Members duncan Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I have an AC30C2 coming to me today or tomorrow. I'm going to need a dirt pedal for it (probably more for boosting, and a bit of shaping) I've narrowed it down to one (or a combination) of the following: Deucetone RatMaxon OD808Bad MonkeyRC BoosterOCD I'm looking for something that can get thick and dirty. I also have a Bogner Ecstasy, if that helps give you an idea of the dirt I like. I'm leaning towards the Deucetone because it has two separate functions for two different levels of dirt/sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I love my custom made 4-into1 RAT. It sounds killer with my brother's AC15 ! So i vote for the allmighty RAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lanefair Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I heard someone use a blues driver into a vox amp once and it sounded awesome. I would thoroughly recommend the bad monkey though, a little bit of grit, and lots of bass and volume on tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterstomach Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 my extremely limited experience with vox amps has been that they respond terribly to dirt pedals. you may have made a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Try a treble booster. Get the Catalinbread one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 my extremely limited experience with vox amps has been that they respond terribly to dirt pedals. you may have made a mistake. They're just picky and they won't let you use a dirt pedal to change the fundamental tone coming out the amp. It'll always have flabby bass, loads of mids and what some call "blizzard of nails" treble. You have to chose a pedal that works with what you're getting out the amp. Basically, you can't use a pedal to make the amp something it's not. Duncan, it just depends what tones you like as to what overdrive. I love Rats with my ac30 (any reason you specifically want the deucetone?) and for about 18 months I enjoyed my ocd with it though the result is more mid scooped than the rat. Tubescreamer type pedals and AC30s aren't a terrible combo but I prefer them purely for adding a little grit/ compression to light overdrive as when I try to use them for actual distortion/rhythm tones the result is a bit middy and boxy for my tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 My other guitarist uses a Hot Cake in front of his Vox, sounds pretty good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One Man Banned Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 DOD "Grunge". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wayne2 Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Rat or hotcake or treble booster. I never tried an OCD with my old AC15 but I love that pedal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted June 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 They're just picky and they won't let you use a dirt pedal to change the fundamental tone coming out the amp. It'll always have flabby bass, loads of mids and what some call "blizzard of nails" treble. You have to chose a pedal that works with what you're getting out the amp. Basically, you can't use a pedal to make the amp something it's not.Duncan, it just depends what tones you like as to what overdrive. I love Rats with my ac30 (any reason you specifically want the deucetone?) and for about 18 months I enjoyed my ocd with it though the result is more mid scooped than the rat. Tubescreamer type pedals and AC30s aren't a terrible combo but I prefer them purely for adding a little grit/ compression to light overdrive as when I try to use them for actual distortion/rhythm tones the result is a bit middy and boxy for my tastes. The reason I'm into the Deucetone is because I used to have one, then I sold it to the other guitarist in my band...and he's going to sell it back to me for $80 (I found out he's going to sell it back to me after I started this thread lol). I also like the flexibility of the Deucetone, with the whole 2 channels thing. I can have a lower gain, and a higher gain. I've heard the Deucetone's sound close enough to the old rats that 90% of people can't tell the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I also like the flexibility of the Deucetone, with the whole 2 channels thing. I can have a lower gain, and a higher gain. I've heard the Deucetone's sound close enough to the old rats that 90% of people can't tell the difference. That's cool. The low gain rat sound is really good, and I can't help but feel they'd stack really well together. Hmmm. maybe I should get one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterstomach Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 They're just picky and they won't let you use a dirt pedal to change the fundamental tone coming out the amp. It'll always have flabby bass, loads of mids and what some call "blizzard of nails" treble. You have to chose a pedal that works with what you're getting out the amp. Basically, you can't use a pedal to make the amp something it's not.Duncan, it just depends what tones you like as to what overdrive. I love Rats with my ac30 (any reason you specifically want the deucetone?) and for about 18 months I enjoyed my ocd with it though the result is more mid scooped than the rat. Tubescreamer type pedals and AC30s aren't a terrible combo but I prefer them purely for adding a little grit/ compression to light overdrive as when I try to use them for actual distortion/rhythm tones the result is a bit middy and boxy for my tastes. wow, you should probably be a vox salesman with a pitch like that. so you're saying i should have used a pedal that works well with flabby bass and blizzard of nails treble. why do people like these things, other than the whole beatles thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sunsetcarcrash Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 In front of an Vox, I've had great luck with a Crowther Hot Cake, a MI Audio Tube Zone, and also have had great sounds out of a Telenordia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caeman Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I voted for the Bad Monkey, but not just any version, specifically, the [sfx]-modded Bad Monkey seems way cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 With an AC? Hot Cake. Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 With an AC? Hot Cake.Always. True story. My other guitarist got rid of the deucetone rat for a hot cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stjames Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 The best set up I ever had with my AC30 was a hot cake with my lunar module. I have a Timmy instead of the hot cake now which is awesome but I do miss the hot cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fetch Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Other: Crowther Hotcake, ProCo RAT2 or Boss OD3. Be as cool as me. They've been my steady choices for the better part of a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t-rey Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Rat or hotcake or treble booster. This seems to be the general consensus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gypsyfireman Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 rat, hot cake, treble booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 So you guys reckon I'll do pretty well with that Deucetone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caeman Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 If you like the sound of tubes, check out the de Lisle Eighty-Sixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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