Distortion Pedals

[kalibre]

metal from a CB?

i dont think so.

actually i find that the crunchbox can do metal tones pretty well with the gain set on high. especially if used with a boost!

 

[Ized]

i can get a hotcake to do metal too, but it gets super muddy lol.

 

[marlonmm]

ds-1, easy to use. especially if you're new to distortions. plus it's cheap.
but for more bite, i would go for digitech grunge.

"I just bought a DS-1 from cash converters for $15!! Yeah, but the paint is all stripped off by the previous owner, but it still works so who cares.. Haha.."

speaking of cash converters, few months back i saw this digitech grunge for $40 bucks... Now I'm banging my head why i didn't get that pedal!

 

[marlonmm]

Yeap try randolf mods. i went to his house yesterday and he showed me his modded SD-1(super overdrive) with 3 way switching. It sounded so much better than a TS-9DX stock that was placed beside with same settings.
It retained the depth and bass and i was absolutely blown off by it.

I just sent my DS-1 for modding to ULTRA-mod at Randolf's place.

Now looking for a SD-1 so i can get it modded too..

Btw his place is at Toa Payoh. Say i recommend u k. i'm evan.

how many bucks for a ds-1 mod?

 

[funktastic]

i recommend the death metal pedal by digitech,
it has a super metal sound yet its able to play blink and stuff too. AMAZING PEDAL!

 

[extremist]

i can get a hotcake to do metal too, but it gets super muddy lol.

just curious: how does this pedal compare to cb? say, in terms of gain.

 

[lilbrisket]

sansamp

no way dude.
From my experiance. Sansamp GT2 simply owns, authentic and very useable tube sounds. Its basically a pre amp pedal which allows to choose what kind of amp/distortion you want. Theres like a huge variety of different tones and distortion available too you. It is THE only distortion pedal you will need, except maybe a booster pedal or EQ to boost the mids, as some of the lead tones sound slightly thin.
The downside is that it costs about 250 to 300 for a new pedal, but it is worth the money.
google search the pedal and check it out yourself.

 

[Ized]

just curious: how does this pedal compare to cb? say, in terms of gain.

it has a pretty wide gain range, from TS-ish all the way to full out crunch. it can do a clean boost too...turn down the gain and up the volume.

The CB on the other hand has a more of a "Marshall in a box" amp kinda tone. In terms of gain wise, the CB defintely has more than a hotcake. plus it sounds tighter and more compressed...with a healthy mid-range presence.

If you are the kind who wanna play full out thrash and super tight riffing kinda metal....think metalzone...that demands super-scooped mids....den both pedals are not for you.

Anyways i was kidding about getting the hotcake to do metal....i normally use it to boost the lead channel of my amp.

 

[Ized]

no way dude.
From my experiance. Sansamp GT2 simply owns, authentic and very useable tube sounds. Its basically a pre amp pedal which allows to choose what kind of amp/distortion you want. Theres like a huge variety of different tones and distortion available too you. It is THE only distortion pedal you will need, except maybe a booster pedal or EQ to boost the mids, as some of the lead tones sound slightly thin.
The downside is that it costs about 250 to 300 for a new pedal, but it is worth the money.
google search the pedal and check it out yourself.

haha bro, yeah sansamp for the win. i find the sounds from the pedal rather thin though. a good alternative would be the AMT distortion station, with much thicker bass and mids.