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Iversen
Bronze Member
Denmark
111 Posts |
 Posted - 05/18/2008 : 01:34:07
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I've always owned a few BOSS pedals, the Turbo Overdrive was on my board - on Turbo of course - a few of the first years of playing and it kicked ass back then. Since then I haven't found any Boss overdriven sounds good enough to not look elsewhere and easily find pedals a lot better. I currently use an old Ibanez TS-808 and a Fulltone OCD and for distortion I have a ReezaFRATzitz somwhere. COSM and what have you doesn't change the fact that Boss is the underdog of overdrive. What's your take on this? What's your main dirt box?
And just to ensure my good intentions I think Boss kicks ass in modulation and delay effects. Kick ass!  My DC-2 owns any other modulation effect. You'd be hard pressed to find something a whole lot better than that.  |
Edited by - Iversen on 05/18/2008 01:38:30 |
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TomCray
Bronze Member
USA
75 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 01:55:57
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| I have an OS-2 on overdrive, its a little harsher, but I still like it. I just got a DS-1, never a real distortion fan, but it has its uses (i.e. being modded). |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 01:56:26
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Boss MT-2. Followed by Boss XT-2.
Going to build an EH Big Muff Pi clone soon though. I hope it sounds close to the original... |
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Sixbladeknife
Bronze Member
69 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 03:38:58
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| I have a few that get rotated: Indyguitarist BD-2, OCD, Rat, and a Barber Direct Drive- all excellent pedals. |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
1454 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 09:49:49
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At the moment I'm very pleased with my Altec crazy metal  |
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MullyFX
Gold Member
Germany
753 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 10:09:21
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I got so many dirt boxes and had even more over the years....
but this is still the hardest category for me.
I had
DS2
DF2
TurboRat
TubeKing
Soundtank ClassicMetal
Fulldrive2
I still have
XT2
BluesBreaker
DriveMaster
ShredMaster
PDS-1
Grunge
the one I liked most out of all those probably was the TubeKing (I sold it when I was too young to know better) the favourite of the ones I currently own is the DriveMaster
the stupid thing with these is they all sound sooo fricking different depending on which amp and speakers you use.
So the TubeKing might sound shite thru my new amp and the DriveMaster better than the TubeKing when used thru my old one...
so right now I'm searching for the perfect dirt pedal to go with my microbaby... |
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lightburst
Silver Member
Germany
158 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 10:49:09
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Boss OD-1 followed by a Marshall Guv'nor MKI (the big black one)  |
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Leeroyfunk
Silver Member
United Kingdom
400 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 11:13:34
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BD-2 on most of the time for slightly gritty rhythm, OD-3 for higher gain lead, Digitech Bad Monkey for Tubescreamer-style boost (bass cut/boost is very useful).
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 13:47:51
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Seymour duncan twin tube overdrive..... all my mod/delays are boss and i use a CS-3 for compression/clean boost...
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kittenface
Bronze Member
USA
90 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 16:21:09
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a guy named Alan Yee from Memphis make these sweet little (MXR sized) pedals - all true bypass with minimal knobs
I use his Treble Booster |
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midibuddy
Silver Member
Ecuador
285 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 20:22:04
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| My DS-1 Keeley (or EcuaKeeley) mod... sounds wonderful, in my amp sounds 100% better than the DS-1 (and the unmodded DS-1 was my previous favorite distortion box). |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2008 : 21:50:05
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2008 : 00:20:16
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| For distortion, its easily my Keeley modded MT-2s. Fuzzes is a whole other story... |
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FunkenGrooven
Silver Member
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2008 : 05:39:45
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OD-3 will never leave my board, and for higher gain I really like my SD-2 red channel I think it's my fave lead tone out of all the boss drives I have tried so far, and I haven't tried them all so who knows whats next |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2008 : 07:00:30
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Mostly my main dirt box is Analog Man BD-2, for really bad noise I use ML-2.
Very often also use Bad Monkey, MI Audio Neo Fuzz, Monsterpiece pnp fuzz.
What I use depends on the mood�.
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zentropa
Gold Member
USA
837 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2008 : 08:41:01
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my main dirt box = channel switch on my amp :)
if i had to use a pedal it would probably be:
OD-1
DS-1 SEM mod
SD-1 5-star mod |
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What's your main dirt box - Boss or other?
