What pedal do you use for late 80s metal?

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Securb said:
I played a Fender in the 80's a distortion box was a must!
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I'm not a fan of stacked pickups - but I remember fondly running a hot stack into a pearl distortion and dimed solid state Marshall combo. It was a good sound.
 
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Gearjoneser said:
I was always into Marshalls with a Boss OD-1 back in the day, and it was a superb tone. I never believed in distortion pedals, only OD pedals in front of gainy amps.

But now, almost 30 years later, I think of how spoiled we are. If we had Bogner, Wampler, Fulltone, Klon, Way Huge, Catalinbread, and all the good modern stuff, we would have thrown those Boss's, Rats, and Ibanez pedals in the garbage! :fingersx: That's what caused rack gear to take off.
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thats what i'm talking about. i have a rat, a ds1, an hm2, and an ibanez metal charger, but they can't compare with the modern stuff. actually i take that back, it's a different beast. Those pedals are great for kicking in a jcm800. but it's 2014. you can get a get cranked marshall sound without cranking your marshall. or even owning one!

is it heresy to say that warrant's cherry pie had my favorite huge 80s guitar tone?
 
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MI Audio Crunchbox gets a decent 80's Marshall-in-a-box tone.
 
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Boss HM-2 (MIJ) something about dialing in the high that cuts it for me.


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Securb said:
Is yours the 460? I think that is the pinnacle of 80's chorus

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It's this one:

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Here is my 80's metal board. Ignore the Metal Muff….

 
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Don't ignore the metal muff... it's totally 80's... it's certainly not modern metal...
 
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I contacted the guys at Catalinbread and explained what I was looking for, they replied quickly and the DLS won't do what I'm looking for. The search continues.
 
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+1 on the Crunchbox. It is a JCM 800 in a box. It has been copied many times in the past six years or so and it itself is based on the Marshall Gov'nor.
 
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SirJackdeFuzz said:
Marshall Vintage Modern (Hi dynamic range) + RAT = works for me ;)


. . . JUST ADD A RAT !


PS : Now i just have to get a Vintage Modern for myself.
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Thought yes until I saw the price...lol
 
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Hecubus said:
Used Vintage Moderns (heads and combos) can be had for about $700. That is not too bad for what you are getting!
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That's encouraging! lol I just looked it up and saw one for $1,700 on eBay...I was like no thank you! lol
 
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SirJAck,

That Muff sounds like crap for 80's. The only thing even half decent was the guy with the Telecaster! And even there he had to dial it in carefully.


I am straight out of the 80's, I have a Metal Muff. I don't use it. Think about it.
 
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treyhaislip said:
Thought yes until I saw the price...lol
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You can use any allvalve / tube Marshall + a Rat !


 
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Another Marshall + Rat combo



 
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