Members surround87 Posted July 29, 2010 Members Share Posted July 29, 2010 Hi all, this is my first post here although I've been following HC for ages!!! So...first of all...I'm Francesco...guitarist and singer...I'm currently playing in a band and our influences come from BritRock like Stereophonics, Oasis and Feeder... My actual set-up is (VARIOUS AMPS - since im studyin in UK for logistic issues I cant have one on my own, so it depends from gig to gig, from studio to studio)---> EHX NANO SOUL PREACHER ---> MENATONE KING OF THE BRITAINS (last version, used mainly as overdrive) ---> EHX SMALL CLONE ---> MALEKKO PHASE ---> GIBSON SG '97. Well, formerly, I had also a distorsion...a s*it distorsion (IMHO) from digitech called HOT HEAD...well it was ok...but not as good as the rest so I decided to sell it to buy a MXR DOUBLE SHOT...but now...I read that this distortion is not s good as I thought...people say that sounds comin from it seems to be the same from all the guitar and there is no dynamic... I was dramatically disappointed from these reviews cuz it is one of the distortion used by Kelly Jones from Stereophonics and now I'm not so sure I wanna buy it... Moreover I can't try so many pedals since around here I can find only cheappy Behringer or stuff like this...I tried all the BOSS and DIGITECH distortion...but I can't find one I really like. Now...what I would like to ask you is: can u suggest me some dist pedals I can hear on youtube? what do u think of these pedal with valves?? Francesco:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted July 29, 2010 Members Share Posted July 29, 2010 Hi Francesco! welcome to HCFX you want something quite saturated.. mid to high gain? maybe look at the Proco Rat / Turbo Rat? i wouldn't bother with valve-distortion pedals. unless they're very expensive they're not that great.. the Blackstar HT-Dual is pretty decent, but it needs it's own power supply and is pretty big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yorgatron Posted July 29, 2010 Members Share Posted July 29, 2010 [YOUTUBE]h2JxbSScXc4&feature=related[/YOUTUBE][YOUTUBE]GqidF75Xhz0&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] these are my two favorites,but sometimes I just like the sound of my amp when its really loud,and maybe add a treble booster to put it over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gae86 Posted July 29, 2010 Members Share Posted July 29, 2010 Hey Francesco!Welcome to HCFX!as gambit said I really recommend a rat/rat variant for 90's rock especially brit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor704 Posted July 29, 2010 Members Share Posted July 29, 2010 If you can somehow find one cheap, the Hardwire SC-2 distortion is a great dirt pedal with a crunch and saturated mode switch. Bonus - the EQ has both high and low so it's better than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRBain Posted July 29, 2010 Members Share Posted July 29, 2010 Hi Francesco! I recently bought a Boss HM-2 distortion, which is fantastic and I would definitely recommend it to you. I hope you find something great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members surround87 Posted July 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 30, 2010 thanks folks, I'm looking at all of these...and I really love some of them... But...have anyone ever used a MXR Double Shot??? And what du ya think about it? i need it a distortion in order to play song like these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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