good distortion to put infront of an amp??

by **nuclearreign_josh** on Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:47 pm

lookin for a bit of a chunkier sound?? was thinkin of either a mxr zack wylde or a marshall jackhammer?? any ideas??

by **Lev** on Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:57 pm

Line 6 Uber Metal

by **Bangover** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:42 am

ProCo Deucetone Rat

by **Metal Iain** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:18 am

Try a DS-1 or an SD-1. I think that's how the Boss terminology works - a Distortion or Super Overdrive should suit your needs.

by **Nickligature** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:31 pm

Afriend of mine used to use a sonic maximizer (whatever that is) with a 5150. sounded brutal.

by **nuclearreign_josh** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:38 pm

cool lads ill check em out !!

by **Metal Iain** on Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:16 am

A lesson that took me a while to learn is that distortion pedals seldom sound good on there own on your clean setting. They can be good for beefing up your crunch setting but then you'd best have a noise gate to cut back the hiss and extra treble you get from them. I don't get the chance to crank my amp too often but my Engl sounds fine on its own for practising purposes.

by **Bangover** on Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:41 am

he speaks the truth...use the pedal to beef a crunch on your amp

by **Nickligature** on Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:04 pm

Has anyone ever tried those PODxt live pedalboard things. I've got a PODxt (the kidney bean) which works wicked for computer recording, but i've only seen one band use them live and it didn't sound as good as I thought it should.

by **Bangover** on Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:11 pm

They sound alright IMO but your better of with a stompbox/amp setup

by **thrash metal maniac** on Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:20 pm

better off playing clean

by **nuclearreign_josh** on Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:16 pm

those pod yokes are shite !! there is a real thiny "digital" souund !!

by **Lev** on Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:48 pm

PODs are awful. Until you pay big bucks for the floor one.

by **nuclearreign_josh** on Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:21 pm

old gear is the best man !! valves and tubes all the way!!

by **thrash metal maniac** on Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:12 pm

fuck yeah!!!!

i was using an original Carlsbro valve head, with a Sound City 4x10 cab, it sounds so fucking sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!