Guitar pedal settings/HELP

[guitarSQUIRELL]

I have a Boss® DS-1 and a DD-3 pedal. I'm not familiar witht individual pedals since I have used processors mainly. Can someone help me with setting the distortion and delay on these pedals I'm running through a Randall RX-120 Head and 4-12 Cabinet. Looking for a good heavy distortion sound and a setting for a good warm bluesey sound from the pedal.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Guitar pedal settings/HELP

Heavy is drive high
Bluesy = drive low.

 

[hydro]

Re: Guitar pedal settings/HELP

A friend of mine suggests that the best use of a DS-1 is for target practice. I used to have one and to be brutally honest it's one of the worst sounding distortion pedals ever made (some people will disagree of course). A decent tube screamer like a Maxxon or Ibanez TS-9 will give you the warm tone you want. For heavier sounds I will defer to others who know more on the pedal front, I generally use amp gain for my heavy stuff. I've used a MXR Dist. III for this purpose but I am sure there are better pedals out there.