Members valvestate Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 So after acquiring a fairly number of Overdrive pedals lately, I finally decided to buy a distortion pedal. I'm playing to my lil Vox Pathfinder 15W through a Strat and Ibanez humbucker equipped guitar. Here are my choices: * Zvex Box of Rock* Mi Audio crunchbox* EHX Little Big Muff* USA Big Muff* Tube Zone I mostly play in a church but sometimes I also enjoy listening to 70's rock like Hendrix, Santana (hence the big muff), Cream, etc... and also some old school grunge Soundgarden, Pearl Jam stuff.I'm looking for some gain but can also do some good low overdriven sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thezeng Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 i wouldnt really suggest the tube zone for your styles. i have one, and as mcuh as i like it, it just sounds downright metal no matter what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 Choose the ZVex Box of Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members valvestate Posted March 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 Choose the ZVex Box of Rock. Compared to the Crunchbox, which has more gain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thezeng Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 the crunch box.but you could always run a booster in front of the BOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members niceguy Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 have you considered getting a larger amp? the reason I ask is that whenever I play any fuzz into a small amp, it sounds horrible, like maybe the speaker is ripped and shredded. Playing a fuzz into a larger amp, esp tube-based, sounds much warmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grayeyes777 Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 crunch box x1000.... or a rat. but crunch box is amazing as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crxsh Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 I have a Box of Rock, a Crunch Box, an MI Audio Blues Pro Overdrive and a muff-esque Skreddy Mayo. I'll start by saying that the Crunch Box probably has too much gain for you. It has overwhelming gain on tap and is my favorite distortion pedal EVER... BUT you probably wouldn't want to kick that in during church. The Box of Rock is great. Nails the Marshall JTM-45 sound. Nails it. This has probably become my main dirtbox (sounds great with HB's & Singlecoils too!) and that 'Boost' feature is priceless. Great pedal for low-mid gain. This is probably your money pedal. However, I mentioned that I have a Blues Pro because that's probably the bottom end of the Tube Zone. You can get similar gain to the Crunch Box ... but from everything I've heard ... that pedal is a pain when it comes to tweaking. If you're willing to spend time with it though ... you might want to go that direction. It's easily (IMO) the most versatile pedal you listed ... but again, you'll probably have to spend a lot of time with it to get it 'just right.' I'm not sure fuzz is where you want to go ... so the Muffs may be out. Fuzz is great ... but if you're just looking for some dirt, you might want to look elsewhere. Since I mentioned the Blues Pro ... that might be worth a look too. It's basically a modded tubescreamer ... but it goes from light crunch to pretty dirty ... so think about that too. But that might make things harder for you. I'd say -- Box of Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johnrambo Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 save your money and buy a rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 save your money and step up to a better amp and play your guitar through that. playing an amp through a guitar doesnt sound nearly as nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ads Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 bump! sorry im late but i am also interested in how the crunchbox would sound through the pathfinder cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 go for the big muff, that will go down great in a church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spentron Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 With those ODs on board for stacking, LBM might be sweet, and that amp might do a reasonable BOR. Save some money for when you're ready to come over to the dark side then get a Subzombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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