Distortion pedal question please help

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distortionhead

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My good friend has been pluy a new amp aying guitar for about 3 years and loves the heaviest of the heavy tone not thin crispy tone. His budget does not allow him to buy a new amp so pedal shopping we go.

Problem is i have been out of the pedal game for a while and have no idea whats heavy and whats any good. Please help if you could post a sound or youtube link it would be great. we are going friday after work to look.

thanks in advance
 
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already tried it and it was very un impressive no where near the gain it shows online
 
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Any of the AMT Legend Amp pedals. (S2, R2, P2, B2, E2, etc.)
 
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For my "heavy" tone I love my BOSS Mega Distortion. Throaty and growling but never muddy. Uber bass and awesome on my leads. It is like a DS1 on steroids.
 
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Thick, meaty, distortion with a tight/loose mini-toggle switch.....no thin fizz/buzz..very versatile and will give you some great Metal tones without breaking the bank..



 
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AMT.

Not a big heavy distortion guy, but I got the Diezel (D2) pedal for some Tool level gain. Well I get that at about 10-oclock with medium output pickups. The bass thump is extraordinary too. Sounds like a 4x12 even though its only going through my 1x12
 
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The only thing: you need an effects loop on the amplifier to get a good sound from the AMT pedals. Unless he has a power amp of some sort that he can plug it into.
 
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Most fuzzes will give you a heavy tone, but I think the SD Lava Box is a great pedal for any budget (local guitar center is selling it for $40, when I get the money, I'm getting it).
 
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My multipurpose distortion pedal is my soundbloxpro Classic Distortion. With the built in eq and noise gate I can dial anything in. Check out the metal setting on one of these babies. It will peel the paint off the walls and you can program 6 distinct tones into the pedal. I was finally able to move my MXR Distortion+ and my Boss Mega Distortion off my board and I have some great gritty fuzz tones.

Here is my review of the pedal from my blog
 
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Has your friend tried a Boss HM-2?


 
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Not bad for $80 or so..super saturated, tight wall-of-sound gain. I'm thinking of getting one myself...not that I need it lol...just have a thing for cheap(er) distortion and drive pedals..








and the mother of them all...




wish I knew how to go about buying one though :p
 
Distortion pedal question please help

I have an MXR Distortion III I bought used for 40 bucks. To my ears it sounds better than a lot of the boutique stuff and will give you nice brutal crunch while keeping your low end.
 
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