I just got done reading a review of the Xotic Effects Soul Driven box. In it, there is this sentence; "Xotic's Soul Driven overdrive pedal replicates the tone and response of a perfectly tuned amp..."
I have two questions of all and sundry who use, have used, or think they might at some point in the future use such a box in their signal chain:
1. How many times have you read that of an overdrive or dirt box of some sort?
2. How many times has you found it to have been true?
I have found it often true when running such pedal into my tube amps. I'm primarily a Mesa guy for the last 30 years. It is mostly how a pedal interacts with the various preamps on my Boogies to create a different flavor.
Running pedals direct or into shitty amps .... No.
I thought I liked my Katana 100. ( I guess I still do for utility use) but I left it home a couple of weeks ago and brought out my Rectoverb. No contest. But when covering pedal steel, banjo and guitars I will still use the Katana but not for my Rock guitar gig.