The Best Overdrive & Dist. Pedals Ever Made

[Rory61]

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I like the Hardwire CM-2. I can set it as a clean boost with my Mesa to give solos a boost, or bump up the gain like another preamp tube for the Marshall. Or set it to vintage with gain up and level down into a Fender for a TS type of sound. It's the most versatile OD I've ever owned.

 

[Gearjoneser]

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There is no best.

Point taken, but looking for the ones you've developed a high opinion of.

I still think the best way to judge a dirt pedal is to hear it with your own guitar and amp, or at least comparable models at the store.

 

[King IzzO)))]

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LOLZ

Rat
Green Rhino

 

[Agileguy_101]

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Forgot Box of Rock, that box is rockin

 

[Empty Pockets]

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I mean, I said, it's the Box of Rock.

I don't know why anybody else makes distortion pedals anymore. If I made distortion pedals and I heard the Box of Rock, I would say "Oh, okay, they did it," and go back to school for something else.

 

[ratherdashing]

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There are so many that I like I wouldn't even be able to narrow it down. It would probably be easier to make a list of pedals I don't like.

 

[King IzzO)))]

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I mean, I said, it's the Box of Rock.

I don't know why anybody else makes distortion pedals anymore. If I made distortion pedals and I heard the Box of Rock, I would say "Oh, okay, they did it," and go back to school for something else.

By that rationale they should have stopped at the Rat.

 

[elscorcho]

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zvex distortron

 

[Empty Pockets]

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^ aka the Box of Rock.

You still playing that wine Deluxe scorcho? :smokin:

 

[elscorcho]

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^ aka the Box of Rock.

You still playing that wine Deluxe scorcho? :smokin:

I never played that BOR -I knew they were close but didn't know how close -SO AMPLIKE! More like an amp than a pedal -which is cool since I cant afford a Marshall right now!

Yeah that Deluxe is breaking in nicely! Thanks again Bro!

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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No friggin' pedal sounds like an amp....
As it needs an amp to make noises!

 

[hermetico]

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I will not consider the Klon Centaur or alike, since they are just unaffordable for me.

So, the ones that sound better to my ears are Wampler's.

Wampler Euphoria(or Ecstasy)
Wampler Paisley
Wampler Tweed '57
Wampler Plexi Drive
Wampler Sovereign
Wampler Pinnacle

Liked also, from Hermida Audio:

Hermida Audio Zendrive
Hermida Audio Tiki Drive


Liked also, from Mad Professor:

Mad Professor Little Green Wonder
Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive


Xotic ones too:

Xotic EP Booster
Xotic RC Booster
Xotic AC Booster
Xotic BB preamp


Some others that did their job, in some point of time:

Maxon OD-808
Butler Audio Tube Drive
ProCo The Rat WF
ProCo The Rat 2
MXR Distortion III
MXR Distortion+
Boss DS-1
Boss Metal Zone II
Fulltone OCD V3


It all depended on the money, the rig and my "level" in my own "tone chassing".

 

[Andrew Lamprecht]

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Favorite ODs...

A mid 90s Rat I had, not the one with the lm308, but the later one, sounded BETTER! than the lm308, holy grail version.
I still like the MI Audio crunch box a lot.

Favorite ODs...

Lovepedal Eternity remains my favorite even though I don't have one
Way Huge Pork Loin, a strong contender for my favorite (the green rhino isn't bad either, my favorite tubescreamer I have played but I dont know if I would put it on this list)
Fulltone OCD
Bad Monkey sounds amazing for the price

Boosts....

ZVEX SHO
EH LPB-1

Fuzz....

Analogman Sunface
Black Arts Pharaoh
Basic Audio Spooky tooth
Black Russian Big Muff (had a green one which is also, "holy grail" but I thought the black was much better, in fact, the green russian was so woofy, I thought it was crap. )
MJM Brit Bender

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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What if people spent as much time playing, rather than hoping for a miracle from the endless gear hunting and tweaking???
Scary idea...

 

[Empty Pockets]

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What if people spent as much time playing, rather than hoping for a miracle from the endless gear hunting and tweaking???
Scary idea...

Hey, be careful, now. You could hurt the blind and relentless consumerism currently dominating guitarist culture.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Well....it is what it is about now....buying and selling hot air

 

[King IzzO)))]

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I'm canning farts as I type...

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Hopefully with NOS steel truebypassed cans!

 

[saladin]

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[Ascension]

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Depends on the type of music and amp which works best.
My favorites are.
Best transparent OD Boss BD2 with the Monti Allums H2O mod
http://www.monteallums.com/mp3s/BD-H2O.mp3
Best Marshall push old RATT
Classic OD into a nice fender TS-9
My favorite overall OD's are the 2 Sitori Sonics Emmanuel my neighbor does. Toss up beteween the Doob Dreamer and Brownies and Cream.