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Post subject: Good distortion pedal for use with DRRI
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:08 pm
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Any suggestions?

I just got the Deluxe Reverb and love the clean tone and reverb / vibrato effects, but it has no distortion unless you crank it up to 11. Looking for a pedal that will give it some nice crunch for classic / hard rock.

I've been playing through a Marshall DSL 401, but the clean channel leaves much to be desired. The DRRI seems to be the opposite (great cleans, but no distortion), but I'm hoping get around that with a pedal.

Looking for something to add a thick, Marshall-y sound.


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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:35 pm
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I've always used an Electro Harmonix Big Muff PI,the same one since 1970 and find that for classic and hard rock it surpasses most others.The Marshall Guv'nor is also a great and versatile pedal.

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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:02 pm
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I just bought a Radial Hot British and all I can say is "Wow." This is one of the best sounding distortion pedals I've heard. Its a little expensive, but I got it used and its worth every penny.

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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:26 pm
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My suggestions - more overdrive than distortion to push your amp into that special place of tone nirvana:

What I own or have owned and have personal experience with:
Barber Direct Drive - I've owned one for a while and love the sound both on my modded Princeton Reverb and my Bandmaster.

Paul Cochrane Timmy - more of you, from a bit of grit to full on searing.

Keeley Katana - transparent boost pedal - not a distortion pedal per se, but will kick the butt of your amp and send it into overdrive naturally. Worth trying out.

TS9 - stock it didn't work for me. I had mine modded by Robert Keeley and it's better, but more modern. I use it on my pedalboard when I want a completely saturated distortion sound, but not typically in my signal path. Others swear by it.

Boss DS1 - not the pedal for me. Bought it because it was cheap at GC, and never found a sound I liked with it - always sounded like a can of angry bees. I know some like this pedal, but with all 3 of my amps I didn't like the sound of this, either as distortion or as a boost at club-level volumes.

I also have off the pedalboard an original MXR Distortion II that I use sometimes, and for insane fuzz a Guyatone TZ2 the Fuzz.

Pedals I don't own but have heard plenty of good things
Fulltone OCD - this pedal loves 6V6 amps. Other bandmember had one and even with my collection, I had pedal envy.

A lot of folks seem to also like the lovepedals.


My advice - find a dealer that stocks a lot of these pedals and try them out - even better if you can bring your guitar and other pedals to see if they play nicely together.

Good luck and have fun.[/b]

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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:11 pm
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The OCD is a great choice. I have a v4 and I really love the sound of it. If you do LP you get a decent crunch and some nice cleaner boost / low gain OD. With the HP(High Peak) switch on you can get some really heavy distortion (marshallish sounds). As for a tubescreamer I've finally found a TS voiced pedal I like... the MI Audios Blues Pro OD. I'm sure the Keeley would be a great choice as well but used you can find these pedals for 60-70$ and they are well worth it. Also, another choice is a muff for a nice Fuzz/OD. I'm currently using a Green Muff clone built by Mike Livesley (www.madebymike.co.uk). A few other ODs that I've heard of being great pedals but have not owned are the following:

Catalinabread Dirty Little Secret
Barber Direct Drive or LTD
MI Audio Crunch Box

Good Luck with your pedal hunting.


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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:25 pm
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It depends on what you want from an OD pedal. There are many choices and they all have plusses and minusses. If you want a fairly modern rock crunch sound rich in harmonics with tons of built in compression, the Danelectro Daddy-O sounds pretty good and doesn't cost much. If you want a natural pushed amp sound that lives and breathes just the way the amp does only sooner the Fulltone OCD might be the ticket. If you want traditional OD sounds that are common to many popular recordings you might want to look at the TS-808 or TS-9 OR for a little looser and hairier sound with some top end edge the BOSS SD1 might do the trick and is almost as well known in classic rock circles. There are as many OD sounds and uses as there are OD pedals. They all have a time and a place. I must have a dozen OD pedals and I'd be hard pressed to choose an all-round favorite but If I had to I might choose my Diamond Drive pedal. I like it because it sounds traditional but has a few modern features and is smooth and phat with a toggle switch to bring in or exclude compression.

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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:40 am
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I recently bought a Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive. Absolutely awesome pedal, it's an 808 with a "Clean" control that allows you to mix in your dry signal, this allows you to get a great range of tones. And it looks real sweet, pitty it has to be stood all over really!


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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:51 am
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How about the new Whiteface RAT from Proco :) Just saw it today online. Love my Vintage RAT and I assume this is the reissue of the original RAT in a smaller casing. Also, an Ibanez TS808 is great. Not as transparent as the TS9 which is what I love about it. Special plus is when the TS808 and RAT are played in series (both on) sustain heaven :)


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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:19 am
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Try an Ibanez tube screamer, Boss Blues driver, or the Black delta rock distortion pedal. Reasonably priced. Congrats on your DRRI, awesome amp, perfect for small venues. :D

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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:55 am
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Anyone would be good that amp takes pedals really well. it came make crap sound great.Dirt boxes are hard to recommend everyone has there one preference to what one is good


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Go to the cmatmods web page and take a minute to listen to the sound clips for the Signa Drive pedal.

I'm hooked on mine for sure, the three toggle settings get you where you want to go without robbing your tone one bit !!!!

Really its worth listening to !

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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:05 am
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BMW-KTM wrote:
It depends on what you want from an OD pedal. There are many choices and they all have plusses and minusses. If you want a fairly modern rock crunch sound rich in harmonics with tons of built in compression, the Danelectro Daddy-O sounds pretty good and doesn't cost much.


If you do buy Danelectro, avoid the Cool Cat series, which have been found to be direct ripoffs (ie exact circuit) of other company's pedals, including the OCD, Timmy and Frantone products. Unfortunate that they've become the "Behringer" of pedals.

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If you're not on a tight budget, try a Seymour Duncan Twin Tube. I has tubes in it and offers two different levels of Drive/Distortion, both quite flexible with adjustments. Two choices instantly available with the tap of your toe...a good feature if you gig a lot. Cost- $220+/- including the 18 vac pwr supply.

This isn't a good choice if you plan on using a pedal board with many pedals, due to it's size and unique pwr. supply voltage.

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