Need a Good Distortion for Not Much $$$

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: Need a Good Distortion for Not Much $$$

Tone City pedals are less than 70 dollars and are very compact with plenty of options for dirt. I'd check those guys out.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: Need a Good Distortion for Not Much $$$

I think the bottom line here is not what pedal is best. I bought a DOD Overdrive Preamp 250. It's a great-sounding pedal; but not through my amp. I believe what others have said about adding effects to modeling amps. It doesn't work a lot of times. I might go to the Line6 forum and see what they say.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Need a Good Distortion for Not Much $$$

if i were you, id bring my amp and guitar to gc and try things with your rig. its a pita to do but youll get better results

 

[ehdwuld]

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wait a minute
are you wanting an external distortion pedal to run into a Line6 Flextone modeling amp?

thats not gonna work
those distortions are meant to react to real amps
the models are simulations
idealized simulations

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Need a Good Distortion for Not Much $$$

Explain that a little bit. I have a Marshall ED-1 and a Visual Sound Route 66 that sit in between my amp and the guitar. They sound great and do exactly what they're supposed to do. Maybe I'm just not catching what you're saying here.

I didn't get this before because it was quoted as from Dominus instead of me. But the reason is the Flextone models the entire signal path including microphone, cabinet position and room air, so the sound coming out at the speaker doesn't sound like a good amp, it sounds like a *recording* of a good amp. You can go in with MIDI and turn that stuff off, but it never really has the dynamic of a real amp, and the input doesn't respond quite the same as hitting a V1 input tube, unless you go straight in from a guitar, it responds to a guitar volume reasonably fine. But all my pedals sound dark and with the wrong gain when I put them in front of a Flextone. Perhaps impedance mismatch?


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[Rex_Rocker]

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I have never ever had problems with any overdrive pedal that I own running in front of my POD XT or direct into my interface with amp sims. I don't see why a distortion pedal should not work with a Flextone. I have never heard of these things' inputs not having enough headroom. Unless you're running one of those like stupid hot clean boosts, this shouldn't be a problem anyway because distortion pedals are usually meant to be set at unity gain (roughly) with the clean signal.

With the Flextone you don't get mic simulation from the Flextone's speaker. You do get mic simulation from its directs outs, but not from what you're hearing from the amp alone. You get speaker simulation, but not mic simulation.

 

[Butch Snyder]

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With the Flextone you don't get mic simulation from the Flextone's speaker. You do get mic simulation from its directs outs, but not from what you're hearing from the amp alone. You get speaker simulation, but not mic simulation.

Yes, you actually do. I can choose a different mic and placement and I hear differences in the sound straight through the amp's speakers. I never use the direct outs anymore. I use a mic in front of the amp. The direct outs are convenient; yes, but the tone is anemic compared to an actual mic in front of the actual speaker.

 

[treyhaislip]

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Vox Joe Satriani Satchurator perhaps? Don't know about its price

I had one and it doesn't seem to like single coils (forum bro HKZSquared bought mine and said that the same thing)

The Satchurator gets some awesome tones but despite the Joe Satriani name don't expect Satch in a box. Great for humbuckers IMO.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Need a Good Distortion for Not Much $$$

Joyo US Dream

 

[treyhaislip]

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Joyo US Dream

Awesome pedal for the price!

 

[Progbusters]

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Biyang Metal End is a good distortion pedal for less money. It has so much variety. I would rehouse it though if you are mechanically/electrically inclined.

 

[Butch Snyder]

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Got what I need.

 

[jeremy]

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what did ya end up with?

 

[Butch Snyder]

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what did ya end up with?

Nothing...

Nothing worked as well as what I had already set up within the amp. Route 66 works great. I will leave it alone.

 

[treyhaislip]

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Nothing...

Nothing worked as well as what I had already set up within the amp. Route 66 works great. I will leave it alone.

Ha! That's awesome :stooges:

 

[Rex_Rocker]

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Yes, you actually do. I can choose a different mic and placement and I hear differences in the sound straight through the amp's speakers. I never use the direct outs anymore. I use a mic in front of the amp. The direct outs are convenient; yes, but the tone is anemic compared to an actual mic in front of the actual speaker.

Whoops! My bad. Which version Flextone is this? I, II, or III?

 

[Butch Snyder]

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Whoops! My bad. Which version Flextone is this? I, II, or III?

III


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[Aceman]

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Nothing...

Nothing worked as well as what I had already set up within the amp. Route 66 works great. I will leave it alone.

WHO said that!?!?!?!?!?!?