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The 42 greatest dirt boxes of all time
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:04 am
by Johno
Heres Music Radars list, Johnnyseven has prolly owned all of these at some point.
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ ... ime-398998
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:24 am
by Reece
Augh, I hate articles that are basically about a big list but give it you one at a time.
Here's the whole list:
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1 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
2 - Maestro FZ-1 Fuzztone
3 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
4 - Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
5 - Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
6 - Octavia/o/er
7 - Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive
8 - Sola Sound Tone Bender
9 - Marshall Guv'nor
10 - Dallas Rangemaster Treble Boost
11 - Pro Co RAT 2
12 - MXR Micro Amp
13 - Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
14 - Fulltone Full-Drive II Mosfet
15 - Fulltone OCD
16 - Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
17 - Zvex Fuzz Factory
18 - Tech 21 Sansamp
19 - Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
20 - Blackstar HT-Dual
21 - Carl Martin Hot Drive 'N' Boost
22 - Providence SOV-2
23 - Seymour Duncan SFX-01 Pickup Booster
24 - Marshall Shredmaster
25 - Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz
26 - Crowther Audio Hot Cake
27 - Boss DN-2 Dyna Drive
28 - Wampler Ecstasy Overdrive
29 - T-Rex Alberta
30 - Ethos Overdrive
31 - Providence Sonic Drive SDR
32 - Visual Sound Route 66
33 - Effector 13/Devi Ever Truly Beautiful Disaster
34 - Lovetone Brown Source
35 - Durham Electronics Sex Drive
36 - Blackstone Mosfet Overdrive
37 - Greg Fryer Treble Booster Touring
38 - Kingsley Jester
39 - Analogman Sun Face
40 - Frantone Peachfuzz
41 - Tanabe Dumkudo
42 - Vox Ice 9
Reminds me that I really want a tonebender.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:26 am
by timhulio
Nah the list is crap. Loads of them must be stuff that Music Radar sell or have a vested interest in. No Superfuzz variants, or FY-2s, or Ampeg Scamblers, Harmonic Percolators. MXR Micro Amp rather than the iconic Dist+ or DOD 250.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:30 am
by George
Reece wrote:Augh, I hate articles that are basically about a big list but give it you one at a time.
"Refresh our adverts 42 times!"
Hate it. MSN homepage is terrible for doing it.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:37 am
by benecol
Ironically, this is also the title of my forthcoming autobiography. All of your mums are in it.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:40 am
by Johno
timhulio wrote:Nah the list is crap. Loads of them must be stuff that Music Radar sell or have a vested interest in. None of the pedals I make are listed.
heh heh
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:43 am
by George
benecol wrote:Ironically, this is also the title of my forthcoming autobiography. All of your mums are in it.
Winner winner, chicken dinner.
Re: The 42 greatest dirt boxes of all time
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:47 am
by johnnyseven
I've actually owned 7 of them, but 7 i've owned clones of. However some of these i've owned more than once.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:52 am
by timhulio
Johno wrote:timhulio wrote:Nah the list is crap. Loads of them must be stuff that Music Radar sell or have a vested interest in. None of the pedals I make are listed.
heh heh
Hehe. But seriously, I make them cos of they're great effects, and should be represented in a list like that.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:54 am
by benecol
Glad they'd included the Vox Ice 9 Overdrive, so often cruelly overlooked...
*me neither expression*
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:58 am
by Johno
benecol wrote:Glad they'd included the Vox Ice 9 Overdrive, so often cruelly overlooked...
*me neither expression*
Yeah a few odd choices, be good if they revealed how they arrived at that list.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:03 am
by johnnyseven
No Catalinbread, no Way Huge, no Turbo Rat or original Rat. But have included a load of expensive pedals nobody's ever heard of.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:35 am
by Simon
Yep, I'd have had the Turbo RAT in there. Take out the RAT 2 because it's fucking shite.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:49 am
by Progrockabuse
i like the fact all they've done is extract the dirt pedals out of there 101 greatest pedal issue. there in the same sequence as the mag. not a lazy attitude to editorship in the slightest
and that ice 9 only been out five minutes
i've owned about five off the list, though theres only one i still own/use.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:51 am
by Haze
boring list is boring. boring post is boring. boring haze is boring
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:59 am
by George
The selection for this list looks like "all time best sellers peppered with boutique hype and vitnage mojo". There's no utilitarian or hidden gems in this so it's no wonder people on this forum will bork.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:42 pm
by Dave
I rewrote the list to more accurately represent teh Shortscale view and most Specifically Benecol's:
Reece wrote:1 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
2 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
3 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
4 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
5 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
6 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
7 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
8 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
9 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
10 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
11 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
12 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
13 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
14 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
15 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
16 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
17 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
18 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
19 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
20 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
21 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
22 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
23 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
24 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
25 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
26 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
27 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
28 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
29 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
30 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
31 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
32 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
33 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
34 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
35 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
36 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
37 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
38 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
39 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
40 - Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
41 - Boss DS-1 Distortion
42 - Teh Kurdtz
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:48 pm
by Progrockabuse
i thought benecol was more a TS9 myself.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:05 pm
by Fran
Some of the top 10 is realistic but it gets a bit silly the further it goes.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:05 pm
by Dave
Progrockabuse wrote:i thought benecol was more a TS9 myself.
Shhhh just pretend I got it right and everyone laughed and said I'm amazing!