What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

[Securb]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

80's metal ala Ozzy, Priest or Motorhead I say an MXR Distortion +. For all of that hairband crap Ace likes get a RAT.

[blindedbysilence]

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Lots of great suggestions. I had forgotten about the Distortion +

[Empty Pockets]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Metal Muff.

[jon the art guy]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Crack open Ebay and look for something from Digitech that isn't a Grunge. I just saw

Take your pick. Most of them are based on the DOD 250 circuit with various bleepblorps added in for spice.

Oh hey, the DOD 250 just got reissued. Big Flannel's got one.

[Big Flannel]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Oh hey, the DOD 250 just got reissued. Big Flannel's got one.

I do, and its glorious. Highly recommended.

[~Vintage~]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

For Marshall emulation you have to go with Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret MKIII ,check it out!

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Marshall Jackhammer.

Good Call !





And the Vintage Gov'ner can do it too.

[Archer250]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Oh hey, the DOD 250 just got reissued. Big Flannel's got one.

So do I, and I love it.

[Securb]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Oh hey, the DOD 250 just got reissued. Big Flannel's got one.

That is actually what I used in the late 80's with my Ibanez Iceman and Randall half stack. Metal goodness.

[Aceman]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Can't argue with the Rat period. There is an epic Rat thread on here somewhere. [edit: Click on my sig! It's from that thread]

Also - I will point out that the 5150 is probably the best/easiest modded marshall 80's sound I can think of.

I actually use either that model, or an actual Marshall mostly. And finally - for 80's metal, a DD3 is a secondary MUST have.

[Securb]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

I actually use either that model, or an actual Marshall mostly. And finally - for 80's metal, a DD3 is a secondary MUST have.

Or an Ibanez CS9 maybe a BOSS BF-2, I would go chorus or flange for an 80's tone before I went delay.

[Aceman]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Well, let's really be honest; You need the Delay AND a good Chorus too!

And I am going to stop this because in three more posts we are going to be throwing out "rack" and "SPX-90" and Bradshaw….

[GuitarStv]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Well, let's really be honest; You need the Delay AND a good Chorus too!

If we're being really honest, you need a delay and a bad chorus for 80s metal.

[Securb]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

Well, let's really be honest; You need the Delay AND a good Chorus too!

I played metal all through the 80's and 90's without a delay. However, I concede to your call for delay seeing you are the SDUGF reining king of 80's metal.

[TimmyPage]

Re: What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

The clean tone and lead tones of 80s metal are all delay sounds, but it's all set up pretty subtly. It sounds more like reverb, a lot of the time. Grab a Boss chorus, or really any chorus pedal without a decent 'blend' knob, you want terrible, tinny and in your face chorus.

For distortion pedal, either the RAT or an MXR Distortion+ with the controls maxed out (for the Randy Rhodes tone).