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
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:32 am
by NBarnes21
BOR here as well
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:59 am
by Mike
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:31 am
by Sublimedo
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:47 am
by Mike
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:15 pm
by Haze
aka distortion 3
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:28 pm
by timhulio
What's that stupid design around the footswitch? It's the pedal equivalent of a tribal tattoo.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:39 pm
by laterallateral
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:47 pm
by dezb1
boss hm-2
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:09 pm
by endsjustifymeans
laterallateral wrote:They're hot rod pinstripes. I kinda like 'em.
They make him play faster.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:42 pm
by Haze
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
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:07 pm
by Marquischacha
Sheer power. the 'top boost' switch should just read 'MOAR RAWK'
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:45 pm
by Jazzmasterfan
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:00 pm
by jamieb
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:32 pm
by murch33
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:36 pm
by NickS
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:38 pm
by chisa
at the moment i like this.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:39 pm
by BradK
+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.
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:22 am
by stewart
about the 37th time i've posted this:
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:30 am
by dezb1
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
