Had nothing better to do, moreover I don't remember seeing a thread on the type of distortion and overdrive you prefer recently. So yeah, your preferred properties of distortion and overdrive, and why. Heh. And if you don't mind, you could also state the pedal(s) you are using to get that sound. I'll start.
My distortion pedal is a Beta Aivin HM-200. Its a high-gain distortion that I use for hard rock and metal alike. So for versatility and hating trebly tone (find it unpleasant) I prefer my distortion to be bassy, with treble set as low as my mids, both of which are at half. So the result is a thick, wet sounding, bassy distortion.
My overdrive pedal is a Digitech Bad Monkey. Vintage-voiced tubescreamer-style overdrive with a crazy amount of gain for an overdrive. The Bad Monkey's a naturally bassy overdrive, so I set the treble higher than the bass, which gives me a balanced tone that is slightly on the trebly side. As a booster, it combines with my HM-200 for a more trebly, soloing kinda tone.
Tonebone Plexitube, because it has two channels (one for lead and the other one for rhythm) and also user friendly. It also has a natural distortion sound. But also drooling for Vox Satchurator, Ibanez Jemini.
im using the guyatone metal monster. even though it has only tube plus its a hybrid i find that its tone is still really unique. i love the mids sweep and the bass, so i usually set to boost the lower mids and bass for a thick middy bassy sort of sound.
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My don't really have a main distortion/od but here are the 3 anyway,
Crunchbox>Rutt>Sahasrara
Most of the time it depends what song i'm playing or my mood. Hehehe.
Your kind of distortion
