well I thought this might be a good place to share the Sparkling Yellow as its the same as Doc and Teaheads OD.
After some time with it the SYOD its does have a sound of its own, but reminds me of another one of my favorites, the BBOD ,with more drive and with some mids added but not as low as LGW mids, . Smoother and clearer, than LGW but still punchy.
I also found some similarities with it and the overdrive end of the PPF. The Yellow having more clarity and definition, less gain , overall more drive like properties.
I do use the PGC into SYOD, and I like the SBEQ after to add a touch more bass. Near perfect. It does do well into the DRD as mentioned. For some songs I sort of do the opposite, I have the DRD on and hit it with the SYOD into it for solos.
I dont set the drive to high(ususally between 12-1) so I can get a very versitile clean or crunchy sound from it with out tweaking or over stacking. It is on most of the time. Im currently using it with a Tele into a Traynor 20 watt and has been working out great. Lets hope this one makes it!
Take care,
Cabo