heh, the problem not with the pedals, more on our psychological aspect and the sense of hearing of every different individuals.
Thus i say, talking about tone, without hearing it in the form of clips or video, is a dangerous thing of either confusing us or lead us to a wrong path!
Lke the ancient chinese kungfu man, learnt kungfu in the wrong way and "zhou huo lu mo"/walk fire go into devilish path"
My kind of distortion, or should I say distorted tone?
When I'm using stompboxes it's the Boss DS-1 boosted by a SD-1.
Multi-effects, it has to be my Zoom G2.1U's BC (Boogie Crunch) with gain anywhere from 80 to 100 and with the onboard Booster on.
It's crunchy enough to eat, for me at least.
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Guitar: LTD MH-50, Ibanez RG350DX, Ibanez RGR321EX | Effects: Zoom G2.1u, Boss LS-2, Boss NS-2, Boss AC-3, Boss CS-3, Boss SD-1, Boss DS-1, Boss MT-2, Boss CH-1, Boss CE-5, Boss GE-7, Boss PH-3, Boss DD-3 | Recording: Zoom MRS-8
My distortion atm is:
A modded TS7, either classic or hot mode, gain at 2, level at wherever I need it into a Landmine Distortion at bass set between 3 o'clock to max , mid set to 1-3 o'clock, treble at 12 o'clock, USING THE MIX OUTPUT INSTEAD OF NORMAL into normal channel of Toneblaster X, Gain at half past 10 (between 10 and 11 o'clock), bass at 2 o'clock to 3 o'clock, mid (there's a parametric control as well), both at 10-11 o'clock.
I'll probably do a few samples when I have the time.