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DS-1... sounded (to my ears at the time) way better than the horrible, horrible 'drive' setting on the Fender solid state head I was playing through. But I needed drive for the punkz rocz.

^same for me, outdid the distortion channel on my Crate GX15 but once I got bigger amps I didn't realize the DS-1 was bringing the "slightly-better-than-before tiny solid state amp" sound with it.

Until I got a DS-2 Turbo Boogaloo

Mine was a Marshall Shredmaster and a Morley Wah. I got them both with my first amp.

I bought it because I was a metal maniac

Russian Big Muff. I still have it 14 years later even though I don't have an electric guitar anymore.

Given to me by a friend for free when I started out playing bass and then switched to guitar. A truly awful pedal in hindsight, but beggars can't be choosers I guess. It did a passable job when used on bass with the tone turned right down, but not much else sadly.

I think I passed it on to someone while I was in 6th form - kind of glad I don't have it now.

Noirie. wrote:Boss DS-1. Which I later traded for cigarettes.

Mine too was a boss DS-1. At least you remember what you did with it.

Marshall Jackhammer, which I think is now in the possession of Doog.

My main distortion is Arsecake's first distortion

#thuglyfe

Boss DS-1 and a year later a Small Clone and a Digitech grunge which i got for $10

Still have the small clone, but I sold the Grunge for $20 and the DS-1 broke, and now i can't find it

I had a Cruze Flanger, cant even find a picture of one. It was a budget brand around 1990, plastic case, lilac in colour.
Already had Distortion on my Amp and this pedal seemed exotic to me as I had just started playing.
I just set it so it made Jet sounds, obviously

Boss Blues Driver, I've still got it and probably always will. No matter what other dirt pedals I get I always come back to it.

Vesta Fire DST distortion. Not a bad pedal, I've still got it but it's a bit beat up now.

Zoom 505.

Lots of noise.

My first pedal was a Boss OS2 overdrive/distortion as a Christmas gift with my Squier CV Duo Sonic. THe first pedal that I bought with my money was a Behringer FX600 multiFX for 12€ from a school mate. I sold my OS2 because of the terrible hum it produced (then I bought a Boss BD2 Blues Driver, still with me); the FX600 passed away last year, very very very cheap pedal but I suggest it to all the noob guitarists because it's an useful device for knowing different kind of effects (all in one pedal): tremolo, flanger, chorus, phaser, delay and pitch shifter.

My first pedal was a TR-2. I still have it.

Modded tube screamer or dd-20, can't remember