Distortion Pedals
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D.O.D. Grunge? bah! seriously, check out one of the variations of the Electro Harmonix Metal Muffs. it can do that light drive kind of deal, or it can do the ball-crushing, i-want-to-eat-your-babies kind of distortion. whatever you want.
or since you're running a solidstate amp, try checking out the Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic. it will really beef up your sound and it gives you two channels to dial in for two different sounds. or you could set it up for the same distortion, but one with a volume boost.
either way, two kick ass pedals. check them out and think about it.
or since you're running a solidstate amp, try checking out the Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic. it will really beef up your sound and it gives you two channels to dial in for two different sounds. or you could set it up for the same distortion, but one with a volume boost.
either way, two kick ass pedals. check them out and think about it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oyYFQYm5NwAug wrote:I has a digitech grunge pedal and I love it.
Lamp, what amp do you use? Mines a dark-as-fuck big ass solid-state combo and the FAB is unusable through it, it just sounds way too muddy whereas with the Big Muff I can tons of trebley bite that the FAB lacks.lamp wrote:I've got a Big Muff Pi and a Fab Overdrive on my pedalboard, and I have to say that I use the Fab loads more than the Muff. For ?15 I'd seriously think about getting one of them, even if you get something else as well. Guess it really boils down to what kind of sound you want.
i know!!!Tweez wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oyYFQYm5NwAug wrote:I has a digitech grunge pedal and I love it.
I've got an Orange Rockerverb 50 head with 2x12 cab.ElCapitan wrote:Lamp, what amp do you use? Mines a dark-as-fuck big ass solid-state combo and the FAB is unusable through it, it just sounds way too muddy whereas with the Big Muff I can tons of trebley bite that the FAB lacks.lamp wrote:I've got a Big Muff Pi and a Fab Overdrive on my pedalboard, and I have to say that I use the Fab loads more than the Muff. For ?15 I'd seriously think about getting one of them, even if you get something else as well. Guess it really boils down to what kind of sound you want.
I used to use it through my Marshall Valvestate as well, and I thought it sounded pretty good through that too.
I do agree with you though, it's not the most trebly pedal, and I always have the tone turned up full.
I'd like to give the Marshall Gov'nor some love..
Not sure how the vintage ones sound, but I have one of the new reissues (GV-2 Guv'nor+) which have a 4 band EQ (deep/bass/mids/treble).
people call the RAT2 the "marshall in a box" pedal, but i can tell you, the new Guv'nor uses the exact same distortion circuit as my Marshall Valvestate - it sounds EXACTLY the same (actually it's better - the tone is alot thicker and lacks all the horrible high overtones from that stupid tube in the valvestate preamp).
Easily the most "natural" distortion pedal ive used, and can turn any of my amps into a Marshall - my only complaint is it could do with a little bit more gain.
Not sure how the vintage ones sound, but I have one of the new reissues (GV-2 Guv'nor+) which have a 4 band EQ (deep/bass/mids/treble).
people call the RAT2 the "marshall in a box" pedal, but i can tell you, the new Guv'nor uses the exact same distortion circuit as my Marshall Valvestate - it sounds EXACTLY the same (actually it's better - the tone is alot thicker and lacks all the horrible high overtones from that stupid tube in the valvestate preamp).
Easily the most "natural" distortion pedal ive used, and can turn any of my amps into a Marshall - my only complaint is it could do with a little bit more gain.
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Also consider Zoom Ultrafuzz. It has 2 fuzz circuits based around the faceface and big muff, blendable with the "color" knob.euan wrote:And if everyone is going to say Big Muff, I'll say Graphic Fuzz. That can get it's Muff on if you want it to.
With "color" all the way to the right and "tone" on about 3, you get a very VERY good big muff impression.
of course by playing the with the "color" and "tone" knobs you can get a HUGE array of sounds - with "color" all the way to the left and "tone" on 0 it can even sound like a regular distortion pedal!
plus it has a knob which makes the whole pedal self-ocillate - which is fun
yeh actually i was thinking..Fran wrote:What kind of sound you after malik? Namedrop.
If RAT2 is such a good pedal, can anyone name a few songs i can hear one used on? Surely a few bands have based their sound around this great pedal??
On the artist page on the Proco website it mentions Graham Coxon, Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but as far as i know all these bands use the Turbo RAT.