I'm using low-wattage amps other than the UniValve, with the THD Hot Plate and other power attenuators as dummy loads. Using an overdrive pedal before power-tube saturation sounds great and smooth. The UniValve comes very close to this new type of distortion box, a power-tube saturation pedal. I'm working on. It's the most interesting distortion approach I've heard.
Overdrive pedals claim to sound like a cranked tube amp.
If a cranked tube amp is what we want, then we should simply insert a cranked tube amp with dummy load, rather than an overdrive pedal. The main point is that you are stomping on the 3 pedals to swap which type you are using. Date Scr Subject Newsgroup Author 1. T rec.music.makers.guit Dpcoffin 3. Giri Iyengar 5.