Can't decide on a distortion pedal

[akozols]

I'm having trouble deciding on which distortion pedal will reside on my pedalboard. So I lined them up on the desk and will scroll through and tweak each one to come to a decision.

[dave74]

where is the metal zone?

[Hsb]

Of what you have on there, DS-1

[Aceman]

Don't know what you want the pedal for, so can't really give a legit suggestion. But let's do it any way....

I don't know what the mini is - can't see. If it is a Suhr Riot copy, then that!

Otherwise I'm leaning towards the MXR's. I want something really heavy, so I'm taking the Superbad@$$.

See, when you don't care, it isn't that hard at all!

[Rex_Rocker]

I personally didn't like the DS-1 when I had it. The voicing is not bad, but the output level is way too weak. Even with it cranked up, when I kicked it on, my distorted sound was quieter than my clean sound (using hot pickups). That was on a clean channel, though.

[akozols]

Thanks for all the replies. Each one, at one time, resided on my pedalboard and each sounded good at that time. Today I wanted to hear each one, side by side, to hear the differences.

Today, the pedal I liked the best, was the Donner Morpher(Riot clone). Each note picked had character to it and suits my style the best.

[Mincer]

What are the pros/cons of each one? I hadn't tried any of them, so I am curious.

[EmiAba]

I have super badass distortion and it gets the job done. Mainly for three reasons: it has three knobs (bass/mid/treble) to shape your sound, the gain knob is all usable from light crunchy sound to more modern high gain territory, and, it is the perfect complement for my preferred overdrive (the gt od) .

[akozols]

I'm a total weirdo....here's why. I put the Morpher on the pedalboard which has a Zoom G1-Four that I use for delay and cab sim and go direct into audio interface. Yesterday it sounded great.....today it sounded horrible. I hooked up all the distortions and they all sounded horrible. I have these days where EVERYTHING sounds crappy...don't know why. I've learned from experience to justbwalk away and go back tomorrow.
Tomorrow if things are better, I'll give my amateur evaluations of each pedal.

[Securb]

If you like them all, run them all. I use four myself, a Rangemaster clone, Vox in a box, Wampler High Gain, and my trusty Dirt Clod. There are no rules, and if anyone says there are, break them.

[NegativeEase]

I'm a total weirdo....here's why. I put the Morpher on the pedalboard which has a Zoom G1-Four that I use for delay and cab sim and go direct into audio interface. Yesterday it sounded great.....today it sounded horrible. I hooked up all the distortions and they all sounded horrible. I have these days where EVERYTHING sounds crappy...don't know why. I've learned from experience to justbwalk away and go back tomorrow.
Tomorrow if things are better, I'll give my amateur evaluations of each pedal.

do you drink a lot of Coffee or Soda? or smoke weed?

If so that could be why some days you love or hate the sound.

Caffeine and weed have powerful influence on your hearing

[akozols]

A lot of coffee, no weed.

[Demanic]

do you drink a lot of Coffee or Soda? or smoke weed?

If so that could be why some days you love or hate the sound.

Caffeine and weed have powerful influence on your hearing

So does tinnitus.

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