i'm thinking of getting the octron here real soon, and i have the mxr distortion +. i was wondering with the octron and maybe the distortion on as well, can i get something close to jerry's solos in Loser? like the one from Barton Hall 77? i know he had his octive divider pedal and was using it for the solo, but did he use his distortion as well? any help would be great. and any advice for the octron settings would be cool too. thanks, michael
I don't hear any Octave Divider in spring 77' at all. That Loser solo is just classic Jerry pinch mute harmonics with the MXR Distortion+. It's still hotly contested what he was actually using for distortion in the spring of 77' because to date no one has seen his effects rig for that period, and there are zero photos to support it. But to my ear, no Octave Divider at least...
That solo from that particular Loser is a smoker though and it sounds like the MXR 104 is there at least....