As a metal head I’ve always used a tube screamer into a high gain amp. Then I discovered doom and got a few fuzz pedals, and now recently I’ve been using distortion and occasional fuzz for some nirvana or smashing pumpkins. Currently my favorite is to take the boss super od and run it into a blues driver and that gets some screaming rock tones.
@@gamerchap7138 there’s actually a chance that that might not be true. We don’t know what Kurt used for incestcide. There has been no evidence suggesting that he used the DS1. I’ve actually tried to re-create the tone countless times bouncing back-and-forth between mustangs Jaguars and high fliers. Even my Moserite, and the Proco rat has always sounded closer than the DS1 for aneurysm. Kurt did use krist’s rat on nevermind, so it is definitely possible!!!!
@@castleanthrax1833 there was this decade of anti-Boss nonsense I seem to remember. That and the true bypass brigade in the early 2000s left a small mark. These are like Lego though, you can build any sound with them.
Distortion: If I'm not using the amp distortion, then it's likely the Proco Rat 2. Just an all around great distortion. I also do like the MXR Custom 78, Metal Muff, and if I owned one I'd also say the Revv G3. Overdrive: Green Rhino MkII and Bad Monkey. Honestly my favorite green screamer style OD because of the flexibility with the tone and the 100hz knob making insane changes to the tone. Bad Monkey for reasons people have slept on for years. It's honestly just a great screamer style OD that is simple and easy to use. Phil X got me into it years before JHS made that video. Fuzz: Big Muff Tone Wicker and Big Muff Bass. The tone wicker pedal is great for getting a lot of garage rock and stoner rock tones. While the Big Muff Bass on a guitar has a surprising Gilmourish sound to it.
Hahaha. Yeah, you had to clarify that about the Bad Monkey, if for no other reason than not having a hundred replies asking you if you're only using it because of Josh's video. ✌️ Edit: I listen to Phil Xs recommendations, too. He's phenomenal.
For about a decade my go to quick and easy lead Strat sound came from a tube Screamer or EQ with a mid hump, with the gain rolled back and the level set at just a slight bump over unity going into a triangle of green Russian muff. I basically took it from Gilmore's tone from a muff with the midrange goosed just after it. Going into the front gives you all the saturation and weeks-long sustain of the muff, but with the TS or EQ adding back in the pick attack. The pick attack stings and the muff growls, it makes even ice pick bright bridge pickups sound huge. I tried it with an op-amp Muff, but those things are so saturated that you'd have a hard time making out a Strat with a big ass jazz box. I still use the muff and mud-hump EQ when I don't want to run through everything else.
a hack i’ve found for a really kickass tone is to run a tubescreamer into a big muff type fuzz (i use a black arts tone works pharaoh fuzz but i assume it sounds just as good on a normal muff) and set the tubescreamer like how you would to boost a distorted amp. it’s my secret for super grimy distorted tones that still have a decent amount of definition.
Growing up in the 90s, I tried them all, but ultimately, my favorite was the Boss HM-2, which we called "The Heavy Medal Pedal" 😉🤘🏼 On my small amps, practicing songs in my bedroom, I really was able to get those insanely dark and thick tones I heard on Soundgarden and Nirvana records. Even today, with all the new digital options I've accumulated, I still pull that pedal out with an old Peavey and just let it rip. 🤘🏼🔥
Punching holes in a speaker cone is still my favorite way of getting fuzz sounds; my favorite fuzz pedals are the Triangle Big Muff and Univox Superfuzz, and I also really like the Behringer Superfuzz (which is awesome for a $20 pedal). The original '80s Rat with the LM308 chip is my favorite overall distortion pedal as it can get pretty fuzzy and be turned down to use as a dirty overdrive, but for more transparent boost/overdrive sounds, I like the Fulltone OCD (V2 for EL34/84 amps and V4 for 6L6/KT66 amps).
The good ole ts 808. I use this sucker with a crunch setting on my amp. It sounds sick, almost like a chainsaw. Btw, if anyone wants the Linkin Park tone, here's how to get it. First in the chain is a noise gate. Threshold is at -40 and decay is at 0. Next, you want to compress your signal to get more sustain and bite. Use an LA-2A compressor and set the threshold at -53 and the gain at 0. (There's a free vst version called modern lost angel if you don't have one and podfarm also has one that's just called compressor). Then, set up your tube screamer. Leave the drive at 0, set the level/gain 90% and the tone at 17% (There are great free ones and podfarm has one too) after that, you're gonna use a free amp sim called LePou Legion. It's been described as a Rectifier on crack. Put the first switch on red. Set the mode to Rhythm and turn on tone stack. Leave the drive at noon, set the low knob at 1 or 2 o clock, the mid at 8 or 9 o clock, the high knob at 1 o clock the contour at 10 or 11 o clock, leave the presence at noon and set the volume to taste. After that, get a free cab sim called Ignite NadIR and get some mesa OS 4x12 V30 impulse responses. Plague Scythe Studios has a free pack listed in the description of his tone tutorials. After that, eq to taste and you're all set!
I use a Big Muff and a DS-1 because those are what I own. I have a PV XXL amp now that has a lot of distortion options built-in that have been fun to play with!
Horizon devices precision drive is by far my favourite. Level cranked to full and drive all the way down at zero paired with a high gain amp is one of the tightest tones you’ll ever get
The first distortion sound didn't come from a pedal. Someone poked a hole in their cab speakers and recorded the playing while the cab is broken, pedals ever since we're used to mimic those sounds bc it actually sounded great/new for the time
not a promotion, just a personal preference: I actually bought a while ago a fuzz pedal Digitech DOD Carcosa. It has a bass boost and divide the effect knob into two different parameters. You can do pretty anything with it and when I bought it it was 120€ so it even has an affordable price. If you're searching for specific fuzz, this one saved my life, maybe it will save also yours
Once you get a decent EQ boost pedal you will never want to play without one again. I got one alongside my crappy practice amp and it improved the clarity and volume ten fold. Cant wait to see how it sounds with a decent tube head and a cab.
I think if theres one thing I learned over the 20 years of collecting and playing with pedals amps and guitars, one top tip I would give to people is to play your fuzz, overdrive, and distortion into a CLEAN AMP and if you use an amps gain side, use it alone without pedals. Theres no rules but that was something I learned I like the most. Another tip, I used to always crank the hi end on the amp, specifically Fender tube amps, but Fenders are too shrill for me. I like my Twin Reverb without the Bright switch, treble at 4, mids at 10 and bass at about 6. But my Orange, I crank almost all the tone knobs. A clean Orange with cranked tone and a Big Muff+Rat is something special, and the amps gain without pedals is something to behold. And Ive grown to not like reverb pedals into Fenders it muddies up the articulation and adds shrill, no matter how you set tone knobs. But all Reverb pedals are different. Hardwire RV-7 may be my favorite and Ive literally tried just about all of them.
I disagree with OD pedals only being for clean. Two examples: Tube screamers boosting high gain sounds. Treble boosters into dirty Vox/alnico blue amps.
I mostly do the same, only running dirt into a clean amp, but as the reply before me has said, a tube screamer often works wonders to tighten up an already overdriven amp. I don't use one that way, but plenty of accomplished guitarists do.
I'm currently using a Boss OD-1 in my pedalboard and it sounds great and combines with most of my other pedals and equipment. The versatility is limited but it still gives all you need for its price.
All 3 have there place on my pedal chain, but my Zevex FuzzFactory is my favourite, where else can you get narly squeals when you mess with the dials in the "wrong way"
EXAR OD2/ MAXON 808X. I get distortion from my high gain tube heads. I’m a metal guy so more as a boost application but both make a slightly pushed tub amp into the right creamy smooth spot
I use a analogman sun lion into a ceriatone centura then spaceman polaris. I wanted a sun lion since 2007 and finally got one in 2020. Haven't wanted another fuzz since tho I have used just about every big muff circuit. Triangle muff is a distant second for me with fuzz. Also I didn't think I'd love the treble booster side as much as I do but yea treble boosters are hella underrated. Tried almost every od circuit (odr 1, ts, dumbloid, zen drive, hot cake, I could go on) but I always liked klones the most. Mostly got the centura because it was big and keeps me from adding more pedals to my board lol its my favorite klon style pedal and I've actually owned three. I kept thinking I'd find something better but then I end up going back to the centura. Ryra klone is as good as the centura imo. Polaris I started using back when I played a jazzmaster since it has a LP filter in it so it prevented that shrill jazzmaster distorted tone. Like the centura I sold my first one, tried a dozen other pedals, then got another polaris. Having a filter at the end of your drive stage is super helpful. Also pairs well with the sun lion since fuzzfaces sometimes can get too bright on the high strings. Polaris is probably the most unique od I've used bar none. It's also super smooth, touch sensitive, versatile and you can use an exp pedal to use it as a wah kinda, sorta. sometimes I don't use the drive on it, just the filter. Honorable mentions go to the basic audio foxey lady, any wren and cuff big muff clone, amplified nation big bloom, dcw jam ray ($80 Jan Ray clone, as good as if not better than a lot of $200+ od pedals. Highly recommend DCW), kingtone silicon fuzz, greer soma 63 (best AIAB I've used, feels like an amp) fulltone ultimate octave, ehx black Russian muff, boss blues driver, frantone peach fuzz. Pedals I found super dissapointing were the butler tube driver, effectrode blackbird, Hudson broadcast and analogman prince of tone. PoT was just okay, broadcast is really cool just not my style i could see it being used for punk rock, tube driver is noisy af with its built in power supply plus you gotta build your rig around it, then the blackbird is just bad. Clean channel is 10/10 but the od channels (dumble and soldano) are terrible. I got it for recording but any sorta dirt sounded awful going through the cab sim DI. Effectrode is up there with Vermerum as far as pedal makers go that are ridiculously expensive yet they're just basic pedals. You can get by with a DS1 or TS808 a lot of times tbh. Sorry for the novel, I've just owned a lot of pedals over the years and I hope this helps someone.
i play bass and i like drive. usually i use it to make my clean tone a bit more powerful and stick out in the mix. but occasionally i use it for overdrive. (you dont need much grit in the form of effects as a bass player since bass already has more of an aggressive sound than guitar to begin with. that and bass gets way too murky way too quickly.)
Overdrive: Ibanez Tube Screamer, Fulltone OCD Distortion: Boss Heavy Metal, Electro Harmonix Metal Muff Fuzz: Cannot pick favorite since I haven't used much of them
My fave overdrives Boss OD1 and SD1 Ibanez TS9 and TS808 My fave distortions Rabatech Omega Drive RAT2 Tech 21 Liverpool My fave fuzz Russian Big Muff Pi
I use a rams head Big Muff fuzz, Boss DS1 distortion and Maxon Tube Screamer overdrive… all awesome pedals with their own distinct sound, and sound great when blended to create different tones!
Show the same sound with and without the equipment, makes for a better understanding as most people think all these sounds can come out of the same guitar etc.
Haven’t played with too many distortion pedals. But I love the Big Muff that I got a while back. And even though I think of it more as an amp-sim pedal, rather than a distortion, the Baghdad from Does It Doom is one of my favorites in my collection.
Greer Sonic Boom is becoming my favorite Boost/Drive, adds sparkle to my single coils and just enough body. The Fairfield barbershop is another favorite drive that sounds great when you just want to push your amp and just adds a certain something to the amp. My favorite distortion is the the thorpy fx bunker which mimics the sound of a Marshall super lead. Favorite fuzz is the benson germanium fuzz, it’s super pretty, doesn’t overly brutalize the signal, has a clean blend. If I want more heavy fuzz the stomp under foot violet menace is a great big muff circuit.
Overdrive hands down the TS808,and TS9, Distortion Friedman BE-OD, Fuzz these days Boss Waza Fuzz, or Earthquaker Hizumitus Fuzz. Hey just my opinion and love stacking the TS9 with the TS808 for great overdrive. Thanks for the post!
Best explanation of these three that I’ve seen in short and long form content. Thanks man
"Literally overdriving" is a good explanation? No.
I find it rather shallow and pedantic
Agreed. Thank you.
@@Peter..Griffin😂😂😂
True
"Broken equipment"
Plays one of the best strat tones I've heard
Well, it's not a broken guitar that fuzz is emulating... it's a "ripped" speaker, ala Dave Davies.
they literally used to poke holes in the speaker to get a distorted sound lol, that's what he means
It's called broken until someone likes it and avoid fixing it
I once saw a comment that said
Overdrive: a bee
Distortion: an angry bee
Fuzz: a lot of angry bees
As a metal head I’ve always used a tube screamer into a high gain amp. Then I discovered doom and got a few fuzz pedals, and now recently I’ve been using distortion and occasional fuzz for some nirvana or smashing pumpkins. Currently my favorite is to take the boss super od and run it into a blues driver and that gets some screaming rock tones.
Have you tried the SF3000 super fuzz?
have you tried the op-amp big muff?
As in doom metal?
What're y'all's fav doom bands? I really like My Dying Bride personally
Nice I run my ds 1 with by bd 1, creates a beautiful tone
Thanks for doing Aneurysm!
It confused me a second cause he was using bar chords instead of the classic cobain chords! 😂🤘🤘
@@Kian_Thawne and kurt used a ds-1 for that song not a rat lol
@@gamerchap7138rat live
@@gamerchap7138 there’s actually a chance that that might not be true. We don’t know what Kurt used for incestcide. There has been no evidence suggesting that he used the DS1. I’ve actually tried to re-create the tone countless times bouncing back-and-forth between mustangs Jaguars and high fliers. Even my Moserite, and the Proco rat has always sounded closer than the DS1 for aneurysm. Kurt did use krist’s rat on nevermind, so it is definitely possible!!!!
@@alexkeenan5768 interesting i didnt know!!
This guy explain it better than most 1 hour plus overdrive vs distortion video
TS9 adds such a warmth to the guitar.
Thanks for the lesson! My favorite Overdrive pedal is the: BOSS BD2 Blues driver.
I love that pedal!
I just commented that everyone should have it on their pedalboard.
I honestly don't understand why it's not more popular.
@@castleanthrax1833 I know such a nasty overdrive pedal. Goood sustain too
@@Fl4ppers Nice
@@castleanthrax1833 there was this decade of anti-Boss nonsense I seem to remember. That and the true bypass brigade in the early 2000s left a small mark. These are like Lego though, you can build any sound with them.
Best explanation on youtube yet
Wow, thanks!
Oh really? You have seen every video I guess. Nerd
The fuzz, with the phaser, and just a little delay. That tripadelic Hendrix sound!
fuzz: big muff op-amp
distortion: ds-1
overdrive: tone driver
Best use of a RUclips short I've seen in a while.
Distortion: If I'm not using the amp distortion, then it's likely the Proco Rat 2. Just an all around great distortion. I also do like the MXR Custom 78, Metal Muff, and if I owned one I'd also say the Revv G3.
Overdrive: Green Rhino MkII and Bad Monkey. Honestly my favorite green screamer style OD because of the flexibility with the tone and the 100hz knob making insane changes to the tone. Bad Monkey for reasons people have slept on for years. It's honestly just a great screamer style OD that is simple and easy to use. Phil X got me into it years before JHS made that video.
Fuzz: Big Muff Tone Wicker and Big Muff Bass. The tone wicker pedal is great for getting a lot of garage rock and stoner rock tones. While the Big Muff Bass on a guitar has a surprising Gilmourish sound to it.
Hahaha. Yeah, you had to clarify that about the Bad Monkey, if for no other reason than not having a hundred replies asking you if you're only using it because of Josh's video. ✌️
Edit: I listen to Phil Xs recommendations, too. He's phenomenal.
For about a decade my go to quick and easy lead Strat sound came from a tube Screamer or EQ with a mid hump, with the gain rolled back and the level set at just a slight bump over unity going into a triangle of green Russian muff. I basically took it from Gilmore's tone from a muff with the midrange goosed just after it. Going into the front gives you all the saturation and weeks-long sustain of the muff, but with the TS or EQ adding back in the pick attack. The pick attack stings and the muff growls, it makes even ice pick bright bridge pickups sound huge.
I tried it with an op-amp Muff, but those things are so saturated that you'd have a hard time making out a Strat with a big ass jazz box. I still use the muff and mud-hump EQ when I don't want to run through everything else.
The distinction is that overdrives push the amp, distortions distort the signal, and fuzzes run the signal through transistors
always the electro harmonix bigmuff. the siamese dream tone is unbeatable
I love this
Just learned about sound waves in science class today finally starting to understand this aspect of music
I love to boost fuzz pedals with overdrive pedals, it sounds brutal!!!
Great explanation
a hack i’ve found for a really kickass tone is to run a tubescreamer into a big muff type fuzz (i use a black arts tone works pharaoh fuzz but i assume it sounds just as good on a normal muff) and set the tubescreamer like how you would to boost a distorted amp. it’s my secret for super grimy distorted tones that still have a decent amount of definition.
This is the first time I’ve seen someone explain it simply but with good detail. Thanks.
Growing up in the 90s, I tried them all, but ultimately, my favorite was the Boss HM-2, which we called "The Heavy Medal Pedal" 😉🤘🏼
On my small amps, practicing songs in my bedroom, I really was able to get those insanely dark and thick tones I heard on Soundgarden and Nirvana records.
Even today, with all the new digital options I've accumulated, I still pull that pedal out with an old Peavey and just let it rip. 🤘🏼🔥
Absolutely Overdrive💚🎸
Basic choice but i love the boss DS-1 and BD2
My best favorite is the one that has Metal written in it
My favorite FuzzFace , Ts808 , and KLON
The Ibanez TS-9 was my main go to for a long time but I just recently bought an EVH 5150 overdrive and it’s pretty amazing
I saw a video where Tim Pierce praised that pedal. He said it's one of his favourite "dirt" pedals, which is a pretty good endorsement. 👍
The best overdrive i've ever tried was boss blues driver. The grit from that thing was unreal.
Keep fighting the good fight. 🤜
Vintage Morley Fuzz and power wash, BOSS Metal Zone, and Marshall Overdrive
Boss metal core is better, but there are still so many batter ones
Univox Superfuzz and EHX Big Muffs are easily better than a Morley fuzz. Or even a Fuzz Face at that.
@@poopsock7991big muffs aren’t the same kind of “fuzz” they’re more like distortion pedals, modern distortion pedals.
Boss Heavy Metal eats both Metal Zone and Metal Core in my opinion
Boss Blues Driver.......my pedal of choice.👍
Punching holes in a speaker cone is still my favorite way of getting fuzz sounds; my favorite fuzz pedals are the Triangle Big Muff and Univox Superfuzz, and I also really like the Behringer Superfuzz (which is awesome for a $20 pedal). The original '80s Rat with the LM308 chip is my favorite overall distortion pedal as it can get pretty fuzzy and be turned down to use as a dirty overdrive, but for more transparent boost/overdrive sounds, I like the Fulltone OCD (V2 for EL34/84 amps and V4 for 6L6/KT66 amps).
For me nothing can top the sound of a 60’s garage rock bands fuzz tone
The good ole ts 808. I use this sucker with a crunch setting on my amp. It sounds sick, almost like a chainsaw. Btw, if anyone wants the Linkin Park tone, here's how to get it. First in the chain is a noise gate. Threshold is at -40 and decay is at 0.
Next, you want to compress your signal to get more sustain and bite. Use an LA-2A compressor and set the threshold at -53 and the gain at 0. (There's a free vst version called modern lost angel if you don't have one and podfarm also has one that's just called compressor). Then, set up your tube screamer. Leave the drive at 0, set the level/gain 90% and the tone at 17% (There are great free ones and podfarm has one too) after that, you're gonna use a free amp sim called LePou Legion. It's been described as a Rectifier on crack. Put the first switch on red. Set the mode to Rhythm and turn on tone stack. Leave the drive at noon, set the low knob at 1 or 2 o clock, the mid at 8 or 9 o clock, the high knob at 1 o clock the contour at 10 or 11 o clock, leave the presence at noon and set the volume to taste. After that, get a free cab sim called Ignite NadIR and get some mesa OS 4x12 V30 impulse responses. Plague Scythe Studios has a free pack listed in the description of his tone tutorials. After that, eq to taste and you're all set!
who cares about a half page of freakin linking park sound ? ? ?
Ibanez TS9, Big Muff nano, and Boss DS1 all have a home on my board.
My personal faves have to be the Plumes, the DS-1, and the Fuzz War
My favorito drive pedal is the JHS Morning Glory, its very versatile
I use a Big Muff and a DS-1 because those are what I own. I have a PV XXL amp now that has a lot of distortion options built-in that have been fun to play with!
Horizon devices precision drive is by far my favourite. Level cranked to full and drive all the way down at zero paired with a high gain amp is one of the tightest tones you’ll ever get
The first distortion sound didn't come from a pedal. Someone poked a hole in their cab speakers and recorded the playing while the cab is broken, pedals ever since we're used to mimic those sounds bc it actually sounded great/new for the time
fuzz sounds so good
me looking for how to understand pedals.
Me finding a random short that explains pedals and effect meanings really well.
thank you
Happy to help! 🤘🏼
Best explanation of this. Thanks for the lesson.
not a promotion, just a personal preference: I actually bought a while ago a fuzz pedal Digitech DOD Carcosa. It has a bass boost and divide the effect knob into two different parameters. You can do pretty anything with it and when I bought it it was 120€ so it even has an affordable price. If you're searching for specific fuzz, this one saved my life, maybe it will save also yours
Once you get a decent EQ boost pedal you will never want to play without one again. I got one alongside my crappy practice amp and it improved the clarity and volume ten fold. Cant wait to see how it sounds with a decent tube head and a cab.
Bro it's a booster effect, clean OD will do just fine. Try something klonesque
I think if theres one thing I learned over the 20 years of collecting and playing with pedals amps and guitars, one top tip I would give to people is to play your fuzz, overdrive, and distortion into a CLEAN AMP and if you use an amps gain side, use it alone without pedals. Theres no rules but that was something I learned I like the most. Another tip, I used to always crank the hi end on the amp, specifically Fender tube amps, but Fenders are too shrill for me. I like my Twin Reverb without the Bright switch, treble at 4, mids at 10 and bass at about 6. But my Orange, I crank almost all the tone knobs. A clean Orange with cranked tone and a Big Muff+Rat is something special, and the amps gain without pedals is something to behold. And Ive grown to not like reverb pedals into Fenders it muddies up the articulation and adds shrill, no matter how you set tone knobs. But all Reverb pedals are different. Hardwire RV-7 may be my favorite and Ive literally tried just about all of them.
I disagree with OD pedals only being for clean. Two examples: Tube screamers boosting high gain sounds. Treble boosters into dirty Vox/alnico blue amps.
I mostly do the same, only running dirt into a clean amp, but as the reply before me has said, a tube screamer often works wonders to tighten up an already overdriven amp. I don't use one that way, but plenty of accomplished guitarists do.
TS9 into a Big Muff Pi into an HM2 are my favourites
a lot of work went into this video, and i will be using it to explain this distinction to folks moving forward. action AND information packed 🤘
I'm currently using a Boss OD-1 in my pedalboard and it sounds great and combines with most of my other pedals and equipment. The versatility is limited but it still gives all you need for its price.
as a bassist I use an MXR Bass OD, an EHX bass Big Muff DX, and a Darkglass Alpha Omega
Overdrive + fuzz give amaizing sound
Thank you, best explanation I’ve ever heard
My favorite overdrive and distortion pedals are NUX Morning Star and NUX Brownie!!
But I also like MXR pedals! ❤
Boss OD-1X hands down the best over drive
I have a big muff, a ds-1 (my first pedal), and a tube pilot. I love my rig
I put a tube screamer before a big muff w/wicker. Turned the tone switch on and it is nasty sounding, in a good way
fuzz petal playing pyretta blaze would sound so good
The Friedman Smallbox is killer.
Combinded Overdrives forever 🤘
For both Fuzz and Distortion, I like the MXR Super Badass, because of the name, and for the Overdrive, just a simple Overdrive Boss Pedal.
Rams head muff from EHX, Walrus Audio Red distortion(HM2 copy with better controls), The Bishop overdrive. Mainstays of my pedalboard.
Rocking the Jekyll & Hyde + Swollen Pickle
The huge Big Muff is by far the greatest
All of them, you can't choose your favorite child same with these effects they are all great
I have a mini tube screamer, a Big Muff AND a Ds-1 sound's pretty good
For OD (transparent) it's the PRS Horsemeat. So so versatile. By a long head to the BOSS BD2 although this is obviously at least somewhat subjective
Right now my board has a Boss BD-2, fender pugilist distortion and a home made fuzz face. All the different distorted sound I need
Trex alberta mudhoney ec metal muff big muff compressor from trex green ,,that was my happy chain ,,,thanks for this one
Love my Soul Food!
All 3 have there place on my pedal chain, but my Zevex FuzzFactory is my favourite, where else can you get narly squeals when you mess with the dials in the "wrong way"
Just copped the od-3 excited to play with it
The Boss Adaptive DS pedal Is amazing .
Its originally the amp overdriven plus some cutting their speakers with stanley knives etc
I use my tube screamer for metal, but my favorites gotta be the Tube screamer and Boss DS1
EXAR OD2/ MAXON 808X. I get distortion from my high gain tube heads. I’m a metal guy so more as a boost application but both make a slightly pushed tub amp into the right creamy smooth spot
great explanation
Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü used a MXR Distortion + and a chorus pedal to create a wall of sound
I use a analogman sun lion into a ceriatone centura then spaceman polaris.
I wanted a sun lion since 2007 and finally got one in 2020. Haven't wanted another fuzz since tho I have used just about every big muff circuit. Triangle muff is a distant second for me with fuzz. Also I didn't think I'd love the treble booster side as much as I do but yea treble boosters are hella underrated.
Tried almost every od circuit (odr 1, ts, dumbloid, zen drive, hot cake, I could go on) but I always liked klones the most. Mostly got the centura because it was big and keeps me from adding more pedals to my board lol its my favorite klon style pedal and I've actually owned three. I kept thinking I'd find something better but then I end up going back to the centura. Ryra klone is as good as the centura imo.
Polaris I started using back when I played a jazzmaster since it has a LP filter in it so it prevented that shrill jazzmaster distorted tone. Like the centura I sold my first one, tried a dozen other pedals, then got another polaris. Having a filter at the end of your drive stage is super helpful. Also pairs well with the sun lion since fuzzfaces sometimes can get too bright on the high strings. Polaris is probably the most unique od I've used bar none. It's also super smooth, touch sensitive, versatile and you can use an exp pedal to use it as a wah kinda, sorta. sometimes I don't use the drive on it, just the filter.
Honorable mentions go to the basic audio foxey lady, any wren and cuff big muff clone, amplified nation big bloom, dcw jam ray ($80 Jan Ray clone, as good as if not better than a lot of $200+ od pedals. Highly recommend DCW), kingtone silicon fuzz, greer soma 63 (best AIAB I've used, feels like an amp) fulltone ultimate octave, ehx black Russian muff, boss blues driver, frantone peach fuzz.
Pedals I found super dissapointing were the butler tube driver, effectrode blackbird, Hudson broadcast and analogman prince of tone. PoT was just okay, broadcast is really cool just not my style i could see it being used for punk rock, tube driver is noisy af with its built in power supply plus you gotta build your rig around it, then the blackbird is just bad. Clean channel is 10/10 but the od channels (dumble and soldano) are terrible. I got it for recording but any sorta dirt sounded awful going through the cab sim DI. Effectrode is up there with Vermerum as far as pedal makers go that are ridiculously expensive yet they're just basic pedals. You can get by with a DS1 or TS808 a lot of times tbh. Sorry for the novel, I've just owned a lot of pedals over the years and I hope this helps someone.
Get all three, simple
My favorite pedals for all of these is literally just the Nux mg-100
The Shin-ei, Tone Bender, Original Big Muff and Superfuzz Gianinni
i've been using them for so long and this actually is nice to know
i play bass and i like drive. usually i use it to make my clean tone a bit more powerful and stick out in the mix. but occasionally i use it for overdrive. (you dont need much grit in the form of effects as a bass player since bass already has more of an aggressive sound than guitar to begin with. that and bass gets way too murky way too quickly.)
Favorites:
Fuzz: Chase Bliss - Bliss Factory
Overdrive: Kernom - Ridge
Distortion: Jackson Audio - Asabi
Overdrive: Ibanez Tube Screamer, Fulltone OCD
Distortion: Boss Heavy Metal, Electro Harmonix Metal Muff
Fuzz: Cannot pick favorite since I haven't used much of them
My fave overdrives
Boss OD1 and SD1
Ibanez TS9 and TS808
My fave distortions
Rabatech Omega Drive
RAT2
Tech 21 Liverpool
My fave fuzz
Russian Big Muff Pi
I love my Bass Soul Food of Electroharmonix 🔥
Hell yea!
My personal favorites...
1. Walrus Audio Contraband Fuzz
2. Maestro Ranger Overdrive
SL Drive or surprisingly the Tomsline Plexion are my favorites. But that Donner Triple Threat is a close second right now.
I use a rams head Big Muff fuzz, Boss DS1 distortion and Maxon Tube Screamer overdrive… all awesome pedals with their own distinct sound, and sound great when blended to create different tones!
Great explanation. You can also combine them.
Fuzz face is one of my all time favorites
Show the same sound with and without the equipment, makes for a better understanding as most people think all these sounds can come out of the same guitar etc.
best explanation ever
Haven’t played with too many distortion pedals. But I love the Big Muff that I got a while back. And even though I think of it more as an amp-sim pedal, rather than a distortion, the Baghdad from Does It Doom is one of my favorites in my collection.
I currently use a Boss SD-1, a Boss MT-2, and a Behringer SF300. My first distortion was a MXR M86, and I want to one day switch out to a BD-2
Do it today. The BD-2 is an awesome pedal. 👌
@@castleanthrax1833 as a highschool student still relying on their parents, I wish lol
boss and boss for both distortion and overdrive
Greer Sonic Boom is becoming my favorite Boost/Drive, adds sparkle to my single coils and just enough body. The Fairfield barbershop is another favorite drive that sounds great when you just want to push your amp and just adds a certain something to the amp. My favorite distortion is the the thorpy fx bunker which mimics the sound of a Marshall super lead. Favorite fuzz is the benson germanium fuzz, it’s super pretty, doesn’t overly brutalize the signal, has a clean blend. If I want more heavy fuzz the stomp under foot violet menace is a great big muff circuit.
I have that same bass fuzz. Its easily one of the best peddles i own.
Overdrive hands down the TS808,and TS9, Distortion Friedman BE-OD, Fuzz these days Boss Waza Fuzz, or Earthquaker Hizumitus Fuzz. Hey just my opinion and love stacking the TS9 with the TS808 for great overdrive. Thanks for the post!