Good distortion pedal for a modded-Marshall type sound?

[Condemned soul]

i only own a dls mkii, but ive played both the red and mkiii. i prefer the superbass mode in both as well for a more jtm45 type thing. the red has more gain and a more aggressive tone in both modes, id still use the super bass mode but it shifts the mid focus up a bit. not as much as the superlead mode. to my ears and with my limited experience the superbass mode on the red is between the two modes on the mkiii

Jeremy,

Thanks for your opinion, it makes me want to give the red version a trial run along side my mkiii.

 

[Reee]

check out the "Fender MTG Tube" pedal as well, it has a tube in it and sounds a little more authentic to my ears

 

[Artie]

It's funny that distortion pedals are such a dirt simple circuit. (No pun intended.) And yet, there are so many different flavors of it.

 

[Mincer]

It's funny that distortion pedals are such a dirt simple circuit. (No pun intended.) And yet, there are so many different flavors of it.

True, but guitarist split hairs like crazy. Hundreds of dollars for minute changes in sound.

 

[Artie]

Yup. I probably have a dozen or so, myself. They ARE fun.

 

[Demanic]

True, but guitarist split hairs like crazy. Hundreds of dollars for minute changes in sound.

You would think that sooner or later we would learn.

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[misterwhizzy]

Too bad the Suhr Riot came to mind too late.

 

[SweetClyde99]

I'd bet that something by AMT could also fit the bill. Especially going into a Quilter. That's right, the M2. https://amt-sales.com/preamps/preamps-la-2/amt-m2/

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I picked up an AMT M2 not long ago. With a TS-style OD out front to tighten up the low end, it sounds great for high-gain Marshall tones when used as a preamp running into an FX return.

 

[Dudeman7]

Been using a plain old Fulltone OCD as a pseudo dirty channel for a number of years. It does dynamics well, even with the Gain maxed, which is how I usually run it. Hit that with a TS clone, Foxx Tone Machine clone or a Ram's Head Muff clone for any variety of sludgy doom, shoegaze or whacked out, feedback wall of fuzz tones that were popular in the 90s.

I've been interested in the recommendations in this thread because I think I'm ready to change it up a little. Marshall-style pedal that reacts to dynamics and other drive pedals like an amp's front end is what I need.

Looking forward to checking out some pedals mentioned.

 

[Bogner]

Another cool pedal worth mentioning is the DryBell "Engine" pedal. They did a very nice job with it and I can see a lot of people getting a lot of mileage out of it. Dawner Prince has a couple of options that are nice as well depending on what Marshall tone you are after.

 

[beaubrummels]

For future reference of future readers, I’ll add the pedals I have for this purpose:

RambleFX MarvelDrive
Carl Martin PlexiTone
Marshall Guv’nor
Zoom MS-50G

All of them respond like a Marshall, to varying degrees (MarvelDrive is the best due to touch sensitivity and tube-like behavior/compression, Zoom is second best with similar response, Carl Martin third and Guv’nor fourth between these choices) and all can take other pedals in front to push in different ways.

 

[ErikH]

I just watched a demo of the Pinnacle. HOLY SMOKES!!! I think I might need to get one of those.

Though it's not a Marshall in a Box, the 5150 Overdrive is another one I'm impressed with.

 

[Hsb]

I just watched a demo of the Pinnacle. HOLY SMOKES!!! I think I might need to get one of those.

Thought it's not a Marshall in a Box, the 5150 Overdrive is another one I'm impressed with.

Get the Deluxe with the added boost.

 

[ErikH]

Get the Deluxe with the added boost.

That's what I'm thinking. I'm sure this thing running in to the front end of the Fly Rig 5 v2 I just got would sound really sweet.

 

[Hsb]

Its on my short list to get, between that and the JHS AT-1, but I lean more toward Wampler.

 

[Francois]

I like the DSL in a real 100W Marshall, : ) into the clean channel

 

[Francois]

Just discovered the Wampler Pinnacle on YT. Yeah It sounds good.