Ehx East River Drive Vs Crayon

The east river drive is a clone.

Ehx east river drive vs crayon.

Does anyone have an opinion on the crayon vs east river vs soul food debate. Guitar center s product spotlight showcases the electro harmonix east river overdrive effects pedal. To me it sounds nicer than the soul food. 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.

Check it out at any guitar center store or online. Fender stratocaster maxon od808 ibanez ts9 ehx east river laney cub10 yerasov 1x12 cab with celestion vintage 30 speaker shure sm57. 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. A thorough comparison of the 2004 reissue of the classic late 1970s ibanez ts808 tube screamer with three takes on the same pedal.

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. The ts clone is almost entirely green but it was named east river drive. Get the east river drive here. 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.

Electro harmonix covers the world in fuzz with three new overdrive distortion pedals. The ts9 is a well known commodity. The drive tone is what got me about the crayon. Ehx has made them rather affordable and to me that is a recipe for disaster.

This video compares the ibanez ts9 tube screamer to the electro harmonix east river drive. Still don t really get it but hey. And i follow ehx on twitter. The hot tubes is an exact re creation of the cmos classic rarity circa 1978.

Ehx hasn t really been this spot on with a name before. Original poster 2 points 3 years ago. Ibanez ts808 tube screamer.