Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: schmendict on November 28, 2005, 10:57:56 PM
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Do any of you kind and loving people have any unwanted distortion pedals. Preferably one that creates a really heavy, bassy tone but can handle the top strings clearly.
Something metal!
Thanks in advance,
Alex.
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You can get Boss SD-1 and Boss DS-1's on eBay for £25. New they're about £40. You wont get a decent pedal for much less than that unless you build it your self http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/
The DS-1 has a thick heavy sound. The SD-1 has the same circuit as a Tube Screamer but with some of the component values changed. Lots of SD-1's have the same op-amp as the TS. I think the SD-1 sounds a bit thin compared to a TS.
But you can't have my Bosses as I want them. :)
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yeah, i have a nobels DT1 than i don't really want anymore. i need to have a look at it though, i think there may be something funny going on with it. nothing a quick poke with a soldering iron can't fix i imagine
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This is my listing = http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7369411234&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 Excellent pedals, I have a couple, I don't know whether you consider it cheap or not, but they are £60-£70 normally, and this is brand new. If you want it, and you live in the UK, I'm so confident you'll love it, that if you don't like it, and you're willing to ship back at no cost to me, I'll refund your money. I can't believe it hasn't sold yet, I sold another brand new one of these for more only 2 months ago on eBay, but I'm strapped for cash and need to shift as much as pos asap!
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I've got a Marshall Guv'nor II I'm not keen on...too bassy. Not a great amount of drive, but through a cranked amp, it should sound alright.
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I had great fun with my Danelectro Black Paisley. It's better made than the usual rubbish they make, and gives you the modern metal dual rectifier-ish sound without the cost! It's even got an octave switch so you don't have to tune down. The casing looks like it would outlast a Boss pedal, and isn't as tall so its more stable under the foot - slightly wider than a Boss pedal mind.
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if you shop around, you can get both the ds1 and sd1 for £29 new... i think guitar guitar in edinburgh were selling them for that...
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I've got a Marshall Guv'nor II I'm not keen on...too bassy. Not a great amount of drive, but through a cranked amp, it should sound alright.
I've got an original Marshall Gov'nor. I've used it for years. A great pedal though I had to replace one of the pots and the stomp switch.
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Get a digitech GRUNGE
or a digitech metal
check their site
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i also looked into this a few months ago. seems that the arion tubulator is quite well regarded for a cheap tube-screamer clone.
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HJM has a Keeley Metal Zone in the Seconds Out section for 90 quid. Not a cheap pedal tho.
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Apparently Danelectros FAB distortion is pretty hot, and very cheap too. havn't tried one yet though.
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Apparently Danelectros FAB distortion is pretty hot, and very cheap too. havn't tried one yet though.
Thats what the magazines said..... I don't trust them!!! my friend spend like £100 on about 100 behringer pedals yesterday, LOL - idiot. I'll tell yu what they're like when i have a go.
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Apparently Danelectros FAB distortion is pretty hot, and very cheap too. havn't tried one yet though.
Thats what the magazines said..... I don't trust them!!! my friend spend like £100 on about 100 behringer pedals yesterday, LOL - idiot. I'll tell yu what they're like when i have a go.
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Russian Big Muff?
They sound pretty cool, my bassist uses one, sounds different to an USA Big Muff, but not in a bad way.
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I'd also suggest the EH bug muff, or one of the many variations.
A proco rat may also be an option.
Ermm, don't compare the fab tone pedals with the berhenger stuff the fab tones are actually nice.
Rob...
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Russian Big Muff?
They sound pretty cool, my bassist uses one, sounds different to an USA Big Muff, but not in a bad way.
I heard they were better than the US ones, but I bought one and found the quality was poor. One of the jacks broke after a couple of uses (not gigged).
The thing with big muffs is that they aren't high gain fuzz pedals. They sound nice when the sustain level is low (Gilmour), but get messy when up high - not a bad thing if you are into Mudhoney, Nirvana etc. Having said that I'm pretty sure the bass player from Mastondon uses one.
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I was thinking of getting a job, and getting one of those DIme Distortion units from mxr.
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Russian Big Muff?
They sound pretty cool, my bassist uses one, sounds different to an USA Big Muff, but not in a bad way.
I heard they were better than the US ones, but I bought one and found the quality was poor. One of the jacks broke after a couple of uses (not gigged).
The thing with big muffs is that they aren't high gain fuzz pedals. They sound nice when the sustain level is low (Gilmour), but get messy when up high - not a bad thing if you are into Mudhoney, Nirvana etc. Having said that I'm pretty sure the bass player from Mastondon uses one.
Depends on the sound you're after, you need a good amp though to handle the Big Muff, since there's so much bass. The Russian ones aren't built that well at all, the USA are better quality. I don't use mine for when I need clarity, just when I need a huge wall of fuzz, which the Big Muff does like nothing else.
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oh don't get me wrong, I prefer a high gain fuzz sound to the Dual Rectifier sound. The Russian pedals have a different sound - more of a conventional distortion. I've been meaning to replace the cr@ppy parts in my Russian. The green sovtek pedals are considered better than many of the vintage USA made big muffs - David Gilmour has one in his uber rig.
I bought a Frantone "The Sweet" fuzz pedal. Fran designed the USA reissue Big Muff Pi pedal for EH. The Sweet isn't a big muff clone, but can easily cover all the sounds a big muff can do but has an even bigger headroom. It uses new/old stock germanium resistors which all the decent fuzz pedals use. It's also only half the size of the Big Muff.