The ones I've used or had, and I like them all..
Tubeulator, TS9DX, Bad Monkey, and the DS1..
The ones I've used or had, and I like them all..
Tubeulator, TS9DX, Bad Monkey, and the DS1..
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I like my Keeley-modded DS-1; that said, I'm waiting on a MI Audio Crunch Box. The clips I've heard sounded killer. The ToneBone pedals are a good choice as would be a Bad Monkey (though it's more of an OD than a distortion). The OCD might be a good choice to goose a Bassman, too.
Tone is in the fingers, eh? Let's hear your Vox, Marshall and Fender fingerings then...
O.C.D. all the way!!! After seeing robin trower useing It Plus a deja vibe I was all over It! Bridge of sigh's,oh the tone!
Tube Screamer or Boss Super Overdrive.
--The music is all around us. I can hear it. Can you?
DOD 250
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Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive. I really dig the way you can blend the clean and overdrive.
Nothin left to do but smile smile smile.....
If you can, go and try a bunch out. Only your ears can tell what you're looking for. On the rare occasion I use them, it's either a TS 10 it was given to me.(yeah I know) or a Bad Monkey. I try to keep it as simple as possible. I used to really like the EH Muff fuzz. Electro Harmonix brought out the double Muff. You can either use one or both. The English Muffin is cool too. It uses a preamp tube that you can change and experiment with.
Call me crazy but I ended up getting rid of my TS-9 and replaced it with a Bad Monkey as I prefer having the 2 tone controls instead of just one YMMV
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If the Fulltone British does not do it for you there is the English Muff'n. All the pedals I have tried have been better at rhythm than lead to me, save the SFX-03. It does a great job with a more refined british sound. Others I like that get there are: Silver Dragon and Plexitone. Again, for me save the SFX-03 they all do a better job at rhythm than lead.
Guitars: Teles, Strats, LP, VW Wormoth, others. Amps: Bassman LTD, Richter 5e3, 5e3 Head, Taynor Bassmaster II, Gretsch 6150 (Supro), others. Board: Guitar>Java Boost> Huckleberry>Fuzz Head>Top Fuel> SFX-03 >Keeley 4 knob Comp>EH Clone Chorus>Flanger>DD-6
Oh ... some also decent are the Marshall Gov'2 and Jackhammer (depending on your speaker cab). BD-2 into my seeing eye style ds-1 does this pretty well for rhythms as well. But, YMMV.
Guitars: Teles, Strats, LP, VW Wormoth, others. Amps: Bassman LTD, Richter 5e3, 5e3 Head, Taynor Bassmaster II, Gretsch 6150 (Supro), others. Board: Guitar>Java Boost> Huckleberry>Fuzz Head>Top Fuel> SFX-03 >Keeley 4 knob Comp>EH Clone Chorus>Flanger>DD-6
There are a lot of options. I like the (Distortion) SFX-03 (Syemour Duncan) the best. For more gritty I like the Silver Dragon on channel one. (OD) SFX-03, OD-3, BD-2, TS9, SD-1.
Guitars: Teles, Strats, LP, VW Wormoth, others. Amps: Bassman LTD, Richter 5e3, 5e3 Head, Taynor Bassmaster II, Gretsch 6150 (Supro), others. Board: Guitar>Java Boost> Huckleberry>Fuzz Head>Top Fuel> SFX-03 >Keeley 4 knob Comp>EH Clone Chorus>Flanger>DD-6
Bad Monkey into an OCD through a DRRI works wonders!
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buy an ibanez ts-9. you wont be sorry. it is the one pedal i use for almost ALL the songs i play, whether subtley or super crunchy, it is amazing
why are people afraid to mention the ibanez pedals. they are the ones that everyone else eithr copies or uses as a baseline,
btw i love the ts9
I was a proponent of the FD2, but I've fallen hard for the Keely modded Rat2. Especially like the Mighty Mouse setting. Damn!
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Just cascade 2 Big Muffs
Not really and over drive pedal, and a bit of an acquired taste but you may want to look in to the Fuzz Face reissues
Well, let's see.
Concert410 recommended a TS9
Ptotweborama recommended the TS9DX
KevinWade recommened a tube screamer
stratcat recommended a TS10
Dale recommended a TS9
Seanw1010 recommended a TS9
If you add in the clones, it's the overwhelming choice of other people.
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I mention Ibanez stuff all the time. I even have an old Ibanez Phase Shifter from the early 70's with a Maxon sticker inside it.
I just picked up a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver. I've used them before, but this is the first I've owned. So far, I like it. A lot. Harsher than the SD-1 Super OverDrive, tamer than the DS-1 Distortion.
Time wounds all heels.
Ajay, you need to pick up one of these before they're all gone.
The clips sound pretty nice.
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Time wounds all heels.
It really seems pretty groovy. I might just buy one. Supposedly he's only going to make a handful more.
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Has anyone mentioned the Maxon OD-9? Whats the difference between the TS-9? I bought the Maxon today local.
Not only does it sound groovy, I broke down, and purchased one. Brad mailed it today. Figures. It'll arrive while I'm in Chicago for a week.
I guess that makes me
I think I've decided I'm only going to buy blue or gray pedals in MXR sized boxes, to cut down on questions on the home front.
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--The music is all around us. I can hear it. Can you?
Hmmm...if he had not passed would SRV still be using a TS-9 given the plethora of choices available today?
I'd say probably not.
Tone is in the fingers, eh? Let's hear your Vox, Marshall and Fender fingerings then...
Dang. I didn't realize Huckleberry pedals were made by ajay!!
Tone is in the fingers, eh? Let's hear your Vox, Marshall and Fender fingerings then...
I used TS pedals for around a decade. The time has come to just say no to them.
It's like trying to paint Dali with a spray bomb of safety orange.
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You'll have to pry my TS9 out of my cold, dead hands.
However, I'm not an overdrive monogamist...I own (and like) the Reverend DriveTrain II, the Boss SD-1, the DOD 250, and my BYOC Tri-Booster.
Guess I need a couple of fuzz pedals to bring to the party. :)
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And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
The Electro Hormonix English Muff'n will solve all of your problem... real tube overdrive for under $200 :)
"No harmonic knowledge, no sense of time, a ghastly tone, unskilled vibrato, and so on. Chuck is one of the worst guitar players I know" -Gravity Jim
Several guitars in different colors
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