SweetClyde99
Active member
Re: High gain distortion pedal
As far as Boss pedals go, I’d pick the Metal Core over any of those mentioned thus far. That said, I’m sure you could do better. I’d start with a used Blackstar HT Dist X. It’s a great sounding pedal you can find for surpringly little money these days.
I haven’t played them first-hand, but based on the clips I’ve heard, the VH4 and BE-OD would probably give you what you want. The Filaments too, though there seems to be surpringly little buzz surrounding it. I have heard that without a mids knob the BE-OD can sound thin with some amps.
I have an AMT P1 preamp and don’t really care for it. It’s got this honk to the upper mids that annoys me, though that may be perfectly representative of the 5150 amp and not the pedal’s fault. It still sounds good otherwise, and it’s probably something I could dial out with my Boss GE7, that thing just adds noise, so I haven’t really messed with it when I have so many other good pedals.
Andertons did a blindfold shoot-out video that had all the pedals you’re interested in in it. It may be worth checking out. The Filaments didn’t make it into the top 5, but it has a ton of knobs and switches, so that may have just been due to how it was set up.
As far as Boss pedals go, I’d pick the Metal Core over any of those mentioned thus far. That said, I’m sure you could do better. I’d start with a used Blackstar HT Dist X. It’s a great sounding pedal you can find for surpringly little money these days.
I haven’t played them first-hand, but based on the clips I’ve heard, the VH4 and BE-OD would probably give you what you want. The Filaments too, though there seems to be surpringly little buzz surrounding it. I have heard that without a mids knob the BE-OD can sound thin with some amps.
I have an AMT P1 preamp and don’t really care for it. It’s got this honk to the upper mids that annoys me, though that may be perfectly representative of the 5150 amp and not the pedal’s fault. It still sounds good otherwise, and it’s probably something I could dial out with my Boss GE7, that thing just adds noise, so I haven’t really messed with it when I have so many other good pedals.
Andertons did a blindfold shoot-out video that had all the pedals you’re interested in in it. It may be worth checking out. The Filaments didn’t make it into the top 5, but it has a ton of knobs and switches, so that may have just been due to how it was set up.
