As a metal head I’ve always used a tube screamer into a high gain amp. Then I discovered doom and got a few fuzz pedals, and now recently I’ve been using distortion and occasional fuzz for some nirvana or smashing pumpkins. Currently my favorite is to take the boss super od and run it into a blues driver and that gets some screaming rock tones.
@@gamerchap7138 there’s actually a chance that that might not be true. We don’t know what Kurt used for incestcide. There has been no evidence suggesting that he used the DS1. I’ve actually tried to re-create the tone countless times bouncing back-and-forth between mustangs Jaguars and high fliers. Even my Moserite, and the Proco rat has always sounded closer than the DS1 for aneurysm. Kurt did use krist’s rat on nevermind, so it is definitely possible!!!!
Amazing explanation! I use the ProCo Deucetone Rat as my main distortion pedal, an EHX Big Muff with Tone Wicker as fuzz pedal, and an Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer as my overdrive 🙌🏻
@@castleanthrax1833 there was this decade of anti-Boss nonsense I seem to remember. That and the true bypass brigade in the early 2000s left a small mark. These are like Lego though, you can build any sound with them.
Distortion: If I'm not using the amp distortion, then it's likely the Proco Rat 2. Just an all around great distortion. I also do like the MXR Custom 78, Metal Muff, and if I owned one I'd also say the Revv G3. Overdrive: Green Rhino MkII and Bad Monkey. Honestly my favorite green screamer style OD because of the flexibility with the tone and the 100hz knob making insane changes to the tone. Bad Monkey for reasons people have slept on for years. It's honestly just a great screamer style OD that is simple and easy to use. Phil X got me into it years before JHS made that video. Fuzz: Big Muff Tone Wicker and Big Muff Bass. The tone wicker pedal is great for getting a lot of garage rock and stoner rock tones. While the Big Muff Bass on a guitar has a surprising Gilmourish sound to it.
Hahaha. Yeah, you had to clarify that about the Bad Monkey, if for no other reason than not having a hundred replies asking you if you're only using it because of Josh's video. ✌️ Edit: I listen to Phil Xs recommendations, too. He's phenomenal.
@@nonamedsai6793 Try distortion mixed with overdrive set mostly to boost the signal and not distort it more, it's used that way in so many songs. Especially good for some older marshalls like the jcm800, it makes them much more interesting
My fave overdrives Boss OD1 and SD1 Ibanez TS9 and TS808 My fave distortions Rabatech Omega Drive RAT2 Tech 21 Liverpool My fave fuzz Russian Big Muff Pi
Overdrive hands down the TS808,and TS9, Distortion Friedman BE-OD, Fuzz these days Boss Waza Fuzz, or Earthquaker Hizumitus Fuzz. Hey just my opinion and love stacking the TS9 with the TS808 for great overdrive. Thanks for the post!
Punching holes in a speaker cone is still my favorite way of getting fuzz sounds; my favorite fuzz pedals are the Triangle Big Muff and Univox Superfuzz, and I also really like the Behringer Superfuzz (which is awesome for a $20 pedal). The original '80s Rat with the LM308 chip is my favorite overall distortion pedal as it can get pretty fuzzy and be turned down to use as a dirty overdrive, but for more transparent boost/overdrive sounds, I like the Fulltone OCD (V2 for EL34/84 amps and V4 for 6L6/KT66 amps).
BOSS OD-1 overdive, Tech 21 XXL distortion and Line 6 insane, Big Muff Pi Orange Pumpkin on Bass Pigtronix PolySaturator because it has no rumble filter or low cut. I HATE IBANEZ TS-9 TUBESCREAMER!!
Big Muff for "fuzz", fuzz factory for fuzz, blues driver for overdrive. i dont have a fav distortion pedal becos i dont even use any but if its not an amps lead channel then its a DS-1
My top picks in each category : JHS crimson or Red Witch Fuzz God I actually don’t think I even own a distortion pedal right now. I just stack ODs JHS Morning Glory, Nobels ODR-1, Tube Works Real Tube, JHS preamp overdrive
Overdrive: Ibanez Tube Screamer, Fulltone OCD Distortion: Boss Heavy Metal, Electro Harmonix Metal Muff Fuzz: Cannot pick favorite since I haven't used much of them
You forgot the DOD250 as a 70s classic hard-clipping distortion from the 70s. Very similar to the MXR Distortion+ but uses silicon diodes instead of the MXR's germanium. There are hard clipping overdrives. The DOD does overdrive, as does the RAT and Dist+. The Fulltone OCD is a hard clipper. Many opamp based hard clippers also "literally overdrive the signal before clipping". The Boss OD-1 is a soft clipping overdrive. It's not a distortion like a RAT. It's the OG Tubescreamer. I think you meant to say Boss DS-1.
Growing up in the 90s, I tried them all, but ultimately, my favorite was the Boss HM-2, which we called "The Heavy Medal Pedal" 😉🤘🏼 On my small amps, practicing songs in my bedroom, I really was able to get those insanely dark and thick tones I heard on Soundgarden and Nirvana records. Even today, with all the new digital options I've accumulated, I still pull that pedal out with an old Peavey and just let it rip. 🤘🏼🔥
This guy believe that life on Earth started in the 70' LOL. Distortion used by Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Deep Purple, Kinks,Rolling stones etc in the early sixties.....
Fav fuzz: ehx big muff Fav distortion: boss ds1 Fav overdrive: behringer T0800 vintage tube overdrive (I know it’s a ripoff of a tube screamer but it works and it sounds good and it’s cheap like £28)
In the Seventies? I thought it was the Sixties? Now, I'm not sure whether or not this is the first example... probably not... but McCartney used a fuzz bass on Think for Yourself in 1965
Tie between Hendrix fuzz face and big muff π ∆ for fuzz. mxr super badass distortion and boss super overdrive. But overall I mostly prefer the distortion channels of my 5150 III 50 watt head
I use a analogman sun lion into a ceriatone centura then spaceman polaris. I wanted a sun lion since 2007 and finally got one in 2020. Haven't wanted another fuzz since tho I have used just about every big muff circuit. Triangle muff is a distant second for me with fuzz. Also I didn't think I'd love the treble booster side as much as I do but yea treble boosters are hella underrated. Tried almost every od circuit (odr 1, ts, dumbloid, zen drive, hot cake, I could go on) but I always liked klones the most. Mostly got the centura because it was big and keeps me from adding more pedals to my board lol its my favorite klon style pedal and I've actually owned three. I kept thinking I'd find something better but then I end up going back to the centura. Ryra klone is as good as the centura imo. Polaris I started using back when I played a jazzmaster since it has a LP filter in it so it prevented that shrill jazzmaster distorted tone. Like the centura I sold my first one, tried a dozen other pedals, then got another polaris. Having a filter at the end of your drive stage is super helpful. Also pairs well with the sun lion since fuzzfaces sometimes can get too bright on the high strings. Polaris is probably the most unique od I've used bar none. It's also super smooth, touch sensitive, versatile and you can use an exp pedal to use it as a wah kinda, sorta. sometimes I don't use the drive on it, just the filter. Honorable mentions go to the basic audio foxey lady, any wren and cuff big muff clone, amplified nation big bloom, dcw jam ray ($80 Jan Ray clone, as good as if not better than a lot of $200+ od pedals. Highly recommend DCW), kingtone silicon fuzz, greer soma 63 (best AIAB I've used, feels like an amp) fulltone ultimate octave, ehx black Russian muff, boss blues driver, frantone peach fuzz. Pedals I found super dissapointing were the butler tube driver, effectrode blackbird, Hudson broadcast and analogman prince of tone. PoT was just okay, broadcast is really cool just not my style i could see it being used for punk rock, tube driver is noisy af with its built in power supply plus you gotta build your rig around it, then the blackbird is just bad. Clean channel is 10/10 but the od channels (dumble and soldano) are terrible. I got it for recording but any sorta dirt sounded awful going through the cab sim DI. Effectrode is up there with Vermerum as far as pedal makers go that are ridiculously expensive yet they're just basic pedals. You can get by with a DS1 or TS808 a lot of times tbh. Sorry for the novel, I've just owned a lot of pedals over the years and I hope this helps someone.
For about a decade my go to quick and easy lead Strat sound came from a tube Screamer or EQ with a mid hump, with the gain rolled back and the level set at just a slight bump over unity going into a triangle of green Russian muff. I basically took it from Gilmore's tone from a muff with the midrange goosed just after it. Going into the front gives you all the saturation and weeks-long sustain of the muff, but with the TS or EQ adding back in the pick attack. The pick attack stings and the muff growls, it makes even ice pick bright bridge pickups sound huge. I tried it with an op-amp Muff, but those things are so saturated that you'd have a hard time making out a Strat with a big ass jazz box. I still use the muff and mud-hump EQ when I don't want to run through everything else.
Why you came up with idea that this karaoke subtitles in middle of clip would improve anything? They dont. They dostract and annoy in something that had chance to be good explanation of those 3 effects. PS - EBS Multidrive and Way Huge Fat Sandwich
EXAR OD2/ MAXON 808X. I get distortion from my high gain tube heads. I’m a metal guy so more as a boost application but both make a slightly pushed tub amp into the right creamy smooth spot
If you like the sound of the early 80s rockbands like GNR,Metallica,Journey Def Leppard and back , then you need none of these, just use your amp built in distortion and thats all, get a 30w or higher amp
MXR Custom Badass OD has been on my board for almost a decade! If it ever fails I’d get a new one to replace it. I play alot of Metal so it’s like the ol TS (on steroids)into a high gain amp! Except beefier!🤘
I use a Seymour Duncan 801 overdrive into a Big Muff fuzz. I find that this gives me a great range of tones to play around with and means I don’t really need a distortion pedal. Just my opinion, of course but it’s all subjective.
All 3 have there place on my pedal chain, but my Zevex FuzzFactory is my favourite, where else can you get narly squeals when you mess with the dials in the "wrong way"
You aren't correct with the "broken equipment" analogy. The signal isn't being cut. It's run through a circuit that's being overdriven so it can't boost the signal anymore which makes the tops and bottoms of the wave look like they are being cut, they just aren't being boosted any higher than the circuit can handle causing the rest of the wave form to just not be reproduced at a higher volume. Nearly all distortion pedals work like this, but with additional circuitry to change the waveform after it's been clipped.
What’s your opinion on the big muff do you use it on the base or the base version whatever have you tried the big muff deluxe I just want to know I kinda want one
The answer to every "what's your favorite (X) pedal?" Is ALWAYS going to be a proco rat. They do everything from preamp and clean boost, to metal distortion and fuzz. And they're still only like $50.
