Favorite Distortion

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:15 am

So with all these fav threads, we might as well make a distortion one.

so here, post your favorite distortion pedals.

Mine would be this

this

or this

NBarnes21 · Post by **NBarnes21** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:32 am

BOR here as well

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:59 am

The Distortion III, Zakk Wylde Distortion and the Classic Distortion are all very similar apparently. I should get round to breadboarding one at some point.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:31 am

my favorite is, without a doubt, the Box of Mike I got from, well, MIKE. It replaced the Marshall Shredmaster clone I put together, which sounds great (was my fav for a while) and is a different kind of monster all together, but I like how it transforms my SUPERCLEAN Twin Reverb into a torn-up dirty Marshall.

I also like the sound of a Rat. I got a BYOC clone that has several clipping modes, and the LED-mode has this loud abrasiveness I love.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:47 am

Cheers man, that swells the cockles!

I also love RATs and I think LED clipping options on them are great, I've modded a few to have that option. It's a louder more open sound with a lot less gainy compression. Completely different flavour to standard Si clipping.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:15 pm

aka distortion 3

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:28 pm

What's that stupid design around the footswitch? It's the pedal equivalent of a tribal tattoo.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:39 pm

They're hot rod pinstripes. I kinda like 'em.

My favourite dist is definitely my '86 RAT which I bought for TWENTY DOLLARS at a pawnshop, a few months ago. Muppets.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:47 pm

boss hm-2

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:09 pm

laterallateral wrote:They're hot rod pinstripes. I kinda like 'em.

They make him play faster.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:42 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:
laterallateral wrote:They're hot rod pinstripes. I kinda like 'em.
They make him play faster.

your damn right they do!
i need to get mike to make one with more output and a switch to fuck with shit

Marquischacha · Post by **Marquischacha** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:07 pm

Sheer power. the 'top boost' switch should just read 'MOAR RAWK'

Jazzmasterfan · Post by **Jazzmasterfan** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:45 pm

I've got a Boss Metal Zone and Boss DS-2 but am hankering for trying a few others out...I've got the Rat, MXR III & a MXR + on my radar of pedals to try.

jamieb · Post by **jamieb** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:00 pm

murch33 · Post by **murch33** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:32 pm

My old vinyl covered SCOD is the sentimental favorite, although my beat old RAT is what's currently on my board. Depending on which head I'm using, I'll either use the RAT or just the amp.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:36 pm

Homebuild Fuzz Face clone

You can set it so it's almost clean with the guitar volume backed off to 8 and gets nice and dirty as you roll up to 10 for your lead break. If you do that sort of thing.

chisa · Post by **chisa** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:38 pm

at the moment i like this.

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BradK · Post by **BradK** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:39 pm

+1 on the Crunch Box. It's VERY versatile and can go from a nice light crunch to ridiculous crunch and awesome lead tone. Definitely sounds better with the volume higher than the gain though. Sounds like Cro-Mags - Best Wishes in a box.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:22 am

about the 37th time i've posted this:

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:30 am

stewart wrote:about the 37th time i've posted this:

i like the look of that, i'm off to find a demo of it on ya choob