As BAD as you remember? | DOD Grunge and Crate 15w amp

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks for the comments guys! Definitely a piece of gear I wanted back in my life... not to use, just to look at for nostalgia!

[@pausxd]

Cool pedal

[@Bbh4535]

Taylor Danley you should demo it!

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Personally I love my Crate GX as a preamp. It's basically Tomb of the Mutilated in a box. Just like how the Grunge pedal benefited from when you plugged into the power amp and the bigger cab, the GX will benefit from decent speakers.

[@weinderdog1184]

Hahaha, my first rig was a DOD death metal distortion pedal with a 20w peavey keyboard amp. It was bee city

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

A full range speaker (like a keyboard amp has) will do that. I don't mind my Death Metal pedal with a decent IR loader after it, although it's still not great.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@Bad Guacamole Not digital, just terrible.

[@shemmp9008]

Same!!

[@jackklenk4352]

Death metal crate for me! Bee city is accurate.

[@rocketpigrecords3719]

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[@CryptToneMusic]

Try the amp through an IR! That'll wake it up! Also oddly liked the grunge as a Preamp. Makes me wanna play old school horrorpunk

[@yallimsorry5983]

I love this demo but I want to throw a suggestion out there: I know most people went for this pedal for a grunge/Alt rock/metal sound, but I have the also much maligned death metal and I use it for shoegaze. Honestly, try using a jaguar or Jazzmaster + reverse reverb into either of these pedals and it’s a great mbv sound! Especially since so much of the distortion they use is so over the top. I mean Blinda used an HM-2 for her guitar parts!

[@chrisday5341]

Good stuff man! I remember using that Amp with the monster that was the Metal Zone. I thought my tone was the shit back in the day haha.

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks 🙌 haha, the crate strikes again! Surprised how many people had these things!

[@ryangunwitch-black]

Oh man. That was basically my first set up. Gotta have that built in Crate flange always on.

[@kevinbirge2130]

Kurt used the DS-1 and a Small Clone, which was not really known at the time.

[@Guitar387]

I read somewhere kirt used the DOD grunge pedal.

[@loosescrew472]

@@Guitar387 He had it on his board but never actually used it. During the live and loud show during school he turns it on and you can hear the difference.

[@pedrova8058]

also, SansAmp

[@TooPunkToBeAPodcast]

To my understanding he kept one on his board turned off as a joke to make people think he actually used it lol

[@countblue]

I have the sound of this pedal in my digitech RP 360XP and I like it for completly whacked distortion. I dont use it often but some time its nice to crank the hell out of it. Alternativly I use the "Gonkulator" if I feel weird.

[@ekims_echoes]

Back in the day, my friend had the Grunge pedal, but I'd bought the DOD MetalX instead. Truthfully, they're not that different with just insane amounts of gain. I've kept that MetalX pedal for all these years and have tried different ways to get it to sound cool - also using it as a preamp into the effects loop return and it sounds cool, but no better than my amp's own preamp. Then I decided to try out my first rig, knowing what I know now, and sourced a Crate GX30 - the big brother to that 15 watt amp. I have to say that it all sounds pretty damn good when a little restraint is exercised. I'm really glad my first amp had a 12" speaker, though.

[@burtsgurt]

I had a very similar setup but with the Crate Gt1200 half stack. Even used a Telecaster with a humbucker through it haha

[@TaylorDanley]

Haha, what a coincidence

[@TheRosswise]

My first rig was a 40w Peavey Studio Pro with a Metal Zone. It actually sounded pretty good if you ran the Metal Zone through the effects return. Put the Mid Freq knob to about 2 o'clock and it sounded like a Marshall JCM900.

[@TaylorDanley]

Haha, I think I upgraded to that same setup somewhere around 18... it's funny but I didnt actually get a real tube head and cabinet until I was in my 20s

[@TheRosswise]

@@TaylorDanley I didn't get a real tube head until I was 30, so don't feel bad :p

[@TaylorDanley]

😂 ok, ok... fair

[@mikebaker698]

Every time I see one of your videos and I see that old Crate my attention goes right to it. I think I used that same amp for around 5 years in the mid nineties with a DOD death metal pedal.

[@TaylorDanley]

I had one of those also!! I've been watching for one... I'll get it sooner or later.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@TaylorDanley It's basically just a Grunge pedal with a mids control instead of a gain control.

[@christianvanjanuel9943]

I guess that is for Bass? With the FX69B on the left Cause I saw the over version of that with the FX69 without B, and its written on the right side. Im not sure.. hahaha

[@TaylorDanley]

There was an actual bass grunge pedal back in the day, but I think the B is because it's the mark 2 version.. I could be wrong though.

[@arnhdgs]

A huge amount of us must have had the same childhood. I remember seeing a used grunge pedal in our local guitar shop, around 2004, and thinking “wow, that’s the only pedal I’ll ever need”. Somebody in my extended friend group had one and it sounded great to my young ears. Eventually I got one. No idea what happened to it which probably speaks to my evolving tastes I guess. It’s probably in a ditch somewhere in Baltimore or the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

[@averylangs]

It absolutely nails that 90s underground black metal tone

[@bornofsource9419]

i have a line 6 vetta, and use that DOD grunge. it took me a couple months to make the setting on my vetta, but i get compliments all the time. its like a tube amp crunch that keeps clarity and scoop for more metalcore sounding stuff. i love playing smashing jazz chords on it and noodling as well as just more metalcore sounding stuff.

[@KPGuitarStudios]

I feel like tuned down you might get a tone somewhat like Six Feet Under with that Grunge. It's really surprising just how much gain it has. I had one of those too, plus a metal zone, plus a DOD Death Metal. Playing through a Marshall solid state sad amp I managed to play in bands so it couldn't have been that terrible :P. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@TaylorDanley]

🙌 no prob! Six feet under tone 🤔🤔

[@KPGuitarStudios]

@@TaylorDanley Seriously, go back and listen to Haunted.... it's not very good tone :P. Or if you're bored, I just did a cover of The Enemy Inside with guitar 3 added. Makes a big difference

[@maciejkotas]

It actually doesn't sound all that bad! That amp has surprising amount of low end and the pedal - of course - has all the gain even at zero 😁 You've brought me back in time, good sir 😉

[@TaylorDanley]

😂 awesome! 🙌 yeah, all the gain lol

[@michaelrock]

4:16 awesome black metal tone not gonna lie

[@TaylorDanley]

😂 You know, your probably right! Funny thing is when this pedal was popular, so was True Norwegian BM, but they'd never be caught dead playing through anything that said GRUNGE 😂

[@michaelrock]

@@TaylorDanley no problem, you can paint the entire pedal in black haha

[@FRANANGELICOONA]

Sound awesome

[@SermonFapple]

My first amp at 9 years old was a Peavey rage 158 and a Zoom 505II. I still have the peavey as a bedside amp. The zoom....not so much, ditched that thing as soon as I got a Vypyr 15 (miss that damn thing)

[@gimiked8685]

It was one of my first pedals. That and american distortion pedal. Not sure what came first. I just threw them out after them sitting broken for decades lol.

[@marcraygun6290]

Used have original one used it in my band in 2000 with a 64 gretsch anniversary and fender hot rod....I liied it

[@greg6162]

This was first pedal… mine had the Loud, Butt, Face and Grunge! Bought a used Marshall DSL15 or 20 (can’t remember) and a Fender squire from my brother’s friend for $300 all in with cables and I remember getting that pedal brand new in like 1996-1997 for like $140!! It sounded amazing on the Marshall DSL tube amp

[@n1ghtmar3mach1n3]

I miss my Crate amp... A B200XLH head with one 2x15 and one 4x10. Nifty little bass rig. 😁

[@danmaycock9238]

Little?!? Are you a giant Sir??

[@Bbh4535]

One pedal I wish my cousin never sold, the dod corrosion. I think it was a first gen in red. Used a 3qtr inch jack. Now you can hardly find them.

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, my friend had an original buzz box and now they are worth $$$

[@mywaveinwoodswoodperfumes]

Mid nineties means we are close in age , I love grunge, it has positively inspired me. I got the American extreme 56-B free with a guitar package, the seller seem that he didn’t know the value of it. I love the tone ,

[@sammysurm24]

My first pieces of gear were a Washburn Lyon series Strat, a DOD Grunge, and a Crate 15w. Crazy that you had basically the same gear. I still have the amp and pedal. 😁

[@TaylorDanley]

I'm always surprised when people comment that they had similar or the same setup. Speaks to DODs marketing in the 90s!

[@sammysurm24]

@@TaylorDanley dude I still have the box with the “parental advisory explicit noise” stickers. Remember those?? Haha

[@TaylorDanley]

😂😂😂 oh yeah! I forgot all about that.

[@the_nondrive_side]

Maybe running the big amp as channel B with an ABY switcher.

[@AndrewStonerock]

I was hoping you'd use it as a preamp. It was pretty gnarly through the crate....

[@TaylorDanley]

I've learned my lesson... always demo the distortion pedal as a preamp! Lol

[@AndrewStonerock]

@@TaylorDanley lol, they weren't advertised as that. Who would have known, honestly? It's like when ola made it public that the metalzone was a door preamp, every one lost their minds. We spent how many years dogging these pedals, now look at us... Us being guitar players..

[@TaylorDanley]

100% Ola kind of blew that wide open.

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Awesome pedal my friend

[@TaylorDanley]

🤘

[@TheKevinNewsom]

My first pedal. It sounded meh through my fender deluxe 112 solid state. Definitely better through the power amp!

[@instrumentalist28]

The pedal through the clean channel on the crate actually sounds usable in a mix for Black metal, doom metal, and crust metal

[@TaylorDanley]

Totally!

[@almal1465]

Fun video!

[@dynamicmuff]

that was my first pedal, sold it years ago, bought a lot of Big Muff and other pedals, today I miss this pedal for my collection 🤣

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, that's why I bought one. Played through it for this video and realized that was enough for me. Maybe I'll get it out again in 10 years lol

[@joshuablume807]

I still love this pedal

[@alexmurphy5289]

Sounds much better as a pre amp pedal, these sell for $200 now lol what is the pedal market now?

[@josefonseca2398]

When you crank the gain on the crate,i saw a face of suffering,lol This was a back to the past...cool Not a bad tone

[@TaylorDanley]

I'm not good at hiding my emotions lol.

[@pausxd]

Cool video

[@azzazelo]

Lol I had the same pedal from back in the day when it was sold new. Sold it to a friend a while back for $70. Don't really miss it tho

[@TaylorDanley]

I just like having it around for nostalgia. One day, if my son decides to play guitar, he'll inherit it and learn how to dial it in before he can upgrade.

[@azzazelo]

@@TaylorDanley that's nice :) FYI new firmware for helix products released with a new amp and a bunch of stomps and few cabs

[@TaylorDanley]

That's the one I've been waiting for!

[@iLL_Corvo]

This was my first setup. Crate 15watt and this same pedal. Still have them both. It really sings as an overdrive to layer over the amp distortion.

[@TaylorDanley]

Me too! 90s kid as well?

[@iLL_Corvo]

@@TaylorDanley Class of '02 baby!

[@TaylorDanley]

🤘🤘

[@ollin8754]

Dude I literally has EXACTLY the same setup as my first rig. Only difference is my pedal was the digitech grunge instead of dod

[@ollin8754]

GX15 babay

[@agentviktor3297]

Never had any of those, but separately they were able to sound good. The pedal+power amp+4x12 could definitely work in a mix. Not the second setting tho, that was too harsh.

[@Ronny1031]

I didn't have a Grunge pedal, but I did have a Metal Zone and eventually got a Digitech Death Metal Pedal. I definitely wouldn't go back to those and my 15 watt squier practice amp.

[@TaylorDanley]

I'm actually watching for the dod death metal pedal on Ebay lol. I had one of those as well...

[@ryangunwitch-black]

Omg why are these things like 100 bucks on ebay

[@realtrisk]

I had that amp! I remember that anemic distortion sound! It's as god awful as I remember! Great trip down memory lane!

[@mmachine83]

Same pedal with a 30w crate that was my first rig 🤣

[@TaylorDanley]

How many of us do you think there are? That had to be the 1994 Christmas special at every local guitar store

[@joristimmermans5058]

With a grunge shirt on! Attention to detail

[@TaylorDanley]

😉

[@spearchuckerbear2817]

Sounded good

[@piotrgenderka3260]

it's sounds sooo bad ... but truth is sound evolved, now it's scooped and chunky and its kinda curious what will be top notch high gain in 20 years :)

[@hmtp177]

wft is this title? No one that I know remembers grunge to be bad

[@honkytonkinson9787]

I feel like this pedal would sound great through a cranked fender tube amp. Or, maybe there’s a reason Kurt never turned the thing on

[@frederickshelborn6911]

Kurt tried very hard to be unique and different. He liked Marshal amps, but wouldn't use them (unless it was the only gear) because it was the sound of hair rock. He played a Mustang because it was different, but even said he likes Les Paul's, but it wasn't different. This focus on doing everything different is how a new movement started. I wouldn't be surprised if his dislike of this pedal was partly because it was selling like crazy and, therefore, popular. He had go-against-the-grain in his DNA. ... Having said all that, he did find some amazing sounds and this pedal can't really get there. So it was probably a bit of both being a sound-snob (he and his tech modified a lot of gear until it was just perfect) and anti-establishment. Either way, this pedal didn't stand a chance to win him over.

[@clemdog76]

the actual craziest thing? still rocking the same haircut from 1994.

[@IndependenceGuitar]

Actually sounds ok as a pre-amp.

[@johnschober4008]

Quite like it :D

[@TaylorDanley]

Bless! 🙌

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Too funny. I have a grunge pedal now. The original one I had sounded better, but no mids control, so I could never get it to sound right. I bought it because it has the headphone output. I have a 1960s or 70s aircraft headphone set that is awesome believe it or not with a 1/4 inch jack so it plugs right in and works great for just playing around.. Too funny. Great video..

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks 🙌 is the one you have now the digitech version?

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@TaylorDanley Yes Digitech. I had the DOD first I think. It sounded better from what I remembered. This one doesn't have enough mids noatter what I do and too much high end. Even before an amp, or using the direct out..

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@TaylorDanley I think it's only second to the metal zone as far as the worst destortion pedal I've ever tried. 😂 Too each his own though. I think the best pedal / distortion I've tried has been believe it or not the Blues driver by Boss. I do like the Ds1 thouggh too, but I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and it was loads of records. 😂.. Tue Rat is even better for high gain stuff. At least the one I tried in the 80s sounded great. It was in front of Fender Twin that was so loud you couldn't get good gain unless you played in a stadium, so on the clean channel the rat was instant 80s metal. 😂

[@TaylorDanley]

I've been keeping an eye on the Rat pedals... although the originals are worth $$$ supposedly the Korean made counter parts sound the same. 🤷‍♂️

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@TaylorDanley I'm shocked at how much the originals go for. Unbelievable. Back in the day they were everywhere it seemed for not a lot of money. Like everything, hindsight is 20 20..

[@danmaycock9238]

Has a certain Black Metal vibe that Grunge weirdly enough.

[@TaylorDanley]

😂 I thought the same thing!

[@JawkneeJay]

Good tones IMO. Getting tired of all the same sounding Helix and Kemper presets people are all about these days. I’d honestly rather hear some music recorded with a setup like this.

[@MarkLoweLowebrau]

Hahaha I remember this pedal. Like a Boss Heavy Metal with crap compression 😂. My friends and I all thought it was shite when it came out lol

[@prettyromanticmusic]

I like this pedal.

[@lolobuggah2670]

I ordered one before watching this. It does not sound good. Just sounds like fizz. Maybe it's the crate.

[@johnnyvara1937]

i played it through my peavy delta blues and my centaur amp just today (bought it for $35 on offer up). i found that you do need to give it a little more umph in the lows but if you leave the high and the grunge at 12 position. you'll be good

[@spookymulder945]

What if we dime 27 grunge pedals in a ritual to summon Kurt's ghost so he can write a new Nirvana song. Lol

[@wesmitchem825]

Way better through the power amp and cab

[@KurtCobain2021]

Sounds like boss metal zone.

[@apoplexiamusic]

such a harsh hiss.... 0_0

[@R3dbudd]

Still better than a Spider 3 lol

[@TaylorDanley]

😂😂😂

[@timwhite5562]

God, the small solid state amps from the 80s and 90s were terrible.

[@jacobblackwell3804]

I loved mine. Must be nice being so privileged to buy top of the line pedals that cost $300+

[@m.giffin5133]

LMAO:)

[@TaylorDanley]

🥳🥳🥳

[@michaelreyes9997]

This was painful 😖 your not really a grunge player, so it’s okay

[@theprogrammerrolandmc3039]

Those nirvana songs sure are as boring as the pedal

[@tailordanley3810]

Hahah, this sound really cool , have an old Silverface Fender from around 1973.

[@TaylorDanley]

Sick name 🙌

[@tailordanley3810]

@@TaylorDanley Yah u too

[@TaylorDanley]

🙏🙌