sam said about 2 years ago or at 10:49PM on Tuesday, July 25 2006.
i) What is a good pedal that will give me a nice noisy distortion. Nothing like a gainy, metal distortion, something that will have some reverb and would be good for droney kinda stuff.
ii) What are those pedals called that just throw your amp into feedback? I used to know, but now I do not.
Maybe a fuzz pedal, like a Big Muff or something.
if you want your amp to feed back, try using 2 distortion pedals, or a distortion on the dirty channel of your amp.
pro co rat. They are like big muffs but without the sustain. I find the distortion a little easier to control too with the rat.
a pedal for feedback ... one of these ? :
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they are discontinued tho .. hard to find these days i think. just swing your guitar in front of your amp, does the same thing.
some nice noisy distortion. big muff, rat, mxr distortion +, hyper fuzz, etc etc etc, hundres of options ...altho none of these will give you "some reverb". no distortion pedal will do that. i think you might have your terminology a bit mixed up ?
(http://resource.harshnoise.com/boss_df2.jpg)
hmmm
Hotcake pedals from New Zealand give a beautiful bottomy full-bodied distortion without the annoying toppyness of say The Rat. Good for drone. A bit like the BigMuff, but not as crunchy.
Two distortion pedals for feedback. Yep. Try a Rat and a Boss DS1 together or even a crappy DOD fuzz pedal just for screamy volume.
I dunno. I'm not a big fan of too many pedals. Keep it simple!
I think I'm gonna buy one of those Digitech Screaming Blues pedals, they are the best of that line digitech brought out in my opnion, and I tried all 5 and I own a dt Metal Master pedal.
one little known pedal that i really dig for fat distortion with a deifnate non-metal tone is the DOD attacker. they only made them for a little while, hard to find now. but they have a really interesting sound - it's a distortion and compressor in one pedal. i've misplaces mine, spewing. it's the only pedal i've ever owned that comes close to that neil young weld kinda sound. fuck i wish i could find the fucken thing.
I would go for either the fulltone mosfet reissue or the electro harmonix hot tubes.
Who made those stupid "grunge" pedals in the 90s? Supposedly made your crappy garage band sound like Soundgarden with the touch of a button.
having been through almost a dozen distortion pedals/pods/multi-fx i gotta say the best one is the visual sound jekyll & hyde.
it has mt2 sounds. tube screamer sounds. rat sounds. so dirty yet so fresh and clean.
That was DOD, I've got one! It's really gain-y, awesome for insane JAMC feedback though.
Who made those stupid "grunge" pedals in the 90s? Supposedly made your crappy garage band sound like Soundgarden with the touch of a button.
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DOD. i have one sitting on the table in front of me right now!!! ( i haven't tried it yet tho - apparently it's busted)
Do you mean like this one?
Surely there must be something wrong with it!
sam, I use a turbo rat, but I reckon the original Rat pedal is superior in its sound. The turbo rat is a bit flat either way, like not that great for high or low frequencies. Good for mids though, if that's what you want..ie. I use it for strummy type playing that just needs a bit of distort on it.
follow my advice and ye shall find the path of richeousness..
Ahhh, okay. Hmm...
check out harmony central.
Electro Harmonix kick arse! I've been considering getting an Electro Harmonix Bass Balls pedal.
Grunge Pedal movie feat. SY
strange...
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Ok so I'm sick of my Zvex Fuzz Factory and am about to sell my Effector 13 Truly Beautiful Disaster fuzz aswell.
I want a more smooth fuzz as opposed to a crackly fuzz if that makes sense.
Suggestions?
For Guitar? if you like the big muff sound have a look at Morrison effects in Tasmania, he does a clone called Big Fluff. Might be worth checking out MI Audio Neo Fuzz too, haven;t had a chance to use one myself.
Also, i probably can't afford either pedal, but feel free to tempt me with a pm.
jimib - are you selling your fuzz factory?
yea i will be selling both fuzz's and my df-2 but i need a replacement fuzz for gigs but selling the FF. the TBD isnt on my board at the moment
I had a love/hate thing going on with my TBD, but its got a permanent spot on my bass board for nasty fuzz tones, aka the aids bass!
yea i guess after getting the TBD i only really used the effects loop and i couldnt really get a fuzz tone that was suitable for the music i was playing
also i meant to say
i need a replacement fuzz for gigs before selling the FF
how much do you want for the fuzz factory?
at the moment i might be trading my fuzz factory for a keeley mod ad9 seems like a good trade?
i've got a fuzz factory clone that i built but it doesn't self-oscillate - i'm curios to try a real one & see how different it is.
with mine i think there's some kinda voltage mismatch with the old germanium transistors...gotta track down some 'matched' ones from some decent supplier guy one day. otherwise it sounds crazy though.
could be alright. i recently got to use a old boss DM2 i think, analogue delay the other day, delish! but, if you aint using the fuzz factory, go for it, you should get heaps of use out of a great delay like that.
I have a mint condition Boss DIGITAL REVERB RV2 I'm thinking of selling and can't find much ebay info on what a fair price is.
Anyone got an idea of what it's worth?
who was it on here who had a Truly Beautiful Disaster?
i totally want to fuck with one of those.
I had the TBD nicko_mcbrain, although SGH messaged me about it, so I guess he has first dips on it, although I'm not sure if he has the money for it.
jimib, i don't have the dosh either, at the mo'. may all be different in a few weeks...
PM me if SGH pikes.
The FF was great fuzz, I mainly used it for the self oscillation for a crazy noise out solo but now I use my turbo rat and kaoss pad mini for even crazier sounds so it's not really being used too much. I've always wanted an analog delay and this one is in good condition with the box instructions etc.
Although the pic doesn't have the 2 switches on it, but are they for used for the expression pedal mod?
cool nicko, im not desperate for cash atm, but probably be selling a few bits before xmas. whats a jap df-2 worth these days? i got mine for a reasonable price and about 3 months later ebay was flooded with the damn things
TBD is pretty much sold, just waiting for payment. Sorry to those who showed an interest in it.
i didnt realise how desperate i am for cash as im not really working due to exams and pretty much have been replaced by someone who can work full time.
I have a co pilot fx ring mod pedal if anyone is interested pics http://www.messandnoise.com/discussions/3373046
here
ok well the TBD fell through
looking for $160