Scott Henderson Discussion

lidesnowi · Joined: 31 Oct 2009 Posts: 10

Hi Scott ,Just a simple question .
I would just like to know what you think about the Colorsound Overdriver?

Personally, I think it's one of the best and most musical clean booster/preamp ever made ,if used as a clean booster/preamp (very dynamic and warm) though not very good as an overdrive/distortion/Fuzz pedal “the circuit doesn't clip that exactly nicely , work best if it's modified with master volume .

Scott Henderson · The Man Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 2135

I had the original and it didn't work for me. Now they're selling on Reverb for about $1200. Many distortion and overdrive pedals have a great EQ as long as the tone knob on the guitar is all the way up. I never do that - the tone control on my bridge pickup isn't ever above 5. Some pedals hate that and get very woofy sounding, and notes on the G & D string lose their "voice". I've never tried a vintage distortion pedal that works for me, except for the Analog Man Sun Face fuzz, which is a clone of the original Fuzz Face - it sounds great no matter where my tone knob is.

lidesnowi · Joined: 31 Oct 2009 Posts: 10

Oh Yeah! the Analog man Sun Face is the greatest Fuzz ever!
I have a Analogman Sun Face with Newmarket white dot (low gain) NKT 275 transistors, which transistors do you have in yours?
Have you used your Sun Face on any of your albums?

Scott Henderson · The Man Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 2135

Mine is a germanium NKT 275 too, but I don't see any dots on it - I've heard people call them red dot, white dot - I don't know what that means.

I've used it quite a bit on my albums but it's hard to remember on which tunes. On my new album Karnevel! which comes out on February 2, the solo on track #4 is the Sun Face. It's a funk tune, so it doesn't seem like that would be a song to use a fuzz on, but that's the pedal I thought sounded the best for the solo. It's my favorite fuzz, but I also like the ChaseTone fuzz and the ZVex Fuzz Factory.

lidesnowi · Joined: 31 Oct 2009 Posts: 10

Thanasis · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:45 am Post subject:

I really like the fuzz sound on The Covered Head solo and also the way it gets angrier towards the end. Also on Festival of Ghosts that weird fuzz sound which I guess is the Fuzz Factory?

Scott Henderson · The Man Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 2135

The pedal on The Covered Head is a Trombetta Robotone - one of my favorites! The harder you pick, the more it freaks out, and on the neck pickup it can get pretty close to the sound of a trombone. It's part of my "horn section" on one of the new album tunes.

The solo on Festival of Ghosts is the Fuzz Factory - amazing pedal!

Thanasis · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:14 pm Post subject:

Cool, looking forward to the album and seeing you play live!