Members billythegoat Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 Personally I have used the SD-1 then worked my way over to the TS9. I have yet to experiment with the OCD. For the price of the SD-1, IMO it is a good place to start if you don't know exactly what you want. A friend of mine loves his VS J&H plus you kind of get two pedals for the price of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 I'd go for a full-drive 2. Fulltone makes great effects, and the full-drive works really well in front of whatever you put it in front of. Lots of other good suggestions here too. I usually end up with 4-5 different boosts/OD/distortion/fuzz pedals on my board for different flavors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkytone Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 The Digitech Bad Monkey does it for me most of the time...I like that it has Level, Low, High and Gain controls, giving it good flexibility...and it works well with a lot of pick-up and amp combinations. Duke Robillard has used one for years, preferring it over the screamers. Another versatile pedal is the BOSS FDR-1, based on the Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb. While probably not on many dirt pedal lists, it sometimes out-grinds The B. Monkey on some amps...I bought one at a great discount about a year after they first came out. It really is all about your guitar, your set-up, and your hands and your ears...what you want to hear, compared to what you're hearing. While it sounds obvious, some amps require a bunch of knob turning to find the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aj_guitarist Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 VS Jeckyll and Hyde - you just need to sit there and tweak and tweak and tweak until you get to where you want to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Presc Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Barber Direct Drive. This pedal matches very well with the voicing of the DRRI and sounds killer. I had the Fulltone OCD and preferred the Direct Drive to the OCD with the DRRI. If you want your DRRI to take on more of a Marshally distorted voice, don't bother with tube screamers or their derivatives - not gonna get you there. And don't even get me started on how horrible every Boss distortion or overdrive I've ever played is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FlyingV Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 I've been using one of these for a while now. Great 'Marshally' tone, lots of tweakability and with a second channel with separate volume and a mid boost, great for solos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Käivärä Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 At the moment I use Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive and MXR Custom Badass '78 Distortion on my pedal board. Reaaaallllly like these both and I think they are going to stay on my board for a longer while now. What comes to fuzz, I use the Big Muff ?, but I'm dreaming of Fuzz Factory. That just has to wait now, 'cause I'm getting a new amp and the FF is really a pricey little precious box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Over the years when I played rock n roll I have only ever used a Boss D-1 and TS9. I don't use any OD pedals now and prefer to just turn up a lower (10-15 watts) wattage tube amp and let the tubes to do the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 There is a new MI Audio box coming out called the Super Crunch Box. I don't think it's in stores yet but since you said you liked the one you had I thought this might be something to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Another vote for the VS Jekyll & Hyde. Not a bedroom players pedal, but really works well as a live pedal with great crunchy overdrive and saturated distortion tones. Mine has a permanent place on my board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J San Dimas Posted January 6, 2013 Members Share Posted January 6, 2013 Originally Posted by craigny Im a strong supporter of the good ol Ibanez TS9....and for the $ the Boss SD1 aint bad. This.For many years I loved the SD-1. the Ts-9 has taken over for me. I like it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted January 6, 2013 Members Share Posted January 6, 2013 Originally Posted by scott944 I've owned this pedal for about a year and a half and still LOVE it. Cleans up super well with picking dynamics and volume control. First channel can be used as a clean boost, or OD, which has a very wide range. Second channel is very gainy, though just a bit darker than the first. The ISF control, which I wrote off as a marketing trick before buying mine, is actually very useful for quick fine tuning. It's a little spendy at $250'ish new, but they do pop up used - got mine from the GC used site for $180. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9j8Gd6TBVw I had one for a couple months. Didn't really bond with it. Sold it at a slight profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johnny_r Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Originally Posted by BydoEmpire Fulltone Fulldrive 2. Amazing pedal - it's been on my board for almost ten years now. another vote for the Full Drive 2 - great sounding and versatile. (2 separate distortion levels, plus a clean setting for a great sounding boost) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rob Dobbs Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Back in either the late 80's or very early 90's I picked up a Maxon PDS1 for (if I recall) ten dollars used and have never stopped toying with it. I was after the dry out feature as I run two sets of pedals into two separate amps for a layered sound but was instantly taken in by the versatility of the thing. Again going by memory but I seem to recall it having five or so of the OG tube screamer chips inside of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the new guy Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Originally Posted by honeyiscool I have to say, though, that the only OD pedal that I've really LOVED throughout the years is the Boss OD-3, which is sorta like a Blues Driver but better. It's simply the smoothest, most pleasing overdrive I've ever heard. It's also rarely talked about but ask anyone who has ever used an OD-3. It's everything an overdrive pedal needs to be. It works great as its own overdrive into a clean amp, it also works as a gritty boost into a drive channel (how I prefer to use it), and it's clean enough that you can use other pedals in conjunction with it. Another vote for the Boss OD-3. I've tried lots of pedals over the years and this is the one I still use, along with an SD-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eeddings Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Visual Sound Double Trouble OD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoRomoFan Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm a dual overdrive enthusiast that uses an HD500 too. For cheap I think the T-Rex Yellow Drive for $125 at GC is a very good overdrive / distortion combo because it has a Tubescreamer / Rat vibe to it and sounds reall good live whether you use it with humbuckers or single coils. I also like the Wilson Dual Lotus 2, the Fulltone Fulldrive (very good too), the TC Electronics Nova Drive, and the Foxrox Zim. Sometimes you can pickup the Nova Drive on sale for cheap; very versatile plus the overdrive can blend in part of the clean signal like the Sparkle Drive which I like.BTW - I mainly play live where less is more and old man Munson Fletcher and I have had our bouts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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