Members hangwire Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I have a 17 year old client who I see in psychotherapy that has shown some good progress managing some issues through using guitar as a coping tool. Today he came in and played Neil Young's Heart of Gold on his acoustic with the old harmonica necklace to boot and did very well. He is progressing into liking the 90s Nirvana era bands and was asking about how to get that sound... I did well stepping back from my gear brain and directed him to try to get to a Music Go Round and compare a Rat to a Big Muff to a DS-2 and see what he thinks... he has some Crate 1x12" solid state at home and I asked him to check to make sure there was not already a distortion channel it in too... but this kids is 17, working in a grocery store, and I can relate to the overwhelming amount of gear out there when I was that age... it pedal wise it is way way way bigger so are there cheap online easy order pedals from smaller companies I am unaware of that I should enlighten him to for this tone, or was the 3 above good enough for him to seek out in person also DOD/Digitech Grunge pics will let uis all know you are lame and a waste of life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reauchambeau Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I know a Boss DS-1 isn't good enough for anyone on HCFX but that's what Mr.Grunge Kurt Cobain used (amongst other things). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THeLoveGun Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 Cheap, simple, good: Big Muff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theGhost Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 You might be able to get a Cool Cat for pretty cheap. I have the "Drive" and of course it's awesome. I've never tried the other "higher gain" ones like the "distortion" and "metal" pedals. They could be decent Probably DS-1 is a good suggestions too. I've never really played one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members comrade_jon Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 just kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lucid origami Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 Boss HM-2 can be had for pretty cheap off of used.guitarcenter.com and with the gain set low it's an all round good fuzzy distortion in between a rat and muff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IamBurnout Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 rat+small clone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 Rat or Muff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRBain Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 The HM-2 will do it. I'd be inclined to suggest the good old DS-1, though, or the DS-2. Other than that, Rat or Muff. No need to complicate things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh33 Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh33 Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 someone fix that crap for me... forums is dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wiklund87 Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jisatsu Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 Muff or a Marshall gv-2 guv'nor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moctzal Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 I know a Boss DS-1 isn't good enough for anyone on HCFX but that's what Mr.Grunge Kurt Cobain used (amongst other things). Nothing wrong with a DS-1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 This? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theGhost Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 EDIT: Someone beat me to the fix, but just FYI, only use the letter/number combo that's at (or near) the the end of the URL, and wrap it in [YOUTUBE] Like such: {YOUTUBE]45tGyLh5GUQ[/YOUTUBE} except with the correct brackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Suburbia Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 Big Muff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yorgatron Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 anything by DOD I have a spare fx55b I'll send you,if you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh33 Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 appreciate it guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted September 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 Baby boom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 Yup. I think this will please the gentleman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted September 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 I would say overall that those 3 are probably a good bet for him- a boss hm2 might be too hard to find local, but I'll let him know- also about cool cat line Any other easy to find used options that are cheap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members simmerman11 Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 Try a new Rat 2. They don't sound like the old ones, but they aren't worse, just really different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edkoppel Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 these are great for some grunge, kind of like a Muff mixed with a Fuzz Face: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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