The crayon seems like the way to go but the east river drive and soul food are also decent pedals from what i have seen in reviews.
Ehx east river drive vs crayon.
The ts clone is almost entirely green but it was named east river drive.
Get the east river drive here.
A thorough comparison of the 2004 reissue of the classic late 1970s ibanez ts808 tube screamer with three takes on the same pedal.
Electro harmonix covers the world in fuzz with three new overdrive distortion pedals.
I ve already hounded my local music store about getting one.
Ehx has made them rather affordable and to me that is a recipe for disaster.
The hot tubes is an exact re creation of the cmos classic rarity circa 1978.
And i follow ehx on twitter.
The drive tone is what got me about the crayon.
The klon centar gives clones lot opportunity to riff on the name my favorite being the tumnus from wampler but ehx went with soul food.
Ehx hasn t really been this spot on with a name before.
Guitar center s product spotlight showcases the electro harmonix east river overdrive effects pedal.
The ts9 is a well known commodity.
I would like to get an ehx overdrive pedal to use as very low gain that would be mostly clean but break up when hit hard.
To me it sounds nicer than the soul food.
This video compares the ibanez ts9 tube screamer to the electro harmonix east river drive.
Check it out at any guitar center store or online.
The east river drive delivers definitive jrc4558 style overdrive.
Still don t really get it but hey.
Does anyone have an opinion on the crayon vs east river vs soul food debate.
When i inquired about the availability of the crayon my friendly pedal pusher asked me how do you know about that i make it my business to know these things.
I have both and some other drives from ehx get the soul food if you want it as a boost for the overdrive then get the crayon or better yet the east river drive a nice tube screamer clone also by ehx.
The east river drive is a clone.