wareagle wrote:i tryed it with lots of guitars, mine doesnt have fantastic sustain, but it does have a good amount. i found both amps didnt have a lot of sustain, the jmp combo and the jcm 800, i tryed the 800 with an overdrive, the sustain didnt get much better but improved, the sustain on the jmp (its clean) was o.k. but the distortion pedal was kinda crappy, i tryed a mxr + on the jtm, it doesnt have to great sustain either, the original does tho, are the originals sopposed to be better than the reissue? whats a really good distortion pedal, one that gives a early metal tone, randy rhoads, jake e lee... not too much distortion but good distortion and sustain.
Try the Zakk overdrive of MXR.
The distortion+ reissue does not sound like the early ones like Randy used. The older ones had germanium transistors but the new ones has silicon transistors (which are cheaper....), they are are less smooth than the original.
If you can find an old MXR dist+ for cheap you should go for that!
However the Zakk overdrive is much more transparant if that's important to you........
More transparant means that it doesn't mess that much with the sound comming from the guitar. The Dist+ is colouring a lot more. But if the final sound out of the speakers is to your liking it shouldn´t be a problem.
i'd get the zakk wylde pedal. i dont think its overpriced really, and its a good bit of kit.
maybe consider getting a tubescreamer/booster type pedal, its also very transparent and would just give you an extra push over the hill. + A digitech bad monkey is dirt cheap
Sorry, that is not helpful, LOL.