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vintage distortion+
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:46 am
by mewithoutus
so, i just traded a line 6 dl4 for a holy grail reverb and a 1979 distortion+. i heard you can get kinda fuzzy on the higher distortion settings and that its a sweet od. any fans? how would you describe this pedal?
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:50 pm
by NickD
Its good, can get a little trebly though.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:57 pm
by Tweez
Bob Mould used one, as did Randy Rhoads, I guess that gives 2 ideas about the sound it can give.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:12 pm
by Doog
Lacking a tone control = worthless to me.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:20 pm
by paul_
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:00 pm
by Doog
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:20 pm
by dots
i so wish watts woulda at least temporarily buried the hatchet with the guy to get him to post on here. the memories we woulda created. . .
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:12 pm
by theshadowofseattle
dots wrote:i so wish watts woulda at least temporarily buried the hatchet with the guy to get him to post on here. the memories we woulda created. . .
It's better this way.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:24 pm
by Tweez
I missed out on so much cool stuff
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:07 am
by timhulio
I like this pedal muchly. The dunlop reissue (which I've also got) is not without it's merits too, but sounds a bit harsher.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:19 pm
by Billy3000
I've got one of the dunlop reissues, and it's ok... I don't really like it that much though. I was just trying to find a good distortion pedal to use with my Twin Reverb so I bought it because I heard a lot of people talk about them. I've been kinda disappointed with it though so now I really just use my VOX Tonelab instead.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:33 pm
by ekwatts
dots wrote:i so wish watts woulda at least temporarily buried the hatchet with the guy to get him to post on here. the memories we woulda created. . .
I tried, but he just refused. Some of you should try and convince him.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:26 am
by mewithoutus
do you think a 79 d+ would make a good fair trade for say a rat II? ive always wanted a rat II and i know for sure i like it. well see how i like the d+ i suppose.
Re: vintage distortion+
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:09 am
by aen
mewithoutus wrote:how would you describe this pedal?
ANGRY.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:14 am
by mewithoutus
aen you are my fucking hero. your videos are frickin amazing. im so close to buying your synth thing.
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:28 am
by mewithoutus
came today:
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:10 pm
by Lanark
This my friends is distortion pedal.
Plus it's got those ginormous wheels on the side so you can adjust it with your feet
while you play. (The matching Phaser is even better that way) And it's tough enough to fall from the roof of a moving car, get run over a couple of times and still work. I know from unfortunate experience.
All your puny distortions are belong to it...
But seriously, how are you digging the MXR?
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:24 pm
by mewithoutus
its pretty cool. im not using it as a straight ahead distortion, but rather a "destruct switch. i hit it when im using my biog muff or something else so that it makes alot of loud noise and kinda feedsback alot. its really fun!
the sound by itelf is a little trebly for me actually.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:11 am
by LimpDickCheney
You can't go balls out with those... sounds too harsh. I use it because it responds to my pick like no other distortion/overdrive I have ever had. Mine is from 1979. Guy Picciotto from Fugazi uses one of these.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:18 am
by mewithoutus
yeah mines a 79 too. im gonna experiment with it more, i just havent had alot of time
