Members Special J Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 I've been trying some different stuff out lately to see what works with my new band. Surprisingly, I've ended up coming back to some pretty run of the mill stuff - a late 70s MXR distortion+ that I had modded by Analogman, an early 90's ProCo RAT, and an early 70's EHX Big Muff. When recording I love to crank up the Hayseed and use some natural breakup, but that's not always practical. I've also been using the studio's Hiwatt Custom 50 a lot which just loves pedals.What are you guys digging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 Fulltone Fulldrive 2 is my go-to overdrive. I recently found my old Guyatone OD-2 I haven't used in a decade and I've been digging playing with it. It's got a bit more edge and 'lo-fi' sound but it works awesome as a dirty boost, or feeding into the FD2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 I mostly play straight into the ampThe only pedal I may use is an Ibanez Tube Sreamer ..But I have looking at a Bluesdriver that Guitarfetish has anyone familiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Rover Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 For fuzz, I use a Black Russian Big muff, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle is on my wish list. For straight up distortion I use a modded ProCo Rat2. For Lighter Gain and OD I have a Way Huge Green Rhino and Modded Boss Bd-2 both of which I love.Im not a huge effects junkie. I like to let my amps and guitars do most of the talking. The od/distortion/fuzz pedal market is so flooded. It seems like 50 new distortion pedals comeout every month, most of which all seem to do the same thing. How can one choose which one will work best in their rig? If I had more money Id like to try out more dirt boxes, but my money mainly goes towards upgrading my guitars or aquiring new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 EHX Big Muff. I'd like to be able to use my amp but the gain channel is just too fizzy (Bugera V22). The clean is awesome though, hence running the Big Muff through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PRS_JRW Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 Fulltone Fulldrive 2 is my go-to overdrive. I recently found my old Guyatone OD-2 I haven't used in a decade and I've been digging playing with it. It's got a bit more edge and 'lo-fi' sound but it works awesome as a dirty boost, or feeding into the FD2. I know several guitarists, including myself who love the FD2. I use it or just push the amp's front end w/out anything. I'm no expert, but I know what I'm looking for is what I've finally found. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Depends on the gig. For crunch I'm using either a Barber UnLTD or a Mojo Hand Rook overdrive, for Fuzz its the Mojo Hand Crosstown Fuzz and for a clean boost I'm using either an Xotic RC Booster or a Suhr Koko Boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeBoy Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 Still like my Bad Monkey. I don't use it as much as I used to. I use it more as a boost now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 A Way Huge Green Rhino for low gain, a Fulltone OCD is my main mid-gain drive, a Keeley Rat for higher gain, and an Earthquaker Devices Hoof for fuzz. I'm always looking for more and different drives. My pedal gas almost surpasses my guitar gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted February 27, 2013 Members Share Posted February 27, 2013 Currently it's any combination of amp distortion and the following: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kit_strong Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 For Overdrive I mainly use my T-Rex Gristle King. I also have a Damage Control Liquid Blues which is a great OD but with a giant footprint and almost 2 Amp draw it's not exactly pedal board friendly. For Fuzz I use either my BBE Free Fuzz which I picked up for $30 on a MF STOTD and a VFE Fiery Red Horse. The Free Fuzz is a nice Fuzz Face clone while the VFE Fiery Red horse is more about super thick/saturated fuzz tones. Here's a video I did awhile back that utilizes the Gristle King and Free Fuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joecool1963 Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 Full tone OCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 I put a bicycle wheel with a playing card in the spokes between a speaker with my clean sound coming out and a microphone back to my amp.Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "effects loop" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Floyd Rosenbomb Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 There are a lot of good options out there for OD, but I find no fault in Analog man's clone of the classic DOD 250 w/ mojo chip, son. It's {censored}ing brilliant.http://www.buyanalogman.com/DOD_OD_250_p/am-dod-250.htmGreat transparency and clean boost, and balls out OD if you are man enough. I still love Keelys ultra modded DS-1 too.http://www.robertkeeley.com/products/boss/ds1-distortion-ultra-mod/Not your Mama's DS-1. Stacked them to achieve sonic bliss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 I have a Way Huge Green Rhino for low-to-medium gain. I love the tones I get out of it and the fact that I can move the gain knob with my foot. And the 100 Hz control eliminates my biggest beef with TS circuits. My Digitech Hardwire SC-2 gets the call for medium to high-gain distortion. I originally bought it purely for the high-gain tones (it blew a recent-issue Rat out of the water) but I was surprised at this pedal's versatility. You can get a classic early-70's Marshall sound or just use it as a boost. My fuzz is an Earthquaker Devices Dream Crusher. Another unbelievably versatile and dynamic pedal (do you sense a theme here?). For gigs with the cover band, the distortions in my Line 6 M13 is slowly replacing everything but the Green Rhino. They're not great but they get the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 my pedalboard main-stays have been an Ibanez TS-9 and a Barber Direct Drive SS. Although i have been spending a lot of time with a gorgeous and completely flawless OD pedal that fellow forumite, Warriorpoet, handwired for me (based somewhat on the Klon circuit, but truly it's own animal). i also have a sunface and a harmonic percolator that i love to play with on occasion. then there's the keeley-modded DS-1 for those 80s metal moments, the Rat, the Greer sonic boom boost, the outlaw effects orient express, ...hi, my name is GD and i am addicted to OD/distortion/fuzz boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted February 28, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 The Rover wrote: For fuzz, I use a Black Russian Big muff, a Way Huge Swollen Pickle is on my wish list. For straight up distortion I use a modded ProCo Rat2. For Lighter Gain and OD I have a Way Huge Green Rhino and Modded Boss Bd-2 both of which I love. Im not a huge effects junkie. I like to let my amps and guitars do most of the talking. The od/distortion/fuzz pedal market is so flooded. It seems like 50 new distortion pedals comeout every month, most of which all seem to do the same thing. How can one choose which one will work best in their rig? If I had more money Id like to try out more dirt boxes, but my money mainly goes towards upgrading my guitars or aquiring new ones. Gotta love the Russian Big Muff. What's modded about your RAT? I think mine is a RAT2 as well I just recently fell in love with it while using it through my Hayseed 30. I was thinking about bringing both my RAT and my big muff to Analogman to have him give them the same treatment he gave my Distortion+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted February 28, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 reverberlayed wrote: A Way Huge Green Rhino for low gain, a Fulltone OCD is my main mid-gain drive, a Keeley Rat for higher gain, and an Earthquaker Devices Hoof for fuzz. I'm always looking for more and different drives. My pedal gas almost surpasses my guitar gas. Do you play in band? You're in New Haven right? My pedal gas has evened out, but I'm stilll always on the lookout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 I use my amp (Laney LC15). Combined with a parametric EQ pedal I can get a very wide variety of dirty sounds from it and see little need for additional diode clipping in front. I do have a Big Muff, but it very rarely gets used. It has a purpose, but that purpose is for the guitar to disappear into background noise. When I use it, I almost always also have another guitar track going on as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lukebe Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 The 'natural' distortion/overdrive from a good amp can't be beat. So I use the 4 channels of my ENGL Screamer, from crunchy to heavy overdrive.I also use TC Electronic pedals. I think they are top quality. I have the Nova-system, wich has an exellent distortion modus and perfect boostfunction. As an extra I use the TC Nova drive, an analogue pedal with two functions (dist/overdrive) that can be used together and: I can use it 'midi' with the Nova System. Every preset I can use new settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thecornman Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 PrawnHeed wrote: I use my amp (Laney LC15). Combined with a parametric EQ pedal I can get a very wide variety of dirty sounds from it and see little need for additional diode clipping in front. I do have a Big Muff, but it very rarely gets used. It has a purpose, but that purpose is for the guitar to disappear into background noise. When I use it, I almost always also have another guitar track going on as well. Love the Laney LC15 amps! I have two of them I run in stereo sometimes. Due to them being one channel amps I do like to run a few dirt pedals in front of them to give me some options. I have a pretty big pile of them to choice from, because I have been buying up used ones when I can get them for super low prices on ebay or kijiji. So far I have had no problem getting very usable and good sounds out of the boss, digitech and dod pedals I get cheap and have zero interest in forking out the big bucks for the boutique pedals that have became the big things lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mad Tele Posted February 28, 2013 Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 ts9, rat, tonebender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted March 1, 2013 Members Share Posted March 1, 2013 Ibanez TS-808. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Grant Harding Posted March 3, 2013 Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 I use the second channel on my Shiva, a Zendrive, and a Zendrive 2. Still missing a high gain sound that does it for me, but the Bogner Uberschall pedal will probably be the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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