I think the topic should be named "your favorite overdrive pedal", since we are mostly vintage freaks ! I have a fulltone fulldrive 2 mosfet edition and a Boss OD 3, then there are those 8 tubes in my marshall

+1 on Boss DS-1. Oldie but a goodie.

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'07 Squier Affinity Sunburst Strat SE
Fender Frontman 25R
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Danelectro D-2 Fab Overdrive
Delta Lab Multi Effects

boss bd-2 blues driver ALL THE WAY!!!!

Another Fulltone OCD. This overdrive does everything. Didn't believe it until I heard it.

fulltone robin trower overdrive = pure:

I have several overdrive and distortion pedals but if I could only keep one, it would probably be my ProCo Turbo Rat. Great sound, versitile, true bypass and sturdy as hell.

Just curious if your DS1 is stock or modded? I scored a Keeley DS1 recently for dirt cheap and should have it by Saturday......can't wait!

SL~61`

My Digitech DF-7 for the fuzzy to crunchy stuff and my BOSS Metal Core for face melting thrash.

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Fender 50th Anniversary Strat
Fender Road Worn '50s Strat
Fender Highway One (HSS) Strat (D standard tuning)
Fender '72 Tele Deluxe
Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212

Electro Harmonix Metal Muff sounds great with my strat and a fender DLX amp.

EHX English Muff'n tube pre-amp is my favourite. It just adds a switchable drive channel to my Vibroverb. Sounds like a great tube amp, with a TMB tone stack, love it!

Others I still have:

Fulltone OCD - was my favourite until I discovered the Muff'n is even more dynamic, harmonically rich, and real sounding.
Keeley Mod Blues Driver
Boss OD3 Keeley mod - but even stock it's my fave Boss dirt box.
Big Muff
Jimi Hendrix System Classic Fuzz - so under-rated, fantastic pedal.
Ibanez standard Fuzz (early 70s)
Boss DS1 - this was my first dirt box, and even though now it sounds kinda nasty and compressed to me it did the job for years. I was playing loud enough that the power tube saturation took the harsh edge off it anyway.
Vintage tube reel to reel machines, used as tube pre's - great for recording, and capable of sounding like vintage amps under extreme duress!

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"...Compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees, I am an Apeman."

my danelectro cd1 distortion is awesome for acdc kinda stuff, was free, so even better.

it's a cheap pedal, but sounds good, and all metal construction.

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Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH Sonic Blue

Fender american special telecaster Olympic White

Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Surf Green

Vox VT40+

Barber custom cool. It's a distortion/compressor with push/pull pots for boost on the tone and dynamics controls. And fully adjustible mini trem pots inside to attenuate the note shape, bass, mid, and presence. BUT a good 'ol ts-808 is a close second.

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"coretta" '71 tele thinline
"domino" '97 lonestar strat
"marie" squire strat
"lexy" jag-stang
"owa" martin 000

tone=fingers; fingers=tone

I have a JH2S Jimi Hendrix System Classic Fuzz as well--great for rich, bloomy articulate chords; it never gets muddy in tone...I love it!

Keith Richards did the old reel-to-reel pre-amp trick on many of the classic tracks from Beggar's Banquet & Let It Bleed...sounds fabulous with a highly compressed acoustic guitar...

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Good Vibes To Y'all!



Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

I didn't know that about Keith, but if figures. I've always worked from the idea that anything with tubes in can yeild some kinda so-wrong-it's-right tone. Even if it wasn't made for guitar, figure out a way to play through it and you'll get some joy!

You're right about the JH2S Fuzz being articulate, you can still hear the individual notes within a chord. The other thing that amazes me about it too is how well it cleans up as you back off the vol on your guitar. It's very rare for a genuine Fuzz to have both those qualities. I bought it on a whim, because I like Fuzz and it was cheap, but as soon as I got it home it became my favourite Fuzz. I've had it for a few years, and keep trying out other Fuzzes thinking there must be some more 'authentic' or better built/designed ones, but nothing sounds better to me yet. I don't even use my Big Muff anymore.

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"...Compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees, I am an Apeman."

I have a DS-1 with the Keely mod which I installed myself. It's more of a high octane OD than distortion now but it's also super loud so it really pushes some sounds out of tubes. I've also got a love affair going with Electro-Harmonics devices so I have the Little Big Muff Pi and my new favorite toy--Metal Muff With Top Boost.

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"If I don't see you no more in this world I'll meet you on the next one and don't be late... don't be late." -Jimi Hendrix