Just bought my first pedal!

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My first pedal was a distortion pedal by the famous Next company (!?!). It had a knob where you can dial in the 'decade' of distortion...60s, 70s, 80s..and NEXT.
 
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After I decided to cut ties with the multieffects, my first pedal was a Digitech Death Metal. I'd say it weighs in probably around 1 kg/2 pounds and has no gain control. Nuff said. :D
 
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My first pedal was a distortion pedal by the famous Next company (!?!). It had a knob where you can dial in the 'decade' of distortion...60s, 70s, 80s..and NEXT.

This one, I assume:

https://reverb.com/item/1667524-next-distortion-x-rare-distortion-pedal-made-in-japan

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It is a pretty cool idea, actually, though I have my doubts whether it delivered. ;)
 
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Were the different decade settings just jumps in (fundamentally the same) gain or did they have distinct EQ curves?
 
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My first pedal was a distortion pedal by the famous Next company (!?!). It had a knob where you can dial in the 'decade' of distortion...60s, 70s, 80s..and NEXT.

Honestly, I think a modeling pedal like that would be kind of cool....
 
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Honestly, I think a modeling pedal like that would be kind of cool....

Then take a look at the SourceAudio Classic Distortion. The pedal is freaking amazing.

Effects

Here are some brief descriptions of the effects included in the Classic Distortion. Most of the effects are based on, but not exact copies of, a variety of popular analog distortion pedals. Don’t expect the sounds to be exactly like the corresponding analog effects. We tried to capture the spirit of each sound rather than trying to copy the exact nuts and bolts.

TUBE DRIVE
An overdriven tube amp effect similar to a Marshall® sound. Try scaling back the drive knob for a nice mild overdrive.

SMOOTH TUBE
Based on Mesa-Boogie® pre-amp distortion.

POWER STAGE
Inspired by the Fulltone Distortion Pro®.

CRUNCH TUBE
Our own distortion, not based on any particular sound. It’s a more aggressive tube distortion.

TS9000
Based the Ibanez Tube Screamer® with a lot of mid boost.

BIG PI
Based on an Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi®. Don’t ask which exact model. That’s not the point.

EL RATON
Based on the ProCo Rat®.

FUZZ FAÇADE
Our version of the classic Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face® sound.

BENDER
The Tone Bender®. We specifically used an MK II, but don’t obsess over the exact model number.

METAL
Our own metal distortion with plenty of highs and lows.

OCTAVE FUZZ
A full wave rectifier, as everyone does, to mimic the classic Octavia®. This tends to sound better with DRIVE 2 turned up much higher than DRIVE 1.

CLEAN BOOST / TONE
A distortion effect bypass that still allows the gain and the TONE control to be used. Great for doing clean lead boosts or use strictly as a tone control. Clipping the output is possible with this setting. If the levels are boosted high enough, the hard clipping can actually sound pretty good.

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Got the pedal today so I went to closest music store and picked up another cable.

Worst cable I've ever used. You can hear things rattling in the actual plug ends and the buzz is unbearable. I thought the cheap cable that came with my guitar was bad but this is unusable!

I can tell you this much. I won't be shopping at that store anymore. Dude sold me a $3 piece of s**t Amazon cable for $15. I was livid when I saw that. So it's going back when they open in 6 hrs. 500% markup is ridiculous. Especially on that garbage. It's bad enough that he overcharges for strings. I can deal with $3 extra bucks here and there on a single pack but this is outrageous.

It was so bad I couldn't use it with the pedal at all and it was useless with just my guitar, also. The buzzing was still unbearable.


Edit: looks like they're as cheap as $1.99 on Amazon. So that's even worse. 750% markup on a garbage cable.

I'm most disappointed in the fact that I couldn't even test the pedal. What I heard sounded decent but I didn't keep it plugged up for very long.
 
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Then take a look at the SourceAudio Classic Distortion. The pedal is freaking amazing.

That is cool. I think they have a modulation pedal I dig too. But I want a 7 setting switch that just says "50's, 60's, Psychadelic" Early 70's rock, Late 70's rock, early 80's hard rock, late 80's metal, 90's grunge"

Just a great 'classic' sound good for whatever from that zone...
 
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Cables are a worthwhile investment. You can certainly get a good cable from a good store for less than $20. But not that store.
 
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Your story reminds me that, while that Dano OD was the first *guitar* pedal I bought, and the first with my own money, I did get a Morley Wah for Xmas when I was 14, because I wanted to play Anaesthesia.

Only after opening it up did I realize "Oh...I need two cables now." I was very bummed not to be able to play with it that day, but went to Radio Shack on the 26th and bought the only cable they had: a light gray coiled thing that would be very hip today, but got me mercilessly mocked the next time I rolled into band practice in 1993.

Got the pedal today so I went to closest music store and picked up another cable.

Worst cable I've ever used. You can hear things rattling in the actual plug ends and the buzz is unbearable. I thought the cheap cable that came with my guitar was bad but this is unusable!

I can tell you this much. I won't be shopping at that store anymore. Dude sold me a $3 piece of s**t Amazon cable for $15. I was livid when I saw that. So it's going back when they open in 6 hrs. 500% markup is ridiculous. Especially on that garbage. It's bad enough that he overcharges for strings. I can deal with $3 extra bucks here and there on a single pack but this is outrageous.

It was so bad I couldn't use it with the pedal at all and it was useless with just my guitar, also. The buzzing was still unbearable.


Edit: looks like they're as cheap as $1.99 on Amazon. So that's even worse. 750% markup on a garbage cable.

I'm most disappointed in the fact that I couldn't even test the pedal. What I heard sounded decent but I didn't keep it plugged up for very long.
 
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