eddie over at Indoor Storm. He suggested I try the Clark Gainster. I tried it with a Tyler dual-hum Mongoose Special into a CAE OD-50 with a Marshall 4x12 and a Port City Blackface style combo. The Gainster sounded really great. It kept the full range tone in tact! I am immediately happy that this not going to be yet another TS knock off. I ran it through a variety of gain/tone settings as well as different playing dynamics - light/hard picking, fingerpicking, volume rolloff, etc. The Gainster responded extremely well. Needless to say the Gainster followed me home.
I hooked it up to my CAE 3+SE/G-System rig in a loop and used it at practice the other night. I had very little time to dial it in but the results were fantastic. I used it on the clean channel to add a moderate crunch tone and on the second channel to get it extra dirty for a couple tunes. The Gainster is very responsive like a good tube amp. The sound of the overdive is very natural. It really cut through evenly unlike a TS.
So far I am very impressed with the Gainster. With that rig I have 5 basic tones from the 3 channels of the 3+SE and the Gainster applied to channel 1 & 2 via a loop - I have it set at about unity gain and get my solo boost from the one built into the G-System.
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