5 Great Distortion Pedals and 1 To Avoid

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@27retrodaze 24 күн бұрын

Proud owner of an MT-2 3A!! Im also a big fan of the Revv G4 into a tube PS...

@PBOD 23 күн бұрын

The black on black looks great!

@dannyllerenatv8635 Ай бұрын

The MT-2 is also a surprisingly good country music box as well with the gain set close to zero. This thing is essentially a parametric EQ with a high gain, hard clipping section tied to it

@CorbCorbin Ай бұрын

Yeah, I’ve actually seen a guy use a Metal Zone for jazz. He used it like you mention, gain off, with a Tele, and a small amp. He used it when I met him, sitting in with a blues band. He had a nice clean tone, and he had a little gain, with the Metal Zone as a lead boost. He put it in the effects loop. I’ve seen others do that, but he got that 335 type tone, through a Tele, using it.

@PBOD Ай бұрын

That tone stack is the most powerful BOSS ever put on a drive, they said this themselves. It’s such a versatile pedal

@robertkorn 25 күн бұрын

Ok, keyboard warrior here. Minor quibble, the DS-1 in the Keeley Angry Orange is not the Waza DS-1, it's the standard DS-1 from 78 (which sounds literally like almost every other DS-1 made).

@ScottGailor 25 күн бұрын

From Robert’s Mouth he said it’s the Waza. So I’m gonna trust him on this one.

@PBOD 23 күн бұрын

Interesting, I’ll mention it to RK when we next chat. Scott knows him well too. Thanks for the comment mate :)

@zanzabar4ky7 Ай бұрын

I got a walrus eras for $100 last black Friday at gc. It does everything. Great distortion if you are not sure what you want. It will do the ds1 and it has modes that work only into a cranked amp.

@PBOD Ай бұрын

I’ve only played a few Walrus pedals, but each one was very good. It would be nice to demo the Eras sometime. Lee

@JustBcozx84 Ай бұрын

anytime I get asked by a friend looking for a first distortion for their kid my answer is always DS-1 or Rat

@PBOD Ай бұрын

Yeah, we love RATs. That should have been on the list!

@oldmanshreds Ай бұрын

I keep DS-1 on my studio board all the time. Useful option for harmonically rich lead tone or big power chords.

@PBOD Ай бұрын

It really is a great pedal. Do you have the OG pedal or the Waza?

@oldmanshreds Ай бұрын

@@PBOD OG. Not keen on expensive pedals or waza right now. I keep equalizer in the loop for tone sculpting.

@michaelgizzi Ай бұрын

Angry orange, you said driver! Also a good pedal, but Angry Orange is awesome!

@nybyooboy1 Ай бұрын

Thanks Bru. LMMFAO!

@ScottGailor Ай бұрын

It’s funny because I always call it that. But yes its orange 😂

@PBOD Ай бұрын

100%, the Angry Driver was the BOSS/JHS team up pedal with the BJ mode.

@michaelgizzi Ай бұрын

@ and that BJ mode did not involve a mic stand

@BillyTheKidsGhost Ай бұрын

MT-2 Metal Zone my blues driver.

@PBOD Ай бұрын

People think we’re mad, but it does the job super well

@BudgetPedalChap Ай бұрын

There are some great pics there. Great shout on the last one too 👍

@PBOD Ай бұрын

Very un-distortiony for something called Distortion + 😂

@erikavery1105 Ай бұрын

Loved my old DS-1’s.(I had 3; they were stolen.) Hated the Metal Zone. I use the JHS 3 Series Distortion.

@Durkhead Ай бұрын

You should retry the metalzone thers a learning curve

@ScottGailor Ай бұрын

Try using it with less gain, more of an EQ. Ya might like it.

@PBOD Ай бұрын

Agreed, there are sooooo many tones in that pedal, in fact Boss staff once told me that it has the most powerful tone controls of any Boss pedal ever.

@PBOD Ай бұрын

It became such a meme to scoop all the kids out and disappear in the mix, but the lower gain tones are some of the best rock tones from any pedal ever, ESPECIALLY on the Waza version.

@PBOD Ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about pedals being stolen, that truly sucks ass :(

@nickhem12 12 күн бұрын

What’s the pedal order with just the recommended pedals in the video? I got a hot rod, angry orange, and had a ds 1 and metal zone in my collection. Tone x last as a cab for the hot rod deluxe?

@PBOD 11 күн бұрын

I would go angry orange/metal zone (for fine tuning the eq gain)/Hot Rod / ToneX for cab IR This gives you the best of both worlds. Heavy gains, a cocked type wah sound and a traditional hot rodded plexi style sound. Scott.

@nickhem12 11 күн бұрын

@ thanks! Really awesome recommendations and tons of fun ways to push tubes.