The DS-1 works well if you want to add a little extra gain (but not really volume) without mud or flub to a middy amp that's already breaking up. As far as I can tell, that's ALL that it does.
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Originally posted by GuitarStv View PostThe DS-1 works well if you want to add a little extra gain (but not really volume) without mud or flub to a middy amp that's already breaking up. As far as I can tell, that's ALL that it does.-Butch
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Many of these pedals were popular because ....- They were the best of the limited options 40 years ago
- They were the least expensive way to make a bad/lacking amp sound useable 40 years ago
- Some icon used the pedal to get a decent tone 40 years ago
Now there are so many options and ways to achieve your tonal goals the name on the pedal doesn't even matter anymore. The majority of the stuff we do as musicians these days is 90% about tradition and 10% about tone. And I say that as I am sitting next to my Marshall half stack that I know I can capture the same sound with an array of digital gear that will fit in my gig bag. But as my bass player says "The Marshall looks cool"
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Love the Metal Zone
Have a DS1 it's a classic
I have a MT2 clone frome Behringer
I like the fuzzy buzzing bee thing from time to time
It's not what I normally play
But when I do , I can't stop grinning while playing the MT2 clone
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DS-1 is also popular because it's cheap. The circuit is dead simple, the machinery was paid of years ago, they don't pad the price near as much as other distortions do. To me they are just as versatile as any other distortion.You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
Whilst you can only wonder why
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Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View PostFor Classic Rock or Fusion, I wouldn't use any of those, honestly.
DS-1 is kind of an 80's Shred or Hair Metal thing. Or Grunge. Maybe.
HM-2 is kinda Swedish Death Metal or maybe edgy -Core and Shoegaze.
MT-2 is kind of a Death Metal thing as well (used as a boost).You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
Whilst you can only wonder why
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Originally posted by Securb View PostMany of these pedals were popular because ....- They were the best of the limited options 40 years ago
- They were the least expensive way to make a bad/lacking amp sound useable 40 years ago
- Some icon used the pedal to get a decent tone 40 years ago
Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View PostFor Classic Rock or Fusion, I wouldn't use any of those, honestly.
Last edited by Butch Snyder; 04-22-2024, 08:21 AM.-Butch
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I like using a slight "semi-clean" boost (not an overdrive, more like an mxr 6-band EQ, or any one of the many boost with shelving and/or active EQ) into the HM-2 and then set the controls on the HM-2 to taste,not all at max lol
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LOL.
Honestly, though, if you're not gonna play Swedish Death Metal through an HM-2, is it worth it? I mean, I'm sure with some help, it sounds great for other styles. But there are other plenty of pedals that either don't require any help or just plain sound "better" doing a "pretty" distortion sound.
Plus HM-2's aren't cheap nowadays.Last edited by Rex_Rocker; 04-22-2024, 07:11 PM.
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Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View Post
LOL.
Honestly, though, if you're not gonna play Swedish Death Metal through an HM-2, is it worth it? I mean, I'm sure with some help, it sounds great for other styles. But there are other plenty of pedals that either don't require any help or just plain sound "better" doing a "pretty" distortion sound.
Plus HM-2's aren't cheap nowadays.-Butch
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Originally posted by Butch Snyder View Post
I actually thought his tone was pretty good. Would I have a use for it? No, not really my gig, but I liked it.Last edited by Rex_Rocker; 04-23-2024, 03:55 PM.
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Originally posted by Securb View Post
In that case I would say the MXR D+/DOD 250/ROSS are the malt liquor of overdrive. Kind of nasty, at times not pleasant, but very powerful and will definitely get the job done.
Ryans go to drive for his surf rock band, this thing is on every track of his album and never leaves his board. The Nocturne Brain The Fez pedal is based on ...
Had a Metalzone (in 2005) did not gel with it, and gave it to my brother.
Bought a DS-1 for $40.00, and kept it, as i like the tone vs. money spent, and like it was said above, the tone does grow on you.
Try running a DS-1, into a BD-2 (distorting your overdrive)
I got a Waza Craft Heavy Metal, and love that thing. Deff gonna keep it.Formerly known as; SirJackdeFuzz (7400+ posts)
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I think I am tone deaf
My DS1 sounds just like the SOAK channel of my Carvin Belair amp
My MT2 clone sounds just like the high gain channel of my HK Tubemeister
Dang it
My durned ears
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RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)
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