The Distortion Poll

[ratherdashing]

Pretty self-explanatory.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: The Distortion Poll

Both...depends on the amp!

 

[Axl H]

Re: The Distortion Poll

My main sound allways starts with the amp.

Pedals (for me) just sit on top of the sound.

For lead though, I use a TS-9 as well.

 

[some_dude]

Re: The Distortion Poll

The amp...

....I've used lots of hot pickups, yet none of them have ever distorted on me.

 

[34029324079]

Re: The Distortion Poll

farts. its self explanatory.

 

[EveryMn]

Re: The Distortion Poll

Mostly amp, then effects, then guitar, but still all three.

 

[Smilemon]

Re: The Distortion Poll

I put my amp on a saturated tube clean, right on the edge of breakup, then i set my pedal for some extra gain. Its a subtle fuzz, almost an overdrive.

 

[Dr.Mavashi]

Re: The Distortion Poll

It should have been asked differently,

Guitar - amp
Guitar/hot pups - amp
guitar/od - amp
guitar/od/hot pup - amp
guitar/dist pedal - Clean amp
Guitar/dist pedal/hot pup -Clean amp

If you bring pups into it ...

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: The Distortion Poll

All my gain- 98% of my sound is coming from the head. I only use a pedal for leads or "boost" type parts.

 

[El Dunco]

Re: The Distortion Poll

With the stacks... overdriven amp and a ZW-44 for lead boosts. Or Rectified Distortion>Twinreverb.

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: The Distortion Poll

Distortion definitely starts with the amp, assuming you don't use distortion pedals. It's where all the wonderful magic of signal clipping takes place!

 

[Forbes]

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I hit a JCM800 with fat hot humbuckers, no pedals here.

 

[drpietrzak]

Re: The Distortion Poll

When possible the amp. Most contexts for me make it the pedal.

 

[Fender_Punk]

Re: The Distortion Poll

Pedal.

I'm hoping to change that this summer by buying a nice tube amp!!

 

[Rushfan2112]

Re: The Distortion Poll

Keep my amp clean (ish, sometimes its kind of broken up) and hit it with my Triboost for a lead.

 

[HolyDirt]

Re: The Distortion Poll

I use a JCM 800 that is set pretty clean. It can be pushed into overdrive very easily, so I use pedals and whatnot to do so. Plus, high gain pedals sound brutal through it. :rocket:

 

[Rich_T]

Re: The Distortion Poll

All of the above.

 

[Mephis]

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100% of my sound comes straight from the amp running completely dry.

 

[rashayritto]

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same here. i took pedals out of my signal chain completely (maybe an eq or something though). just crank it and let your livewires overdrive the tubes

 

[bloodswords]

Re: The Distortion Poll

primary source: amp

if amp can't quite pull it off: pedals as drive boosters