Overdrive/Distortion pedals

[broken cord]

IMO the BYOB is not all that much of a cost savings, compared to finding a good used unit. I just built a BYOB Fuzz and it was not cheap (inexpensive), its effect is not the greatest I've heard but not bad either.

I've tried a few different overdrives and ended up with a Telenordia TA 100. It's not over the top, but rather a clean boost signal that allows the tubes ( valves ) do the work. 

[yellowv]

Nile sounded bad live? I have seen them live. They sound amazing live.

they sounded very powerful, don't get me wrong, but i couldn't understand almost a single note, just a piercing wall of heavily scooped sounds. and that's not what i call a good live sound.
but it must have been a single unfortunate episode, maybe... it was at a festival so they could have spent too little time in soundchecks

When I saw Nile they sounded brutal, but with superb tone. The whole set Karl was tweaking his sound from a laptop and on his amps. The guitars sounded aggressive, crushing and super articulate. Best sounding death metal band I have seen live Maybe you got them on a bad day. Here are a couple of pics.

[maverickf1jockey]

Why an 11 string as opposed to a 12?

[yellowv]

Why an 11 string as opposed to a 12?

Not really sure about the reason for 11 strings, but it is definately not to sound anything like a 12 string. That double neck KxK was the most brutal sounding guitar I have ever heard. That 11 string can do some crazy stuff. It's fretless as well. The 6 string neck is fully scalloped.

[MrBump]

That guitar is mental.

[The Sorbz]

Firstly, there's Blackstar pedals. Fantastic sound and the Dual gives you 2 boosts/ distortions to play with. All reviews ar ethat they are great.

Secondly, if you don't mind soldering and enjoying the fruits of your own labours - there's BYOC pedals.  You can build and modify your own pedals. Checlkout the new OD2.

Jim

[richardjmorgan]

Something I've been contemplating trying is putting one of the blackstar distortion pedals in front of my JCM900. Anyone got any views as to whether this is a good idea or not? My alternative option is trying to find a 5150 going cheap.

No thoughts on this anyone? Boo.

I also have an old Boss Super Overdrive lying around but from my slightly inept fiddlings I don't really see how that would push my Marshall into the higher gain territory I'm aiming for.

[Will]

I know someone that puts a Blacstar infront of a 900, and he seems to get fine results

[richardjmorgan]

I know someone that puts a Blacstar infront of a 900, and he seems to get fine results

Am I right in assuming then that to do this, you'd run the 900 on the A channel (the 'clean' one) and use the pedal to switch between driven and clean sounds? How does this compare sound-wise to using the B channel on the Marshall?

[Will]

It was a dual master volume 900, so there weren't two channels (just loud, and LOUD). but yeah, set to clean and then used the blackstar for drive

[maverickf1jockey]

The same as with my setup and I like the sound of it quite a bit.

It will take some time though for you to get a feel for setting the pedal, especially if you get the dual like me.

[dheim]

i've bought a blackstar dstx or how the hell it's named their metal distortion... very very nice. my amp is a bugera 333xl and i love it, i bought the pedal to have more tonal choices. i'm using it like a "soft" lead channel... gain level and overall tone is very similar to that of my amp, with ISP turned to british (blackstar pedals have got the option to emulate american or british tone), but the head itself is more punchy and "full"... if you don't like your amp distorted sound it can be an excellent solution, but "real" preamp sections are better, in my experience...