Should i get a boss distortion pedal...which one?

[Young Angus]

Ive been getting some pretty good hard rock tones outa my ENGL lately so im actually learning its ropes a bit i think. But i know that for my lead tone i really love and want something along the lines of Justins lead tone from the darkness. Since he uses a boss turbo distortion in front of a marshall jcm800 212 combo i was thinking that i could get something not the same (cos that just wouldnt be original now would it ) but along those saturated lines that i love so much if i put one of those same pedals in front of my ENGL on one of its channels.

What do you guys think?

 

[proxy]

I'd go tubescreamer

 

[Young Angus]

Will the tubescreamer give me that thick saturated sound?

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Will the tubescreamer give me that thick saturated sound?

A tube screamer is going to give you a sweet compressed tone good for blues and classic rock..This isn't the right pedal for higher gain thick saturated tone...I'm thinking more on the lines of a Metal Zone..

John

 

[RACER X]

DigiTech Metal Master, gotta love the MORPH !

 

[Young Angus]

No votes for the boss turbo distortion? Justin from the darkness uses this in front of his marshall and gets a pretty sweet thick saturated lead tone.

 

[RACER X]

You can get many different amp tones with the MM, well I can.

 

[proxy]

I had a metal zone and I hated it personally.

 

[TheArchitect]

A tube screamer is going to give you a sweet compressed tone good for blues and classic rock..This isn't the right pedal for higher gain thick saturated tone...I'm thinking more on the lines of a Metal Zone..

John

Angus seems to be talking about putting a distortion pedal in front of an amp with some gain dialed in already. A metal zone is NOT what you want there. Vai uses a DS-1 as does/did Satriani. I think one of those or perhaps even an SD-1 are good calls if you want boss products. The tube screamer has a different vibe but could work as well depending on your tastes in gain. I use a Reverend Drivetrain myself

 

[casblah]

I use my Boss MT-2 as a boost for my JCM800. I back way off on the distortion, and it gives the amp that extra umph. Some of us love the Metal Zone, while others hate it. It's all subjective really.

 

[Guitarist]

MT-2's burn!! Grab an overdrive and graphic eq while your at it and you have a rig, my son!! Searing leads.

 

[B2D]

Vai and Satch use the Rob Keeley modded DS-1. I own one and personally I have to say that it's one of the two best distortion pedals I've ever used.

I'd suggest looking into the Keeley modded Boss stuff.

 

[Young Angus]

Whats "keely modded" stuff?

 

[StefanM]

I'd give an Aphek Peanut Butter Distortion a go, though I've never tried it, it gets great reviews - supposed to sound exactly like whatever amp you put it in front of, but cranked.

http://www.tonefrenzy.com/aphek_pbutter.html
http://aphekstudio.com.au/currpnut.htm

http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Aphek/Peanut_Butter_Distortion-01.html

I can't afford one but would love to give one a go!

 

[Chi3f]

boss metal zone IMO is the best distortion pedal there is.

 

[Jonny C]

Hmm, might try the plain old OD-3. It tends to reside on the harder side of overdrive sounds. Check it out - I can't say what it'd be like in front of your ENGL - in front of my fender deluxe it kicks up some dirt, but seems a little inappropriate!

 

[Stratoplayer]

How about the OS-2? You can use the overdrive, the distortion, or blend them together. I like it a lot.

 

[Lewguitar]

My favorite is the Boss DS-1...as used by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and countless other rockers who use/used Marshalls.

They set the DS-1 up for a great lead tone when the guitar's volume control is on 10 and for a clear tone when the guitar's volume is on 5. That's the way to use a DS-1, IMO.

Once you get it set up right, you can just leave it on all the time and use your guitar's volume control to go from clean to scream.

Lew

 

[Curly]

I like the SD-1's and TS varieties with strats, and the DS-1 with a tele.
SD97's mod is an affordable route for something a little custom.

 

[Dimebag]

A tube screamer is going to give you a sweet compressed tone good for blues and classic rock..This isn't the right pedal for higher gain thick saturated tone...I'm thinking more on the lines of a Metal Zone..

John

I assume that you mean the tubescreamer through a clean channel, cause whaen I put the TS9DX (set on original ts9) in front of DSL 401 overdrive 2 channel with the gain at about 11 o clock and the level (not drive) all the way up on the tubescreamer I was gettin killer heavy tones!