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No one pedal is going to give you Joe's sound.  Are you kidding.  Just crank your amp and play a decent guitar.  Add some delay/reverb, maybe an overdrive pedal.  Check out some videos online about Joe gear or check out his pedal board.  Joe's sound isn't from one pedal.  He has 4 amps on stage, numerous pedals, and unbelieveable talent.

okay, let me rephrase.  what pedal (outside of a tubescreamer, i just want other options) would be able to drive my amp harder to get some more  gain because with hi Cat5 he uses a few different pedals to add gain.

My Motion Sound came in on mail plane last week and I'm really enjoying the heck outta that rotary speaker; sounds better to me than any pedal; I feel the sound waves, ha ha.

SRV-212, $809 from Sweetwater and they split the shipping to rural AK, unbelieveable.

It actually sounds better thru TRRI custom 15 than Bruno Cowtipper, never would have believed that. I was kicking around dumping the TRRI half price cause it hasn't been kicked on over last year, now TRRI has a home.  Speaker box, 2- 12 screaming eagles; pretty lush sounding to say the least; even wifey (who hates gear) concurs so you know it does sound sweet.

Nx time you all see one used or cheap, check it out.

So much of Joe's tone starts out with the amp cranked for the natural overdriven tube sound....then he uses ODs (TS-9 / Carl Martin etc)for that extra umph and sustain.  Joe's "sound" is due to Joe....his vibrato and his amazing right hand muting which makes his playing cleaner than just about any player ever in the rock/blues genre. Joe's playing is cleaner above the 12th fret than anyone I've ever heard....most players you just wait for the clam once they get up there in the Hinterlands....not Joe.

All pedals react differently with different amps....the TS-9 just happens to sound good with many more amps than most pedals...and if are things you don't like about it's tone you can send it off to guys like Robert Keeley and he'll tweak it for you...more bottom...less mids...more gain etc.  I'm a big proponent of the small boutique builders...as long as the prices are reasonable. Searching for the mystic OD pedal is part of the fun. If you want  lots of info pedals or amps I'd suggest checking out

http://www.pedalgeek.com/cgi-bin/new_shop.cgi

http://www.thegearpage.com

http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/

The Gear Page has entire sections on effects, guitars, amps....whatever. They also have a page for user ads so you might find what you need there. EBAY is good if you can take the suspense of maybe not winning. I've gotten lots of great deals on EBAY of lesser known pedals. Here are some website of small boutique builders if you want to browse.

http://www.shannon-effects.com/

http://www.kadeneffects.com/

http://www.robertkeeley.com/

http://mypeoplepc.com/members/tjauernig … ectronics/

which actually helps the tonal response of the ears....

Rock On & Keep the Faith,
Rocket

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A good alternative to the tube screamer might be an Xotic BB Preamp.  I have never tried one, I dont believe Joe has ever used one but I have heard nothing but great things about them and they have great reviews.  Maybe give it a shot.
Mike

Just go in there and find a set up similar to what you have at home and play through various overdrives and fuzz pedals.  Find the one that best suits your taste and budget and call it a day.    On certain amps, a Boss SD-1 will sound great and they are very cheap in cost.  On others, they dont.   

   OR, what you could do, is look into either building your own (if you have electronics experience) or buy a stock one and have it modded it up to your liking.