Your favorite disto

Baaan012 · Post by **Baaan012** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:30 am

im looking to buy a new distortion or overdrive. . . and i just wanted to hear what od's and or distortions that you guys love the sound, has the most bang for its buck, or just love the way it looks?

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:42 am

I like my Jekyll and Hyde pretty well, but it's really an overdrive....not a distortion pedal.

I've been really wanting a Box of Rock lately, though.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:47 am

At the moment its a tie between the Behringer vintage distortion ($30) my odl faithfull, big muff clone

and Effector 13 Synth Mangler ($315) ULTRA beefy silicon fuzz with octave and noise powerz. Also very expensive, I got mine in a trade.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:22 am

I dig a Fuzz Face through the right amp, but when I just need to grab and go I love the Big Muff. For better or worse, it sounds exactly the same through everything. My beat-to-hell Russian version still sounds the best to me.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:25 am

the fulltone pro distortion is amazing. expensive though, but worth it, i reckon.

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:14 am

I still haven't found any bass fuzzes as kickin as my Wooly Mammoth. Fuzz Factory works wonders with it as well, but for guitar I too enjoy the sizzle of a good Big Muff.

Post by **Doog** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:35 am

ProCo RAT is in my BLUUD.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:43 am

the rat is awesome.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:43 am

I've yet to find a dirt pedal that I like as much as Marshall amp OD.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:51 am

Just a few thoughts...

Guitar:

-The Swede/Finns haven't lef the board yet: The BJF Dyna Red Distortion has proven to be my favorite mid-to-heavy overdrive for having so much gain yet still being a very musical, transparence OD at heart. Emerald Green Distortion Machine does a lovely old Voxy thing for the bridge pickup and loves to be preceded by a comp.

-The new Danelectro Cool Cat Distortion has been getting heaps of use...It absolutely loves the JCM2000 and has a lot of various drive tones well before it goes into fuzz. Some say it sounds too much like a DS-1...I disagree completely, it breaks up much more naturally and can almost clean up if necessary. Sooper cheap dirty tones!

-For a humping mids TS boob screamer type, the brown channel of the Blackstone Mosfet. It actually sounds really good on a clean amp and makes it seem like the tubes are cooking a natural load of nasalesque overdrive...If you've the patience to tweak the trimpots for necessary tone adjustments.

-As of late I've really dug my friend's OCD thru a Marshall 1974x, it makes his Tele sound enormously violent, albeit just a chunky overdrive.

-The OD-3 is still awesome for being the workhorse of overdrives. The unassuming yellow box is likely part of the magic.

Bass:

The Prescription Electronics Depth Charge(Bass fuzz, what Rochello has likely not tried yet

) and Moollon Bass Drive (Bass Overdrive) give me plenty of dirt to work with, and for more fun I'll kick either of the two with a bass-boosted EQ and/or clean boost.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:42 pm

lamp wrote:I've yet to find a dirt pedal that I like as much as Marshall amp OD.

So true innit.

I do love the SD-1 by boss as far as overdrive/dist boxes go.

Don't get me started on fuzzes, I love them all.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:20 pm

lamp wrote:I've yet to find a dirt pedal that I like as much as Marshall amp OD.

+1

Although these get close:

ZVex Box Of Rock
OLC Orange Peel
Marshall Guv'nor II
Fulltone OCD
Boss OD-3 Overdrive

These are all overdrive pedals. I'm not really into distortion and fuzz - well I like it all.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:44 pm

OLC's big cheese clone, the Chunky Cheese: I can't praise it enough.

soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:30 pm

Even though they're overdrives i'm still gonna say them....Ibanez Tubescreamer ts808 and a Danelectro Daddy-O pedal. I really don't think anything beats natural overdrive from a Vox or a Bassman though... but that's sorta in a different ball park.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:06 pm

Another nomination for the effector 13 effects. The Soda Meizer. It will tear your fucking face off!

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:08 pm

RAT RAT RAT RAT

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:37 pm

SIB Varidrive

Fulltone OCD

Fulltone Distortion Pro

Hopefully Mike's pedals he is shipping to me.

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:08 pm

These are my favs.
Marshall Guv'nor or Blues Breaker.
Big Muff Pi - american
modded Tube screamer.

Fibus · Post by **Fibus** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:31 pm

purplehaze19x wrote:modded Tube screamer.

+1

I used to really like the tubescreamer clone i built, then when i was rehousing it put the fat mod on it and man now i absolutely love it.
It sounds great going into a box of mike too!

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:15 pm

Double Trouble/Route 808, don't hate