Members Johnny Two Tone Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Damage Control Solid Metal. All tube distortion pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Mine is an old rat pedal I bought about 20 years ago for 25 bucks.My second fav is those old roadkill pedal's that Guitar center sold back in the 90's.Sound great thru any amp I play.:i The Rat is a great pedal. I'm really digging the seymour duncan twin tube classic pedal I just bought. Not really a "distortion" pedal, but it can get pretty heavy on the "gain" channel. http://soundcloud.com/wagdog-1/twintubechordsandnotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members truckdub Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I've been pretty happy just boosting my VS Open Road OD or Vox Ice9 OD with my MXR classic OD. But I do believe a Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe is in my future. Everything about that thing sounds amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theManfromAlabam Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 "Distortion" Audio Source Classic Distortion"OD" Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slushpup96 Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Boss Blues Driver. Never tried one with Keeley mod but I hear they're good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theManfromAlabam Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 "Distortion" Audio Source Classic Distortion"OD" Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Blue Oh yeah, why? Well to be honest I got them both at a very good price, it just so happens they both do exactly what I want...they kickass. The housing for the Audio Source sucks, but is sounds so dam good + it's very versatile...do not pay $99...I found a new one on eBay for $50 shipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strung_Out Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I've only had limited time with it, but I'm loving my Carl Martin Plexitone. Great range of tones from it and the built in boost works awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Currently on my live board are a modded TS9, a Fulltone Fulldrive, a Blakemore Electronics Bipolar Octadriver, a Blakemore Electronics Deus Ex Machina, and a Black Arts Black Forest. The TS9 is used for a boost. I run it with the drive all the way down. The Black Arts Black Forest is used as a medium drive. It is a Colorsound Overdriver clone.... Kind of. The Blakemore Octadriver is used for leads with the octave setting, and is another medium drive that blends well with the Black Forest and the Deus Ex Machina. It's based on the Way Huge Red Llama and the octave setting is reminiscent of that on the old Foxx Fuzz. It comps my longtime favorite Ross Distortion's tone easily. The Deus Ex Machina is a Big Muff clone with a clean blend. It's my all out gain pedal. Plus it blends well with my other dirt pedals. The Fulltone Fulldrive I use is one of the old ones. It's not a MOSFET version. It just adds a bit of "more" to my signal. It also is indispensable for a couple of my songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I've got an old Vintage Technologies Toad pedal that is kind of a cross btn a fuzz and a distortion and it really sounds amazing on a 9V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members w00dsy Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 aluminium foil on the strings. Actually i really want a Wampler Pinnacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vexed Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 RAT, hands down. Always sounds right.This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gatogordo Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I have been through quite a few and and stuck with my MI AUDIO CRUNCHBOX. Gain down it gives me a nice bluesy lead. Gain up it is a cranked Marshall through a Fender amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HELSTRUME Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I always just liked amp distortion, but there are some good sounding distortion pedals out now. Too many to list lol. Listen to some, then demo the ones you think rock.http://www.youtube.com/user/ProGuitarShopDemos?feature=g-u http://www.youtube.com/user/Burgerman666?feature=g-u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Malcolm Ramone Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I like my 80s black box Ross, though it doesn't have quite enough. I usually run another pedal in front of it. just recently picked up a Guv'nor plus, has some interesting tones. The only one that has enough built in distortion for me is the Behringer ultra metal. -Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drawdeep Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Never seen this pedal get much love, but I have been through a bunch and this one delivers for me...http://digitech.com/en-US/products/df-7-distortion-factoryOddly enough, I only use one of the pedal models... I guess I could look up and see which model I like and get the "real thing", but why mess with success?This + the clean channel on my Marshall TSL = heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Harvester1199 Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 sounds great if your not using a good tube amps dirty channel, i personally dont use any distortion pedals anymore, my amp has 2 very nice dirty channels i do however use an overdrive pedal for a boost on solo's, right now its a green rhino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkwire Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 care to expand on your comment? i'm always interested in what pedals "amp distortion guys" have played, and how that influenced them to reach their decision. also, do you use any kind of boost pedal for solos? I haven't played a lot of the boutique pedals out there. I might feel differently if I had, who knows? I tried a Jetter Red...nice pedal, but not worth the coin IMO. I like the Boss Blues Driver. Haven't tried one with the Keeley mod, I'd like to. The MXR Classic Distortion is nice...I have the one that was blown out for $29 on Black Friday a few years back. I think it's a Distortion III with a repainted case, IIRC. Boost: I used a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster for awhile, works good. Nowadays, I set the volume knobs on my LP around 7.5. I turn it up to 10 for a little boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twofoolsaminute Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Dano Fab Distortion: because I can buy one with the change I find in my couch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 My Lovepedal Purple Plexi 800 clone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nuke_diver Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Generally I go with amp distortion since I got my TA-15. It doesn't get very high gain but good enough for me. For a boost/OD of a clean channel I still use a Danelecto TOD V1. Doesn't get the use it once did on the V-18 but still gets regular use. My fav though is my B.A.T Pharaoh Fuzz. Just all kinds of win in that box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I have a Keeley modded Boss DS-1 (SEM mod) that I've tried to kick off my board for years but it always creeps back. Other dirt boxes on my board are Wampler Triple Wreck, M.I. Audio Blues Pro, Barber LTD and an old MJM Foxey Fuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vaguelee Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 BB preamp, I use it to warm up my clean channel, as my dirt channel is overly dirty for some things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I don't own this, but hope to one day. N1wnKo_ClrM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallica_00 Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 For pure modern (boosted JCM800 and newer) Marshall tones, I'd lean towards the Direct Drive but I feel it fails on low gain, 18W to Bluesbreaker type breakup tones. Good analysis, the DD can't seem to get the vintage crunch tones that well, but it does a killer saturated/semi-modern Marshall. You mentioned the Dumble style pedals; interesting observation on the single coil vs HB thing...I had played a Fuchs Plush Drive and the exact same observation. Couldn't get much going on with a Strat, but did exactly what I wanted with HBs. I wonder how the actual Zen fares. I always think I'm gonna buy a Zen and I never end up doing it...just living in Barber complacency! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BryanMichael Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 Always loved the tubescreamer. I guess it sounded "real" to me back in the day, more than other "distortion boxes" I've owned tons of screamer variants. Analogman, Keeley, SRB808 handmade clones, etc... My current favorite is the Way Huge Green Rhino MKII. I sold ALL of my other tubescreamer variants once I got it. They did that box right! My second favorite is my DiceWorks Muff Diver FINALE fuzz. It has the three mod switches for "Pete Cornish" mods, etc... No other muff of fuzz I've had has this much "mojo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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