Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)

[aleclee]

Re: Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)

My DS-1 sounds fine into a clean amp, but that's only if I precede it with a good wah-wah. The wah controls and shapes the "fizz" and fartyness.

My sounds great into a clean amp stacked with a Menatone Workingman's Blue.

[JeffB]

Re: Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)

Gary Moore circa 79-84.

Strats. Jr.s. ds-1 and Marshalls. For me, his best years

[Gainstage]

Re: Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)

Even Gary doesn't make that thing sound good either.
Do you guys ever pee a little when you play through a really great pedal? Or have you ever been experienced...

[NecroPolo]

Re: Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)

As far as I can remember it was my fav BOSS drive pedal back in time. I got it used around the early '90s and it was already battered but sounded pretty good to the ears that I had around the time, it was a much better fit to me than ODs SDs and the like.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)


A few of my old ones...before I actually sold the lot....I am down to a bare minimum now....
I got sick of all that crap everywhere
Haha but yes they sounded pretty good too, them old Boss things

[Silence Kid]

Re: Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)

It's funny to me that the DS-1 is still even made, or that there haven't been significant alterations. They're cheap enough that they're basically a case with free knobs at the prices you can grab them for, and so few leave them stock if they buy them at all. You'd think Boss would be more aware of their poor reputation, even if as mentioned, they CAN work for things.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)

When you have sold +10 mill pedals.....do you care much about any small niggles??
The DS-1 of today is not the same as the DS-1 of old times.
I think it had at least 3-4 revisions.
Maybe it will get the Waza treatment?
As it does not take much tinkering to make it sound good again

[ehdwuld]

Re: Appreciating the DS-1 (Un-Modded)

The distortion channels on both my Carvin and Laney amps are diode clipping variety
Both sound a lot like the Ds-1
I also have a DS-1

I like it