I have the Joyo Ultimate Drive as well. At first I didn't get along with it, but after playing around with it again I love it. Similar settings to you. DSL50 on clean channel with gain at 3 o'clock. Always set it there if using pedal gain to make it sound more natural. Just at the point of a little breakup. Pedal gain at 9 o'clock, tone at 1-2 o'clock, at volume at unity. I'll push the gain past 1 o'clock if I want a fuzzy distortion.
@OP: I, too, have an older SD-1 (maybe 20 years old). For me, SD-1 is one of those pedals that has just enough unique tone characteristics that is hard to find in other pedals and in most amps. SD-1 works great as a boost to a channel that is already distorted/dirty, but it also works great as main distortion/dirt tone if you set the amp for a clean tone. I doubt if I'd ever let it go because it's just too good.
I am also a proud owner of the Joyo ultimate drive, and I use it in the high mode, I last used it on my Origin rig Gain just before 9:00 Tone just before 12:00 Level just past 12:00 No boost was used on the Origins And with my V I got a great old school Marshall tone. The clip on my Utube channel is Shadows on the Moon !! Cheers
Thanks Mike, I appreciate the compliment, and that early Priest swagger is very much what I was trying for. Cheers Mitch
I A/B’d my tube screamer against my joyo ultimate drive and the ultimate drive won! It had a little more balls and bite to it.
Thinking of purchasing 1 more SD-1 to have two on the board. One to drive the amp and one to boost. Stacked would probably be killer. For big SD-1 fans here you go.
I love my SD-1 it was my first pedal and it always finds its way back. Currently, I'm really enjoying MXR's sugar drive as a boost, but may have to switch back to the Boss to see how they compare.
Right on! For a little while I was using my MXR Custom Modified Badass OD ( another SD-1 variant). Great, great OD, but missing my SD-1, on a whim I decided to throw it back on the board. It's just a perfect engagement with ALL my Marshalls. Very transparent even max' d out (except for gain). I have a Taiwanese version as well so I can't speak for a MIJ unit.