What is your favorite distortion pedal? - Page 7

DB Cooper · 11-29-2011, 07:34 AM

Yes... have a problem. But admitting it is the first step on the road to...ah, who am I kidding? You don't want to "recover" from your "problem" - it's a hobby, enjoy it!

But, the next time you are looking at your pedals trying to figure out which ones might need to go, pick out a few Boss pedals and sell them to me!

Seriously, though, which older Boss compacts do you have? Anything unique/special/tough to find? Just curious.

Bill · 11-29-2011, 07:53 AM

No, not really any older Boss pedals. I used to have a Slow Gear but someone offered me $600 for it so I took it since I built myself one that works better (the green pedal with the gator on it on the bottom shelf).
Here's the Boss pedals I have on the shelves:
4th shelf left to right: CS-3, BF-2, PH-2, GE-7.
5th shelf left to right: 3 DS-1 (a Keeley ASE/Ultra, MIJ, and MIT), 3 MT-2, 3 SD-1, 2 BD-2, 2 MD-2, 3 HM-2 (2 MIJ, 1 MIT), 2 MZ-2, DF-2, HR-2, AW-2, 2 NF-1, CE-5, DD-6, and a CH-1. Oh, and there's another MT-2 on the bottom shelf!

Edit: To keep this thread on topic my favorite Boss distortions are the MZ-2 and the DF-2 because they're pretty different (for a Boss pedal). Sound-wise I like the HM-2 and the MT-2 I modified.

darkhorse · 12-06-2011, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill

That's cool you have a Boss collection going. I tend to gravitate towards collecting older or "vintage" pedals which gets expensive really quick so I don't have very many. My collection is just a bunch of random pedals.
As you can see I'm running out of room. This isn't all of them. I have some in boxes in my closet and piled in the corner on the floor also. These aren't even the pedals I use. I have 9 pedals on my pedal board. I stand in front of them and stare and try to decide what to get rid of but I just can't choose any. I have a problem.

As you can see. I have a few Boss pedals too.

Yes, but do you have any wahs??? I thought I had a huge container of pedals before I did a massive trade in. That is some serious money over a long period of time. You must not be married or it has a lock. My wife would be after a lot of shoes and handbags if I had that sort of thing going.

Boss would be OK but I would have to loop them out of the chain when not on. I like that Carl Martin Octaswitch and the Radials are nice for the bucks. The few Boss I have had I have gone for the various mods. Some of those were pretty good, like the Keeley mods.

In the last years I have just gone with more top shelf pedals. Never been a big vintage guy myself, I had a lot of that original gear ages ago and was not all that great as I remember.

I follow the modern "sandwich" advice of all the builder gurus who state high end buffer 1st, then all true by pass, with another buffer on the end. I use a Radial PB1 as it is a great high end impedance buffer 1st in chain, and a tube buffer circuit in my Ibanez on the end of the amp in chain. Makes for a real true tone, transparent wood of the guitar and low noise without too much dampening of the signal.

Bill · 12-07-2011, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkhorse

Yes, but do you have any wahs??? I thought I had a huge container of pedals before I did a massive trade in. That is some serious money over a long period of time. You must not be married or it has a lock. My wife would be after a lot of shoes and handbags if I had that sort of thing going.

Boss would be OK but I would have to loop them out of the chain when not on. I like that Carl Martin Octaswitch and the Radials are nice for the bucks. The few Boss I have had I have gone for the various mods. Some of those were pretty good, like the Keeley mods.

In the last years I have just gone with more top shelf pedals. Never been a big vintage guy myself, I had a lot of that original gear ages ago and was not all that great as I remember.

I follow the modern "sandwich" advice of all the builder gurus who state high end buffer 1st, then all true by pass, with another buffer on the end. I use a Radial PB1 as it is a great high end impedance buffer 1st in chain, and a tube buffer circuit in my Ibanez on the end of the amp in chain. Makes for a real true tone, transparent wood of the guitar and low noise without too much dampening of the signal.

Yeah, I might have a bit of a wah problem. I have a few more in the closet and a couple on the floor below the shelves too!!. I am actually married. My wife won't let me get rid of pedals, guitars or amps anymore because she says I always end up buying them again. It's true. My wife is super cool. She doesn't know I know but I found out she has a 60's Vox AC30 on layaway at the pawn shop for me for Christmas. Did I say super cool!!!

I try to follow that buffer, true bypass, buffer setup too as I find it does seem to work best as long as the buffers are decent buffers. I always recommend it to people at least. There is a sick little side of me that wants to clean up the shelves a little with one of each pedal and connect all of them and play through them all. I think the one thing stopping me is supplying power to them all.

I don't really use my "vintage" pedals too much. I pull them down and play them for a week or so at a time and put them back.

Heitman House · 12-08-2011, 05:40 PM

My favorite distortion pedal is the new ROCKTRON Metal Embrace.

Heitman House of Rock
KEEP ROCKIN'

DeArmond · 04-16-2012, 07:47 PM

Combinations of: DOD FX66 Flashback Fuzz
Big Muff Pi - Russian V8 Black
Ibanez SM7 Smash Box
Ibanez TS7 Tubescreamer on "Hot"

darkhorse · 04-24-2012, 09:13 PM

I have to say for uber gain tones I have fallen in love w highly tuned and tweaked in Line 6 amp models. Just a mind blower once you understand the unit.
Imagine dual tuned stacked ENGLs, Mesa dualRecs, Marshalls, or Boger Uberschalls. Most intense articulate distortion I have ever played and I have played through a few in my day. Made me retire my high gain pedals.

11-29-2011, 07:34 AM	#61 (permalink)
DB Cooper Junior Member	Yes... have a problem. But admitting it is the first step on the road to...ah, who am I kidding? You don't want to "recover" from your "problem" - it's a hobby, enjoy it! But, the next time you are looking at your pedals trying to figure out which ones might need to go, pick out a few Boss pedals and sell them to me! Seriously, though, which older Boss compacts do you have? Anything unique/special/tough to find? Just curious. __________________ DB Cooper 33 BOSS pedals AW2 BD2 BF2 BF3 CE5 CH1 CS3 DD3 DD5 DS1 DS2 FBM1 FDR1 FT2 FZ3 HM3 LM2 MD2 MT2 MZ2 NF1 NS1 OD1 OD2r OC3 OS2 PH2 PH3 PN2 PS6 SD1 TR2 TW1

11-29-2011, 07:53 AM	#62 (permalink)
Bill Member Location: Kennewick, WA	No, not really any older Boss pedals. I used to have a Slow Gear but someone offered me $600 for it so I took it since I built myself one that works better (the green pedal with the gator on it on the bottom shelf). Here's the Boss pedals I have on the shelves: 4th shelf left to right: CS-3, BF-2, PH-2, GE-7. 5th shelf left to right: 3 DS-1 (a Keeley ASE/Ultra, MIJ, and MIT), 3 MT-2, 3 SD-1, 2 BD-2, 2 MD-2, 3 HM-2 (2 MIJ, 1 MIT), 2 MZ-2, DF-2, HR-2, AW-2, 2 NF-1, CE-5, DD-6, and a CH-1. Oh, and there's another MT-2 on the bottom shelf! Edit: To keep this thread on topic my favorite Boss distortions are the MZ-2 and the DF-2 because they're pretty different (for a Boss pedal). Sound-wise I like the HM-2 and the MT-2 I modified. __________________ Griffin Effects Last edited by Bill; 11-29-2011 at 08:00 AM.

04-16-2012, 07:47 PM	#66 (permalink)
DeArmond Junior Member Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Age: 57	Combinations of: DOD FX66 Flashback Fuzz Big Muff Pi - Russian V8 Black Ibanez SM7 Smash Box Ibanez TS7 Tubescreamer on "Hot" Last edited by DeArmond; 04-20-2012 at 02:54 PM.

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12-08-2011, 05:40 PM	#65 (permalink)
Heitman House Junior Member Location: FL	My favorite distortion pedal is the new ROCKTRON Metal Embrace. Heitman House of Rock KEEP ROCKIN'

04-24-2012, 09:13 PM	#67 (permalink)
darkhorse Member Location: N of Dallas TX	I have to say for uber gain tones I have fallen in love w highly tuned and tweaked in Line 6 amp models. Just a mind blower once you understand the unit. Imagine dual tuned stacked ENGLs, Mesa dualRecs, Marshalls, or Boger Uberschalls. Most intense articulate distortion I have ever played and I have played through a few in my day. Made me retire my high gain pedals.