What are people favourite distortion pedals for heavy music?

[Xandeeno]

Am looking for a distortion pedal that can cover all sorts of heavy distortion, that can be great for rhythm and for lead. Tones I am into are tones like slipknot, nirvana, linked park and stone sour. What are people’s favourite distortion pedals? I have been looking at the evh 5150 overdrive?

 

[Flake]

Re: What are people favourite distortion pedals for heavy music?

Palladium is good, strymons sunset is not bad as well


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[VinceT]

Re: What are people favourite distortion pedals for heavy music?

Am looking for a distortion pedal that can cover all sorts of heavy distortion, that can be great for rhythm and for lead. Tones I am into are tones like slipknot, nirvana, linked park and stone sour. What are people’s favourite distortion pedals? I have been looking at the evh 5150 overdrive?

What amp are you playing through, and how do you use/set it?


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[Xandeeno]

Re: What are people favourite distortion pedals for heavy music?

At the moment a fender bassbreaker 15, however it will almost always be a clean amp

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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I use the Bogner Uberschall.

 

[some_dude]

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[SweetClyde99]

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A Blackstar HT DistX boosted by a Tube Screamer-type pedal (Bad Monkey, usually) was the best crushing tone I can recall getting from pedals. I haven’t been able to try one yet, but from the clips I’ve heard, an AMT P2 in the effects loop would be a great option as well. I’d personally try that before the 5150 pedal, but running a pedal in the loop rather than out front will be a bit more complicated too.

 

[n1kk]

What are people favourite distortion pedals for heavy music?

Radial Tonebone Hot British Distortion. It was heavy enough for me to play heavy stoner stuff with gain knob at only 10-11 o'clock + it has a plenty of regulations.

 

[mantis]

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Wampler Tripple Wreck. It's a stupid good organic amp like tone. It's the best overall pedal for this I have used. If I was to use just a Fender Twin clean amp, I would absolutely use this pedal to give me those Heavy tones. It's so versatile and strong. I love it.

 

[Gplayerzzz]

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I like the Empress heavy, and Amptweaker tight metal pro.

 

[Aceman]

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I get it that you are looking for a pedal of awesomeness....but for the range of things you just mentioned I'm gonna suggest a modeling pedal into your sporty cool tube Fender. Get a Digitech Metal Master or Distortion Factory (or something like that). And I would NEVER have just one pedal for all of my distortion needs anyway. Case in point - the number one comment about anything 5150 is "Great sound - only one sound - but a great one"

Not sure if you are cool spending a lot of time tweaking knobs, or if you are really trying to tone clone or what.

Current collection =
Washburn Stack-In-A-Box (Dual Mosfet)
Ibanez S9M (modded gain & mids)
Boss HM-2
Catalinbread Supercharged Overdrive
DOD American Metal (For songs that the HM-2 isn't quite right for)
Joyo US Dream (Not a Suhr Riot - but pretty dang close for the price)
Proco Solo (Because sometimes you need more than just a Rat)
EHX Metal Muff w/ Top Boost (Because the end of the world)

 

[some_dude]

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[75lespaul]

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You get something yet? I have the EVH and I love the pedal for a great rock tone, and for tuning down as well.

 

[Securb]

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10 presets, 2 distinct gain stages (diode to ground, 808 chip), analog signal path w/ digital midi switching. Pretty much everything I need.

 

[some_dude]

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[baritone]

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For that level of versatility, the Boss MD-2 is great. The Dist knob is a rock distortion, like a smoother DS-1. The Boost knob is like a heavy overdrive. And tirned up together, they can get you into metal distortion. This was my #1 distortion pedal for many years, but it sounded better with a tube amp.

 

[PierceOkken]

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Friedman BE-OD, MXR 5150 OD, MXR Prime Distortion, those are my go-to three

 

[PierceOkken]

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Dod gunslinger or boneshaker is pretty good too

 

[BleedingFingertips]

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You might want to try the Nobrainer from Greenhouse Effects. It got a lot of praise for its versatility some time ago. But it's a boutique pedal, and it can't be powered by a battery. I wanted to buy it but I prefer my amp distortion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8DwTeq1wo

 

[SimAlex]

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I'm getting some killer results right now from a combo of a DS-2 "turbo distortion" and a deluxe big muff pi.