Your favorite disto

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:21 pm

Thanks guys for the OLC love.

I hate the Daddy-O, not to argue, but i found the controls lacking quite a bit.

I dig the Box of Rocks
I dig the Muff and the TS808 (and the like) - they're really popular, too.

I love what tube amps do, though, a little more than pedals.

Z*Z*Z · Post by **Z*Z*Z** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:04 pm

Conventional choice:

Digitech Bad Monkey
Boss Od-3
Marshall Bluesbreaker II
Proco RAT2 (try to find older one)
Crowther Hot Cake
Fulltone OCD
Zvex Box of Rock

or any of the modded/custom designed drives out there...

soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:29 am

Ninja Mike 808 wrote:Thanks guys for the OLC love.

I hate the Daddy-O, not to argue, but i found the controls lacking quite a bit.

I dig the Box of Rocks
I dig the Muff and the TS808 (and the like) - they're really popular, too.

I love what tube amps do, though, a little more than pedals.

The daddy-o is definetly a "love or hate" kinda pedal. I like it tho, it's good for the price and Tom Petty's guitarist uses one

On another note, I don't understand the big muff, it just sounds too insane and crazy for me. I wanna see how it sounds with the sustain all the way down tho......probably shitty, but i like that slight dirty/fuzzy sound.

Post by **dots** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:43 am

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light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:51 am

My 70's op amp IC whatever muff kills all.
For cheap distortion the new mod tone green distortion pedal is actually really good.

We got some in at the guitar shop I work at, and I love playing through it.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:55 am

If we're talking amps, I really like the OD channel on my solid state Princeton Chorus. Sounds like ass above 5, but there's a definite sweet spot that has great sustain, dynamics, and crunch.

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:56 am

Z*Z*Z wrote:Conventional choice:

Digitech Bad Monkey
Boss Od-3
Marshall Bluesbreaker II
Proco RAT2 (try to find older one)
Crowther Hot Cake
Fulltone OCD
Zvex Box of Rock

or any of the modded/custom designed drives out there...

What pedal is that in your av?

Z*Z*Z · Post by **Z*Z*Z** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:53 pm

Ninja Mike 808 wrote:
Z*Z*Z wrote:Conventional choice:

Digitech Bad Monkey
Boss Od-3
Marshall Bluesbreaker II
Proco RAT2 (try to find older one)
Crowther Hot Cake
Fulltone OCD
Zvex Box of Rock

or any of the modded/custom designed drives out there...
What pedal is that in your av?

That's Vintage Rat & Turbo Rat 2in1 but modified; Turbo has less gain and more volume - so it's a crunchy overdrive;
And in Vintage mode is replica of an early Rat (large box version) with lm308;

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:47 pm

Z*Z*Z wrote:
Ninja Mike 808 wrote:
Z*Z*Z wrote:Conventional choice:

Digitech Bad Monkey
Boss Od-3
Marshall Bluesbreaker II
Proco RAT2 (try to find older one)
Crowther Hot Cake
Fulltone OCD
Zvex Box of Rock

or any of the modded/custom designed drives out there...
What pedal is that in your av?
That's Vintage Rat & Turbo Rat 2in1 but modified; Turbo has less gain and more volume - so it's a crunchy overdrive;
And in Vintage mode is replica of an early Rat (large box version) with lm308;

Rat designed it, or you went crazy and made something awesome?

LimpDickCheney · Post by **LimpDickCheney** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:00 am

I have a MXR Distortion+ that I like and I would like to get an early ProCo Rat.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:58 am

I also dig MXR Dist+ very much. The Dunlop reissue isn't quite as good as an old one, but I've no idea what the differences are electronically.

DO HAVE ONE FOR SALE! BOOOOOOTEEEEEQUEUEUE!

Z*Z*Z · Post by **Z*Z*Z** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:01 pm

Ninja Mike 808 wrote:
Z*Z*Z wrote:
Ninja Mike 808 wrote: What pedal is that in your av?
That's Vintage Rat & Turbo Rat 2in1 but modified; Turbo has less gain and more volume - so it's a crunchy overdrive;
And in Vintage mode is replica of an early Rat (large box version) with lm308;
Rat designed it, or you went crazy and made something awesome?

General design is based on the Rat, and a friend build it for me, and the modifications are my idea & his work, I wanted to sound a bit clearer and to have a wider range and to design my own sticker

; So it's a Rat clone that doesnt really sound like a Rat anymore; I could make a sample if you want to hear it?

euan · Post by **euan** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:26 pm

Marshall Drivemaster yo!
EHX Graphic Fuzz as well.

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:07 pm

Z*Z*Z wrote:
Ninja Mike 808 wrote:
Z*Z*Z wrote: That's Vintage Rat & Turbo Rat 2in1 but modified; Turbo has less gain and more volume - so it's a crunchy overdrive;
And in Vintage mode is replica of an early Rat (large box version) with lm308;
Rat designed it, or you went crazy and made something awesome?
General design is based on the Rat, and a friend build it for me, and the modifications are my idea & his work, I wanted to sound a bit clearer and to have a wider range and to design my own sticker ; So it's a Rat clone that doesnt really sound like a Rat anymore; I could make a sample if you want to hear it?

Yea demo it, then put it into production so you and your friend can make dough... I mean, at least from your description and enthusiasm, I'd bet it's cool.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:28 pm

big muff, lol.

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:01 am

I used to love Big Muffs, but they kinda suck live since they drop your mids out, and they seem pretty difficult to record correctly. I love fuzz, they just seem pretty situational.

I think TS808s make any amp sound pretty killer. My favorite though is the Box of Rock -- it's less of an effect and more of another channel for your amp.

ElCapitan · Post by **ElCapitan** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:44 pm

Big Muff all the way, hard to translate the awesome practice sounds to live and recorded sounds though. On the plus side it's huge and has the word Muff on it.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:18 pm

i don't know, i've always been more of a overdrive or fuzz user. i'll die with a tonebender (and soon a duo-fuzz) in my pedalboard. for overdrive, i've always favored the boss sd-1 or the bd-2.

my favorite distortion would probably be the box of rock, it made my tweed into a marshall and has plenty of options. mine is the box of mike (the prototype i believe), which is very versatile with the extra eq.

Z*Z*Z · Post by **Z*Z*Z** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:02 pm

Here is some samples of my avatar

I'm a lousy player, and the sound quality is not so great...

Eclipse Test 1

Wall of shoegazey sound

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astro · Post by **astro** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:28 pm

Overdrives, distortions and fuzzes have a huge tonal diversity amongst the different pedals available... the best way to finding what you like is to try as many as you can, since this is such a subjective area. One man's tone-machine is another man's worthless noisemaker.

For natural tube overdrive, a cranked Marshall is pretty hard to beat. My 1980 Fender Concert II (Fender's first dual channel amp) sounds absolutely incredible on the overdrive channel, so I haven't bothered to get an overdrive pedal.

For balls to the wall fuzz, the germanium Fuzz Face that I built was pretty amazing (it was a BYOC kit), until it mysteriously stopped working (I can't figure out why). Totally different sounding, but equally delicious are the Woolly Mammoth and Octave Fuzz that Mike built for me. And another favourite is the microphone channel on my Roland Microcube, although it's nowhere near being loud enough to ever be used live (or even at rehersal).

Another fav is the Rat and the Turbo Rat. I've never owned one, just played friend's pedals, so I have no idea which versions they were. As well, the old Ibanez Sonic Distortion is pretty badass.

For absolute over-the-top, chainsaw-to-the-face, turn-your-hair-white, full-on metalz, the Boss Metal Zone is tops in my opinion.

There have been many others that I've tried and liked but can't remember the name of!

The great thing about distortion effects is that there are so many different ones to choose from, so there's definitely one (probably many) out there that you'll hear and you'll say to yourself "I must have it!"

And also, more expensive pedals aren't necessarily better. I've heard some ultra cheap no name pedals that sound amazing, and I've heard expensive boutique ones that sound like ass.