What is your all time favorite distortion pedal?

SonOfLimp · Post by **SonOfLimp** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:54 am

Hey, Just wanted to see what kinds of distortion pedals people use..I've got the Boss DS-1.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:56 am

That one looks modded, is it yours?

I'm more of an overdrive guy. I have a Nobels ODR-1 that does the job. I like Big Muffs too, and Fuzz Factories, though I have neither right now.

SonOfLimp · Post by **SonOfLimp** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:58 am

This isn't mine, I'm just to lazy to take a picture of it...but yea, looks like he modded the switch by the tone... mine looks more like this.

hazelwould · Post by **hazelwould** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:09 am

I'm a Hotcake fan... They can be really nice clean or dirty. They also remind me a bit of the Rat. At least the Vintage rat I had... Cept it cleaned up well and had loads of volume.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:49 am

I love my vintage IC big muff to death

but I recently started using my girlfriends old japanese boss HM pedal. it actually sounds good through my sunn amp, but not through any of my other amps

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:12 am

DOD Juice Box for overdrive. Fuzz Faces for fuzz.

Distortion is lame.

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:16 am

Box of Rock. Simple but great. That and a TU2 are usually all I ever plug into before the amp for most occasions.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:45 am

I like too much dirt to narrow it down to one pedal. These all have their charm:

Proco RAT
EHX Big Muff (Green Version)
Crowther HotCake
Box Of Rock
Marshall GV-2 Guvnor Plus
Fulltone OCD
FuzzFace with Fuller Mods
Klon

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:55 am

Hooooosker Doooooooo

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:14 pm

That yellow box reminds me, another old favorite are old yellow box DOD 250 Overdrives. It was the only pedal I used in my last band.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:26 pm

Depends what amp i am using and like mike said, its difficult to pick one.

jamieb · Post by **jamieb** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:40 pm

TT Classic by a long shot.

kim · Post by **kim** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:07 pm

i don't have distortion pedals...

for fuzz tgd it's a weirdo <3

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:37 pm

I love what I have and use them all in regular rotation, all for different reasons:

Overdrive
G2D Creamtone: light gain/boost
BJF Emerald Green: voxy light/mid gain
BJF Dyna Red: mid/heavy gain
Danelectro Cool Cat Distortion: more compressed mid/heavy gain
Blackstone Mosfet OD: simply delightful amplike low/mid gain twin channel
Moollon Distortion: fave "JTM45esque" addition to an OD'd amp

Fuzz
Frantone Creampuff: A Stoner Muff deluxe, stupid and scooped to my heart's content

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 4:27 pm

Overdrive:
Visual Sound Route 66
Boss Blues Driver
Ibanez DS7 LoFi (TONE LOK)
Vantage Analog Delay (used only to kick my preamp in the teeth)

Distortion:
Ibanez CF7 (TONE LOK)
ProCo You Dirty Rat

Fuzz:
Devi Ever Soda Mizer
Devi Ever Soda Mizer +
Effector 13 Disater Fuzz Of Doom
MXR Blue Box
Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz
NYC Big Muff Pi with red LED mod

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:04 pm

Hot Cake, Box of Rock, Green Muff. That about does it for me
the Hot Cake especially, can go from so suttle you can leave it on as a clean tone w/ a slight grit, or crank it up and it will compete w/ the muffs

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:55 pm

what is the difference between distortion, fuzz and overdrive?

Post by **Doog** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:32 pm

For classic big rock sounds, ProCo RAT, hands down.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:40 pm

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:43 pm

DanHeron wrote:

I guess you like it then!

I loves me T.Rex mudhoney personally.