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Dirt pedal suggestions
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:11 am
by Noisy Cat
I'm bored and I want something that covers ground not already covered by my OCD and Muff. Any suggestions?
I've never really bonded with Rats and a TS clone I once tried.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:15 am
by benecol
I LOVE THE FOLLOWING PEDALS OH SO MUCH:
- Foxx Tone Machines
- Ampeg Scramblers (that blend control is a beast)
- Harmonic Percolators
BONUS THING: turn the distortion on a Rat to 9 o'clock or below to really see what's best about them (hated Rats before I started this).
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:15 am
by NickS
Make yourself a fuzz face clone and tweak it until you like it?
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:26 am
by Concretebadger
I have a love-hate relationship with RATs. They sound midrangey and muddy when the amp's running clean but I find that if there's a bit of dirt already, it brings some sizzle and bite into the sound. Which is the opposite of what happens when I use a Muff - the sizzle's only there with a clean amp and preamp gain turns it to sludge (which is sometimes a good thing, sometimes not).
Your OCD probably has the low gain side covered and the Muff does the thick high-gain, so an in-between sort of distortion like a DLS or Dist+ might do the trick. Either that or a quirky 'character' pedal like an octave fuzz or a fuzz-wah might be fun. Fuzzes with 'texture' or 'sag' controls give some nutty gated and ring modulated sort of sounds that are pretty interesting.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:36 am
by Gabriel
I really like the Mooer Flexboost Xotic AC boost clone I have. It's only dirt pedal I've kept for more than a few months, it's been on my board for a couple of years now and I've not found anything to kick it off yet.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:25 pm
by johnnyseven
My 3 favourite dirt pedals:
Boss OD3
ProCo Turbo Rat
Boss FZ2
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:35 pm
by Noisy Cat
Cheers everyone.
Yeah I play into a Twin Reverb so it's going into a totally clean amp. The OCD definitely does the light breakup thing really well; I usually have the gain set between 9 and 12 o'clock.
I was thinking of some kind of silicone fuzz thing, I dunno.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:39 pm
by 71Smallbox
johnnyseven wrote:Boss FZ2
+1000
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:21 pm
by dezb1
Boss HM-2
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:15 am
by Johno
Noisy Cat wrote:Cheers everyone.
Yeah I play into a Twin Reverb so it's going into a totally clean amp. The OCD definitely does the light breakup thing really well; I usually have the gain set between 9 and 12 o'clock.
I was thinking of some kind of silicone fuzz thing, I dunno.
If you want a cheap silicon fuzz check out the tonegasm guitar face, its fuzz face with an added bias control for spitty dead battery sounds if you want them. They are hand made by a chap in Wales, he sells via ebay and they tend to go for under £40.
If you want an OD that does a brilliant clean boost and fuzzy od maxed out I can't recommend the DOD 250 highly enough...
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:53 am
by Freethenoise
I put my Greer Ghetto Stomp on my board for rehearsal today and it made my big 2x12 Hiwatt sound like a piece of shit Supro amp about to explode.
Ticked all the boxes for me.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:20 am
by gusman2x
I think you should check out one of Tim's Harmonic Percolator seconds. I listened to a demo last night, and they sound awesome to the max.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:33 am
by BearBoy
benecol wrote:BONUS THING: turn the distortion on a Rat to 9 o'clock or below to really see what's best about them (hated Rats before I started this).
I only discovered this recently (quite probably because Benecol, or another Scaler, posted it here). I also find it sounds great in front of other dirt pedals like this.
Edit: should possibly clarify that I don't have a real Rat but a Mooer Black Secret rat clone. Not sure how close to a real one it is.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:26 pm
by NickD
*Ahem*
Points towards for sale thread...
Personally I use a Klon copy, and for daft sounds a Fuzz Factory, but dirt pedals are such a broad subject as everybody makes them.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:45 pm
by benecol
BearBoy wrote:Edit: should possibly clarify that I don't have a real Rat but a Mooer Black Secret rat clone. Not sure how close to a real one it is.
Black Secret is by far the best Rat (of four previous, all pukka/boutique/vintage) I've owned.
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 7:39 am
by meltedbuzzbox
A few I really like are
The rat or a clone of
Nobels odr-1, straight distortion and st-dn
Okko diablo
Empress effects distortion
Caroline wave canon
Malekko fuzz
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:28 pm
by George
boss od3
boss blues driver
joyo/harley benton ac30 sansamp clone
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:53 pm
by 71Smallbox
DS-1
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:49 pm
by luciguci
71Smallbox wrote:ten DS-1s
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:11 pm
by Freddy V-C
gusman2x wrote:I think you should check out one of Tim's Harmonic Percolator seconds. I listened to a demo last night, and they sound awesome to the max.
THIS. My board is literally two of Tim's HPs and nothing else.
Well, a tuner... nothing
else.